WELLS RIVER – The Twinfield-Cabot girls basketball team fell to Blue Mountain last week to wrap up their regular season at 1-17. Ava Kingsbury punished the Lady Trojans inside with 20 points and 11 rebounds as Blue Mountain raced past Twinfield-Cabot on the road last Wednesday 46-25. Addison Murray added[Read More…]
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Day-one of Vermont High School Ski Championships
RIPTON – Division 1 and 2 Vermont high school cross country ski teams gathered at the Rikert Touring Center for the freestyle individual and relay races on February 19. From December into February, most schools compete in weekly races within their region of the state, thus the state meet is[Read More…]
Jack Young reflects on being at the Olympics
CORTINA, Italy – Young is a Craftsbury GRP skier and a North Country Union graduate. He wrote this for EnjoyWinter Athlete Force on Feb. 14. “The Olympic classic sprint, the only race I had any chance of competing in, has come and gone. It was even easier than I thought[Read More…]
Hunt to start spring golf program at Hazen
GREENSBORO – Hazen Union head golf coach Andy Hunt will look to get a jump-start on the upcoming high school fall golf season with the purchase of a new golf simulator for interested golfers this spring. Hunt has raised enough money to purchase a golf simulator and hopes to draw[Read More…]
Funding awarded to prioritize high-speed internet in local area
NORTHEAST KINGDOM, CENTRAL VERMONT – Last week Vermont Governor Phil Scott thanked the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) for approving Vermont’s $100 million proposal to use Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program funding to extend access to reliable, high speed and affordable broadband services to areas in Vermont[Read More…]
Multiple rounds of light snow; seasonable temperatures this week
EAST HARDWICK – Last week’s warming temperatures during the day still gave way to some cooler nights with lows on either side of zero. The boundary between some cooler polar air and warmer southern air did set us up for a few waves of snow showers, adding up to several[Read More…]
Garage raccoons, Swenson Granite expansion, spring repairs discussed
WOODBURY – In a wide-ranging meeting that lasted over three hours, February 9, the Woodbury Select Board took up repairs at Woodbury Elementary School to meet state fire and safety codes, a pending zoning application by Swenson Granite for its Woodbury Quarry, raccoons falling from a leaky town garage ceiling[Read More…]
Calais, Worcester residents vote against shuttering schools
CALAIS – Calais and Worcester residents on Tuesday voted against shuttering two community elementary schools in the Washington Central Unified Union School District. In Worcester, 212 residents voted against shuttering the Doty Memorial School, while 114 approved of plans to close. In neighboring Calais, 398 residents voted against closing the[Read More…]
H.385 creates remedies for coerced debt seen locally
MONTPELIER, HARDWICK – Rep. Edye Graning, vice chair of the House Committee on Commerce and Economic Development, joined advocates and survivors at the statehouse this week to highlight H.385, a bill that would create remedies and protections for Vermonters facing “coerced debt,” debt incurred through abuse, manipulation or exploitation. Supporters[Read More…]
Four 90 year-olds playing Bridge
Plainfield man sentenced for Social Security Disability fraud
BURLINGTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont stated that on February 10, John Cozza, 64, of Plainfield, was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge Christina Reiss to a two-year term of probation and ordered to pay $68,323.20 in restitution to the United States Social[Read More…]
Stolen beer
HARDWICK – On February 7 at 10 a.m., Hardwick Police was notified that Casandra Rich had stolen a 12-pack of beer from the Hardwick Quick Mart on February 6. Rich will be cited in Caledonia County Court to answer the charges of retail theft.
