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Kids’ winter art program at Derry Library Jan. 24
The South Londonderry Free Library, 15 Old School Road, invites families to celebrate winter and the warmth of friendship with art teacher Casey Junker Bailey at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 24. Children of all ages (and grownups too!) will make artwork inspired by the picture book The Most Beautiful Winter. The workshop is free […]
Area Dems to hold fundraiser for Family Center’s home heating program
In collaboration with the Chester-Andover Family Center and the Andover Democratic Town Committee, the Chester Town Democratic Committee will hold its annual Share Heat Fundraiser from 4 to 6 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 1 at VT Vines Vineyard and Winery, 275 Williams Road in Rockingham. The committees will provide appetizers, and a cash bar will […]
Snowshoe for Hope returns to Grafton Feb. 8 to raise funds for Komen cancer campaign
Snowshoe for Hope returns to the Grafton Trails & Outdoor Center, 783 Townshend Road in Grafton, on Sunday, Feb. 8 to benefit Susan G. Komen, the world’s leading breast cancer organization. Beginning at 9 a.m., participants can register on site, pick up T-shirts, drop off donations, rent snowshoes ($15) and enjoy a light breakfast. Trails […]
Got a water restoration or protection project? Grants available to governments, private groups
The 2026 Vermont Watershed Grants Program is accepting applications for projects that protect, restore and enhance the state’s lakes, streams, rivers and ponds, including Vermonters’ ability to appreciate and enjoy these treasures. Applications are due by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 4. Grants are available to municipalities, local and regional government agencies, sporting clubs, non-profit […]
Martin Luther King Day Gathering in Springfield
The Declaration of Inclusion Implementation Committee of the Town of Springfield invites the community to an MLK Day Gathering from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 19 at the Springfield Town Library, 43 Main St. This gathering honors the life, legacy, and enduring words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The program will feature […]
Whiting Library offers one-on-one tech help
Whiting Library is offering free, one-on-one technology help sessions to assist community members with basic computer and digital device skills. Library staff will provide individualized help with tasks such as downloading eBooks, using library eResources, setting up an email account and completing other common computer-related activities. Participants may bring their own device or use a […]
SoVerA’s January meeting features ‘Mars: the Dust Bowl of Dreams’
Southern Vermont Astronomy Group will hold its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 13 in the 1879 Perkinsville Schoolhouse, 1862 VT-106 in Perkinsville. This hybrid meeting will also be available via Zoom. Longtime SoVerA member Kevin Paquet will give a presentation titled Mars: the Dust Bowl of Dreams. Was there life on Mars? […]
Ludlow Rotary donates to Mount Holly School, Chester Teen Center
In recent weeks, Ludlow Rotary Club awarded grants to Mount Holly School and the Chester Teen Center. The school ‘s music program was the beneficiary of a $3,000 grant to purchase risers for concerts, plays and other events. Previously, the school had to borrow risers from Ludlow Elementary School to use for its concerts. “This […]
VTel donates $5,000 to local food pantries
VTel donated $5,000 in December to 10 local food pantries across southern Vermont, supporting community food programs during the busy holiday season. The donation was distributed evenly among 10 organizations, with each food pantry receiving $500. December’s recipients are: Black River Good Neighbor Services in Ludlow, Chester-Andover Family Center, Grafton Community Church Food Pantry, Springfield […]
Pat Glabach receives Lions Club’s highest award
Pat Glabach received the Melvin Jones Fellowship Award on Nov. 11 at the Londonderry Area Tri-Mountain Lions dinner meeting held at The Red Slate Restaurant at Magic Mountain. It is the highest honor bestowed by Lions Club International and recognizes a member whose service goes above and beyond one’s typical duties. Glabach has been doing […]
Springfield Garden Club’s Holiday Market another big success
Springfield Garden Club’s Holiday Market, which was held on Friday, Dec. 5, proved to be a big hit. The club extends its appreciation to the the people who came and purchased handmade wreaths and arrangements. This is the garden club’s only major fundraiser, and the proceeds go toward its mission to “provide a social […]
Learn ice fishing techniques from an expert
Have you ever wanted to learn how to ice fish or do you just need to brush up on your knowledge? Learn from Jim Fischer, Vermont Let’s Go Fishing certified chief instructor and a Chester resident, from 8 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 3 at Knapp Pond #2, 1426 Knapp Pond Road in Cavendish. […]
Green Mountain Gardeners brings holiday cheer to neighbors
Green Mountain Gardeners of Landgrove, Londonderry, Peru and Weston held their annual gathering on Dec. 8 to make holiday table decorations for their homebound neighbors. The South Londonderry Depot was full of the smell of pine and the sounds of chatter as 20 members, dressed in holiday sweaters and their garden club aprons, built festive […]
SAPA TV hosts 8th annual public domain Christmas
Once again, SAPA TV, the Springfield area’s public access TV station, will run 24 hours of Christmas movies and short subjects from 7 p.m. on Christmas Eve to 7 p.m. on Christmas Day. Viewers in Chester, Reading, Springfield and Weathersfield, as well as in Charlestown, N.H., are invited to spend the day with 1964’s Santa […]
Chester’s Yosemite Firehouse gets its wreath
Historic Fire District No. 2 on Depot Street, known as the Yosemite Firehouse, is the last town-owned public building to be decorated for the Christmas holiday season. For years Chester Townscape has decorated the town’s public buildings and central locations with a variety of greens, berries and cheery red bows to welcome the holiday season. […]
Chester Festival, long held on the Green, to move to Legion field
By Shawn Cunningham © 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC Approximately three dozen people gathered at Chester’s American Legion on Tuesday evening for a long awaited information session about moving the 2026 Chester Festival on the Green off the Green and surrounding town properties and onto a field next to the American Legion, off Route 103 South. […]
Santa lights up the Chester Green
By Shawn Cunningham © 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC Carolers, bundled up against the chill, gathered around a blazing firepit on the Chester Green last Saturday afternoon singing songs of Christmas while across Main Street, Laurie and Samantha Vertefeuille were putting the finishing touches on Santa’s house. Cookies, candy canes and hot chocolate were ready. All […]
Kids invited to create apple head St. Nick dolls
Art teacher Casey Junker Bailey invites children of all ages to create presents for holiday giving at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 13 at Wilder Library’s temporary location in The Old Parish Church, 100 Main St. in Weston. Children will make old-fashioned apple head St. Nicholas dolls wearing red robes and carrying bags full of […]
SoVerA presents ‘Capturing the Night Sky’ Dec. 9 Monthly meeting at Vermont Academy
The Southern Vermont Astronomy group will host Dorian Sanders, who will be presenting his astrophotography at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 9 at the Vermont Academy, Horowitz Hall, 23 Leavitt Lane in Saxtons River or virtually on Zoom. Sanders, a professional photographer, instructor and national tour guide, uses digital equipment to capture photos of distant […]
Nordic Harmoni Holiday Program Dec. 6 Part of Weston's daylong Christmas celebration
Nordic Harmoni invites everyone to bring in the holiday season with some traditional Swedish and American songs and Lucia pageant at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 6 in the Old Parish Church, 144 Main St. in Weston. This is part of the day-long Christmas in Weston celebration; admission is free. Each year, on Dec. 13, […]