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Springfield Hospital earns leadership award
VHA Inc., a national health care network, has given Springfield Hospital a 2013 VHA Leadership Award for Clinical Excellence, honoring the hospital for achieving national performance standards for clinical quality, safety and patient experience. Springfield Hospital was one of 10 VHA member hospitals to receive this year’s award in the “Critical Access, Acute Care Hospitals” […]
Fish Ladder Visitors Center opens; Chester artists open for Studio Weekend; Cavendish grants awarded
The Bellows Falls Fish Ladder Visitor Center will open for the season at 10 a.m. Friday, May 24 next to the Post Office on Bridge Street in Bellows Falls. The center’s regular hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend. Long-time environmental educator […]
Chester son screens locally shot short film
Professional photographer Julian Ungano , center below, who grew up in Chester, takes questions from audience members following the local screening of his short film And After All at the Vermont Institute for Contemporary Art on Saturday. Portions of the film were shot last winter in and around Chester using local extras, some of whom were […]
Parenting course begins; Rockingham Library temporarily closed; poetry stars at celestial event; BRAM walk & FOLA series
Free course for parents of older children The Collaborative is offering a free, six-session Positive Parenting course at 7–9 p.m., on consecutive Mondays through June 24 in the SongYard, above the Moondog Café, 295 Main St. The course began on May 13. The next classes will be held on May 27, June 3, June 10, […]
Free seminar on basic business money management; SMCS honored by SEVCA; new nurse in Ludlow
Vermont Small Business Development Center and the TD Charitable Foundation are offering a free class in Chester on Tuesday, May 28. Making Sense of Your Dollars and Cents: A Guide to Basic Business Money Matters is a 90-minute introduction to basic business financial literacy, and will teach participants how to read profit and loss statements […]
Select Board meeting agenda for May 15, 2013
The Select Board meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. May 15, 2013 1.Approve May 1, 2013 Select Board minutes and Special Select Board Meeting minutes 2.Citizen Comments 3.Old Business 4.Town Forest Management Plan; Sam Schneski 5.Unified Development By-Laws Review General Use Standards 6.Village Center Boundaries 7.Financial Updates General Fund […]
Chieftains fall to Bellows Falls Terriers 9-1
By Evan Chadwick Looking to climb back to the .500 mark on the season, the Green Mountain Chieftains ran into Bellows Falls Terriers’ ace Michael LaBeau last Wednesday afternoon on GM turf. The hard throwing senior, who is pitching as well as anyone in southern Vermont, struck out 11 Chieftain batters on the day on […]
Playhouse expands V-Tix program; Beethoven in Vermont; ‘War Horse’ at Ludlow; toe-tapping music in Proctorsville
The Weston Playhouse Theatre Company announces initiatives to make its popular plays and musicals affordable for all Vermonters and anyone who asks. Single tickets are now on sale for a summer season that includes everything from Broadway musical favorites to exciting new works. The Vermonter Tickets program — V-Tix — which was introduced several years […]
Green Mountain announces 3rd quarter honor roll
Green Mountain Union High School has announced its Honor Roll for the third quarter. Honors Middle School Honors are earned by those students with one off-setting grade not below a C-. (There must be an A+, A, or A- to offset the one grade of a C+, C or C-). High School Honors means that […]
Police Log for Feb. 12 through April 24, 2013
Editor’s Note: The Chester Telegraph Police Log is a sampling of incidents directly from Chester Police reports. We do not identify individual victims of crimes nor those who have been arrested. Tuesday, Feb. 12, 1:01 p.m. A Chester officer responded to a complainant who wanted the return of guns that were taken from him during […]
CAES project to offer free food to students’ families; science for homeschoolers
The Chester-Andover Parent/Teacher group is working in conjunction with Black River Produce, Lisai’s Chester Market, the Grateful Garden, churches and volunteers to provide free food staples throughout the summer for anyone with a child enrolled at CAES or Green Mountain Union High School, regardless of income. Every Wednesday from 9:30 a.m. to noon, beginning the […]
Weston Playhouse hosts open Artist Salon; Manchester theater reopens; Skygate Farm pond tour
The Weston Playhouse Theatre Company announces its sixth annual Artists Retreat, hosting seven collaborating artists for a week’s work in Vermont, capped by a free Artist Salon at the Weston Playhouse, 703 Main St., Weston, from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday, May 4. An informal reception with the artists will follow. At the Salon, Artist […]
Terrigenous Landscaping honored; family center staff awarded; SMCS dental center to expand
Terrigenous Landscape Architecture of Chester has been awarded “Best of Houzz” 2013 by Houzz, an online source for ideas on residential remodeling and design. The stone outbuilding by Terrigenous owner Scott Wunderle was chosen in the Design category by the more than 11 million monthly Houzz users. The “stone coop” was inspired by Chester’s “Stone […]
Summer rec camps for kids, pool hours and adult programs
The Chester Recreation Department is offering a variety of summer camps, workshops and classes for all ages. Sign up at Chester Town Hall, 556 Elm Street, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m Camp location addresses are at the end of this list. GREEN MOUNTAIN SPORTS and FITNESS CAMP: Offered for children ages […]
Select Board agenda for May 1: Public comment on proposed zoning regs
SELECT BOARD MEETING AGENDA The Select Board meeting begins at 7 p.m. It is held in Town Hall, 556 Elm St. in Chester. 1. Approve tabled minutes from March 20, 2013 Select Board meeting and executive session and April 17, 2013 Select Board meeting and executive session 2. Citizen Comments 3. Old Business 4. Unified […]
Celtic & gospel music at Baptist Church; Chorale & orchestra present Bach; Whiting book discussion; Weston Playhouse sets gala
Celtic/gospel performers The Sky Family will perform their high energy Celtic dance and Gospel production “Celtic Revival” 7 p.m. Friday, April 26, downstairs at the Chester Baptist Church, 162 Main St. as part of the church’s ground4LIFE program. The Skys, eastern Canada’s premiere Irish dance artists, are known for fast-paced fiddle music and high-energy Irish […]
NECA third-quarter honor roll announced
New England Classical Academy based in Claremont, NH, announces the third quarter honor roll for its students in grades 7 through 12 for the 2012-2013 school year. Four of those students are from Chester. Summa Cum Laude (students earning a grade point average of 97% and higher) Autumn Rose Prunier, 7th Grade, West Windsor, VT. […]
To the editor: VT lawmakers should not pass physician assisted suicide
Editor’s note: Here’s a link to the latest story on this issue from VTDigger.com. Passing S77, physician assisted suicide (misnamed “Patient Choice”) and calling suicide a legal medical treatment takes away patient choice from far many more Vermonters than it gives to those few who want to require others to bless and participate in the […]
Hearing on zoning regulation changes tonight
The Chester Select Board will be holding a public hearing at 7 tonight, Wednesday, April 17, on proposed changes to the Unified Development Bylaws, which govern zoning, subdivision and flood damage prevention regulations. The hearing will take place during its regular session, at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. This may be the last time that […]
Nursing scholarship available
Applications are being accepted for the 8th annual Eileen Austin Neal Nursing Scholarship of $1,000. This scholarship is open to any Springfield-area high school student who is planning a career in nursing and who has been accepted into a nursing program of study. Applicants will be judged on interest in and commitment to the field of nursing. Determination […]