GREENSBORO — Voters at the March 4 Greensboro Town Meeting will have the opportunity to vote on authorizing an Australian ballot vote on the question of whether to transfer ownership of the Town Hall and former high school building to Rural Edge under a plan to provide up to 20[Read More…]
Paul Fixx
MVU Configuration, Facilities, School-Based Health Care Get Attention
HARDWICK AREA – Orleans Southwest Supervisory Union (OSSU) Superintendent David Baker shared a facility update, comments on the new school-based health center, and plans to discuss the Mountain View Union Elementary School District configuration in his February update. The Mountain View Union Elementary School District (MVU) board has been discussing[Read More…]
United Church Calls Avril Cochran as Pastor
HARDWICK – Members of the United Church of Hardwick called Craftsbury’s Avril Cochran to serve as their settled pastor on Sunday, Jan. 26, after she led that day’s worship. She visited with members of the congregation during an open house the day before. Cochran has filled in at the church,[Read More…]
We’re Still Smiling
I headed to my desk here at The Gazette this morning under a blue sky and brilliant sunshine. That seems a stark contrast to the tenor of the news bombarding us internationally, in the U.S., in Vermont and even locally where what’s happening outside the area may eventually affect us[Read More…]
Cooperation Vermont Buys Former Rainbow Sweets Building
MARSHFIELD – The Rainbow Sweets Bakery Building in Marshfield is now a part of the Cooperation Vermont Community Land Trust, the organization reported on social media January 31. “Today Cooperation Vermont took another big step in our efforts to build local resilience through localizing and democratizing the economy.” The purchase[Read More…]
Man with Hardwick Connection Sentenced in Identity-theft Case
BURLINGTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont stated that on January 28, Andrew Chaves, 25, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge Christina Reiss to a term of two years’ imprisonment to be followed by a one-year term of supervised release.[Read More…]
Clip Joint, Nikki the Barber Reopen
HARDWICK – The Clip Joint & Co. salon at 9 South Main Street reopened Thursday morning, January 30, with limited space. Clip Joint staff was back at work and Nikki the Barber had moved her chair into the main salon space with them to continue serving her customers. A temporary[Read More…]
Freddy the Cat
Small Schools, Supervisory Unions Grapple with Proposed Redistricting
NORTHEAST KINGDOM – As educators and legislators begin to digest details of the governor’s education plan released by Vermont Secretary of Education Zoie Saunders last week, a Rural School Community Alliance (RSCA) is being formed to help protect the most vulnerable small schools. At the other end of the rural[Read More…]
Davidson Farewell Party
Co-op to Close, Sell Village Location
EAST MONTPELIER – Thursday, Feb. 6, is the last day to shop at the village co-op location, wrote the Plainfield Co-op Board in a January 30 community update, saying they are in the final stages of the move and volunteers are needed. The board is moving forward with plans to[Read More…]
State Offers Town Meeting Day Leave
A number of recent comments in letters to the editor in The Hardwick Gazette, on Front Porch Forum and on social media have suggested working Vermonters have difficulty leaving their jobs to attend town meetings in-person. Several people have brought to our attention that provisions of Vermont State law allow[Read More…]