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🌱 How Hartford’s track teams stack up against Upper Valley rivals this spring
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In today's newsletter:
- How Hartford’s track teams stack up against Upper Valley rivals this spring
Also on today's calendar: Weekend Wheel-Throwing (IN PROGRESS) — CraftStudies and 5 more events.
Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 76 and low of 46 degrees.
- Saturday: Cloudy and not as warm, temps: high: 65, low: 48.
- Sunday: Cooler with rain at times, with a high of 54 and low of 32 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Upper Valley spring sports preview: Track & Field (vnews.com) — Hartford High’s track and field teams have kicked off their 2026 season with fourth-place finishes for both boys and girls at Bellows Falls and a meet coming up Tuesday at Lebanon High. The story also previews rival Upper Valley programs like Lebanon, White River Valley, Woodstock, and others, highlighting key returning athletes, promising newcomers, and early-season results across the region. 
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Vermont History Trivia (Special 250th Edition)
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Weekend Wheel-Throwing (IN PROGRESS) — CraftStudies
CraftStudies , 87 Maple St , White River Junction
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Family Forest Frolic
Hartford, VT Calendar , Reservoir Road , White River Junction
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Entrepreneur Resource Group
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Earrings in a Day — CraftStudies
CraftStudies , 87 Maple St , White River Junction
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POP UP: Katie the Bagel Lady — vine/yard
Putnam's Vineyard , 188 S Main St Suite 110 , White River Junction
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Long-handle Broom-making — CraftStudies
CraftStudies , 87 Maple St , White River Junction
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Paper-making with Plants (1 SPOT LEFT!) — CraftStudies
CraftStudies , 87 Maple St , White River Junction
1:00 pm
Saturday April 18
Sunday April 19
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🗞 Nearby News
Quechee
- A Vermont business built around bagels (vnews.com)
- Woman jumps from bridge in Hartford (newportdispatch.com)
- Quechee Gorge Bridge slated to fully reopen this summer (thevermontstandard.com)
White River Junction
- Will Brill and Martha Burns to Lead Premiere of New Talene Monahon Play Wonder! A Woman Keeps a Secret (theatermania.com)
- Lynne A. Smith (vnews.com)
Woodstock
- Woodstock Police will get new, updated body and car cameras (thevermontstandard.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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