‘It’s Been Here for 160 Years’: Hartland Church Steeple to Be Renovated

Hartland — Since the mid-1850s, a white steeple has sat atop the First Universalist Society of Hartland’s white, wood-paneled house of worship building. Yesterday, for the first time, it was taken down. The move, accomplished by crane, is …

Pottering Around

Shelley Saylor, of Charlestown, gets a pansy plant ready to repot at EarthStar Pottery in Hartland recently. “I don’t mind getting my hands all covered in dirt,” said Saylor, “It’s basically the same thing when you’re working with …

Hartland Native Felt Boston Marathon Blast

Dave Fortier wasn’t sure how he was going to feel when he finished last week’s Boston Marathon, but when he saw the 22-mile marker, he felt pretty good. At that point, it was the farthest the Hartland native …

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Digging Into Hartland’s Past: Archaeologists Detail Cemetery Findings 

Hartland — A team of archaeologists hired by the president of VTel to exhume a cemetery located on his 173-acre estate have unearthed fragments of Upper Valley history nearly two centuries old, but not without dredging up some …

Crunch Time

Jean Adams, of Hartland, helps hold a stick for Jonas Tucker, 4, also of Hartland, as they clean sticks off Adams’ mother’s lawn in South Royalton yesterday. Adams was visiting her mother with Jonas’ mother and said that …

Sundial in Sharon 

Katarennah Hilliker, 6, of Hartland, plays on the tire swing at April Dyer’s day care in Sharon while Hilliker’s mother picks up her brother Drew, 4 (second from right). Also pictured is Cole MacDonald, 3, of Sharon. Valley …