A page eight photo last week omitted the full name of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). The photographer said, “Hardwick American Legion Post 7, Sons of the American Legion Squadron 7 and American Legion Auxiliary Unit 7 donated to have the stones on the base replaced and regrouted.”[Read More…]
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Bahner featured in magazine
HARDWICK – Jason Bahner, co-owner of Hardwick’s Riverside Cycles shared his thoughts about the most effective things the store has done to engage with customers in the November issue of Bicycle Retailer and Industry News (BRAIN). “We have a holistic approach with our customers that centers around being personal and[Read More…]
McCoy illuminates everyday beauty with “Tricks of the Light”
GREENSBORO – “Tricks of the Light,” a new show by Brent McCoy in the Highland Center for the Arts (HCA) gallery, opened with a well-attended reception, early Saturday evening, Nov. 15. McCoy is a multidisciplinary artist and adventurer living in Greensboro. Much of his creative work focuses on developing connections[Read More…]
Existing School District, Supervisory Union structure may remain
ST. JOHNSBURY – Vermont’s School District Redistricting Task Force (TF) is likely to recommend the current state school district (SD) and supervisory union (SU) structure remain in place, said Caledonia County Senator Scott Beck following Monday’s task force meeting in Waterbury. “The TF decided not to advance the much-discussed CTE[Read More…]
Voters approve up to $250,000 toward flood repairs, mitigation
CABOT – Voters overwhelmingly approved using $250,000 from the Cabot Community Investment Fund (CCIF) toward the town’s work on flood mitigation, last Tuesday, November 4. Votes in favor of using the CCIF funds were 199, over 80% of the votes cast, with just 57 votes against and two ballots left[Read More…]
K/1 class studies farm-to-food systems to host community meal
WOODBURY – Kindergarten and first grade students in Catherine Siefert’s class at Woodbury Elementary School visited Sterling College to learn about farm-to-food systems, on Monday, Oct. 27. The visit was part of a project that will culminate with their working with the Woodbury School’s sixth grade class to put on[Read More…]
Child Haven event to benefit 1,300 South Asian children
HARDWICK – The 17th Annual Hardwick Child Haven’s Indian Dinner and Sari Fashion Show at Hazen Union school, November 1 and 2, raised $13,000, wrote Wheelock’s Robin Cappuccino, a board member of Child Haven International/India, last week. Calling the event a huge success, he said the event will help “our[Read More…]
WindowDressers program builds window inserts, community
CRAFTSBURY – Twenty-six volunteers filled the Craftsbury Outdoor Center’s ski shop last Saturday, as they carried out the carefully designed steps to build insulating window inserts for community members in the three-corner area of Caledonia, Lamoille and Orleans Counties. The Craftsbury, Glover, and Greensboro Energy Committees and the Albany Planning[Read More…]
Shapiro to visit Namibian Kalahari desert
EAST HARDWICK – Jonathan Shapiro has received a Flyin Ryan Hawks Foundation Adventure Scholarship award to travel to the Kalahari desert in Namibia and go tracking with indigenous San Bushmen elders. In making the award, the foundation said, “This will be an epic adventure for him, as well as a[Read More…]
SNAP chaos leads HAFP, state, others to step up
HARDWICK – As the result of the federal government shutdown, the Hardwick Area Food Pantry (HAFP), the Buffalo Mountain Market, Front Seat Coffee, the Center for an Agricultural Economy (CAE) and others, have been scrambling to prepare for an anticipated November 1 end to food stamp (SNAP) benefits that support[Read More…]
More questions than answers raised at Act 73 Forum
HARDWICK – Area school board members and legislators were well-representated at a forum led by members of the three Hardwick school boards that was billed as a community conversation about Vermont’s Act 73 school redistricting legislation, last Wednesday in the Jeudevine Memorial Library. Board members shared what they know about[Read More…]
Towns hope to move flood-related projects forward with bond votes
PLAINFIELD, CABOT – Flood-related projects were on yesterday’s ballots for voters in Plainfield and Cabot. In Plainfield the select board was looking to borrow $600,000 to purchase land for the proposed village expansion project. If its application for a $9.7 million grant is approved, the loan will fund the purchase[Read More…]
