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  • Small gathering in Chester protests military occupation of nation's capital

    Small gathering in Chester protests military occupation of nation’s capital

    About 15 Chester residents gather on the Green late Friday afternoon for a Honk and Wave Demonstration to protest the Trump administration’s illegal use of U.S. military troops in Washington, D.C. They were greeted by waves and thumbs up from many of the drivers passing by. The spontaneous protest was part of a nationwide action […]

  • Labor Day workers rally to be held on the Chester Green

    Labor Day workers rally to be held on the Chester Green

    From 10 a.m. to noon on Monday, Sept. 1 — nationally celebrated Labor Day — workers, students, foreign-born neighbors, families, and just about anybody you can think of will hold a rally on the Chester Green, joining hundreds of thousands of people in thousands of cities nationwide to demand Workers Over Billionaires (#WorkersOverBillionaires). The event […]

  • Chester Select Board agenda for Aug. 20

    Chester Select Board agenda for Aug. 20

    The Chester Select Board will meet following on Wednesday, Aug. 20 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St., and via Zoom, following the Water Commissioners meeting, which begins at 6:30 p.m. To join the meeting go to: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81988842129 Below is the Water Commissioners’ agenda. 1. Citizen’s Comments 2. Findings of No Significant Impact Hearing; Sewer Force […]

  • 'Art in Bloom' returns to LAHS Aug. 22 and 23

    ‘Art in Bloom’ returns to LAHS Aug. 22 and 23

    Come enjoy stunning local artistry in various forms — including floral interpretations created to pair with the art to capture and complement the theme and color of each. Green Mountain Gardeners and the Londonderry Arts and Historical Society are once again joining forces to bring you “Art in Bloom” from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. […]

  • Henry Homeyer: Fill your home with flowers and your fridge with tomatoes

    Henry Homeyer: Fill your home with flowers and your fridge with tomatoes

    By Henry Homeyer ©2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC Ever year on the third weekend in August, my hometown of Cornish, N.H., sponsors a country fair. Not only does it have junk food and rides for the kids, it has ox and horse pulling competitions, woodsman’s events and more. The school is full of photography, art and […]

  • Large solar proposal in Chester gets a public airing

    Large solar proposal in Chester gets a public airing

    By Shawn Cunningham © 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC It’s ironic that a glitch in the video conferencing system at Town Hall delayed a meeting Monday about a large solar field proposed for 14 acres along Route 103 south in Chester, but Planning Commission members found a workaround and the presentation went on, albeit late. Thomas […]

  • Eagle Scout candidate works to raise funds for Cobleigh Field scoreboard

    Eagle Scout candidate works to raise funds for Cobleigh Field scoreboard

    By Shawn Cunningham © 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC If Jacob Studin has his way, next spring people attending Chester Recreation’s softball games at Cobleigh Field will know the score, and he will have reached the pinnacle of scouting. For his Eagle Scout project, Studin, 15, decided to raise the funds to buy and install a […]

  • Chester featured in presentation on creating resilient public spaces beautifully

    Chester featured in presentation on creating resilient public spaces beautifully

    By Cynthia Prairie ©2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC A stone table down a stone path on a dead end street, its backdrop a swinging bridge. A gracefully curling bench surrounded by flowering perennials. A town-owned flood area, with trees planted along the embankment. A flat expanse of land once dotted with homes is now a riverside […]

  • Will more screening tests improve your health?

    Will more screening tests improve your health?

    Dr. H. Gilbert Welch of Brigham and Women’s Hospital of Massachusetts will present a talk titled “Will More Screening Tests Really Make You More Healthy?” from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 15 at Neighborhood Connections, 5700 Route 100 in the Mountain Marketplace in Londonderry. This is part of its “Soup and Sandwich […]

  • Regional premiere of Vermont-based play Aug. 20 in Weston

    Regional premiere of Vermont-based play Aug. 20 in Weston

    Weston Theater Company takes audiences on a moving journey about love, migration and finding home in A Distinct Society, playing from Aug. 20 through 31 at Walker Farm, 705 Main St. in Weston. Set in the unique Haskell Free Library, a real-life building that straddles the U.S.-Canada border between Vermont and Québec, the play follows […]

  • Non-Violent Direct Action Training in Chester Aug. 17

    Non-Violent Direct Action Training in Chester Aug. 17

    There is a lot going on these days: large-scale pro-democracy demonstrations all across the country, smaller weekly rallies in response to various political threats, the occasional sit-in at a municipal, state or federal building. There comes a time when passive demonstrations with clever signs are not enough to respond to escalating authoritarianism. If you are […]

  • Ludlow Rotary preps for Duck Race Aug. 16

    Ludlow Rotary preps for Duck Race Aug. 16

    Ludlow Rotary Club is gearing up for its 26th annual Ralph D. Hogencamp Memorial Duck Race down the Black River, which begins at noon on Saturday, Aug. 16. The Mount Holly Volunteer Fire Department is the beneficiary of this year’s event. The rubber duckies, purchased by individuals and businesses, will be dumped into the river […]

  • Magic Trash art program at Derry Library Aug. 15

    Magic Trash art program at Derry Library Aug. 15

    The South Londonderry Free Library, 15 Old School Road, invites kids and adults to attend a program at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 15 about the work of artist Tyree Guyton and his “Magic Trash.” Art teacher Casey Junker Bailey, who once wrote a book about recycle art with her students, will lead the hour […]

  • Pasture Pals series returns to VINE beginning Aug. 10

    Pasture Pals series returns to VINE beginning Aug. 10

    VINE Sanctuary’s free Pasture Pals program is back for five Sundays, at 201 Massey Road in Springfield, beginning on Aug. 10. It gives children 6 years of age and older the opportunity to learn from the animals themselves, instead of from books or cartoons. Please arrive on time.  Sessions begin promptly at 11 a.m.; late […]

  • Discuss disaster recovery with Doug Farnham at Newfane, Londonderry events Aug. 12

    Discuss disaster recovery with Doug Farnham at Newfane, Londonderry events Aug. 12

    As part of Gov. Phil Scott’s Capital for a Day in Windham County on Tuesday, Aug. 12, Chief Recovery Officer Douglas Farnham will be holding two roundtable sessions on disaster recovery. These events are meant to bring together staff and leadership from towns in the region to share issues and best practices for recovery and […]

  • 'A Christmas Caroler' presented at Old Parish Church in Weston Aug. 10

    ‘A Christmas Caroler’ presented at Old Parish Church in Weston Aug. 10

    Old Parish Church, Wilder Memorial Library and Little Yellow House Studio present the world premiere of A Christmas Caroler, a Dramatic Reading with Carols, written and performed by Renae Baker, at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 10 at the Old Parish Church, 100 Main St. in Weston. The event is free; doors open at 6:30 […]

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