WOODBURY – A preliminary town budget discussion presented to the Woodbury Select Board (WSB) at its December 8 meeting, showed a general fund increase of 11%, with 15% for the highway fund. Discussion was to continue at the special meeting held Monday, Dec. 15. In other business, the FEMA buyout[Read More…]
Paul Fixx
For the record:
The names in the caption under the page eleven photo by Hal Gray in our December 3 edition should have read: (front, from left) Judy Carpenter, Cilla Bonney-Smith, Maria Schumann, Patti Sunday-Winters, Andrew Gray, Rev. Ed Sunday-Winters, Jan Terwiesch, Emma Palumbo. (back, from left) Josh Karp, B.J. Gray and Erika[Read More…]
Board meeting for budget planning, Sat., Dec. 20
GREENSBORO – The monthly meeting of the New England Public Journalism (NEKPJ) Board of Directors is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 20, at 1 p.m. in The Hardwick Gazette office at the Greensboro Town Hall, 82 East Craftsbury Road, Greensboro. The agenda will include a report of the NewsMatch end-of-year fund[Read More…]
Snowmobile season opened Dec. 16
VERMONT – The 2025 Vermont snowmobile season officially opened December 16, following the end of the muzzleloader hunting season, with conditions dependent on snow. Grooming starts then for the roughly 5,000 miles of VAST trails in the state. Riders need registration, insurance and a TMA (VAST Trail Maintenance Assessment, which[Read More…]
Knotweed control methods debated
GREENSBORO – Concerns about plans by the Greensboro Conservation Commission (GCC) to eradicate Japanese knotweed at two pilot project plots have generated a flurry of messages between residents concerned about how the process may affect pollinators and the GCC’s Will Marlier, who takes the lead on invasive species eradication for[Read More…]
HED management on Special Meeting Agenda, Dec. 11
HARDWICK – General Manager Sarah Braese continues to be employed by Hardwick Electric Department (HED) according to employee information provided by the department. Last week Scott Johnstone, HED’s interim general manager, said he is not “an employee at HED.” Morrisville Water and Light (MWL) is making me available through a[Read More…]
Jackson Dam removal looked at in Lamoille River modeling
HARDWICK – In presentations of Lamoille River models and the analysis of flood mitigation alternatives last week, on Wednesday, representatives with SLR Consulting, Jessica Louisos, Josephine Alling and Doug Osbore shared what they’ve learned about the river’s flow characteristics. By mapping the floodplain, the river channel and its water profiles,[Read More…]
Fixx elected to first Vermont Journalism Coalition board
VERMONT – The Vermont Journalism Coalition (VJC) reviewed bylaws, elected its first board of directors, established an initial legislative agenda and discussed the search for an executive director at its first meeting last Friday. Thirty-one founding VJC members include The Hardwick Gazette and many of Vermont’s newspapers, television stations, radio[Read More…]
HED manager replaced with no public record
HARDWICK – Hardwick Electric Department (HED) seems to have replaced its general manager without a public record or explanation. Minutes of the board of commissioners regular November 18 meeting indicate the general manager’s report was given by Scott Johnstone, general manager of Morrisville Water & Light, who served as HED[Read More…]
School redistricting forum identifies importance of health care, small school experience
CRAFTSBURY COMMON – A gathering to discuss work being done around state school redistricting was held the evening of November 21, following a well-attended community meal in the Sterling College Dining Hall. In sharing plans for the open forum, Sterling college faculty member in Ecology, Gustavo Requena Santos said, “The[Read More…]
Downtown traffic, pedestrian improvements presented
HARDWICK – The Town of Hardwick hosted consultants from engineering firm Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. (VHB) for a public presentation of alternatives developed as part of a downtown study of pedestrian, vehicular and recreational traffic. Twenty-nine participants joined in-person at the Memorial Building and online, November 5. The primary study[Read More…]
Hearing on proposed development bylaws scheduled Dec. 9
HARDWICK – A Hardwick Planning Commission public hearing scheduled for December 9, at 6:30 p.m., is being held to hear comments about the introduction of a River Corridor Overlay District and a new Village Center Zoning District for East Hardwick. Notice of the hearing indicates the River Corridor Overlay District[Read More…]
