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  • To the editor: Silence is not the choice Chester's Select Board and school board should have made

    To the editor: Silence is not the choice Chester’s Select Board and school board should have made

    In a town meeting, you don’t expect silence to be the loudest thing in the room. Yet at our most recent Chester Select Board meeting, you could have heard the proverbial pin drop. At this meeting, our Select Board’s duty was to review candidates and provide their endorsement of a candidate, to then be considered […]

  • To the editor: AG Clark, Vermont lawyers ignoring the U.S. Constitution

    To the editor: AG Clark, Vermont lawyers ignoring the U.S. Constitution

    This is a letter of response on the subject of Vermont Attorney General Clark and more than 300 Vermont lawyers who gathered in Burlington earlier this month to rally and protest against the Trump administration. Why are  Clark and more than 300 Vermont lawyers blaming the Trump administration for the ongoing lawless choices and irresponsible […]

  • Spaghetti dinner to benefit Community Cares Network May 23

    Spaghetti dinner to benefit Community Cares Network May 23

    Community Cares Network of Chester/Andover is holding a fund-raising dinner from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on Friday, May 23 at the Andover Town Hall, 953 Andover-Weston Road. The menu includes spaghetti with choice of sauces, salad, bread, dessert and beverages. Admission is by donation at the door. CCN is a community volunteer organization whose mission […]

  • To the editor: A letter to the Chester Select Board on how two rallies were organized for the Green

    To the editor: A letter to the Chester Select Board on how two rallies were organized for the Green

    An open letter to the Chester Select Board: What follows are responses to the incomplete and misinformed comments presented at the May 7, 2025, Select Board meeting. Comments made at the meeting implied that the organizers and attendees at the April 5 and May 1 rallies on the Chester Green were not concerned about the […]

  • Op-ed: Protect voting by rejecting the SAVE Act

    Op-ed: Protect voting by rejecting the SAVE Act

    By Sue Racanelli President League of Women Voters of Vermont On April 10, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, H.R.22, passed the U.S. House and is on its way to the Senate. The League of Women Voters of Vermont opposes the SAVE Act because it would require all Vermont citizens registering to vote or updating […]

  • Family concert set for Saturday at Whiting Library

    Family concert set for Saturday at Whiting Library

    Musicians Stu Fuchs and Sarah Carlisle will appear in a family-friendly show to delight listeners of all ages at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 17 at Whiting Library, 117 Main St. in Chester. Both are life-long, highly trained musicians who have toured the world performing and teaching. They played on Snatam Kaur’s 2018 Grammy-nominated album […]

  • Ludlow Rotary's successful Penny Sale to aid scholarship program

    Ludlow Rotary’s successful Penny Sale to aid scholarship program

    The 67th Annual Penny Sale, sponsored by the Ludlow Rotary Club, returned in full force on Saturday, April 26. Thanks to the donations of gifts from more than 100 area businesses and individuals, more than $20,000 in merchandise and cash was given away. Prizes included ski passes, cash, restaurant gift cards, wheelbarrows, televisions, bicycles, stuffed […]

  • Historic gay-friendly Andrews Inn documentary filmmakers to hold chat on May 22

    Historic gay-friendly Andrews Inn documentary filmmakers to hold chat on May 22

    The iconic Andrews Inn was a gay-friendly bar and hotel that was open from 1974 to 1984 in downtown Bellows Falls. Local independent filmmaker Heather Holloway of Letter H Film & Media, and local historian Gail Golec, of The Secret Life of Death podcast, will discuss their new documentary project at 6 p.m. on Thursday, […]

  • College News

    College News

    Jonathan Griffin of West Townshend, a senior pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Bob Jones University in Greenville, S.C., was hired before graduation as a administrative innkeeper at Windham Hill Inn in West Townshend. Griffin also was among over 590 Bob Jones University students named to the spring 2025 President’s List, which recognizes […]

  • Talk on Vermont policies regarding equity, sustainability and shared prosperity May 15

    Talk on Vermont policies regarding equity, sustainability and shared prosperity May 15

    Stephanie Yu, executive director of the non-profit Public Assets Institute, will give a talk titled Gather: Are We Keeping Our Promises? at 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 15 at Whiting Library, 117 Main St. in Chester. This Vermont Humanities Speakers Bureau presentation is part of the library’s series of events exploring the Vermont Reads book […]

  • Windsor County Mentors seeks volunteers

    Windsor County Mentors seeks volunteers

    Windsor County Mentors, the youth mentoring organization that has served all of Windsor County since 1974, has an immediate need for adult volunteer mentors. The organization has more than 50 years of experience in matching caring adults with youth in need to help them thrive. Mentoring offers vulnerable youth the opportunity to share experiences with […]

  • Springfield Players presents 'Five Women Wearing the Same Dress' May 17&18, 23&24

    Springfield Players presents ‘Five Women Wearing the Same Dress’ May 17&18, 23&24

    Springfield Community Players, the longest running community theater in Vermont, presents the first show of its 105th season at 165 South St. at 7 p.m. on Saturday, May 17 and 23 and at 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 18 and 24 at 165 South St. Five Women Wearing the Same Dress by Alan Ball is […]

  • Union Street School Garden Club introduces new members

    Union Street School Garden Club introduces new members

    WATCH US GROW: The fifth-grade Garden Club at Union Street School in Springfield, with the assistance of Deb Smith, member of the Springfield Garden Club, meets every Wednesday, rain, shine and snow! This year’s members — in the back row — are thrilled to introduce you to their replacements — in the front row — […]

  • Weston's Wilder Memorial Library breaks ground on expansion

    Weston’s Wilder Memorial Library breaks ground on expansion

    Wilder Memorial Library in Weston held a ground-breaking ceremony on Tuesday, May 6 to celebrate the beginning of its long-awaited building project to enhance and expand the library’s facilities and programs. The project will include repairing and restoring the 200-year-old main building and adding a 1,300-square foot addition, which will have fully accessible indoor and […]

  • Plots available in Chester Community Gardens

    Plots available in Chester Community Gardens

    The Chester Community Greenhouse and Gardens, located on Canal Street in Chester, is excited to start the 2025 season. Two 10-foot x 10-foot plots that are ready to plant are still available and will be assigned on a first-come first-served basis. So that plot assignments can be updated, returning gardeners are requested to send a […]

  • Join Cavendish Streetscapes to beautify the region

    Join Cavendish Streetscapes to beautify the region

    Last fall, Cavendish Streetscapes coordinators Julia Gignoux and Lisa Ewald enlisted volunteers to plant yellow daffodil bulbs in a variety of new locations. One spot is shown in the photograph. Can you identify four more locations that feature these beacons of spring? Seeking to promote civic pride and beautification of the village centers, Cavendish Streetscapes […]

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