MARSHFIELD – A wreath-making workshop with Sarah Graves will be held at the Jaquith Public Library on Saturday, Dec. 2 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sarah Graves owns and operates The Magic Bean Farm, a flower farm in Marshfield Village, and this is her tenth year making holiday wreaths.[Read More…]
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Sourdough Bread Workshop Dec. 9
MARSHFIELD – A sourdough bread workshop will be held Saturday, Dec. 9, at 1 p.m., at the Jaquith Public Library. Erin Ruddell and Brad Woelfle of Heyday Farm will talk all about sourdough bread making and participants will take home a jar of starter. Call (802) 426-3581 for more information.[Read More…]
Holiday Plants are for Enjoyment and Gifts
by Deborah J. Benoit, Extension Master Gardener, University of Vermont NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – As the days grow shorter, the wintry winds of December will bring with them a host of holidays—and holiday plants. Walk into most stores, and you’ll see shelves of poinsettias, holiday cactus and amaryllis among many[Read More…]
Canada Yew is a Native Evergreen
by Susan Shea BROOKFIELD – For thousands of years, people have decorated their homes with evergreen boughs, a symbol of eternal life, during the darkest time of the year around the winter solstice and Christmas. In addition to common species such as spruce and fir, I’ve noticed another evergreen in[Read More…]
Wintermarket Brings Local Buying and Holiday Cheer
GREENSBORO – Started during the pandemic as an outdoor market, Wintermarket, an indoor-outdoor holiday market inspired by the traditional festivities in Germany and replicated worldwide, has bloomed in Greensboro at the Highland Center for the Arts. This season, the festival will showcase over 60 Vermont artisans on December 2, from[Read More…]
Hardwick Police News
On November 21, Officer Force traveled to Woodbury to locate Logan Ballard, of Woodbury, for a separate offense that occurred on November 10. Ballard had three outstanding warrants out of Caledonia, Lamoille, and Washington counties. She was taken into custody without incident and transported to Northeast Correctional Complex on $1,300[Read More…]
Students Connect with Community Members on How to Define a Good Life
by Liza Stinson, Community Journalist HARDWICK – How do you define a good life? When a high school student asks you that question, you take pause. On November 14, students in Jennifer Olson and Emily Willem’s Wayfinding class at Hazen Union got a chance to connect with over 15 community[Read More…]
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Deer Camp Musings
by Willem Lange ST. HUBERTS, N.Y. — It was what my grandfather used to call a “Bummelzug day.” A Bummelzug is a local train that stops at every station; and when you’re having that kind of day, there are a million things you have to do before you can get[Read More…]
Craftsbury Seniors Fly to Finish at Footlocker Meet
BOSTON, Mass. – High school runners from the six New England states, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania raced Saturday at the Footlocker Northeast Regional Championships. Cool and breezy conditions prevailed at historic Franklin Park, with temperatures in the low 30s under sunny skies. Craftsbury Academy seniors Matt Califano, Alex Califano, and[Read More…]
