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  • Take a walk on the wild mushroom side with noted forager Sept. 6

    Take a walk on the wild mushroom side with noted forager Sept. 6

    Are you intrigued by wild mushroom hunting? Ari Rockland-Miller of The Mushroom Forager LLC will lead a guided tour of late summer gourmet and medicinal wild mushrooms from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 6. Participants should meet at the Hardy Hill Trail entrance on Susannah Johnson Road in Cavendish. Attendees will be introduced […]

  • Wilder Library to seek new director, provides construction update

    Wilder Library to seek new director, provides construction update

    The Board of Trustees of the Wilder Memorial Library in Weston announces that library director Jessica Clapp will reduce her role over the next several months and eventually step down from her position. She plans to stay in Weston and will work with the board through the transition period. The process to select a new […]

  • Volunteers needed for BRAT's 26th Annual RiverSweep on Sept. 6

    Volunteers needed for BRAT’s 26th Annual RiverSweep on Sept. 6

    For 25 years, the all-volunteer Black River Action Team has been removing trash from the bed and banks of the river in Windsor County. In collaboration with the Connecticut River Conservancy, the group will be at it again from 8 a.m. until noon on Saturday, Sept. 6. Volunteers of all ages and abilities are encouraged […]

  • Info session on Medicare Open Enrollment Sept. 4 in Derry

    Info session on Medicare Open Enrollment Sept. 4 in Derry

    Neighborhood Connections, located in the Mountain Marketplace, 5700 VT Route 100 in Londonderry, is hosting an informative session about Medicare Open Enrollment from 1 to 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 4. Tirah Brothers, State Health Insurance Assistance Program coordinator from Senior Solutions, the Area Agency on Aging for Southeastern Vermont, will cover everything you need […]

  • Chester to test pedestrian solutions for the Green

    Chester to test pedestrian solutions for the Green

    Shawn Cunningham © 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC Starting this week there will be some strange looking construction around the Chester Green as the town tries out some ideas for solving a few traffic problems in an attempt to make the area safer for pedestrians and cyclists. From Thursday, Aug. 28 to Thursday, Sept. 11, Local […]

  • Chester considering a local option tax to support new housing initiative

    Chester considering a local option tax to support new housing initiative

    By Shawn Cunningham © 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC At its Wednesday, Aug. 20 meeting, he Chester Select Board again broached the subject of a local option sales tax as a way to begin a town-wide conversation on generating money to spur the development of affordable housing in town. Last January, as the board was finalizing […]

  • 'Wildlife Around a Pond' walk set for Aug. 30

    ‘Wildlife Around a Pond’ walk set for Aug. 30

    Tim O’Donoghue will lead an exploratory walk around a beaver pond on Saturday, Aug. 30 to observe and identify a variety of mammals, birds and amphibians that find their sustenance and live in or near the water. Meet at 9 a.m. at 3700 Twenty Mile Stream Road in Proctorsville — its junction with Chapman Road, […]

  • Stratton Foundation launches new year of fundraising Aug. 29

    Stratton Foundation launches new year of fundraising Aug. 29

    The Stratton Community Foundation kicks off a new year of fundraising efforts with the 2025 Annual Golf Outing taking center stage. Set for 1 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 29  at Stratton Mountain Golf Course, 251 Stratton Mountain Road, this event spearheads the campaign to support the foundation’s mission of giving. All proceeds benefit the Head-To-Toe […]

  • Weston's 'A Distinct Society' questions physical, emotional borders

    Weston’s ‘A Distinct Society’ questions physical, emotional borders

    By Lorien Strange ©2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC Upon hearing about a play set in a library that straddles the U.S.-Canadian border, you might expect a whimsical, heartfelt story nestled among dusty bookshelves in a grand reading room. Something you might read about in a book, sure, but not a place you could actually visit. While […]

  • Windham County Dems to hold Aug. 30 cookout

    Windham County Dems to hold Aug. 30 cookout

    The Windham County Democratic Committee will be holding a family-friendly cookout featuring Sen. Peter Welch from noon to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 30, at the Westminster Institute/Butterfield Library on Route 5 in Westminster. The event is free and open to the public. Those who are able to do so are encouraged to consider making […]

  • Woman in Londonderry incident who died in Bennington ID'd

    Woman in Londonderry incident who died in Bennington ID’d

    By Cynthia Prairie ©2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC The Chief Medical Examiner’s Office in Burlington has determined that a woman who was injured in Londonderry and driven 50 minutes away to a Bennington hospital on Friday afternoon died of blunt force trauma to the head and neck, and not from a gunshot wound as was earlier […]

  • VSP seeks public help in Londonderry theft investigation

    VSP seeks public help in Londonderry theft investigation

    © 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC Police are looking for a man in connection to a “retail theft” from the Londonderry Village Market on Friday, July 18 but need help in identifying him. According to a Vermont State Police press release at about 9 a.m. on Monday, they received a report of a theft involving the […]

  • Archeologists dig in Chester, give sewer project a green light

    Archeologists dig in Chester, give sewer project a green light

    By Shawn Cunningham © 2025 Telegraph Publishing LLC For three days last week, a crew of highly educated and well-trained people toiled in the heat and humidity, digging holes and finding nothing of significance. And that constituted “mission accomplished.” The group were archeologists working for Hartgen Archeological Associates of Rensselaer, N.Y., and their job was […]

  • Andover Select Board agenda for Aug. 25

    Andover Select Board agenda for Aug. 25

    The Andover Select Board will hold its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Monday Aug. 25 at the Town Office 953 Weston-Andover Road. Below is the board’s agenda. 1. Call Meeting to Order. 2. Act on Agenda. 3. Act on Minutes of August 11th meeting. 4. Public Comment (Time allowance: Five minutes per visitor, 10 […]

  • Welcome to Chester, with style

    Welcome to Chester, with style

    New Welcome to Chester Village signs have been sprouting up around town, offering a warm greeting and introduction to Chester. On the left is the Welcome sign along the Grafton Road near River Street. On the reverse is the Thank You for Visiting sign, which can also be seen in the right-hand photo, taken along […]

  • A walk in the forest with a forester on Aug. 23

    A walk in the forest with a forester on Aug. 23

    Join Southern Windsor County Forester Hannah Dallas for a casual walk in the woods to discuss all things trees and forestry, land use, history and more. Participants should meet by the Hardy Hill Trail at Susannah Johnson Lane and East Road in Cavendish at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 23. This is part of the […]

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