The Hardwick Gazette
It’s Gotten too Civilized
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…]
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…]
Metcalfs Complete Appalachian Trail
by Hal Gray GREENSBORO – Greensboro residents Mike and Mary Metcalf completed hiking their last section of the Appalachian Trail this past May. Over the past decade and more, they have done as much as 300 miles at a time of the almost 2,200 miles of the trail; this spring[Read More…]
GMTCC Recognizes Local Students in June Ceremony
HYDE PARK – Green Mountain Technology and Career Center awarded Certificates of Completion to 121 students on June 13. This year GMTCC recognize e students who have achieved Platinum status on the ACT WorkKeys assessment. The WorkKeys is a standardized test that all students who attend career and technical education[Read More…]
Locals Lead Mountain League Softball Honors
by Ken Brown NEK – Several local high school softballers were honored with Mountain League honors last week for their stellar seasons on the field this past spring. Twinfield-Cabot-Danville sophomore Ida Astick led the way with a First Team selection after leading her team to a 10-7 record, including the[Read More…]
Summer Lights: It’s Firefly Season
by Laurie D. Morrissey HOPKINTON, N.H. – Here come real stars to fill the upper skies, / And here on earth come emulating flies, / That though they never equal stars in size, / (And they were never really stars at heart) / Achieve at times a very star-like start…[Read More…]
