WILLIAMSTOWN – The Caledonia United (Twinfield-Cabot-Danville) softball team earned its first two wins of the season last week with offensive explosions against Paine Mountain and Craftsbury Academy (CA). Phoebe Crocker smashed a grand slam over the left field fence to power Cal United to a 25-13 win at Paine Mountain[Read More…]
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Alekson bounces back for Stags
FAIRFIELD, Conn. – Former Peoples Academy (PA) three-time state champion Ben Alekson bounced back from his worst start of the season with a stellar outing for his Fairfield University baseball team last week. Alekson allowed just two hits over 6.0 innings of work to power the Stags to a 4-0[Read More…]
Key roles for Twinfield-Cabot athletes in Montpelier baseball
MONTPELIER – Twinfield-Cabot’s Isidore and Ambrose Hochschild continue to get key playing time for the Division II Montpelier varsity baseball team this spring. Ambrose Hochschild took the loss on the mound this past week against Thetford Academy. He allowed five hits, five runs and issued five walks as the Panthers[Read More…]
Track and field roundup
HINESBURG – Both the Craftsbury Academy (CA) and Hazen Union high school track and field teams were back in action last week for their third meets of the season. The Chargers’ meet at CVU on Tuesday was pushed to Friday due to inclement weather. Head coach Kyle Anderson’s young and[Read More…]
Caspian Challenge scheduled for July
GREENSBORO – The Caspian Challenge run is scheduled for July 26, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.. beginning at the ball-field. The run includes a 6.8 mile loop around Caspian Lake and a 5K out-and-back race-walk loop. The race is sponsored by the Greensboro Association and all proceeds go to support the[Read More…]
Sign-ups starting for 25th Annual Hazen Hoop Camp
HARDWICK – Coming off the heels of his Hazen Union varsity boys basketball program’s seventh Division III State Championship, head coach Aaron Hill is set to hit the quarter-century mark on his Hazen Hoop Camp this summer. The camp will run from July 13-17 at the Hazen Union gymnasium. Hill,[Read More…]
Brown Earns Thunder Road Win in Community Bank 150
BARRE – Even as snowflakes fell during the first driver’s meeting of the season at Thunder Road on Sunday, May 3, race fans filled the Nation’s Site of Excitement to witness the frigid opening event of year on Quarry Hill. A pit area held 119 cars with the Street Stocks[Read More…]
Vermont’s state fish thriving despite national population decline
PLAINFIELD – Brook trout populations are in decline across the eastern United States due to human-caused climate change leading to warming water temperatures. But in Vermont, the state fish is doing well. “We haven’t observed large-scale declines in brook trout populations in Vermont,” said state fisheries biologist Lee Simard. “Our data suggests[Read More…]
Petition calls for reconsideration of pre-K, K relocation
CALAIS – A petition began circulating last month expressing concern about the decision of the Washington Central Unified Union School District (WCUUSD) administration to move Calais pre-K and kindergarten students to East Montpelier Elementary School (EMES) for the 2027 school year. The April 24 petition posted on the iPetitions[Read More…]
More unsettled weather for forecast period
EAST HARDWICK— The northeast remains persistent in its cool and wet conditions for the rest of this week, thanks to a large upper-level low situated over Hudson Bay, which continues to pinwheel pieces of energy through the region. In the past several days, we’ve seen showery conditions, with approximately half[Read More…]
Community clean-up removes 175 tires from Cooper Brook
HARDWICK – A student-led cleanup effort to improve water quality along Cooper Brook resulted in the removal of 175 tires and additional debris, May 1. Many of the tires had been carried downstream during the July 2024 flooding and collected along the stretch of Cooper Brook near Atkins Field. The[Read More…]
Two FEMA buyouts complete, assistant treasurer appointed
WOODBURY – The April 13 meeting of the select board saw a number of updates on various matters, with FEMA buyouts in the village complete and demolition soon to come, appointment of an assistant treasurer, Sheriff’s coverage to cost more, Skip Lindsay resigning his town positions and a road crew[Read More…]
