Last week’s story “Tax Rate Set, Assistant Town Clerk Hired,” reported “Greaves told board members that she has hired Sharon Fialco as an assistant town clerk for two days a week starting in August.” July 30, Town Clerk Kim Greaves said the minutes of the meeting from which that information[Read More…]
Paul Fixx
Seasonable, Mostly Unchanged, Warming Into Weekend
HARDWICK – While Tyler takes the week off, the big news of the last several days is almost perfect Vermont summer weather, with relatively moderate daytime temperatures in the 70s to low 80s and nighttime temperatures getting into the 50s, though one night last week touched the 40s in some[Read More…]
Fresh Air Children Arrive on Special Train
HARDWICk – No more perfect weather could have been ordered on the morning of the arrival of the arrival of the one hundred and a half of Fresh Air Children from the crowded tenements of New York, the great metropolis of this country, than that of last Friday morning. The[Read More…]
Students Excel on AP Exams
CRAFTSBURY — Last week Craftsbury Academy (CA) announced that 22 out of 26 students earned a score of 3.0 or higher on their Advanced Placement (AP) exams last school year. The school offered praise for the students and teachers, saying, “Congratulations to these accomplished students and to the dedicated Craftsbury[Read More…]
Oehry’s Humorous Art at Town House, to August 14
HARDWICK – Isa Oehry is the second artist to exhibit in the NEKArts Gallery Series at the Hardwick Town House. Her show, “See the Farm Through Barn Windows,” opened last Thursday, July 31, with Oehry’s primitive folk art paintings lining the rear of the theatre and lobby walls. The show[Read More…]
Plihal Wins Men’s Single Sculls at World Championship Trial
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…]
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…]
