Sports
Post 5 off to good start in Legion baseball
-Brattleboro Post 5 is off to a fast start. Near the midpoint of Vermont's 2024 American Legion Baseball season, Post 5 ended last week with a 6-1 league record and was tied for first place with Lakes Region in the Southern Division.
After beating Bellows Falls Post 37, 8-3, in the season opener on June 20, Post 5 won three of the four games they played in the annual Gubby Underwood Tournament in Keene, New Hampshire. The June 22-23 tournament brought together some of the best teams in the Northeast, and Post 5 showed they can hold their own against that level of talent.
A so-so ski season in Vermont
With another weird winter, skier and rider visits totaled 4.1 million in 2023-24
-The final numbers for the 2023-24 ski season came out earlier this month. The statewide industry association Ski Vermont said that alpine ski areas reported 4.1 million skier and rider visits, down 0.5% from the prior season. That is a smaller dip than seen in the rest of the...
Rebels, Terriers fall in state finals
-There were two of our local teams that made it all the way to their respective championship games - the Bellows Falls Terriers team in Division III softball and the Leland & Gray Rebels in Division IV baseball. The second-seeded Terriers were expecting a trip to the state finals,