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Vol. 22, Issue x
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Celebrate the 4th with full day of fun
Mary Wells Heath Run Saturday in Fair Haven
The fifth annual Mary Wells Heath 5-kilometer run/walk will be held Saturday, July 2 beginning at the Town Green across from the fire station. Registration is from 7 to 8:15 a.m. and the race starts at 8:30 a.m. Awards will be presented at 9:45 a.m. Call 802-265-3470.
By Matthew Rice
Poultney Library hosting book sale Saturday The Poultney Public Library will host their annual book sale on Saturday, July 2 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Books will be priced to sell for as little as 25 cents each. Mass paperback books can be purchased for just 10 cents and some videos will be sold for just a buck. This event will be held rain or shine. Call 802-287-5556.
Annual Strawberry Shortcake Social Sunday The 2nd Annual Strawberry Shortcake Social on The Green in East Poultney will be held on Sunday, July 3 starting at 6 p.m. The town band will be providing special music and a guest appearance by Horace Greeley himself is anticipated. Call 802287-2577.
The Hubbardton Battlefield will host a “Living History Weekend” on Saturday, July 9, and Sunday, July 10.
The Redcoats are coming....again! By Derek Liebig The sights, sounds and smells of July 1777 will fill the air around Hubbardton later this month. The Hubbardton Battlefield State Historic Site will host its annual Living History Weekend on Saturday and Sunday, July 9 and 10. The event pays homage
to the only Revolutionary War battle fought in Vermont and helped set the stage for an American victory at the Battle of Saratoga, widely considered to be the decisive moment of the war. The weekend will feature living and breathing replicas of soldier’s camps, guided tours, chil-
dren’s activities, drilling lessons, camp life activities, colonial games, tactical military demonstrations, and a re-enactment of the Battle of Hubbardton. “It’s an amazing and colorful pageant of history. It’s a wonderful event for families of all ages
See BATTLE, pg. 4
Old favorites will be the order of the day as Poultney celebrates the Fourth of July Monday. “It’s going to be a g reat weekend because of the 250th birthday we wanted to get all the great acts the people of Poultney know and fell in love with,” Fourth of July committee chairman Jaime Lee said. Monday starts off at a run with the Martin Devlin Memorial 5-kilometer The Catamount Fun Run/Walk. Bagpipes will perOn-site registration form in Poultney. starts at Green Mountain College at 6:45 a.m., and the race kicks off at 8 a.m. with awards given out at 9:15 a.m. To borrow from the Bard, ‘the parade is the thing’. “Everyone knows we have the
See POULTNEY, pg. 5
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