September 3, Accident – LSA, Mill St.; Traffic Stop, Craftsbury Road; Welfare Check, Glenside Ave.; Suspicious Event, Vt. Rte. 15 W. September 4: Juvenile Problem, Prospect St.; Sex Offender Registry Check, High St.; Traffic Stop, Church St.; Traffic Stop, Wolcott St.; Assist – Agency, Vt. Rte. 15; Suspicious Event, Mill[Read More…]
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Vermont Poet Lea to Visit The Galaxy Bookshop
HARDWICK – Poet Sydney Lea will visit The Galaxy Bookshop on Tuesday, Sept. 19, at 7 p.m., to read from his latest collection of poems, “What Shines.” A former Vermont Poet Laureate and winner of the Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts (2021), Lea is the author of more than a[Read More…]
Local 4Her Fares Well at Fair
ESSEX JUNCTION – For many 4-H club members, the Champlain Valley Fair was not just fried dough, live music and thrill-a-minute midway rides. For them, the annual fair, held August 25-September 4 in Essex Junction, provided an opportunity to show the public what they learned in 4-H this year as[Read More…]
Library Celebration set for Sept. 16
HARDWICK – The Jeudevine Memorial Library is set to participate in the annual Fairy Tale Festival held in Killington, on Saturday, Sept. 16, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This festival is a celebration of Vermont’s public libraries. Librarians from around the state set up booths, put on their costumes[Read More…]
Vermont Author Chodorkoff at Library
HARDWICK – Dan Chodorkoff, author of the novel “Sugaring Down,” will be at the Jeudevine Memorial Library to read from and discuss his book on Monday, Sept. 18, at 6:30 p.m. “Sugaring Down” spins the tale of two young activists, David and Jill, as they struggle to build a new[Read More…]
Cliffs Host Varied Flora and Fauna
by Susan Shea RANDOLPH – On a recent hike up Eagle Mountain in Milton, we climbed to a ledge overlooking Lake Champlain. Turkey vultures soared overhead, tilting back and forth on the breeze. A sheer cliff dropped to the forest below us, a lush variety of plants clinging to its[Read More…]
Gardening Better As We Age
by Henry Homeyer CORNISH FLAT, N.H. – As a Certified Senior Citizen I sometimes wonder if I am too ambitious in my garden. I have about an acre of gardens with 200 or more kinds of flowers and a good-size vegetable garden. These gardens please me greatly, and I visit[Read More…]
ROBERT L. “BOB” CHAFFEE
HARDWICK – Robert Leon “Bob” Chaffee, 75, passed away peacefully on August 30, at Copley Hospital in Morrisville. He was born April 22, 1948, in Hardwick; the eldest of five children born to the late Leon and Eileen (Jenne) Chaffee. He attended Hardwick Academy and St. Johnsbury Trade School. Following[Read More…]
MAURICE H. RICHARDSON SR.
EAST HARDWICK – Maurice Henry Richardson Sr., 86, a longtime member of the East Hardwick community, passed away unexpectedly on September 6, in East Hardwick. He was born in Craftsbury on November 18, 1936, the son of the late Henry and Dolores (LeBlanc) Richardson. Most of his childhood was spent[Read More…]
Family Concert to Support Lakeview Elementary School
GREENSBORO – Friends of Lakeview will present a family fun concert at the Greensboro United Church of Christ on September 16 at 4 p.m. Featuring the musical talents of Greensboro-based performers, Alice Perron, Roy and Mavis MacNeil, and Andy Koehler, along with some close friends, this concert will transport attendees[Read More…]
Audsley, Budbill Featured at Fall Reading Series
CALAIS – “Words Out Loud,” the Sunday afternoon readings of work by Vermont writers at the historic 1823 meetinghouse, the Old West Church, will feature Sarah Audsley and Nadine Budbill on September 24. Vermont poet Sarah Audsley and Nadine Budbill, daughter of poet David Budbill (1940–2016) and Literary Executor of[Read More…]
Hardwick Police Report
On Wednesday, September 6, at approximately 3:26 a.m., Hardwick Rescue Squad, Hardwick Fire Department and Hardwick Police Department responded to a fatal single vehicle/pedestrian crash on Rte. 16 near Molleur Drive, in the town of East Hardwick. The preliminary investigation shows Benjamin Mallery, of Sheffield, was traveling south on Rte.[Read More…]
