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Wasps Ace Stops Chieftains

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Chester, Vt. — Zach Cole pitched a one-hitter as Woodstock High coasted to a 10-0 win over Green Mountain yesterday in a Marble Valley League game at Adams Field. Cole, a junior right-hander, took a no-hitter into the seventh inning, but Jake Cavacas ended that bid with a crisp, leadoff single. Cole walked the next batter, his only free pass of the afternoon. He threw 78 pitches, 53 for strike and fanned five batters. Nine Wasps had hits in an 11-hit attack. The visitors committed two harmless errors and improved to 3-3. While Woodstock was never in danger of losing the lead, the Wasps stranded …

Crowd Funding Supports Five Area River Projects

Sunday, April 21, 2013

Pomfret — Five river restoration projects in New Hampshire and Vermont have received a total of $7,550 in donations through CleanWaterFuture.org, a website that links conservation projects with prospective donors. All of the work will take place in the Connecticut River watershed. The Vermont projects are on Broad Brook in Sharon, the White River in South Royalton and Stony Brook in Stockbridge. Sponsored …

Josephine K. Brayton

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

South Pomfret, Vt. — A memorial service for Josephine K. Brayton of South Pomfret will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 4 at Pomfret Town Hall. Jo died on Saturday, March 30, 2013, at age 93 after a brief illness. She was the oldest citizen of Pomfret. A transplanted “flatlander” from Massachusetts, Jo loved Vermont. After years of ever-longer vacations, Jo …