HARDWICK – Soccer is front and center the next few weeks with the 2026 World Cup underway. It takes center stage locally this Sunday with the playing of the Third Annual PolyWhey Cup Showdown at Hazen Union High School. The biggest local youth soccer event of the spring will feature[Read More…]
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Vikings fall in state title game
BURLINGTON – The Lyndon Institute baseball team’s bid to end a nearly two-decade title drought came up just short over the weekend against top-seeded Mount Abraham. Mount Abe rallied from a two-run deficit to down the Vikings 5-3 and claim the Division II State Championship at Centennial Field on Sunday.[Read More…]
Pelkey, Murphy, MacAskill big winners
BARRE – The New England Auto Racers (NEAR) brought their cars of the past to the Thunder Road on Thursday. Opting to run all the old-time machines together for one fifteen-lap feature, former Flying Tiger pilot Mike Rollins took the Sportsman checkers with his No. 29 Dave Dion machine while Palmer,[Read More…]
Lt. Governor, Representative Harple discuss education, immigration and more
CRAFTSBURY – This past Saturday, June 6, the Craftsbury Town Hall was host to Lt. Governor John Rodgers (R-Glover) and Representative Leanne Harple (D-Glover),Orleans District 4, for a legislative update and discussion. Senator John Morely, Orleans District, was invited but was unable to attend. “This is an election year, and Vermont[Read More…]
Town forest steering committee holds first meeting
HARDWICK – The Buffalo Mountain Steering Committee met for the first time on June 1, with Town Manager David Upson opening the meeting and asking for nominations for chair. Paul Cillo was nominated, seconded by Brendan Buckley. Cillo suggested delaying electing a chair until the next meeting for a quorum.[Read More…]
County positions up for election this year
AREA COUNTIES – County positions for state’s attorney, sheriff, assistant and side judge and high bailiff are up for re-election this year, with petitions for major party candidates required to have been filed late last month. State’s attorneys in the four-county area are all running unopposed, with Caledonia County State’s[Read More…]
Adamant Black Fly Parade, June 6
Front Seat Coffee opens tailgate creemee
HARDWICK – Front Seat Coffee is opening a side operation called Tailgate Creemee. Using the café space, the Tailgate Creemee pop-up will be operating from 3 to 6 p.m. every day. While the café space will be open until 6 p.m., barista drinks will still close at 3 p.m. Tailgate[Read More…]
Walden Town 250th Celebration
Fender-bender with building, no injuries
HARDWICK – On April 29, at 4:34 p.m., Hardwick Police were dispatched to a one-car crash at the Buffalo Mountain Co-Op Building, at 75 Mill St. Upon arrival there was a vehicle that hit the side of the building. The operator, Robert Bigelow, was operating a 1999 Chrysler Sebring. Bigelow[Read More…]
Active warrants, DUI, horse collision
MORRISVILLE – On June 2, at 8:08 a.m., Copley Hospital notified the Lamoille County Sheriff’s Department that they were about to medically clear Arthur Smith of Cabot. Smith was known to local area law enforcement to have active in-state warrants for failure to appear. Troopers responded to the hospital and identified[Read More…]
Ex-deputy faces obstruction charge
HYDE PARK – A former Lamoille County deputy sheriff who was accused of improperly questioning a murder suspect while transporting him to trial has been indicted on three felony charges. Christopher Turner, 43, of Johnson, pleaded not guilty Wednesday in Lamoille County Superior criminal court in Hyde Park to two[Read More…]
