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Ways to Watch Springfield High School’s Graduation Ceremony

It’s graduation season! SAPA TV congratulations the class of 2022 – and we wish the graduates the best for the future. Springfield High School will be holding their graduation ceremony on June 10, 2022 at 6pm.

If you are unable to attend SHS’ graduation ceremony this year, you can catch it live on both our channels (Comcast 1077 and 1087 and VTel 160 and 161) as well as on our homepage streamer. You can also watch it on our YouTube channel (found below). SAPA TV’s coverage of the event this year is underwritten by Jerry Farnum, State Farm Agent.


New Spot!

As of June 1, we are officially out of the high school. If you bring us regular programs, you can bring any programs or DVDs to us at our new space at 335 River St, Suite 1. We aren’t quite ready to reopen at our new spot, but we’re working hard on it! We will keep you posted on when our doors are opening again at our beautiful new space.


Server maintenance

On 5/31/22 and 6/1/22, we are relocating our servers. This will mean channel interruptions for our viewers. We apologize for the inconvenience and we’ll be back on air as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience!


New SAPA Special – How to Build a Corsi-Rosenthal Box

Air purification isn’t always cheap, but super helpful to avoid spreading viruses, allergens and dust in your home or business. Watch this newest SAPA TV Special on how to build your own air purifier at home with rudimentary materials, cheaper than other HEPA-grade filters.

This show will be airing on SAPA TV at the following times:

Government/Education4/1/22 @ 10:05pm4/4/22 @ 11:15 am4/5/22 @ 11:18 am
Public4/2/22 @ 12:46pm4/3/22 @ 3:00 pm4/4/22 @ 9:13 am

Additionally, this show is available on the SAPA VOD by clicking here.


Election Night Results for Our Three Towns

Springfield’s Election Night Results (without write-ins) can be found here:
https://springfieldvt.gov/index.asp?SEC=E8F63841-FDEA-4CCC-800D-5D5F29812BC6&DE=5C09AA17-4848-447B-8FD3-D850AF23A894

Chester’s Election Night Results can be found here:
https://www.chestervt.gov/latest-news/march-1-2022-unofficial-return-of-votes

Weathersfield’s Election Night Results can be found here:
https://www.weathersfieldvt.org/home/news/voting-results-1


Ways to Watch Annual Meetings

WAYS TO WATCH WEATHERSFIELD’S ANNUAL MEETING 2022

Saturday, February 26, 2022

The school portion will start at 10am and will be hybrid.

You can go in person to Weathersfield Elementary School OR watch by joining the Google Meets meeting here: https://meet.google.com/wtd-ejni-xsq You can also join by phone by calling: 1 (252) 421-9313 (PIN: 909 929 800

The town portion will start at 12:30 pm and will be ONLY virtual.You can join the Zoom meeting here: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/5425954364…

Or within Zoom, you can enter meeting ID # 542-595-4364 and enter passcode 8021To access the meeting by phone dial (929) 205-6099. Enter Meeting ID # 542-595-4364. There is not a participant ID press # to continue. Enter Meeting Password 8021#. Dial-in participants use *9 to raise/lower hand and *6 to mute/unmute.

OR you can watch on SAPA TV on Comcast 1087 or VTel 161.Or, you can stream the meeting live on website at www.sapatv.org and by clicking the Government/Education tab.

Voting by Australian ballot will be conducted at Martin Memorial Hall, at 5259 U.S. Route 5 in Ascutney, on Tuesday, the 1st day of March 2022. The polls will open at 10:00 A.M. and close at 7:00 P.M. on that date.

WAYS TO WATCH SPRINGFIELD’S ANNUAL MEETING 2022

Monday, February 28, 2022 at 7:30pm.

You can join Springfield’s town meeting by Zoom by clicking here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83495782026

The meeting ID is: 834 9578 2026 You can also call in by phone by dialing: 1 (646) 558-8656 and when prompted enter the Meeting ID. Dial-in participants use *9 to raise/lower hand and *6 to mute/unmute.

Or you may watch the meeting live on SAPA TV Government/Education channels Comcast 1087 or VTel 161 or stream it live on www.sapatv.org and click on the Government/Education tab.

Voting will happen at Riverside Middle School Gymnasium on Tuesday, March 1, 2022 at 8:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m

WAYS TO WATCH CHESTER’S ANNUAL MEETING 2022

Monday, February 28, 2022 at 6:00pm.

You can attend the meeting in person at the Chester Town hall, or by joining the Zoom meeting here:https://zoom.us/join Meeting ID: 854 8580 6279​​

OR https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85485806279

You may also join by calling (646) 558 8656 and using meeting ID 854 8580 6279. Dial-in participants use *9 to raise/lower hand and *6 to mute/unmute.

You can also watch on SAPA’s Public channels on Comcast 1077 or VTel 160Or you can stream the meeting live by going to www.sapatv.org and clicking on the Public tab.

All voting will take place March 1, 2022, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Town Hall.


Springfield School Board Candidate Interviews – 2022

All interviews with the candidates are now up on SAPA! Follow the link below to the playlist containing three episodes of “Puggy’s Corner”, an interview show hosted by Puggy Lamphere featuring all of the candidates running for the Springfield School Board in 2022.

https://www.facebook.com/watch/231363633590434/475145397313081

Alternatively, these interviews can be watched on SAPA On Demand (Link below).

http://216.66.96.153/CablecastPublicSite/gallery/28?channel=2


SAPA TV Annual Meeting

Join SAPA TV for their annual meeting on Thursday, October 14, 2021 at 5:30 PM. This year’s event will be held in person at 335 River St STE 1, Springfield, VT 05156.  Masks will be required and there will be social distancing measures in place.  The SAPA TV board and staff will update community members on operations during the 2020-2021 fiscal year. There are also some pretty big changes happening at SAPA TV in the coming year that will be discussed at this meeting. If you would like to attend, we respectfully ask that you RSVP by emailing info@sapatv.org.


SAPA TV Remote Studio Opportunities

While SAPA’s studios are still closed to the public for the time being, there are still ample opportunities to get involved as a community member! We are still offering remote studio services to anyone interested in creating programming. If you live in Springfield, Chester, or Weathersfield, VT, then SAPA wants to help you broadcast your voice, free of charge!

Here’s how to get started.

  • Contact Johnny, our Production Coordinator at johnny@sapatv.org.
  • Let us know what kind of programming you may be interested in (this could be an interest, hobby, career, or anything!)
  • Let us know what, if any prior experience you may have with video or audio production.
  • From there, we will work with you on the details and logistics of your show/program that best fit your abilities and our availability.


Comcast Subcribers: SAPA Has Moved Channels!

Due to changes in channel listings from Comcast, SAPA TV will now be located on new channels, which are listed here as well as in the site’s footer.

SAPA TV can currently be viewed on the following channels:

ComcastVTel
Public Channel1077160
Gov/Ed Channel1087161