World Soccer Festival Featured 51 Teams
The World Soccer Festival, an event created to engage players of all ages, had its biggest turnout in the two years of holding the regional festivities at Montpelier High School, Saturday, Aug.…
Community Photo: Justin, We Have Liftoff
Justin Kolber of Montpelier kiteboards on Nov. 12 at Sandbar State Park on Lake Champlain, where the winds can blow over 30 mph in…
The Return of Semi-Professional Basketball to Central Vermont
At one time, the Vermont Frost Heaves, a professional Premier Basketball League team, played to exuberant crowds in the Barre Auditorium until it disbanded…
World Soccer Festival Comes to MHS
A colorful soccer celebration will be held at Montpelier High School Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event features 3…
Soccer Excitement!
by J. Gregory Gerdel A highly skilled men’s soccer team from the U.S. Virgin Islands will be playing the Montpelier All Stars Thursday, July…
Field Hockey Championship for MHS
It had been decades since Montpelier High School’s field hockey team won a state championship, let alone two in a row. With the successful…
Professional Wrestling Comes to Barre
Scenes from Green Mountain Wrestling’s Granite City Showdown during the Barre Heritage Festival, Saturday, Sept. 23. All names are their wrestling stage names, part…
Solons Notch 3rd Straight State Title
The Montpelier boys basketball team extended its dominance of Division II competition with a third consecutive state championship Saturday at Barre Auditorium. The Solons…
Girls Field Hockey Wins State Championship
For the first time since 1995, the Montpelier High School Girls Field Hockey Team took home the trophy today – winning the Division III…
MHS Boys Soccer Takes Home the Trophy
Montpelier High School’s boys soccer team won the Division II state championship in a hard-fought match with Harwood Union Saturday that was a battle from…
Mountaineers to Host Sanford Mainers in NECBL Semis
The New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) semifinals begin tonight (August 2) after the #6 Sanford Mainers and #4 Martha’s Vineyard Sharks won their…
Cross Vermont Trail Association Celebrates Bridge Opening
Ceara Rush found herself involved with some heavy lifting at the outset of her first day on the job with the Cross Vermont Trail…
Community and Business News in Brief, June 8, 2022
Tree Champions Recognized Several central Vermont area tree champions recently were recognized by the Vermont Urban and Community Forestry Program for stewardship of their…
New Public Parking Area off Gallison Hill Road for Trail Access
As work continues to prepare a much-anticipated section of the Cross Vermont Trail east of Gallison Hill Road, Greg Western has been amazed at…
Mountaineers to Celebrate 20th Anniversary
The Vermont Mountaineers are poised to open their 20th season of New England Collegiate Baseball League play in less than two weeks with a…
Corporate Cup Draws Thousands in First Race in Two Years
Although the number of in-person participants, 1,197 runners and walkers this year, didn’t approach the event record of well over 4,000, this year’s Corporate…
Modified Race Cars Return to Thunder Road on May 29
BARRE — Open wheel racing returns to Thunder Road on May 29 as the Monaco Modified Tri-Track Series makes its only stop as part…
People and Place Feature in Parks Plans
As the Montpelier Parks Commission gears up to write an ambitious 10-year plan, it has created two initiatives to make it happen: hiring a…
Roundball Reunion: A Celebration of Central Vermont Rec League Basketball
More than two dozen men, and one inspirational woman, gathered recently at the Barre Street Rec Center to celebrate a sport they could never…
So Nice They Did It Twice: MHS Wins Hoop Crown
Montpelier High School senior Jonah Cattaneo lifts the state Division II championship trophy after the Solons defeated Mount St. Joseph Academy of Rutland, 66–39,…
UPDATE: 31 COVID Cases at Montpelier High School
Despite students protesting lifting of a mask mandate on March 2, and following two crowded basketball games a week ago, Montpelier High School now…