Category No. 123 – Fall 2022

George Earle, the founder of Hobart, was born in Falmouth, a coastal town in southwest England, in 1807. He was, according to records, the sixth of 13 children born to Joseph and Ann Crabb Earle. Joseph was a Wesleyan Methodist,…

Thirty-five years ago, in 1987, Hobart saw some historic firsts. First Margaret Kuchta, then Hobart’s clerk-treasurer, challenged three-time elected Mayor Calvin Green for his job and won the Democratic primary. She then defeated Republican challenger Bob Malizzo in the fall…