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Saturday, April 204:30 p.m., Peoples Acadmy Softball at Vergennes. Thursday, April 254:30 p.m., Hazen Union Boys’ Baseball vs. Williamstwon, at Hazen Union.4:30 p.m., Peoples Acadmy Softball vs. Thetford. Saturday, April 2711 a.m., Hazen Union Boys’ Baseball at Williamstown. Monday, April 2911 a.m., Peoples Acadmy Softball at Richford.4:30 p.m., Hazen Union[Read More…]
ST. JOHNSBURY – Senior Sadie Skorstad stole the show last week, capturing her first career title in the 400m as both Craftsbury Academy (CA) and Hazen Union kicked off the high school track and field season last week at St. Johnsbury Academy (SJA). Skorstad’s time of 1:06.64 in the 400m[Read More…]
HARDWICK – Hardwick’s Development Review Board (DRB) held a hearing on April 3 to consider two applications for conditional use permits. First up was the Town of Hardwick’s project to rebuild the 105 foot long pedestrian bridge over the Lamoille River beside the former Hardwick Gazette building now owned by[Read More…]
The internet and social media won’t fill the gap in civic awareness. Local government officials will go largely unchecked. “If once they become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress, and Assemblies, judges and governors shall all become wolves.” – President Thomas Jefferson on the dangers of[Read More…]
HARDWICK – On April 4, The Galaxy Bookshop reported on their Facebook page, “We are so happy to learn we’re featured in an article by AAA this month about New England bookstores!” The bookstore has been listed by AAA Magazine in an article titled, “10 Independent bookstores in Northern New[Read More…]
BURLINGTON – As May approaches, the American Red Cross reminds eligible donors to keep the blood supply stable by giving blood or platelets in the weeks to come. Donors of all blood types – especially type O blood donors and those giving platelets – are crucial to keeping shelves fully[Read More…]
Single-Vehicle Crashes On April 18, at 8:31 a.m., the Vermont State Police, Craftsbury Fire and Hardwick EMS, responded to Vt. Rte. 14 near the N. Craftsbury Road for a report of a single vehicle crash. Through investigation it was revealed Sara Bonillacextary, of Orleans, was traveling south on Vt. Rte.[Read More…]
Shooting On Tuesday, April 16, at approximately 3:48 p.m., a male called 911 to report he had been shot inside a residence at 7 Prospect St. in Hardwick. Hardwick Police, Morristown Police, Lamoille County Sheriff’s Department and Vermont State Police responded to the scene. The suspect(s) fled prior to the[Read More…]
WOLCOTT – Senate Appropriations was wrapping up the budget when I left the statehouse around 5 p.m. last Friday, as indicated by the large group of people outside their committee room. The Senate will vote on the budget later this week and it will come back to the House the[Read More…]
WALDEN – Renewables don’t change anything fundamental. They are just the latest business-as-usual scheme to keep the destructive economic party going for a few more years. In a recent VTDigger commentary, Sen. Becca White and Rep. Gabrielle Stebbins touted the “progress on climate” accomplished by the state Legislature. They claim,[Read More…]
Vermont Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas announced a two-part series of virtual forums which her office will co-host with the League of Women Voters of Vermont (LWVVT) to discuss Ranked Choice Voting (RCV). As interest has grown in RCV, in the state legislature and among municipalities, interest groups and voters, the[Read More…]
GREENSBORO – The Greensboro Conservation Commission will present a program featuring Michael Bald of “Got Weeds?” at the Greensboro Free Library on Sunday, April 28, at 3 p.m. Bald will provide an orientation to terrestrial invasive plants and effective manual control methods. He will briefly outline the impacts of exotic,[Read More…]
HARDWICK – Green Up Day is Saturday, May 4. Dumpsters and trash drop-off is at the Hardwick Town Garage on Creamery Road from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. Bags can be picked up now until May 3 in the Hazen Union School lobby during regular school hours, or by texting[Read More…]
Grace Space SHELBURNE – It feels fitting that what for many was a once in a lifetime spatial experience happened in April, poetry month. In January, as I reflected on the upcoming total solar eclipse and the violence around the world, I wrote the following poem for PoemTown St. Johnsbury.[Read More…]
FRANCESTOWN, N.H. – For nearly 15 years, I have been exploring the headwaters of a river near my home. The entire drainage area, encompassing all the streams, rainfall, and snowmelt that pass into a single river, is called a watershed. Within each watershed, a system of rivers and streams forms[Read More…]
WALDEN – Colleen Willette and George Peak of Walden seem to have worked themselves right out of retirement with their Top of the Mountain Vegetable Farm and Bakery. The two native Vermonters began their lives pretty typically. Colleen grew up in Burlington and graduated from Burlington High School in 1974.[Read More…]
