HARDWICK – A dark vehicle heading west on Wolcott Street a little after 7 a.m., Friday, had its drive interrupted when a white vehicle behind it turned on its siren and lights, pulled around it and brought it to a stop. Behind it two other law-enforcement vehicles stopped too. The[Read More…]
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Trees for Downtown project plants 30 small trees
HARDWICK – Small trees have recently been popping up throughout Hardwick’s Designated Downtown area over the last several weeks, where wooden stakes had been marking places for them throughout much of the summer. A $33,487 Vermont Community Tree Planting Grant (CTPG) for the Trees for Downtown Hardwick project was secured[Read More…]
Town asks for voluntary water conservation
HARDWICK – In the face of the area’s drought, Hardwick Town Manager David Upson asked all residents and businesses to begin voluntarily conserving water. In a public notice issued last week Upson said “. . . our water system remains stable at this time,” and “With the Town of Hardwick[Read More…]
Less is more in observing and recording ICE activity
HARDWICK – Several people who observed U.S. Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity Friday in Hardwick expressed concern about those who were detained, in one case referring to those who had left the scene of a traffic stop as having been kidnapped by ICE. Another observer said[Read More…]
HED reviews plan to improve accountability, dam future
HARDWICK – The Hardwick Electric Department (HED) Board of Commissioners held two meetings in September. A revised organizational chart presented by General Manager Sarah Braese was adopted by the commissioners after a discussion in open session, followed by a half-hour executive session at a special meeting, September 8. The draft[Read More…]
Dam removal forum panelists teach river science
HARDWICK – A roomful of people in the Jeudeview Memorial Library’s Parker Ladd Community joined panelists Karina Dailey with the Vermont Natural Resources Council and Kassia Randzio with the Vermont River Conservancy for the third forum in the Ripple Effects series, titled “Dam Removal & Rivers,” Wednesday, Sept. 24. Panelists[Read More…]
New Ramp at Greensboro Town Hall
Solar For All program paused
VERMONT – State Senator Andrew Perchlik, Energy Program Manager with the Vermont Public Service Department (PSD) shared news last month that all work and activities related to Vermont’s Solar For All (SFA) program were paused on August 7 and will remain paused until further notice.” The Vermont SFA program was[Read More…]
How The Gazette decides what to cover
HARDWICK – For the most part, how we decide what to cover at The Hardwick Gazette is similar to the New Hampshire outlets in Paul Cuno-Booth’s story. As a small hyper-local, and mostly digital, news organization, we are never able to cover everything we’d like to, but each week we[Read More…]
Army National Guard veteran receives free Kubota tractor
WALDEN – In what he called a “game-changer,” Rob Niles, a retired Vermont Army National Guard veteran, received a New Kubota L02 Series compact tractor as part of Kubota’s Geared to Give program, which honors military veterans pursuing careers in agriculture. Niles received the free tractor after retiring with 26[Read More…]
Redistricting forum identifies questions, few answers
CRAFTSBURY – Roughly 45 people attended a community forum on Act 73 about the state redistricting plan for schools, held September 10. Craftsbury Town School District Board Chair Kasey Allen opened the meeting with an overview and update on relevant information about Act 73, which the Legislature passed in June[Read More…]
Beaver dams, analogs, important for wildlife, humans
HARDWICK – Beavers and their place in the environment, along with man-made ways of imitating their beneficial work, was the subject of the second Ripple Effects – Watershed Forum. at the Jeudevine Memorial Library, the evening of September 10 The evening’s panel discussion, “Beavers and Natural Infrastructure,” was moderated by[Read More…]
