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SAPA-TV to air 24 hours of ‘Santa Claus Conquers the Martians’
Springfield’s public access TV station, SAPA TV, invites cable viewers to spent Christmas Day watching the 1964 science fiction comedy film Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, which will run all day on Channel 8. Santa Claus Conquers the Martians is the story of how Santa Claus brings the spirit of giving and togetherness to the […]
3SquaresVT helps seniors eat nutritiously
Many senior citizens are cutting back on their food budgets as expenses rise, but good nutrition is a key factor in lifelong health. To encourage healthy eating, the U.S. Department of Agriculture offers the 3SquaresVT program to help eligible Vermonters buy nutritious food. The benefits come on an EBT card that looks like a debit […]
Whiting Library offers digital books to card-holders
Now, any patron can use their library card from home to access thousands of books and ebooks – free. Too dark to drive, bad roads, bad weather? Don’t get cabin fever or stuck without some literary entertainment. Do you have a Kindle, an iPad, any portable tech? As we each expand our literary needs beyond […]
RVTC culinary program donates to Springfield Family Center; Edgar May 5k draws 152 participants
The Culinary Arts program at RVTC presented a check for $650 to the Springfield Family Center. The check represents proceeds resulting from the Empty Bowl Dinner held in November. The Culinary Arts students collaborated with the Springfield High School Arts department to sponsor this event. Food was donated by Black River Produce, King Arthur Flour, […]
Chester-Andover Family Center raffles rug, preps for winter; FOLA in rehearsal for Follies
The Chester-Andover Family Center Thrift Shop if raffling off a handmade wool rag rug created by volunteer Edie Brown of Chester. The rug is 36 inches in diameter and is on display at the shop. Tickets are $1 each or five for $6 six for $5. Proceeds will go toward funds to help keep people […]
Respite grants offered for caregivers; deadline nears for Apple Blossom Cotillion participants; Mobus family honored by Springfield Rotary; Komen ride raises $30,000
Respite grants offered for caregivers Senior Solutions (Council on Aging for Southeastern Vermont) has respite funding available through the Dementia Respite Grant. This grant, funded by the state of Vermont, supports paid respite opportunities for primary, unpaid caregivers in Windsor and Windham counties. The elder’s income eligibility limit is $2,917 per month for an individual or $3,932 per […]
30th Annual Overture to Christmas comes to Chester
Chester’s 30th Annual Overture to Christmas will be held Saturday, Dec. 5, with events leading up to it during the week before. Everyone is invited and there is no charge. 4 to 5 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 30, a Gingerbread Workshop will be held at the Fullerton Inn, 40 The Common, for children in grades […]
Chester-Andover Elementary spaghetti fundraiser to support Keewaydin trip
Chester-Andover Elementary School invites the community to come for dinner from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19. Staff and volunteers will be cooking and students will be serving a spaghetti dinner with proceeds going to help send 5th and 6th grade students at the school to the Keewaydin Environmental Education Center, for a week-long […]
Townscape plants 1,000+ daffodils in Chester; Medicare open enrollment; Winter farmers market held in Londonderry; Sign up for Holiday Food Baskets; and Autumn Moon Committee honored
Chester Townscape continued its fall tradition of planting daffodils at key public locations in Chester to increase the color that will emerge next spring. This year’s planting was of the bright and perky Goblet. This fall, 2,800 daffodil bulbs were sold, and more than 1,000 were donated back to Chester Townscape, whose volunteers were then […]
Discover distant planets at SoVerA meeting
© 2015 Telegraph Publishing, LLC At its monthly meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m., the Southern Vermont Astronomy Group will present a talk titled “Extrasolar Planets: How are they found and how many are like Earth?” An “exoplanet” is a planet that orbits distant stars, the closest being about four light years away. […]
Firefighters in Londonderry, Chester throw open doors to trick-or-treaters
For the second year, South Londonderry’s Champion Fire Company teamed up with the nearby First Baptist Church to put on an all-encompassing Halloween gala for kids and adults alike. The church sponsored the trunk-or-treat, getting more than 20 cars to line Thompsonburg Road between the firehouse and Route 100, an area that the Fire Department […]
Historic info, funds sought as Hearse House work continues
The Chester Townscape is seeking contributions of information and dollars to restore the historic Hearse House at Brookside Cemetery and open it to the public for tours. Early support of the Chester Townscape project enabled the Town of Chester to contract with a carpenter for woodwork, foundation, roof and site work that set the stage […]
Haunted house at MacLaommain’s Pub to benefit Food Shelf
MacLaommain’s Scottish Pub will be holding a haunted house in its Great Hall from 7 to 10 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 30 and Saturday, Oct. 31 to benefit the Chester-Andover Food Shelf and the Vermont Foodbank. On Saturday, it will host a storytelling and a “friendlier” haunted house for younger children from 1 to 3 […]
Bewitching weekend in Chester for kids and adults alike
©2015 Telegraph Publishing LLC It was a day of feasting and an evening of frights for more than 400 folks who descended upon Chester-Andover Elementary School last Saturday to take part in the pre-Thanksgiving Thanksgiving meal and the annual Trunk or Treat Halloween festivities. According to Chris Meyer, more than 400 meals were served up […]
Whiting gets new sign courtesy VCS team; St. Luke’s donates garden tools to Whiting Library; Springfield Rotary presents $5,000 to lucky winner; Rock Library adds Internet security feature
Whiting Library in Chester has a bright new sign thanks to the Vermont Country Store in Rockingham. The old sign was hard to see while driving along Chester’s scenic Main Street, tending to blend into the brick colors of the library and the trees farther down the street. The new sign was designed and painted […]
Haunted Firehouse in S. Londonderry; workshop on becoming citizen-scientist; BRGNS holds Stick Season Social fund-raiser
Oct. 31: Firehouse haunts, trunk or treat in South Londonderry The community is invited to attend the sixth Annual Haunted Firehouse starting at 5 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 31 at South Londonderry Fire Station, 60 Main St. The event is free and sponsored by the South Londonderry Fire Department. The firehouse will be open with free […]
Chicken Pie Supper feathers nest for Andover scholarships
© 2015 — Telegraph Publishing LLC “It’s chicken pie, not chicken pot pie,” explained Bonnie Zipeto as servers whisked away the remains of the 5 p.m. seating and kitchen volunteers prepared for the 6 o’clock crowd. “It doesn’t have peas or other vegetables in the dish.” Whatever the recipe, Andover’s 11th Annual Chicken Pie Supper […]
Big Buzz Chainsaw Fest is carving a niche among Chester events
©2015-Telegraph Publishing LLC For the second year in a row, the six-year-old Big Buzz Chainsaw Carving Festival has found a comfortable home on the grounds of a former cornfield next to the American Legion on Route 103 South in Chester. Click here to go to the Big Buzz Photo Gallery below. The event, which began […]
Telegraph donates $300 to Rotary from inaugural ad program
The Chester Telegraph presented a check for $300 to the Chester Rotary on Thursday, Oct. 1 before its First Thursday evening meeting at the Fullerton Inn. The Rotary and The Telegraph had teamed up to promote the 2015 Fall Festival by creating a page within the paper with complete information about the September event that […]
Chester Townscape offers daffodil bulbs ‘To Light Up Chester’
Chester Townscape is continuing its ongoing campaign to Light Up Chester by encouraging people to purchase daffodil bulbs to plant this fall to produce a burst of color in spring of 2016. This year’s choice is a yellow trumpet with white petals named Goblet. The flower will coordinate with last year’s King Alfred bulbs and […]
