CRAFTSBURY – The Craftsbury Academy (CA) softball team has a new head coach in Rileigh Fortin as they kicked off their Mountain League schedule earlier this week. Fortin, a former player from North Country, replaces Ashley Gravel after seven seasons at CA. Despite pooling players from Hazen Union in a[Read More…]
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Eames wins relay title for Lady Badgers at NAC Championships
ORONO, Maine – Former Craftsbury Academy (CA) multi-sport standout Ida Eames led her VTSU-Johnson women’s track and field team to a North Atlantic Conference (NAC) title in the 4X400m relay over the weekend. Eames teamed up with Shelby Royea, Peyton Fairchild and Kali Wooster to blitz the field by 10[Read More…]
Bird walk, May 3
CRAFTSBURY – Dave Brown will host a bird walk, May 3, at 7:30 a.m. Meet at Stoner’s woodlot on Hanks Hill Road. Bring binoculars if possible, or borrow some from the Craftsbury Library. Terrain can be uneven and muddy, prepare accordingly.
Track and Field Roundup
ST. ALBANS – Both the Hazen Union and Craftsbury Academy (CA) track and field teams kicked off their seasons last week at the BFA St. Albans’ Collins-Perley Sports Complex. The Chargers put a good first step forward towards qualifying several of their young athletes for States for a second straight[Read More…]
Common parking safety a concern
CRAFTSBURY – The last meeting, March 17, saw the select board finalize a number of ongoing projects, discuss safety issues on the Common, as well as review municipal finances. According to minutes, whether for public or school use, parking is an issue. This past weekend, vehicles parked in the road created[Read More…]
Olympic athlete to visit library, April 24
CRAFTSBURY – Olympian Susan Dunklee will share stories and photos from the 2026 Paralympics in Italy at the Craftsbury Public Library on April 24, at 6 pm. Dunklee will share an inside look at the athletes, training routines, race-day nerves and triumphs, adaptive equipment, and the teamwork that makes elite[Read More…]
Old-fashioned barn dance and silent auction, May 16.
EAST CRAFTSBURY – On Saturday, May 16 from 6 to 10 p.m., Dave Rowell will host a benefit barn dance and silent auction at his Brassknocker Farm Barn located at 2000 East Craftsbury Road. Funds raised at the event will go to support three local non-profit organizations: the Craftsbury Chamber[Read More…]
Numbers strong for Charger track and field program
CRAFTSBURY – The future is looking bright for the Craftsbury Academy (CA) track and field program with strong numbers coming out for the team this spring in head coach Kyle Anderson’s second season. It was a full reboot of a highly successful CA program in 2025 under Anderson, with the[Read More…]
An era of unprecedented winning from local seniors
Northeast Kingdom – Hazen Union and Twinfield-Cabot will graduate a group of high school seniors later this spring that has given their communities a rate of winning and championships that we have never seen before. Isabelle Gouin and Julia des Groseilliers helped lead their Hazen Union girls basketball team to[Read More…]
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Racers take on slush, muck in triathlon
CRAFTSBURY – It was the final ski for most, and maybe the first bicycle ride and run for many more as nearly 150 people took part in the Craftsbury Outdoor Center’s Mud ‘N Ice triathlon. Race organizer, Keith Woodward, was able to keep the 1.8 km Lemons Haunt ski trail[Read More…]
Students protest ICE activity with walk-out
HARDWICK – Nineteen Hazen Union students joined 13 Craftsbury Academy students who walked out of school to shout chants, wave signs and rattle noisemakers at the intersection on South Main Street to protest ICE activity in the U.S, from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Tuesday, March 31. An adult at[Read More…]
