BARRE – On Saturday, March 21, the Destination Imagination state tournament took place at Barre City Elementary and Middle School. Local teams presented their solutions to challenges with a technical, arts or engineering focus, which they had worked on for several months. Local teams who received recognition in the competition[Read More…]
Marshfield
Everything passes at Marshfield town meeting
MARSHFIELD – One-hundred-fourteen voters checked in during the course of the Marshfield Town meeting, with $900 raised in donations for the Onion River Food Shelf, Sunday March 1, the town of Marshfield Sunday, March 1, for their town meeting proceedings. All of the town’s annual business is conducted with floor[Read More…]
Russell’s Player of the Year highlights Mountain League honors
MARSHFIELD – Twinfield Cabot point guard Eli Russell was named the Mountain League’s Player of Year last week, capping off a dreamlike senior season for the multi-sport star. Russell led the Trojan boys basketball team in scoring for a second straight season, averaging nearly 20 points per game over that[Read More…]
Division IV State Runner Ups
Local athletes and coaches honored at VBCA weekend
WINDSOR – The best of the best were honored at Windsor High School over the weekend by the Vermont Coaches’ Association (VBCA), as several local athletes and coaches were recognized for their outstanding high school basketball seasons this past winter. Hazen Union juniors Kelsie Rivard and Mya Lumsden, along with[Read More…]
Blue Devils stun Twinfield-Cabot boys to capture Division IV title
BARRE – Sixth-seeded Williamstown capped off a Cinderella run through the Division IV state tournament over the weekend with a stunner over the top-seeded Twinfield-Cabot boys basketball team. Senior big man Nick Mascitti finished off an epic run through the state tournament with 18 points and 12 rebounds to lead[Read More…]
Board tackles reappraisals, software upgrades, historic preservation
MARSHFIELD – During the February 17 meeting, the Marshfield Select Board and Listers Meg Eberhardt and Kathleen Hayes discussed the need for a town-wide reappraisal of the grand list. Marshfield went without reappraisal between 2006 and 2022. In 2023 the town completed a full reappraisal. The state of Vermont uses[Read More…]
Twinfield-Cabot boys roll Twin Valley, advance to championship Saturday
BARRE – After steamrolling Long Trail and Richford in the first two rounds of the Division IV state tournament, the Twinfield-Cabot (22-1) boys basketball team kept their foot on the gas Monday night against fifth seeded Twin Valley to advance to their first state title game in nearly a decade.[Read More…]
Glimpses of maybe-future, March 12, 26
MARSHFIELD – A film about an election campaign will be shown at the Jaquith Public Library, March 12, 6:30 p.m. A film about android human-like robotics will be shown on March 26, 6:30 p.m. For more information see jaquithpubliclibrary.org or call (802) 426-3581.
Pi day fundraiser, March 14
MARSHFIELD – Saturday, March 14, 3:14 to 6 p.m., a Pi Day fundraiser will take place at the Jaquith Library with the sale of pies and pizza pies. Whole pies and slices will be available for purchase from 3:14 to 6 p.m., or while supplies last. The Marshfield Village store[Read More…]
Hurricane that transformed New England, March 19
MARSHFIELD – March 19, at 6:30 p.m., author Stephen Long will tell the story of New England’s Katrina, focusing on the devastation to the region’s forests and the challenge facing New Englanders in the throes of the Great Depression. His presentation is illustrated with archival photos of storm damage and the recovery operation.[Read More…]
Tree grafting, March 21
MARSHFIELD – Saturday, March 21, from noon to 2 p.m., Donna Hisson will lead a hands-on workshop at the Jaquith Public Library on grafting fruit trees for Marshfield’s food forest. Hisson will cover root stock selection, scion selection and tools that help make grafting successful. Some root stock and scion wood will[Read More…]
