BURLINGTON – The 2023 Youth Farm Safety Day will be held July 11 for children, ages 10 to 16, interested in learning about farm safety through fun, hands-on activities. The free event, which includes lunch, will be held at the Newmont Farm, a large Holstein dairy and pumpkin farm in[Read More…]
The Hardwick Gazette
Summer Music from Greensboro to PresentFour Summer Concerts
GREENSBORO – Summer Music from Greensboro (SMfG) will present a series of four Tuesday evening concerts this summer at the Greensboro United Church of Christ. SMfG’s first concert will be on July 18, at 7:30 p,m., when SMfG will present the Manhattan Chamber Players’ (MCP) clarinet quintet from New York[Read More…]
Senator Peter Welch at Hill Farmstead Brewery
Invited speakers at the June 26 gathering at the Hill Farmstead Brewery were (left to right) Shaun Hill from the brewery, Senator Peter Welch, Jon Ramsay (speaking) from Vermont Land Trust and Center for an Agricultural Economy, Rep. Katherine Sims and Andy Kehler from Jasper Hill Farm.
Stewart and Shatney Sell Easement in Greensboro Bend
by Clive Gray, Community Journalist GREENSBORO BEND – At the end of May, Janet Stewart and Ray Shatney sold a conservation easement on 154 acres on Route 16 in Greensboro Bend to the Vermont Land Trust (VLT). This was land on which Stewart and Shatney had developed a farm featuring[Read More…]
Vermont Maple Recognizes Goodrich at Annual Maple Meeting
RICHFORD – The Board of Directors of the Vermont Maple Sugar Makers’ Association (VMSMA) presented the annual Maple Awards and announced Glenn and Ruth Goodrich of Cabot as winners in their first annual Maple Contest at their annual meeting held on Saturday, June 24, at Vermont Technical College. The Sumner[Read More…]
Gazette Welcomes Intern Francesca Kitch
HARDWICK – The Gazette is pleased to welcome our summer intern, Francesca Kitch, who will be reporting for the paper through the middle of August. Francesca is from Belmont, Mass. She is a rising sophomore at Williams College and is currently on the pre-med track, while also studying statistics and[Read More…]
Select Board Discusses Fiber Optic Merger Proposal
by Francesca Kitch CRAFTSBURY – At its June 20 regular meeting, Rudy Chase came to take questions from the select board about a proposal regarding broadband. The proposal includes the Town of Craftsbury donating its fiber optic network assets to the Communications Union Districts (CUD) to enhance internet service. This[Read More…]
Public Utility Commission Cuts Electric Department Rate Increase in Half
by Gazette Staff HARDWICK – At its June 15 meeting, the Hardwick Select Board discussed a budget shortfall for the wastewater project, the bathrooms at the Town House, and the state regulator’s reduction in Hardwick Electric Department’s requested rate increase. Paul Fixx announced that he has recently become the co-chair[Read More…]
Millie Sue Lasher
A daughter, Millie Sue Lasher, was born to Nikita Wetherby and Jeremiah Lasher, of Craftsbury, on May 30, at Copley Hospital.
VAUGHN EARL HARTSELL
EAST CRAFTSBURY – Vaughn Earl Hartsell passed away peacefully at the age of 89 on June 1, in East Craftsbury, at the Craftsbury Community Care Center where he had been living contentedly since the fall of 2019. He had been diagnosed with stage four prostate cancer in winter of 2023.[Read More…]
AWARE Report
HARDWICK – AWARE served 19 people from June 11 through June 18. AWARE is a nonprofit organization, established in 1984, dedicated to resolving the causes and effects of domestic violence and sexual assault in the greater Hardwick area.The 24-hour hotline is 802-472-6463.
