HARDWICK – A proposed 13.24% rate increase has been submitted to the Vermont Public Utility Commission (PUC) by the Town of Hardwick Electric Department (HED). The proposed June 1 increase applies equally to all rate classes; for residential, commercial, industrial, seasonal, security lighting and street lighting. The last HED rate[Read More…]
Paul Fixx
Terminated Americorps Volunteers “no Longer Effectuate Agency Priorities”
WOODBURY – AmeriCorps programs across the country learned on April 25 that $400 million in grants had been terminated. The news trickled through various agencies, landing in the email in-box of Ana Maria Arroyo, an AmeriCorps volunteer who lives in Montpelier and works at the North Branch Nature Center (NBNC),[Read More…]
Summer Road Work Planned
CABOT – Town Road Commissioner Sig Griggs updated residents about three local FEMA projects that are planned for work this summer in a May 9 social media post for Menard Road, Jug Brook Road and Mack Mountain Roads. Kirk Fenoff and Son Construction will be doing the work on Menard[Read More…]
Forsythia Bush at HCA
Water Leak Gives Alert System a Workout
HARDWICK – As town officials begin to utilize the new Hardwick Alert Notification System, residents received email and text alerts last Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday about repairs of a water leak under South Main Street in front of the Flower Basket. The alert system requires residents to sign up to[Read More…]
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Dam Removal Being Considered
HARDWICK – The value of Jackson Dam, holding back the waters of Hardwick Lake, has been questioned for many years. A 2001 report by the Vermont Natural Resources Council notes, “The Jackson Dam currently has little economic value.” The dam was then over 100 years old and the report indicates[Read More…]
Petition to Ban Caspian Lake Wake Boats Still Pending
GREENSBORO – In a report to the select board at the January 8 meeting, then-board-member David Kelley reported that he and others spoke at a Vermont Agency of Natural Resources meeting on December 12 in Montpelier, “asking the ANR to prohibit wake boats on Caspian Lake. He said ANR seems[Read More…]
What it Means to be Community Owned
For the last 16 months we’ve been working hard here at the Gazette to gather as much government, school, civic and sports news as we can, along with as many community events as are sent to us. As part of being a nonprofit, we have no owners, only a board[Read More…]
For the record
The correct date of the May Greensboro select board meeting is May 14. The article in last week’s edition, “Next Steps for Housing, Deteriorating Town Hall Contemplated.” should have said, “Town clerk Kim Greaves said this will likely be a subject for the May 14 select board meeting.” The full[Read More…]
Area Students Testify About Education Bill
MONTPELIER – A student from Hazen Union School (HU) and six from Craftsbury Academy testified to a joint meeting of the House Education Committee to which the Senate Committee was also invited, Friday, April 25. The subject was H.454, an education bill that has received attention inside and outside the[Read More…]
Wolcott Voters Reject School Budget, Again
WOLCOTT – The second school budget vote, Tuesday, April 28, failed with150 no votes and 140, just 10 fewer, voting yes on the $6.14 million budget. Three ballots were recorded as spoiled. Just 293 of Wolcott’s 1294 registered voters cast a ballot, meaning the winning no votes represented less than[Read More…]
