Sports

The 2025 Twin Valley girls’ varsity soccer team. photo by Randy Capitani

Wildcats blending experience, youthful energy as soccer season unfolds

WHITINGHAM- The future continues to look bright for the Twin Valley girls’ varsity soccer program. In 2024, the Wildcats had their most successful season in years, finishing with a 6-8-1 record. That record earned a number of players league recognition and coach Taryn Lawrence was named...

Viola Brown on her horse. The pair was awarded reserve champion at the Vermont 4-H horse show.

Area riders do well at 4-H state show

ESSEX JUNCTION - A pair of local riders participated in the 2025 Vermont State 4-H horse show last month. It was sponsored by the UVM Extension 4-H, and held at the Champlain Valley Exposition fairgrounds in Essex Junction July 11 to 13.
The top two finishers from each division competed...

Waterfowl hunters must wait until September 1 to place their blinds along any waterway or lake in Vermont.

Don’t place blinds too early

MONTPELIER - The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department reminds hunters that waterfowl hunting blinds may not be placed on or in the waters of the state earlier than the first Saturday in September. Anyone who places a blind must have their name and address permanently and legibly shown on the...

Proceeds from the Stratton Community Foundation golf tournament will benefit the Head-To-Toe program, which provides 600 local children with essential items including winter coats.

Golf tourney helps kids

STRATTON - The Stratton Community Foundation fundraising efforts start with its annual golf outing, on Friday, August 29, at 1 pm, at the Stratton Mountain golf course. This event supports the foundation’s mission of giving. All proceeds will benefit the Head-To-Toe program, which provides 600...

Local school soccer teams are getting ready for the fall season, set to kick off soon. Local club team FC Twin Valley recently participated in the annual Lee Goldsmith 7 versus 7 tournament in Bennington. The team defeated Greylock 2-1 to take the championship title. Twin Valley FC players, from left, are Davis Cole, Brian Sullivan, Alex Sullivan, Tucker Magnant, Kaelyn Lackey, Niko Gerding, Brayden Brown, Carson McHale, and Landon Brown. Photo courtesy Buddy Hayford

Fall soccer season just around the corner

A young skunk

How to handle young wildlife; do’s and don’ts for VT critters

MONTPELIER – Watching wildlife is enjoyable, especially when young animals appear in the spring. But it is best to keep your distance; picking up young wildlife can do more harm than good, according to the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department, and it is against the law.
When people see...

A deer at risk of chronic waste disease

Hunters reminded of chronic waste disease regulation

MONTPELIER - Hunters traveling outside Vermont to hunt moose, deer or elk are reminded of a regulation designed to protect the state’s deer and moose from chronic wasting disease, according to the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department (VF&W).
Moose were added to the related regulation...

Peregrine falcons

Climbers can return to VT cliffs

MONTPELIER - Hikers and rock climbers can return to Vermont cliffs now that peregrine falcon nesting season has ended. The Vermont Fish and Wildlife (VF&W) Department and Audubon Vermont have confirmed that the majority of young falcons have learned to fly and should not be disturbed by...

Kids participating in hunter education courses

Hunter education courses now available across state

MONTPELIER - Vermont’s volunteer hunter education instructors are now holding a limited number of courses throughout the state.
A person must pass the basic hunter education course before they can purchase their first hunting license.
Most in-person courses are held in August and...

Flying birds form an arrow in the sky

Information available for controlled waterfowl hunts

MONTPELIER - Information about the 2025 controlled waterfowl hunts, at Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area in Addison and at Mud Creek Wildlife Management Area in Alburgh, is now available on the Vermont Fish and Wildlife (VF&W) website.
Applications for hunting at Mud Creek, on...