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  • Cavendish Streetscapes donates American flags

    Cavendish Streetscapes donates American flags

    Cavendish Streetscapes volunteers delivered flags and poles to the Proctorsville and Cavendish Volunteer Fire Departments. Members of both fire departments donated their time, equipment and labor to install flags along Route 131 in the two villages. The flags symbolize the country’s history and hopes for the future.

  • Cavendish Community Fund awards four grants

    Cavendish Community Fund awards four grants

    The Cavendish Community Fund recently awarded four grants that will directly benefit Cavendish residents. The following organizations were recognized: Create Together at Fletcher Farm, the newly formed studio space for people to engage in new pursuits. The grant will help defray the cost for Cavendish residents to attend programs. Cavendish Fletcher Community Library to expand […]

  • Springfield Rotary wraps up successful diaper, food drives

    Springfield Rotary wraps up successful diaper, food drives

    The Springfield Rotary Club hosted to successful drives in the past two months. Its diaper drive in April to benefit the Springfield Area Parent Child Center Diaper Bank collected 1,833 diapers and 1,220 wipes, as well as $1,157 in monetary donations. The club thanks the community for stepping up as well as the following businesses […]

  • Mountain Town Get Down fundraiser returns to Magic Mountain May 31

    Mountain Town Get Down fundraiser returns to Magic Mountain May 31

    West River Sports Association, in collaboration with Mountain Towns Recreation, presents the 2025 Mountain Town Get Down from 3 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, May 31 at Magic Mountain Ski Area, 495 Magic Mountain Access Road in Londonderry. The Mountain Town Get Down is a vital fundraiser for youth sports programs across a five-town region. […]

  • West River Farmers Market opens for season on Saturday

    West River Farmers Market opens for season on Saturday

    The West River Farmers Market will make its 2025 season debut from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 24. This vibrant market, with more than 40 vendors, is located at the Williams Park at the junction of Route 11 and Route 100 in Londonderry and is filled with fresh organic produce, farm grown […]

  • Editorial: Two boards too weak to make the right decisions

    Editorial: Two boards too weak to make the right decisions

    By Cynthia Prairie ©2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC Over the past two weeks, both the Chester Select Board and the board of directors of the Green Mountain Unified School District could not have come across as weaker, more spineless. Under the mistaken guise of avoiding a political morass, they each punted their responsibilities: in the case […]

  • Custer Sharp loves KidsArt! May 24 and 31

    Custer Sharp loves KidsArt! May 24 and 31

    Stop by the Londonderry Arts and Historical Society’s Custer Sharp House, 2461 Middletown Road in Londonderry, to enjoy an art exhibit by K through 8 students from Flood Brook School. The exhibit will be open to the public from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 24 and May 31. Be inspired by the […]

  • 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 […]

  • Expeditionary School yard sale fundraiser May 24

    Expeditionary School yard sale fundraiser May 24

    Expeditionary School at Black River is hosting a yard sale fundraiser on site, at 43 Main St. in Ludlow, from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 24. If you are spring cleaning, please consider donating unwanted items to the school. They can be used but must be clean; no appliances or electronics please. […]

  • Chester's annual Plant Sale May 23-25

    Chester’s annual Plant Sale May 23-25

    The annual Chester Plant Sale will take place on the side lawn of St. Luke’s Church, 313 Main St. in Chester, on May 23 through 25. Hours are from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and from noon to 3 p.m. on Sunday. The later timing of the annual event allows for […]

  • 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 […]

  • REVISED Chester Select Board agenda for May 21

    REVISED Chester Select Board agenda for May 21

    The Chester Select Board will hold its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday May 21 at Town Hall, 556 Elm Street and via Zoom. To join the meeting go to https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81988842129 1. Approval of Minutes from the Selectboard Meeting dated May 7, 2025 2. Citizen’s Comments 3. Old Business 4. Coin Drop; Ruck Up […]

  • Chester board punts making school board rep recommendation; hears protests about protests

    Chester board punts making school board rep recommendation; hears protests about protests

    By Shawn Cunningham © 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC Last Wednesday, the Chester Select Board was met with a fairly full house and two large servings of controversy starting with the public comment period. One issue concerns the use of the Green for political demonstrations while the other involved objections to a candidate who is seeking […]

  • 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 […]

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