BURLINGTON – Danville multi-sport budding stars Taryn Barrett and Willa Mantius helped lead the U14 Caledonia Flood soccer team to a Nordic Cup title over the weekend. Goalkeeper True Layn and the Cal Flood defense posted four consecutive shutouts en route to their dominant tournament run. Barrett, along with Phoenix[Read More…]
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Icelandic Horses featured in extension workshop
CORNWALL – Nestled in some gentle hills in Cornwall, there is a continuous, nearly-mile-long, several-horse-length-wide track. Down its path, several Icelandic horses nibble, socialize and walk when they feel like it to the barn, where there’s constant access to hay bags, shade and water. All around them, on the inside[Read More…]
Peter Gould finds purpose through performance
BURLINGTON – At the dinner table on his first night in Mexico, then-17-year-old Peter Gould watched as members of his host family spoke with arched eyebrows, toothy grins and wide eyes. Their bodies moved with them, hands flew through the air, each finger articulating a syllable. Conversation became a dance. [Read More…]
Local students named to Dean’s List
BURLINGTON – Skyler O’Riordan and Madi Otis, both of East Calais, have been named to the Champlain College Dean’s List for achieving a grade point average of 3.5 or higher in the Spring 2026 semester.
Fowler named to President’s, Trustees’ List
BURLINGTON – Caleb Fowler of Plainfield, was named to the Champlain College President’s List and Trustees’ List for the Spring 2026 semester. Students on the President’s List have achieved a grade point average of 4.0 or higher during the semester. Students on the Trustees’ List have achieved a 4.0 grade[Read More…]
Bishop McDermott walking pilgrimage to visit Hardwick, June 23, 24
BURLINGTON – On Monday, June 22, Bishop John McDermott will begin a walking pilgrimage for Vocations, traversing across the state of Vermont on the Lamoille Valley Rail Trail (LVRT). He will be accompanied by Fr. Scott Gratton, the vocations director for the Diocese of Burlington. The two will begin in[Read More…]
LeCours Family Reunion
Multiple podiums for Chargers at States
BURLINGTON – The up-and-coming Craftsbury Academy (CA) track and field team wrapped up its season last week with several high finishes at the Division III State Championships at Burlington High School. The girls 4x800m relay team set the tone for the day for the Chargers, securing a fifth-place podium finish.[Read More…]
Tussock Cottongrass is champion of bogs, alpine areas
BURLINGTON – A bog is a special natural community, characterized by deep, wet and acidic soil below an open sky. Soft sphagnum mosses squish underfoot, dominating the surface of the bog and making up the mostly undecomposed organic soil below. The ground springs up and down with each step, a[Read More…]
Journalism Award recognizes Strand as College Rising Star
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. – University of Vermont’s Alex Strand earned several first-place awards in the Better Newspaper competition at the New England Newspaper Association (NENPA) annual meeting last month. Strand worked as an intern with The Hardwick Gazette last summer. The weekly News & Citizen, statewide Seven Days and online VTDigger[Read More…]
Cellar holes and old foundations
BURLINGTON – As I kneel digging in the dirt of the gently collapsing stone foundation, birds singing, knees aching and dirt permanently embedded under my fingernails, I try to imagine life here in Vershire, in the 1880s. I’ve been excavating the bottle caches and midden heaps of this foundation for[Read More…]
Blood, platelets donations scheduled locally
BURLINGTON – The American Red Cross asks people to help patients in need by making an appointment to give blood or platelets. Blood donations may be made locally in Morrisville, April 2, 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., at Copley Hospital, 528 Washington Hwy, and Cabot, April 10, noon to 4 p.m.,[Read More…]
