HARDWICK – Hardwick’s community-building organization The Civic Standard has spent the better part of the past year weighing what to do with its dilapidated headquarters in the oldest building on Main Street. The group has enlisted experts to assess its structure, applied for funding and solicited input from anyone and in any[Read More…]
K. Fiegenbaum, VTDigger
Greensboro Grapples with Vote Against Housing Project
GREENSBORO — Two days before Greensboro voted on a contentious proposal to redevelop the town hall into affordable housing, longtime resident and brand-new select board member Judy Carpenter wrote a post on Front Porch Forum. “Residents and friends of Greensboro, the big decision is coming,” she said. “No, I don’t[Read More…]
Hardwick Community Nonprofit faces Decision about Headquarters
HARDWICK — In the spring of 2022, fledgling community-building organization The Civic Standard, took up residence in the oldest structure on Hardwick’s Main Street: the vacant longtime Hardwick Gazette building. The group turned the space into what Rose Friedman, executive director and co-founder of the Civic, referred to in a[Read More…]
Northeast Kingdom Residents Organize to Tackle Housing
ORLEANS COUNTY – Residents at the southern tip of Orleans County are taking the housing crisis into their own hands. As established organizations pursue housing projects in the region, Northeast Kingdom locals are developing their own initiatives aimed at easing the shortage. In one of the latest efforts, a group[Read More…]
Pharmacy Closures Mean Long Drives for Vermont Residents
HARDWICK — Hardwick’s sole pharmacy, a Walgreens that had twice been hit by Vermont’s recent summer floods, closed for good at the end of September. Since then, residents have had to drive 25 minutes to access a pharmacy in Morrisville or 40 minutes to the closest Walgreens in Lyndon, leaving[Read More…]
Hardwick Yellow Barn Project Nears Completion
HARDWICK – On September 14, Cabot Creamery held a grand opening for its new retail store in the historic and newly-renovated barn just off Route 15 and the Lamoille Valley Rail Trail. The store is just one part of the $8.3 million project. “Yellow Barn 2.0” involved both rehabilitating the[Read More…]
Marshfield School of Weaving Finds New Home
NEWBURY – Over the past 50 years, a Marshfield barn located two dirt roads off Route 2 has quietly served as the entire country’s hub for a unique weaving practice that dates back over a thousand years. Despite its out-of-the-way location, the Marshfield School of Weaving, which uses the rare[Read More…]
Cabot Votes Again on High School Closing
by K. Fiegenbaum, VTDigger CABOT — Residents to vote — again — on whether to close their high school. The binding article was added to the school district ballot through a community petition, marking the fourth time in the past 11 years that voters will weigh in on the question.[Read More…]
