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Singo fundraiser packs United Church hall
LUDLOW, Vt. – A special Singo Bingo Night held to raise funds for the United Church of Ludlow’s “Ring Out Love” Capital Campaign packed the church hall with enthusiastic members of the Ludlow community on Monday, June 24, and raised $1,120 to rehabilitate the church’s historic church bell.
A Ludlow couple’s flood story became national news. A year later, it has a happy ending.
Bex Prasse and Craig Kovalsky didn’t expect the New York Times to spotlight their 2023 storm travails. Then again, not much else about their move to Vermont has gone according to plan. Read the story on VTDigger here: A Ludlow couple’s flood story became national news. A year later, it has a happy ending..
Weston Theater Company still hopes to reopen playhouse after flooding, but the future is unclear
When the rain last summer caused widespread flooding in Weston, the Weston Playhouse took on more water than it did during Tropical Storm Irene. A full year after the flooding, not only is the Weston Theater Company not yet back in their 300-seat theater, but the future is still uncertain.
'Built different': North Country star repeats as Free Press girls athlete of the year
North Country was in trouble. Down 15-6 in the second quarter of a Division II high school girls basketball semifinal at Barre Auditorium, the defending champions struggled to do much right against Harwood. Sabine Brueck changed all that. Riding Brueck's defense and long 3-pointers during a personal 13-0 run, the...
Save The Date to Celebrate Lincoln Hall at Hildene
Hildene, the Lincoln Family Home, wants you to save the date and raise a glass to toast the building of Lincoln Hall on Saturday, Sept. 14. The post Save The Date to Celebrate Lincoln Hall at Hildene first appeared on Spotlight News.
Home tour of the week: A home in Milton with three bedrooms priced at $345,000
This home in Milton is located on a quiet street and includes two covered porches and many upgrades within. These newer upgrades include updates to the furnace, vinyl windows, and flooring. Bedrooms: 3. Price: $345,000. Square Feet: 1,400. HIGHLIGHTS: two covered porches, quiet street. Listed by Rene Marceau, KW Vermont.
Tee times, pairings for the 2024 Vermont Amateur at Burlington Country Club
Bryson Richards' bid for back-to-back crowns and a third title since 2021 begins this week as the Vermont Amateur returns to Burlington Country Club for its centennial year. The 118th edition of the Vermont Amateur will welcome a field of 123 golfers. The three-day, 72-hole tournament opens Tuesday morning. Richards,...
Newhall names to Waitsfield Planning Commission
At the recommendation of the Waitsfield Planning Commission, the Waitsfield Select Board named Becca Newhall to the town planning commission. The board took that action at its June 24 meeting last week. Newhall, in a June 5 email to Waitsfield planning and zoning administrator JB Weir wrote that since moving...
Late Runs Help Mountaineers Move Past Navs Sunday
LYNN, Mass. 一 The visiting Vermont Mountaineers used a six-run top of the ninth inning to break open an eventual 8-1 win over the North Shore Navigators in Sunday night’s New England Collegiate Baseball League action at Fraser Field. North Shore fell to 9-14 on the summer following...
Flood the Streets with Art July 10 and 11
Local groups plan to flood downtown Montpelier with art to celebrate “resiliency and hope on the one-year anniversary of the Montpelier Flood,” a press release states. The flood happened last summer on July 10 and 11, and so on this July 10 and 11, the Montpelier Senior Activity Center, along with Montpelier Alive, the Center for Arts and Learning, the Kellogg-Hubbard Library, and the T.W. Wood Gallery plans to welcome community members and artists to create temporary chalk art installations on city sidewalks throughout the event. It is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, July 10 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. in downtown Montpelier.
Seacoast completes season sweep of Vermont Green, division title chances slim
BURLINGTON, Vt. — For just the second time during the USL2 season, the Vermont Green found the loss column. Intense heat plagued the best semipro soccer players in America on Sunday, with Seacoast United outlasting Vermont Green F.C. 2-1 in Burlington, ending a four-game opponent scoreless streak for the Green.
Friends of the Mad River book discussion highlights biodiversity
On Thursday, July 11, Friends of the Mad River and the Tri-Town Conservation Commission will host a reading and discussion of “Our Better Nature: Hopeful Excursions in Saving Biodiversity” – a book co-edited by Curt Lindberg and Eric Hagen. ----------------------------------- The event will be held in the...
Tree planting aims to combat Thatcher Book erosion at Hope Davey Park
Efforts to address erosion along the Thatcher Brook at Hope Davey Park and improve habitat for wood turtles and other species got a boost recently with a project involving two nonprofit groups, students from Southeast Asia, and Waterbury town officials and volunteers. On May 20, a volunteer crew assembled by...
Former King Chris Pelkey Continues 2024 Momentum to Take Jack Daniels Cocktails 100
Moodie Breaks Tie with ‘Double-O Joe’ as All-Time Flying Tiger Wins Leader. Barre, VT — A change of pace for the Thunder Road faithful saw a pit-load of teams join in for the Sunday, July 7 outing on Quarry Hill. Twenty-seven Maplefield/Irving Late Models made the special Sunday trip to the Nation’s Site of Excitement for the Jack Daniels Ready to Drink Cocktails 100, the battle serving as round two in the inaugural Squier Cup Late Model Triple Crown! While the Late Models may have been the headline, there was action aplenty Sunday evening.
Green FC drop important game to Seacoast United
The Vermont Green FC hosted the top team in the USL League 2 Northeast division Seacoast United at Virtue Field on Sunday afternoon. This was a high-energy match throughout. The Green took a 1-0 lead, before the Phantoms capitalized on a Green miss-play to tie the game. Seacoast scored the lone goal in the second […]
St. Albans Bay Town Park Bathhouse – St. Albans VT
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Work Relief Programs. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) constructed the bathhouse at what is now St. Albans Bay Town Park in St. Albans, Vermont. Per town website: “Built in 1933 by Company No. 1134 of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) for the State of Vermont. It...
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