Whether by giving a detailed report about education standards, highlighting a local food festival or covering the bankruptcy of a prominent nursing home operator, local news outlets cover stories that affect daily life, stories that might otherwise go untold. “Without local newsrooms, it’s almost impossible to follow everything that’s impacting[Read More…]
Paul Fixx
Demolition of 24 Sawmill Lane set for Wednesday as FEMA buyout
HARDWICK – This Wednesday, Oct. 8, the first property in Hardwick to be demolished as part of the FEMA buyout program due to damage from the July 2023 flood, will be taken down. Demolition of the property at 24 Sawmill Lane, across from Poulin Lumber, is being managed by ReArch[Read More…]
Seven detained foreigners being deported
HARDWICK – Seven of the nine construction workers detained by U.S. Immigration and Customers Enforcement (ICE) at a convenience store and along Vt. Route 15 in Hardwick, on Friday, Sept. 26, have been transported to Louisiana, according to WCAX and confirmed by a spokesperson for Migrant Justice. The Migrant Justice[Read More…]
Circus Smirkus weathering financial challenges
GREENSBORO – A letter to the Circus Smirkus community shared concerns about the future of the organization and a need for immediate funding, September 16. “We are facing a short-term funding gap that must be addressed immediately in order to continue operating our core programs, support our staff and community[Read More…]
Annual Pumpkin Walk
Caspian beach clean water project community forum held
GREENSBORO – Light attendance of less than 10 people at a community forum to learn about a clean water project for the Caspian Lake public beach gave those at the Highland Center for the Arts, September 25, a chance to share their concerns and ideas. Greensboro resident Will Marlier, Lake[Read More…]
Three Orleans Deputies join Sheriff’s department
ST. JOHNSBURY – Caledonia County Sheriff Brandon Thrailkill’s plan to stabilize the department has taken a step forward with the addition of three veteran law enforcement officers The three deputies are Orleans County residents, who have left the Orleans County Sheriff’s Department to sign on with Thrailkill. Since he took[Read More…]
AG Clark joins lawsuit to protect critical homeland security funding
MONTPELIER – Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark, joined a coalition of 12 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to stop the Trump Administration from unlawfully reallocating federal homeland security funding away from states based on their compliance with the Administration’s political agenda. In addition, the Administration reduced the period during[Read More…]
Our stories shape the stories that matter most
HARDWICK – On the occasion of National Newspaper Week, October 5 to 11 this year, it seems appropriate to share this perspective from a fellow editor, modified with a local perspective. It seems like about every time I am out in public, no matter what the occasion, once someone realizes[Read More…]
It’s time to resist the roundup
In tracking down information to write the story of ICE rounding up nine foreigners in Hardwick on September 26, and this week trying to track them through their Vermont imprisonment, with state, ICE and third-party websites (where I came up mostly empty, by the way), it’s clear that it’s not[Read More…]
