HARDWICK – Voters gathered for three hours at a special town meeting in the Town House last Tuesday to debate and vote on two articles. For the second time town voters approved providing $25,000 toward the estimated $700,000 cost of acquiring roughly 329 acres of land to become a town[Read More…]
Paul Fixx
Legion honors memory of deceased, fallen comrades on Memorial Day
HARDWICK – Memorial Day ceremonies for Hardwick’s American Legion Post 7 began downtown as an honor guard and several dozen community members marched to the North Main Street.bridge over the Lamoille River. There post Chaplain Lynn Sweetser-Bessette prayed for departed comrades and a wreath was deposited into the Lamoille River[Read More…]
MVU budget passes
AREA TOWNS – Voters passed the third offering of the Mountainview Union Elementary School District (MVU), May 20 in a vote by 612 members of the district’s four communities, with 361 in favor and 251 opposed.Turnout exceeded the second vote in April,.but fell short of the Town Meeting Day turnout[Read More…]
Hardwick Kiwanis Club Spring Festival Parade and SpringFest
Towns develop creative solutions to address voting accessibility
HARDWICK – Following a special town meeting last Tuesday, the Hardwick Select Board is charged with creating a process to “maximize engagement and democracy and to maintain an amendment process at town meetings.” Coming after extended debate where many made the case for secret Australian balloting, while others made similarly[Read More…]
AG Clark takes enforcement action against unregistered residential contractor
MONTPELIER – Attorney General Charity Clark announced her office filed a lawsuit against residential contractor Jesse Reeder of Montpelier based on a complaint involving a homeowner in Hardwick, for failure to register under Vermont’s Residential Contractor law. Since 2023, residential contractors have been required to register with the Secretary of[Read More…]
Burtt’s amendments pass as Tier 3, Road Rule scraped by House
MONTPELIER – Amid this legislative session’s turmoil over Act 181’s land use revisions to Act 250, adding three tiers and a road rule, and the turmoil of an extended floor debate last week, Rep. Greg Burtt (R-Cabot) scored a win for Republicans. His two pro-farm amendments to Senate bill S.325,[Read More…]
Village Laundramat updates
Petition calls for reconsideration of pre-K, K relocation
CALAIS – A petition began circulating last month expressing concern about the decision of the Washington Central Unified Union School District (WCUUSD) administration to move Calais pre-K and kindergarten students to East Montpelier Elementary School (EMES) for the 2027 school year. The April 24 petition posted on the iPetitions[Read More…]
Weeks Gone By
“Funnery” Shakespeare camp returning to HCA
GREENSBORO – Peter Gould’s “Get Thee to the Funnery” youth Shakespeare camp is coming back to the Highland Center. Camp will begin on Monday, July 27. “This will be our 29th summer” says Gould, “and we’re thrilled as always to be rehearsing and acting and learning on the HCA front[Read More…]
American Legion presents Quilts of Valor
HARDWICK – Seven members of the Hardwick American Legion Post #7 received Quilts of Valor (QoV) at the post’s first ceremony awarding them, April 11. The annual birthday supper included a celebration of America’s 250th birthday and membership recognition presentations along with the QoV ceremony. American Legion Family Department Leadership[Read More…]
