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…]
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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…]
Anniversary of signing U.S. Constitution celebrated at GUCC
GREENSBORO – Community members pulled the rope hanging from the Greensboro United Church of Christ (GUCC) bell tower to ring the church bell, much as the church bells of Philadelphia rang out when the U.S. Constitution was first signed 238 years ago, at 4 p.m. on September 17, 1787. They[Read More…]
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Town ethics policies vary greatly
AREA TOWNS – Published ethics policies in the 11 town Hardwick Gazette coverage vary from being in alignment with state mandated policies to nonexistent. Only Plainfield’s website in the 11 town Hardwick Gazette coverage area, indicates the town has formally adopted a Municipal Code of Ethics. That policy, adopted by[Read More…]
Food shelf to remain open
HOLLAND – The Holland Food Shelf is set to remain open for at least six more months after an anonymous donor came forward with funding, according to Don Stevens, executive director of the nonprofit that runs the pantry, as reported in a VTDigger story, September 18.
Know your News project supports press freedom, media literacy
In a country where the federal government increasingly seems to be putting its finger on the scale of truth and freedom, the Know your News project of the New England Newspaper & Press Association (NENPA) comes at an appropriate time. Beginning with Constitution Day, last Wednesday, the project that will[Read More…]
For open meeting laws to work, we need to show up
VERMONT – In a 2023 case involving a contested speech restriction during government meetings, the highest court in Massachusetts reminded us about our protected right to assemble in town halls throughout the region. Quoting John Adams, the court wrote in Barron v. Kolenda that the right to assembly is “a[Read More…]
Redistricting forum favors supervisory union
GREENSBORO – A hour-long meeting advertised to look at the future of the Mountain View Union Elementary School District (MVU) under Act 73, Sept. 11, focusing on two key questions: Should MVU remain within a Supervisory Union (SU), or would it be better to join a single-district model with one[Read More…]
