There’s just one day left before this year is over

We’re Making History Together

We have just a few thusand dollars to go to meet our goal. Will you help put us over the top?

If you’ve given to The Gazette in the past, please consider becoming a monthly sustaining donor. It’s the best way to provide a solid foundation for coverage of our communities. Hundreds of Gazette readers have already become sustainers at $5, $10, $50, $100 per month. 

And during this fundraising drive, every monthly donation will be doubled for the first year! It’s the best time ever to make an investment in local journalism that makes our communities stronger.  Visit our Donate page and check the “monthly recurring” box. It’s that simple!

Every one-time donation will be matched too, until we reach our $40,000 goal.

Our weekly newsletter with the December 24 edition follows in case you missed it in the holiday rush. Look for our Year-in-review issue today, December 30, in the evening..

hardwickgazette.org
u003cpu003eDad said he wanted to talk to me after we were done with our paper route. Now I had one more thing to worry about that afternoon, on top of u003c/pu003e
hardwickgazette.org
u003cpu003ePreparing this special issue of The Gazette made us realize what an incredible year itu0026rsquo;s been. Our communities might seem small and sleepy from afar, but there’s a lot going on around hereu003c/pu003e

A limited number of printed Hardwick Gazette copies are now for sale at the Buffalo Mountain Market in Hardwick and Willey’s Store in Greensboro at $5 a copy. Please tell your friends who would rather read us in print.

Look below the front page below to see this week’s top stories, Tyler Molleur’s Weather, opinions, William Lange’s weekly column and a cartoon or two.

Comfort chickens are still available for a donation of $500 or more.

hardwickgazette.org
u003cpu003eHARDWICK – Caledonia Superior Court has ordered a lower, trial court to hold a bail hearing and establish conditions for the release a Morrisville held without bail since his Augustu003c/pu003e
hardwickgazette.org
u003cpu003eEAST HARDWICK – Moderating temperatures closed out the work week last week, with lows struggling to drop below freezing Thursday night under the influence of a southerly flow. Some snowpacku003c/pu003e
hardwickgazette.org
u003cpu003eMONTPELIER – u003cspan style=u0022color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;u0022u003eThe Washington Central Unified Union School Board to recommend closing Calais Elementary School and Worcester’s Doty Memorial School WCUUSB) voted last Wednesday, Dec. 17. The proposed budget, whichu003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e
hardwickgazette.org
u003cpu003eHARDWICK – A grant from the Vermont Community Foundation will allow the Jeudevine Memorial Library to revisit its mission and vision statements white it crafts a strategic plan. The $5,000u003c/pu003e
hardwickgazette.org
u003cpu003eWOLCOTT – In November of 2023, the Lamoille County Planning Commission (LCPC), in partnership with the Town of Wolcott, received a $46,499.81 grant award from the Lamoille Basin Clean Wateru003c/pu003e
hardwickgazette.org
u003cpu003eWiu003cspan style=u0022white-space-collapse: preserve;u0022u003elley’su003c/spanu003eu003cspan style=u0022color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;u0022u003e Store employees, (all from left) front, Taina Frazier, Gracie Crown; back, Christina Hernandez and Tanya Howard, pose in a mock snow globe set up in the clothing department to celebrateu003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e
hardwickgazette.org
hardwickgazette.org
u003cpu003eHARDWICK – Best friends and store owners for 11 years, Andrea Jones and Sandy Scott, work wives, as they affectionately call each other, run Hardwick’u003cspan style=u0022background-color: rgba(69, 69, 69, 0.2); color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;u0022u003es Galaxy Bookshop with pride. Theyu003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e
hardwickgazette.org
u003cpu003eSORRY SANTA, BUT ALL THE ELVES WERE DEPORTED u003c/pu003e
hardwickgazette.org
u003cpu003eEAST MONTPELIER – As I write, it’s only a quarter past four in the afternoon, but I wouldn’tu003c/pu003e
hardwickgazette.org
u003cpu003eHARDWICK – With the change of seasons, wrote Programs Manager Bethany Dunbar in the Atkins Field Winter Bulletin, also come changes at the Center for an Agricultural Economy (CAE). u003c/pu003e
hardwickgazette.org
It’s beginning to look a lot like Russia!

The Hardwick Gazette is now a community-owned, non-profit publication of Northeast Kingdom Public Journalism. We depend on your donation to support our mission of producing fair and accurate local journalism, shining a light on all aspects of our communities and creating a forum for deeper engagement.

The Hardwick Gazette, 82 Craftsbury Road, Greensboro, VT 05841 | [email protected]

+

Advertising

The Hardwick Gazette

Newsroom: 82 Craftsbury Road Greensboro, Vt.

Hours: Mon. 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Tues 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wed. 9 a.m. to noon, and by appointment.

Tel: (802) 472-6521

Newsroom email: [email protected]
Advertising email: [email protected]

Send mail to: The Hardwick Gazette, P.O. Box 9, Hardwick, VT 05843

EDITOR
Paul Fixx

ADVERTISING
Sandy Atkins, Raymonda Parchment, Dawn Gustafson, Paul Fixx

CIRCULATION
Dawn Gustafson

PRODUCTION
Sandy Atkins, Dawn Gustafson, Dave Mitchell, Raymonda Parchment

REPORTER
Raymonda Parchment

SPORTS WRITERS
Ken Brown
Eric Hanson

WEATHER REPORTER
Tyler Molleur

PHOTOGRAPHER
Vanessa Fournier

CARTOONIST
Julie Atwood

CONTRIBUTORS
Trish Alley, Sandy Atkins, Brendan Buckley, Hal Gray, Abrah Griggs, Eleanor Guare, Henry Homeyer, Pat Hussey, Willem Lange, Cheryl Luther Michaels, Tyler Molleur, Kay Spaulding, Liz Steel, John Walters

INTERNS
Cloey Camley, Hazen Union School
Claire Charlow, UVM Community News Service
Will Helms, Hazen Union School
Eisha Qureshi, UVM Community News Service