Dear Hardwick Gazette readership: Growing up in Cabot, the Gazette produced news that hit closest to home for me and my family, offering community insights that larger publications often miss. When I applied to intern as a reporter at the paper last spring, I was eager to share news that[Read More…]
Lucia McCallum
Flood Mitigation Solutions Sought by Task Force
CABOT — It took only a walk upstream for two engineers to realize one of the bridges on Cabot’s Main Street is dangerously undersized to handle debris swept in by floodwaters. “Fundamentally we’re asking these structures to do things they’re just not intended to deal with,” said one of them,[Read More…]
NEK Homeowners and Recovery Group Rebuild
SOUTH WALDEN – Lydia Race remembers the creeping feeling of defeat as she watched rain overpower the newly built culverts in her driveway the night of July 10. “You gotta be kidding me,” was all she could think to herself. Water ran “like a faucet” back into her garage, flooding[Read More…]
Gov. Scott Praises Recovery, then Floods Hit Again
CABOT – Water drummed steadily against the pavement last Tuesday, July 9, as Governor Phil Scott spoke in Cabot to commemorate a year since devastating floods hit Vermont. The sound brought an eerie sense of déjà vu as foreboding forecasts for the next few days rolled in and then delivered[Read More…]
Recovery, Hope Centered in GFL Event
GREENSBORO – Louie Gaudette, 57, talks about his struggles with alcoholism matter-of-factly. “I would look at myself in the mirror, and I would say, I am in love with alcohol. And I meant it. It was my constant companion. I couldn’t, wouldn’t break it.” Before him on June 25, sat[Read More…]
School’s Future Contemplated in Small-group Forum
CABOT – Two drum sets and a piano sat dormant on stage inside Cabot School’s Performing Arts Center on a recent Monday night. Instead of filling with music, the building hummed with discussion about the future of the school. Roughly 30 people came that night to talk about what makes[Read More…]
AWARE Releases Diversity Statement, Hires New Social Change Advocate
HARDWICK – Hard conversations are part of Ashley Gravel’s job as co-director of AWARE, the Hardwick group helping survivors of domestic and sexual violence. That didn’t make the disapproval of one of her family members any less difficult. The relative was upset her organization serves transgender people, the 38-year-old said. [Read More…]
Yellow Barn Project to be Featured at Statewide Conference
HARDWICK – Local government and development leaders from across the state are set to discuss ideas for driving economic development during an upcoming conference in Hardwick. The event, hosted by the Vermont Community Development Association, will be held June 25 at the Hardwick Town House on Church Street. Included on[Read More…]
Cabot School Celebrates Last Class of Covid-19 High Schoolers
CABOT – Eleven newly minted Cabot School alumni guided the tassels of their graduation caps from right to left Wednesday as they stood under the stage lights and dangling decorative stars of the high school’s performing arts center. All around the building, spilling out the front door into the warm[Read More…]
Cairns’ Community Conversations Canceled Closure, Costs Covered
CABOT – On February 11, Ellen Cairns, chair of the Cabot School Board, posted an invitation on the Front Porch Forum neighborhood network: “Come on down to chat with us and have a delicious cup of coffee on the house.” Cairns wanted to talk to local residents about the Town[Read More…]
Fire Station Discussion Heats Up Town Meeting
CABOT – Several months ago, in July 2023, dark muddy water filled the basement of Cabot’s historic Willey Building. Tuesday, the building hummed, not with rushing water, but with the activity of community members gathering for Town Meeting Day in the third-floor auditorium. Flooding was on residents’ minds, though, as[Read More…]
