by Norma Wiesen, Community Journalist HARDWICK – The Hardwick Conservation Commission (HCC) has embarked on a town-wide project to learn more about the natural world in the community. The commission has contracted with Matt Peters, consulting ecologist and botanist of East Calais, to conduct Hardwick’s first Natural Resources Inventory (NRI).[Read More…]
The Hardwick Gazette
Lady Cats Dominate for Eighth Straight
AWARE Report
HARDWICK – AWARE served 15 people from January 1 through January 8. 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.
JOSEPH (JOE) PAUL BROSSEAU
HARDWICK – Joseph (Joe) Paul Brosseau, 57, of Hardwick, left this world on Jan 1, 2023 without saying goodbye. That was his MO. He was born on December 3, 1965, to Robert and Myrna Brosseau. Our brother was a simple guy, that’s how he liked it. So we are not[Read More…]
PAUL E. AINSWORTH JR.
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. – Paul E. Ainsworth Jr., 92, of AuSable Forks, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 20, 2022, at Meadowbrook Healthcare in Plattsburgh. He was born in Woodbury, Vt., October 29, 1930, the son of Paul Sr. and Arlene (Ross) Ainsworth. Paul was the first of five children. His[Read More…]
FRANCIS EDWARD (PETE) ATKINS
CABOT – All-around good guy, sportsman, hunter, Patriots, Red Sox, Bruins fan, Francis Edward (Pete) Atkins joined his favorite bird dogs Jackson, Lucy and Gus in hunting heaven on January 6, 2023, at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington. He was born on July 6, 1940, in Brattleboro,[Read More…]
MARK RAYMOND PATOINE
SWANTON – Mark Raymond Patoine passed away on December 26, 2022, due to medical complications. He was born on July 29, 1969, in Hardwick. He attended schools in Hardwick and was a graduate of Hazen Union. After graduation, Mark entered the work force. He held a variety of jobs throughout[Read More…]
Looking Back on Gardening Projects and Thinking About the Future
by Henry Homeyer CORNISH FLAT, N.H. – It’s gray and chilly outside, but I have a fire in the new wood stove that warms the house and pleases me as I look through its glass window. I’ve been in the same house since 1970, so I’ve had plenty of time[Read More…]
Creating a Garden in a Terrarium
by Deborah J. Benoit, Extension Master Gardener, University of Vermont NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – Terrariums are miniature gardens in lidded, clear-glass containers. Their closed environment requires little care and only occasional maintenance. The container can be a jar, a glass globe or an unused aquarium. Whatever size container you choose,[Read More…]
Board Game Group Meets Jan. 14
ALBANY – The board game group at the Albany Public Library will meet on Saturday, Jan. 14, from 1 to 5 p.m. This month, the group will be playing Scythe, an engine-building strategy board game. This group meets on the second Saturday of each month. For information, email [email protected], or[Read More…]
Writing Group Meets Jan. 21
ALBANY – On Saturday, Jan. 21, from 2 to 4 p.m., the Albany Library Writing Group will meet. This will be a creative space, where we support each other in facing down the blank page! The group will be facilitated by assistant librarian and writer Krista Mayer. Teens and adults[Read More…]
Long a Scoffer of Hyperventilation
by Willem Lange EAST MONTPELIER – Christmas week 2022 in the United States was, depending upon your circumstances and point of view, exciting, challenging, profitable, calamitous, frustrating, expensive, or ruinous. The winter storm, as if programmed by an enemy, caught us at our most vulnerable, and even strained the best-prepared[Read More…]
