MONTPELIER – Steve Zakon-Anderson will be calling with music by Truffle Creek at the Montpelier Contra Dance April 1, at Capital City Grange, 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. All are welcome with newcomers’ lesson at 7:40 p.m. Gender-neutral role terms are used and all dances are taught. Dancers should bring[Read More…]
The Hardwick Gazette
Free Youth Event Features Hands-on STEM Activities
BURLINGTON – April 15 will be a day of fun, hands-on learning about science, technology, engineering and mathematics for youths, ages 8-14. University of Vermont (UVM) Extension 4-H will host STEM Showcase 4.0 on the UVM campus in Burlington from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The event is free, but[Read More…]
Applicants Sought for Summer Acadamies
BURLINGTON – Middle and high school students with an interest in agrotechnology are encouraged to apply for a week-long residential academy this summer through the AgroTek Innovation program. Current Grade 7-11 students may apply for one of three academies: Culturing Cells for Healthier Soils, Shifting the Waste to Value Paradigm[Read More…]
Turkey-calling Contest to be Held in Castleton
CASTLETON – Kehoe Conservation Camp will be alive with the clucks, yelps and purrs of wild turkeys as the 17th annual Bart Jacob Memorial Youth Turkey Calling Contest gets underway on April 15. Doors open at 10 a.m. with the contest starting at 11 a.m. The competition is hosted by[Read More…]
This is Kind of Peaceful
by Willem Lange EAST MONTPELIER – The switch from nursing home to personal home went off without a hitch. The multiple family members here to help effect it then left one by one, till I’m down to: Kiki; Herschel my four-wheel, silk-smooth walker; and Hagar, the hybrid SUV parked two[Read More…]
Managing Salt in the Landscape
by Bonnie Kirn Donahue, Extension Master Gardener, University of Vermont NORTHFIELD – Salt can be a great asset in the winter for deicing roads and walkways. Salt prevents ice from forming by lowering the freezing point of water, creating safer surfaces for people to walk and drive on. However, salt[Read More…]
CECILE (DUFRESNE) DYKE
MORGANTOWN, W.V. – Cecile (Dufresne) Dyke, born January 29, 1948, in Hardwick, Vt., died peacefully at her home in Morgantown, on Thursday, March 9, 2023, from complications due to Multiple Sclerosis. She had fought a hard decades-long battle with the illness, bravely facing each new challenge that the disease presented.Cecile[Read More…]
Vermont 4-H Announces State Dairy Quiz Bowl Results
BURLINGTON – At the 2023 State 4-H Dairy Quiz Bowl on March 11, 4-Hers demonstrated their ability to quickly and accurately answer dairy-related questions under pressure. The competition, held at the University of Vermont (UVM) in Burlington, attracted 43 competitors, ages 8 to 18. It included a written exam and[Read More…]
Gerry Grimo and East Bay Jazz Ensemble Perform March 29
MONTPELIER – The tenth performance of the 2023 Farmers Night Concert Series will feature Gerry Grimo and the East Bay Jazz Ensemble on Wednesday, March 29, at 7:30 p.m.. at the Vermont Statehouse. This ten-piece swing band will play jazz, blues and vocal classics as well as oldies, R&B and[Read More…]
Catamount Arts Gallery presents “Teetering Between”
ST. JOHNSBURY – The Fried Family Gallery at Catamount Arts will present “teetering between: Melody Boone, Linda Bryan, Harrison Halaska, and Mike Howat,” opening on March 28, with a reception scheduled for Saturday, April 15, from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. The show is curated by Samantha M. Eckert, exhibition[Read More…]
The Unsung Music of Birds
by Kenrick Vezina LOWELL, Mass. — With spring creeping closer, our year-round avian residents such as cardinals and titmice are already raising their voices. But there’s more than one way to make music, and birds have evolved means for using everything at their disposal to fill our forests with whistles,[Read More…]
Wildlife Tracks and Signs March 25
HARDWICK – Jonathan Shapiro, naturalist instructor of the Fox Paw School, will be the guide on Saturday, March 25, at 1 p.m., for a woodland walk on the Hardwick Trails to find tracks and signs of birds and critters. The walk will begin at the Hardwick Trails Kiosk behind the[Read More…]
