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Local students featured in OTW’s ‘Noye’s Fludde’
Eight students from the Chester/Ludlow area will participate in the upcoming Opera Theatre of Weston production of Noye’s Fludde (Noah’s Flood) by Benjamin Britten. The one-act opera is a unique take on the well-known biblical tale of Noah and his Ark. Noye’s Fludde will mark the 13th annual Opera in Winter produced by OTW. Green […]
Extras sought for film scene to be shot Thursday, Dec. 20
The producers of a short film, currently in production in Chester, are looking for extras of all ages and additional cast for a funeral scene to be shot at the Fullerton Inn, 40 The Common, on Thursday, Dec. 20. Call time is 4 p.m. Thursday, with filming expected to be finished around 7:30 p.m. Those […]
To the editor: Many to thank for making Overture to Christmas a success!
I would like to thank everyone involved in helping to make this year’s Overture to Christmas the best yet. Let me start by saying that the level of participation in the planning and execution was so large, it is inevitable that I will overlook someone in this thank you. For this, I apologize. Thanks to […]
Housewarming in Chester to raise fuel-assistance funds
State Rep. Leigh Dakin and former State Rep. Kathy Pellett are announcing the annual Housewarming Party to raise funds for local residents in need of winter fuel assistance. Now in its seventh year, the Chester/Andover Democrats will hold their annual “housewarming” fuel assistance event at 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 17 at Baba-A-Louis Bakery, 92 VT […]
New name, new transitional structure for school supervisory union
LUDLOW The public relations committee of the new Two Rivers Supervisory Union, which encompasses Chester and Andover schools, has announced that work is well under way for the launch of the merged organization on July 1, 2013. The following principles have been adopted by the board: a) The new SU organization will be sized to […]
Holly Jolly beginning of Christmas season
The second weekend of Overture of Christmas featured a puppet show at VTica, gingerbread house judging, caroling, storytelling and a live Nativity Scene. The 27th annual event was topped off with the arrival of Santa and Mrs. Claus and the lighting of the Town Tree. Click on any photo below to launch the photo gallery.
Holiday favorite turned on its ear; well-loved authors at Misty Valley; St. Luke’s Christmas celebration
Totally Scrooged! one man show in Grafton It’s open season on the holiday season as comic actor Pickles Reese unloads both barrels and blows the doors off tradition in histour d’ farce Totally Scrooged! This saucy solo sendup of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is presented one night only, at 7:30 p.m. Friday Dec. 14, at […]
Overture to Christmas kicks off with kids’ crafts and carolers
Alight snow fell over Chester on Saturday, Dec. 1, the first day of Overture to Christmas, now in its 27th year. Following an elfish breakfast at the American Legion, children and parents packed tables at Chester-Andover Elementary School to paint pottery ornaments, create lace and bead candy canes and decorate Christmas cookies. The St. Luke’s […]
Opera Theatre seeks audience singers for Noye’s Fludde
Opera Theatre of Weston artistic directors Nan Nall and Lise Messier will present a new production of Noye’s Fludde by Benjamin Britten at the Paramount Theatre in Rutland and at the Weston Playhouse in January. Britten arranged three well-known hymns for this opera to be sung by the “congregation” to underscore the drama unfolding on […]
Chris Zuppinger, 46, precision carpenter and devoted husband
Christoph M. Zuppinger of Chester, VT, passed away at his home on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 after a brief illness. He was 46. Mr. Zuppinger was born on March 28, 1966 in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, a heavily forested 800-year-old town near the largest waterfall in Europe. As a child, Mr. Zuppinger wanted to be an artist, […]
Briefs: Whiting Library raffle; St. Luke’s Annual Tea and Sale; new exhibit at VTica
Local woodworker Albert Williams has donated a cherry wood children’s table and chairs set to the Whiting Library to be raffled off to help meet the library’s year-end budget goals. It can be seen at the library, located at 117 Main St. in Chester. Tickets are $5 each and are available at the library, from […]
Police Log for Sept. 15 – Nov. 1
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. Thursday, Nov. 1 Mattson Road. A resident complained that neighbors were target shooting behind the house scaring the complainant and family. Wednesday, Oct. 31, […]
To the editor: Help keep Whiting Library healthy, growing
On any given day, more than 100 patrons visit Chester’s Whiting Library to borrow books, periodicals and audio-visual materials, to use the reading room, the computers and the research facilities. And now, Vermont’s first telescope lending program at the Whiting Library lets you view the night sky up close and personal. Although all these services […]
1st quarter honor roll announced by GMUHS
Green Mountain Union Middle and High School has announced its first quarter honor roll. 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 C+, C or C-). High School Honors means that the […]
Backgrounder: Act 250, the Land Use and Development Act
Passed in the spring of 1970, Act 250 was the result of development pressures brought on by the opening of I-91 and I-89. The governor and state legislature were among those concerned that greater access would result in environmental problems, traffic congestion and over development among other problems that would combine to be a burden […]
Backgrounder: The Dollar General project
The 9,100-square-foot project, being developed by the Zaremba Group of Ohio, received an approval in October 2011 from the Chester Development Review Board for a subdivision, since it is currently part of property owned by Ted Zachary, who ran a pizza house adjacent to the parcel he is hoping to sell to Dollar General. The […]
Giving thanks … to the chef
By Becki Trudell The Thanksgiving holiday is centered around a huge meal and, of course, family. But with the big meal comes hours of preparation — and a great, big mess. Peeling potatoes, chopping onions, basting a turkey and the inevitable dirty pans and soiled tablecloths are not likely to put a damper on your […]
Chester not on winners list of Prettiest Painted Place
Chester is not among the winners of the Paint Quality Institute’s Prettiest Painted Places in America Competition. Chester made the first cut – from nearly 200 places to 60 finalists, but was not among the 12 winners (one from a small town and one from a large town in each region) nor the nine nominees […]
Briefs: Gov. Kunin to speak twice in Chester; Senior luncheon; Specker concert; Santa photo funder for TARPS; interim pastor at St. Luke’s; volunteer drivers sought
Former Vermont Gov. Madeleine Kunin will speak twice in Chester on Sunday, Nov. 18, first at the First Universalist Parish Stone Church at the 9:30 a.m. service, then, at 2 p.m. as Misty Valley Books’ final Vermont Voice 2012, also at the Stone Church in Chester’s Stone Village. After serving as a Vermont state legislator […]