SHELBURNE – Georgia Myer, age 72, a fierce, fearless and independent soul, finally found freedom from Alzheimer’s as she passed away on Thursday, Feb. 5, at the Arbors Memory Care facility in Shelburne. She was born in New York City and was raised between San Francisco, Calif. and Princeton, N.J.[Read More…]
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Woodard discusses films, farms and more
GREENSBORO – George Woodard of Waterbury Center gave a fascinating talk about his life as a dairy farmer, an actor and filmmaker in the Fellowship Hall of the United Church of Christ in Greensboro on Saturday afternoon, Feb. 21, sponsored by the Greensboro Free Library. He described it as a[Read More…]
Carol and Doc performance, March 7
PLAINFIELD – Central Vermont’s Carol Hausner and Jonathan “Doc” Kaplan will play traditional music at the Plainfield Granary, Saturday, March 7, from 7 to 9 p.m., at 153 Main Street in Plainfield.For more info [email protected]
Irish traditional band performs March 14
BARRE – One of Ireland’s traditional groups, Dervish, will be at the Barre Opera House, March 14, at 7:30 p.m. Originating from County Sligo, Ireland, Dervish features some of the country’s finest traditional musicians, fronted by vocalist and bodhrán player Cathy Jordan, winner of the TG4 (the Irish Public television[Read More…]
Events Calendar, Feb. 25 to March 11
Wednesday, Feb. 25 Pizza and movie, 1 to 4 p.m., for ages 5 and up, Cabot Public Library. Pre-registration is appreciated. Information, cabotlibrary.com/. “Woodbury Through the Eyes of a Forester,” 6 to 8 p.m., Woodbury Community Library, presented by Stephen Slayton, vormer Vermont County Forester. “From Earth to Earth,” a[Read More…]
Lady Cats earn inside track back to Barre
HARDWICK – The Hazen Union girls basketball team put an emphatic punctuation on the regular season last week with a lopsided home win over Harwood on Senior Night. Senior Isabelle Gouin torched Harwood with a season-high 20 points to power the Lady Cats to a 60-30 home win on Saturday[Read More…]
Lamarre’s career week helps Wildcats rebound
HARDWICK – The Hazen Union boys basketball team rebounded from a disappointing season series sweep to Randolph to start the week with dominating wins over Lake Region and Montpelier to stay in the hunt near the top of the Division III standings. Sophomore Eli Messier punished the Wildcats in the[Read More…]
Ruggles leads Hilltoppers to first title in two decades
ST. JOHNSBURY – Senior Lydia Ruggles claimed her third straight all-around individual state title and led the St. Johnsbury Academy (SJA) gymnastics team to their first team state championship since 2005 over the weekend. The Hilltoppers finished the season undefeated, recording the highest score (145.875) in 17 years at a[Read More…]
Trojans hold on to top spot with two more wins
MARSHFIELD – The Twinfield-Cabot boys basketball team navigated their way through the bottom half of the Mountain League last week, getting out with good health and staying atop of the current Division IV standings at 16-1. Eli Russell drained four 3-pointers on his way to a 16-point night to lead[Read More…]
Twinfield-Cabot girls wrap up regular season
WELLS RIVER – The Twinfield-Cabot girls basketball team fell to Blue Mountain last week to wrap up their regular season at 1-17. Ava Kingsbury punished the Lady Trojans inside with 20 points and 11 rebounds as Blue Mountain raced past Twinfield-Cabot on the road last Wednesday 46-25. Addison Murray added[Read More…]
Day-one of Vermont High School Ski Championships
RIPTON – Division 1 and 2 Vermont high school cross country ski teams gathered at the Rikert Touring Center for the freestyle individual and relay races on February 19. From December into February, most schools compete in weekly races within their region of the state, thus the state meet is[Read More…]
Jack Young reflects on being at the Olympics
CORTINA, Italy – Young is a Craftsbury GRP skier and a North Country Union graduate. He wrote this for EnjoyWinter Athlete Force on Feb. 14. “The Olympic classic sprint, the only race I had any chance of competing in, has come and gone. It was even easier than I thought[Read More…]
