MONTPELIER – Artists from the United States and Canada working in drawing, painting and sculpture will be exhibited May 22nd, with an opening reception on Friday, April 3, from 4 to 8 p.m., at the Hexum Gallery. The group exhibit, “Shadowland,” features works in black and white and centers on[Read More…]
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New T.W. Wood exhibits, through May 23
MONTPELIER – “Wandering in Hope” by Samantha M. Eckert and “Springtide 2026” by the Vermont Watercolor Society are contemporary exhibits at the T.W. Wood Museum through May 23, with an Art Walk reception Friday, April 3, from 5 to 7:30 p.m., and an artist talk at 6 p.m. On view[Read More…]
Works by Pitkin on exhibit through August
PLAINFIELD – Cutler Memorial Library will host an opening reception for “Mortal Bloom,” a photography exhibition by Hannah Carpenter Pitkin on Thursday, April 10, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The exhibition will remain on view through August 1. The exhibition features work created through the historic wet-plate collodion process, including tintypes and other[Read More…]
Olympic Medalists Ogden, Schumacher take wins at Craftsbury SuperTour Finals
CRAFTSBURY – Olympic medalists, youth skiers, and nearly 80-year-old veterans took part in the three-day SuperTour and U.S. National races at the Craftsbury Outdoor Center this past weekend. Sprinters took to the 1.5 km course on day one with double silver medalist, Ben Ogden (Landgrove) taking top honors for the[Read More…]
Remembering Dave Morse never gets old
HARDWICK – There are very few weeks that go by I don’t fondly think of the memory of Dave Morse as I write, but as this past high school basketball season unfolded in spectacular fashion, I thought of him more than usual. The late great Dave Morse and his famous[Read More…]
Alekson solid despite Stags’ struggles
VESTAL, N.Y. – Former Peoples Academy (PA) star Ben Alekson has been consistent this season on the mound for his Fairfield University baseball team as they’ve struggled to gain momentum at 11-11. The big right-hander suffered his shortest outing of the season over the weekend, as the Stags fell to[Read More…]
Hazen golf program enters first Mud Season
GREENSBORO – Hazen Union head golf coach Andy Hunt is looking to get a jump-start on the upcoming high school fall golf season for his program this spring with a newly purchased golf simulator at the Highlands Center for the Arts (HCA). Hunt is calling his new spring creation, Hazen[Read More…]
Collier leads VTSU-Lyndon to sweep over Fisher
BRIGHTON, Mass. – Former Hazen Union standout Sarah Collier helped lead the VTSU-Lyndon softball team to a double-header sweep over Fisher College last week in their season opener. The Lady Hornets outscored Fisher 67-4 in the road twin bill sweep on Saturday night, while Sunday’s scheduled doubleheader was postponed due[Read More…]
Roundabout, parking project, theme park work to begin
HARDWICK – A last-minute meeting of area select boards Monday evening drew a crowd as they took the advice of March town meeting attendees to prioritize economic development efforts in area towns. The idea, spearheaded by Hardwick’s Town Manager and Select Board Chair, was inspired by the massive construction project[Read More…]
Bezos buys Gazette, begins local news buying spree
HARDWICK – Jeff Bezos, Wealthy founder of Amazon.com and owner of The Washington Post, today announced his purchase of The Hardwick Gazette and the launch of a new “local-Ish” journalism initiative, effective April 1. Bezos described The Gazette as “a hick-town newspaper nobody’s ever heard of” which would offer him[Read More…]
Buffalo Mountain mega-slide first town forest addition
HARDWICK – The installation of a “mega-slide” at the peak of Buffalo Mountain will be complete on April 1, much to the delight of many tired hikers who just can’t bring themselves to make the trek to the bottom. The slide is the first addition to the Hardwick Town Forest[Read More…]
Sasquatch roams freely, heifers missing
HARDWICK – Offices of the Hardwick Peace Department (HPD) have recently been searching the area between Hardwick Center and East Hardwick following reports and a photo of a sasquatch roaming freely. The Laggis Farm has reported missing heifers over the last several months, thought to be stolen, but computerized records[Read More…]
