Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Bridgewater Center, Vt. — Reginald L. Hoisington, 71, died Monday evening, Dec. 3, 2012, at his home in Bridgewater Center. Reggie was born on July 21, 1941, in Bridgewater, Vt. the son of Ralph and Hazel (Sloan) Hoisington. Reggie married Helen L. Colby on May 15, 1969. He …
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Weathersfield Vt. — Roderick T. Jillson, 61, of Weathersfield, died Monday, Nov. 19, 2012, at DHMC after a battle with cancer. Rod was born Aug. 10, 1951, in Hanover, N.H., a son of Warren & Bernice (Rambo) Jillson. He grew up in Bridgewater, Vt. graduating from Woodstock High …
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
A 79-year-old Thetford man was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison yesterday for embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from a Dartmouth College fraternity and a Bridgewater fishing club, a federal prosecutor said. Bruce D. McAllister, who pleaded guilty to committing wire fraud while serving as treasurer …
Monday, May 20, 2013
Bethel — Whitcomb High athletic director Willy Walker is always grappling with the need to find more athletic opportunities at his tiny high school. His latest idea has everything to do with grappling. At least four Hornets will join the wrestling team at neighboring Randolph Union High School …
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Woodstock — During this special season, undefeated Woodstock football team’s most impressive facet may be its brilliant special-teams play. While outscoring opponents 507-89 through a 10-0 start — that’s an average score of 51-9 — the Wasps have …
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Windsor — Legislative experience appeared to prevail last night as two Democratic incumbents, state Reps. Donna Sweaney and John Bartholomew, convincingly defeated Republican newcomer Ryan Palmer in the contested Windsor 1 Vermont House race. Windsor 1, which was redistricted to encompass Windsor, West Windsor and Hartland, had two …
Friday, May 17, 2013
Windsor — Democrats appear to have retained their hold on the three Windsor County Senate seats. Incumbents John Campbell of Quechee, Dick McCormack of Bethel and Alice Nitka of Ludlow, held a solid lead over their Republican challengers, …
Monday, May 20, 2013
Young Writers Let Their Imaginations Take Flight With Poetry and Prose Each week, Young Writers Project receives several hundred submissions from students in Vermont and New Hampshire in response to writing prompts and we select the best for publication here and in 20 other newspapers and on VPR.net. …
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Woodstock — How tough would Woodstock be without a slow start? The defending Vermont Division III champion Wasps led by 17 points at the half, then ran roughshod over No. 4 Mount Abraham 58-7 yesterday afternoon in the …
Saturday, November 3, 2012
She’s a Jersey girl by birth and remains one at heart, so when Kate Ryan of Bridgewater saw side-by-side photos of the boardwalk in Seaside Heights, N.J. — one showing a pleasant summer scene, the other the shattered …
By Don's Early Light
