by Willem Lange EAST MONTPELIER – I gave Kiki her Kong with a healthy dab of peanut butter inside, promised her I’d be back as soon as possible (the next day; my daughter Martha would pick her up in a couple of hours), tossed my gym bag and rain parka[Read More…]
The Hardwick Gazette
UVM Names Local Green & Gold Scholars
BURLINGTON – The University of Vermont named the following graduating high school seniors among this year’s Green & Gold scholarship recipients: Wyatt Searles of Cabot, Rebekah Cloutier of Hardwick and Cara Richardson of Plainfield. The Green & Gold Scholarship is built on the generosity of the late Genevieve Patrick. Part[Read More…]
Hardwick Police Report
On June 8, at approximately 6:12 p.m., Emily Purdy, of Greensboro Bend, was operating her 2008 Honda CRV north bound on Vt. Rte. 16 when a deer ran into the roadway and into the side of her vehicle. Her vehicle sustained damage to the driver’s side door and rear door.[Read More…]
Bean Moving on from Craftsbury Academy
by Ken Brown CRAFTSBURY – After just one year, Connor Bean is stepping away from his athletic director duties at Craftsbury Academy (CA) and will embark on a new challenge at Bellows Falls Union High School in Westminster. Bean’s hiring last summer at 23 years old, continued a youth movement[Read More…]
CCV Announces Local Graduates
MONTPELIER – The following local students at the Community College of Vermont (CCV) earned associate degrees at CCV’s 2023 Commencement: E Hardwick, Maia Mencucci; East Calais, Jack Taylor, Felicia K. Weeks and Hannah G. Williams; Hardwick, Samantha F. Collins, Sasha Anne Leyes and Brandie McAllister.
Circus Smirkus Kicks Off Summer Tour
GREENSBORO – The 36th Circus Smirkus Big Top Tour opens on Saturday, July 1, in Greensboro. The opening weekend performances will be at 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. These are the first two performances of the 63-show tour that will visit five states and 14 towns over 50 days this[Read More…]
State Police News
On June 14, at 5:17 p.m., the Vermont State Police responded to a two-vehicle crash on I-89 South near Exit 5. Investigation revealed Teri Lloyd, of Marshfield, was operating a Kia Sorento in the right land and was trying to pull into the nearby emergency U-turn. Lloyd crossed the left[Read More…]
Rivard Named to Twin-State Baseball Roster
NORTHFIELD — Hazen Union’s Tyler Rivard will compete for the Vermont Twin-State baseball team this weekend as they take on New Hampshire in a doubleheader at Norwich University’s Garrity Field. Rivard will represent a star-studded Vermont team made up of the 18 best seniors from all four divisions. He is[Read More…]
Magnolia Jane Forant
A daughter, Magnolia Jane Forant, was born to Katelynn Richardson and Adam Forant, of Hardwick, on May 19, at Copley Hospital.
It Takes a Village to Raise a Veery
by William von Herff CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — If you take a walk through a thick, broadleaf forest on a cool summer morning, you might recognize the cascading, metallic song of a thrush called a veery. It is an ethereal sound that echoes through the understory, like the ring of a[Read More…]
Hardwick Police Media Log
June 11: Vandalism, Brook St.; Theft, Church St.; Bike Patrol, High St. June 12: Directed Patrol, S. Main St.; Suspicious Event, Vt. Rte. 15 E; Assault, Hazen Union Drive; Assist – Other, Wolcott St.; Suspicious Event, Caspian Ave.; Suspicious Event, W. Church St.; Suspicious Event, S. Main St.; Suspicious Event,[Read More…]
