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Holy Week services at Second Congregational Church in Derry

Holy Week services at Second Congregational Church in Derry

The Second Congregational Church in Londonderry invites everyoney to its Holy Week services. Unless otherwise noted, all events take place at the church, which is located at 2051 N. Main St. (Route 11). Sunday, March 30 (Palm Sunday) Worship is at 9:30 a.m. Young people are invited to attend Sunday School. Friday, April 3 (Good […]

Local youth to take flight: ACE Aviation Academy Returns to Hartness Airport in July

Local youth to take flight: ACE Aviation Academy Returns to Hartness Airport in July

The skies over Springfield will be active with the next generation of aviators this summer as the Aviation Careers Education Academy returns to Hartness State Airport from July 27 through 31. The five-day, hands-on program invites students ages 12 to 16 to step out of the classroom and into the cockpit. Hosted by the Vermont […]

Free Community Health Fair March 28 in Springfield

Free Community Health Fair March 28 in Springfield

Springfield Area Adult Day Services invites community members to a special People First Health Fair from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 28 at its facility located at 266 River St. in Springfield. This free event will offer attendees the opportunity to receive complimentary wellness services, including balance screenings, checking of blood pressure […]

Spaghetti fundraiser April 2 to send CAES kids to Keewaydin Enviro Camp

Spaghetti fundraiser April 2 to send CAES kids to Keewaydin Enviro Camp

The community is invited to a spaghetti dinner fundraiser to send 5th and 6th graders at Chester-Andover Elementary School to Keewaydin Environmental Education Center for a week-long outdoor learning experience in May. The dinner will be held at CAES, 72 Main St. in Chester, from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 2. The dinner […]

Alumni Association hosts community taco night in Andover March 27

Alumni Association hosts community taco night in Andover March 27

The Chester High School-Green Mountain Union HS Alumni Association is gearing up for a festive Taco Night Fundraiser from 5:30 to 8 p.m on Friday, March 27 at Andover Town Hall, 953 Weston-Andover Road. The event will bring community members, families and former students together for great food and even better company. Guests will enjoy […]

Bears are waking up: Take down bird feeders

Bears are waking up: Take down bird feeders Secure other sources of food to prevent bear conflicts

The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department is receiving reports of bears coming out of their dens and is urging Vermonters to remove their bird feeders and take additional steps now to prevent conflicts with bears over the spring and summer. “Do not wait to take down your bird feeders and bear-proof your yard until a […]

No Kings! Day protest in Chester March 28

No Kings! Day protest in Chester March 28

Join your community on Saturday, March 28 for a third No Kings! Day, a nationwide day of protest. Residents of Chester and neighboring towns will gather in solidarity on the Chester Village Green from 10 a.m. to noon to reject authoritarianism — and show the world what democracy really looks like. The Trump administration and […]

Vt. Poet Laureate Bianca Stone returns to Chester March 21

Vt. Poet Laureate Bianca Stone returns to Chester March 21

Vermont Poet Laureate Bianca Stone returns to Chester Town Hall at 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 21 to present The State of Poetry, a traveling community-building initiative in which she shares poems written by past Vermont Poet Laureates that illuminate and speak to the world in which we live today. The event underscores how poems […]

Springfield High Theater Department presents 'Treasure Island' March 20-22

Springfield High Theater Department presents ‘Treasure Island’ March 20-22

Springfield High School Theater Department presents Treasure Island by Ken Ludwig adapted from the novel by Robert Lewis Stevenson. Performances will held be at the Springfield High School Auditorium, 303 South St. in Springfield, at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, March 20 and 21 and at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 22. Admission is […]

'It's All About the Bluebird!' March 19 in Derry

‘It’s All About the Bluebird!’ March 19 in Derry

Veterinarian Dr. Ron Svec will present a family-friendly program titled “It’s All About the Bluebird!” at 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 19 at Flood Brook School, 91 VT-11 in Londonderry. He will talk about the history, life and nesting of the Eastern Bluebird. It is a story of success that is due, in large part, […]

Education leaders to participate in public forum at Hartford High on March 23

Education leaders to participate in public forum at Hartford High on March 23

Community members are invited to attend a public education forum from 6 to 8 p.m. on Monday, March 23 in the auditorium at Hartford High School, 37 Highland Ave., White River Junction. The event will bring together state and local education leaders to discuss the status of transformational education legislation currently being debated in Montpelier […]

Three public hearings on deer, moose in March

Three public hearings on deer, moose in March

The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department and the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Board will hold public hearings on deer and moose management for 2026 on March 16, 18 and 19. The hearings will include the results of Vermont’s 2025 deer seasons and prospects for deer hunting next fall, as well as an opportunity for people […]

Artist Barre Pinske creates 'Rising Tide' performance space inside Chester studio

Artist Barre Pinske creates ‘Rising Tide’ performance space inside Chester studio

Barre Pinske moved to Chester nearly 20 years ago and is still finding ways to surprise people. Best known for his wooden bears, he has built one of the more unlikely creative résumés in New England. His latest project is Pinske’s Rising Tide, a dedicated performance space inside his 50 First Ave. studio, which is […]

Magic Mountain Chili Cook-Off raises over $1K for Ski Patrol, Outing Club

Magic Mountain Chili Cook-Off raises over $1K for Ski Patrol, Outing Club

The Magic Mountain Ski Area community turned out in force for the second annual Magic Mountain Outing Club Chili Cook-Off on Saturday, March 7. The lively afternoon event raised more than $1,000 to support the mountain’s Outing Club and the Ski Patrol. Held at the Black Line Tavern, the event featured 11 chili entries from […]

GMP offers help with your electric bill March 19

GMP offers help with your electric bill March 19

Representatives from Green Mountain Power will be at Neighborhood Connections, 5700 VT-100 in Londonderry, for 10-minute appointments between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Thursday, March 19. You can sign up for the Budget Billing Program to keep your monthly electric costs the same each month; it is available to all customers. You can also […]

DEADLINE EXTENDED: Chester Townscape now taking tree, shrub orders until April 15

DEADLINE EXTENDED: Chester Townscape now taking tree, shrub orders until April 15

Chester Townscape, the all-volunteer non-profit organization that helps keep Chester blooming, is holding its Annual Tree & Shrub Sale to raise funds for its beautification projects. This event offers good-sized, proven trees and shrubs at below-retail nursery prices. This year’s selections are: Snow Showers Weeping Cherry Tree Dwarf Buttonbush Easy as Pie Bush Cherry Reminiscent […]

Henry Homeyer: How to propagate your garden with seeds, cuttings and dividing

Henry Homeyer: How to propagate your garden with seeds, cuttings and dividing

By Henry Homeyer ©2026 Telegraph Publishing LLC It seems to me that the prices of many things have gone up significantly in recent times. One way to combat that, as a gardener, is to start plants by seed instead of buying plants that someone else as started, watered and mothered for months. Many gardeners enjoy […]

Children's art program at Derry Library March 14

Children’s art program at Derry Library March 14

South Londonderry Free Library, 15 Old School Road, invites children of all ages (and grownups too!) to an art workshop with Casey Junker Bailey at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 14. The workshop is free of charge and appropriate for all ages. Come learn about the life and art of African American painter Horace Pippin […]

GM Drama presents 'Cinderella, the Musical' March 20 & 21

GM Drama presents ‘Cinderella, the Musical’ March 20 & 21 Music by Richard Rodgers and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein

© 2026 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Green Mountain High School Drama Department will present the Youth Edition of Rogers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella on Friday March 20 at 6:30 p.m. and Saturday March 21 at 2:30 and 6:30 p.m.  Admission is by donation. Originally presented on television in 1957 starring Julie Andrews, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella was […]

Two short films about supporting birds March 13 in Proctorsville

Two short films about supporting birds March 13 in Proctorsville

Cavendish Fletcher Community Library and the Cavendish Community Conservation Association will host Building for Birds and Puffling Patrol, two short films about supporting birds, at 6 p.m. on Friday, March 13 at the library, 573 Main St. in Proctorsville. This family-friendly event is free and open to the public. Birds play vital ecological roles in […]