CRAFTSBURY – The Craftsbury Outdoor Center’s Green Racing Project (GRP) headed to West Windsor, N.J., last weekend for the USRowing World Rowing Championships Trial on Mercer Lake, August 1 to 3, GRP racer, Olympian Jacob Plihal won the men’s single sculls final, crossing the line in 6:49.61, just 1.2 seconds[Read More…]
Paul Fixx
Elementary School Lobby Roof Supports Mistakenly Cut
HARDWICK – Workers at Hardwick Elementary School Wednesday morning discovered the roof of the lobby facing South Main Street had a noticeable sag in the supporting above where doors and windows had earlier been removed. An engineer onsite from John Turner Consulting (JTC) quickly evaluated the situation as the roof[Read More…]
New Website, FEMA Work, Planning, Citizen Concerns Fill Agenda
WOODBURY – Pay increases, a new Woodbury website, development of a Lake Watershed Action Plan, the usual flood response work, land use planning and a number of issues and concerns involving town residents and Swenson Granite took the select board’s attention at its July 14 meeting. A pay increase was[Read More…]
After the Downpour
“Families First” Protest, Saturday, July 26
Mitigation, Planning Grant Applications Submitted
HARDWICK – Town officials have their eye on a portion of the $68 million in federal recovery funding applications Vermont officials are now accepting. Pre-applications for one mitigation project and one planning project were being prepared by town officials to be submitted yesterday. After learning that the application window was[Read More…]
Cleaning Off Tables
Unfounded ICE Rumors Raise Questions
A relatively routine traffic stop at Hardwick’s Jiffy Mart on Mill Street last Thursday, at about 11 a.m., generated a whole host of rumors and concern among Hardwick residents and others visiting the area. A Hardwick police cruiser and officer was seen behind a car with no driver and an[Read More…]
For the Record
In response to the June 25 story, “East Village Advisory Committee Announces Potential Grant,” Sandra Vitzthum, a Montpelier architect has indicated that Plainfield’s Planning Commission Chair Will Colgan has said permanent yurts, wheeled homes and tents are allowed in Plainfield if they have zoning and wastewater permits. And, while there[Read More…]
Weeks Gone By
Local Lumps, July 30, 1025 Miss Helen Jackson is employed in East Burke. Albert Cox has been in Bangor, Me., this week. Miss Isadel Clark is camping at Caspian Lake for a time. Mrs. Benjamin Watt of St. Johnsbury is a guest at Fred Taylor’s. Junior Clark of Hyde Park[Read More…]
Caspian Challenge Draws Almost 100 Walkers, Runners
GREENSBORO – The 14th Annual Caspian Challenge Road race drew almost 100 runners and walkers to its 5K and 6.8 mile Lake Loop road races, Sunday, July 27. The day began as racers lined up for an 8:30 a.m. mass start going both directions on West Shore Road near the[Read More…]
