HARDWICK – The Hardwick Walgreens shut its doors in 2024, leaving Hardwick without a pharmacy for the first time in over 150 years. This closure is just one of thousands of other pharmacy closures across the country in recent years, according to the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP)[Read More…]
Joe Nudell
I am eager to contribute
To the editor: My name is Joe Nudell and I’m running for a one-year seat on the Hardwick Select Board. I grew up here and I’m running first and foremost to serve and give back to the community that raised me. I currently serve the town on the Conservation Commission,[Read More…]
Local Option Tax: weighing the option
Voters at Hardwick’s town meeting will be asked to decide on Article 6, a 1% local option tax on meals, alcohol and rooms. So far, I have seen very little information about this tax or why we should vote one way or the other. I am sharing my own research[Read More…]
Thoughts on equity in government
To the editor:Last Thursday, in a discussion of this year’s proposed $4.7 million town budget that lasted over an hour, the select board spent 30 minutes debating whether to eliminate a $1,500 allocation to the Equity Committee. The claim that our government “shouldn’t be legislating equity” was repeated several times,[Read More…]
Imagining a new community forest
HARDWICK – Hardwick has a unique opportunity to turn over 300 acres on Buffalo Mountain into a community forest. We should take it. This summer, 329 acres on Buffalo Mountain were listed for sale. This includes the summit and the northeast side of the mountain; practically everything you see from[Read More…]
