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Hauser excelling for Black Bears in freshman season
LOWELL, Mass. – Former St. Johnsbury Academy (SJA) multi-sport star Rex Hauser is having an impressive freshman campaign for the University of Maine men’s baseball team this spring. The former Vermont Gatorade Player of the Year in both baseball and basketball earned America East Rookie of the Week honors in[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…]
Smarties®, Cabot Creamery debut cheese in candy collaboration
UNION, N.J., – Smarties Candy Company and Cabot Creamery today unveiled an innovation in snack engineering: Seriously Smart Cheese, the world’s first cheddar-forward candy tablet.The collaboration reimagines Cabot’s award-winning Seriously Sharp Cheddar through the lens of Smarties.To create Seriously Smart Cheese, Cabot’s cheddar is carefully pulverized into a fine powder[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…]
Woodsmoke by Julie Atwood
Sterling pivots to ancient agriculture, education
CRAFTSBURY – The Sterling College Board announced plans last week to pivot to a non-degree curriculum officials managing the campus have been enticed by since its inception in 1887. The plan has the campus dropping all motorized and electrified conveniences, plus all its internet connections, returning to ancient agricultural and[Read More…]
