by Ken Brown DORSET – The Craftsbury Academy (CA) softball team couldn’t bring their late season momentum into the playoffs last week as they fell to eighth seeded Long Trail on the road in the first round of the Division IV state tournament. Olivia Cole-Bugay powered the Lady Mountain Lions[Read More…]
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Hazen Track and Field Wraps up Season
by Ken Brown NEWPORT – The Hazen Union varsity and middle school track and field teams wrapped up their 2023 season last week with signs of a lot of growth and promise of young talent for years to come. Eliza Bunten and Colin Gray led the Wildcat middle school team[Read More…]
Raptors Down Danville
by Ken Brown ORFORD, NH – Rivendell Academy (RA) ended the Danville baseball team’s season last week in the first round of the Division IV playoffs. Josh Gould blasted a two-run homer and Zach Parker added three hits and drove in a pair of runs to lead the eighth seeded[Read More…]
Peak Performances at D-I/D-II State Meets
by Jim Flint BURLINGTON ̶ Vermont’s Division I state championship track and field meet was held at Burlington High School on June 3. St. Johnsbury Academy’s team included three local athletes: Charlie Krebs from Craftsbury, Cian Nott from Stannard, and Ava Purdy from Greensboro. Krebs and Nott helped the Hilltopper[Read More…]
Chargers Outstanding in Near Repeat at States
by Ken Brown MANCHESTER – The Craftsbury Academy (CA) track and field team made their mark once again last week at the Division IV State Meet in Manchester with several individual titles and a near repeat for the boys’ team as defending state champions. Senior Alan Moody ended his high[Read More…]
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Select Board Seeking Suggestions for Rail Trail Celebration
by Gazette Staff WOLCOTT – At its June 7 regular meeting, the Wolcott Select Board discussed increasing traffic volumes due to rail trail users, options for the tax anticipation loan, and wastewater system planning. Town Clerk and Treasurer Belinda Clegg stated that some of the residents on Corley Road said[Read More…]
Wolcott Students Release Trout to Learn about Watershed and River Ecology
by Lisa Stinson, Community Journalist WOLCOTT – On May 25, Sonya Shedd’s sixth-grade class and Katrina Hardt’s fifth-grade class from Wolcott Elementary hiked to the banks of the Lamoille River and released the brook trout they had been nurturing from tiny eggs since January. Students have been closely monitoring and[Read More…]
It Isn’t Over Yet: July 2023 Flooding a Year Later
HARDWICK, ADAMANT, CABOT, CALAIS, CRAFTSBURY, GREENSBORO, GREENSBORO BEND, MARSHFIELD, PLAINFIELD, STANNARD, WALDEN, WOLCOTT, WOODBURY — One year after a rainstorm dumped unprecedented amounts of rain on the Hardwick area, leading to devastating floods, towns are still dealing with the aftermath. The event began on July 10, 2023, as the Lamoille[Read More…]
Friendships Renewed at Alumni Reunion Saturday
by Patrick Hussey, Community Journalist MORRISVILLE – The joy of rekindling friendships formed with classmates and friends during the formative years of our adult lives was alive and prospering at the Hardwick Academy (HA)/Hazen Union (HU) Alumni Reunion at Ryder Brook Golf Course in Morrisville on Saturday. Very cool temperatures,[Read More…]
Sort of a European Lake Placid
by Willem Lange EAST MONTPELIER – On paper, the Connecticut River and the Rhone don’t look all that different. Each of them is about three hundred miles long from the town nearest its source (Pittsburg and Chamonix) to its debouchement into the sea (Long Island Sound and the Mediterranean). Their[Read More…]
Create a Biodiverse Vegetable Garden with Companion Planting
by Nadie VanZandt, Extension Master Gardener, University of Vermont PANTON – When planning this year’s vegetable garden, consider companion planting with flowers and herbs. It’s a rewarding way to attract pollinators, manage pests and promote biodiversity in your garden. The practice will improve your soil’s health and the quality of your[Read More…]