PLAINFIELD – Cutler Memorial Library will host an opening reception for “Mortal Bloom,” a photography exhibition by Hannah Carpenter Pitkin on Thursday, April 10, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The exhibition will remain on view through August 1. The exhibition features work created through the historic wet-plate collodion process, including tintypes and other[Read More…]
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Events, April 1 to 11
Wednesday, April 1 Trivia night, 5:30 p.m., American Legion, Hardwick. Special community supper and trivia in support of Hazen Union Scholar’s Bowl Team, hosted by the Civic Standard. VerseVillage,. 6 p.m., Front Seat Coffee, Main St., Hardwick. Open mic event at and fifty poems posted in the windows of Hardwick[Read More…]
Olympic Medalists Ogden, Schumacher take wins at Craftsbury SuperTour Finals
CRAFTSBURY – Olympic medalists, youth skiers, and nearly 80-year-old veterans took part in the three-day SuperTour and U.S. National races at the Craftsbury Outdoor Center this past weekend. Sprinters took to the 1.5 km course on day one with double silver medalist, Ben Ogden (Landgrove) taking top honors for the[Read More…]
Remembering Dave Morse never gets old
HARDWICK – There are very few weeks that go by I don’t fondly think of the memory of Dave Morse as I write, but as this past high school basketball season unfolded in spectacular fashion, I thought of him more than usual. The late great Dave Morse and his famous[Read More…]
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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…]
