HARDWICK – Areas of town with little or no broadband internet service on some or all of Billings, Bridgeman Hill and West Hill Roads “where NEK Broadband has extended its network” may now have service, wrote NEK Community Broadband Community Relations Manager Kitty Ufford-Chase in a July 4 notice on[Read More…]
Paul Fixx
Rodgers, Harple Share Legislative Updates, Sims Adds Context
GREENSBORO – Lt. Governor John Rodgers and Representative Leanne Harple joined residents of Craftsbury, Greensboro, Albany and Glover, Saturday, June 28, for a discussion at the Highland Center for the Arts about outcomes of the 2025 legislative session and what lies ahead. After a time to ask questions, former State[Read More…]
Town Reappraisal has Property Owners Asking Questions
HARDWICK – At a recent select board meeting, member Danny Hale said he’d been asked a question about how the amount of a property owners reappraisal will affect their taxes. The answer, that tax assessments won’t double because a property value doubles, because the board anticipates a significant decrease in[Read More…]
June Heat Wave Ends School Year Early, Tests Emergency Response
AREA TOWNS – Calais Elementary School students got a surprise ending to the school year when an extreme heat forecast for Monday and Tuesday, June 23 and 24 caused the Washington Central Unified Union School District to announce the closing during the school day on Friday, with Principal Steven Dellinger-Pate[Read More…]
New Pavement through Greensboro Bend
Sims Presents Workshop on Legislature
GREENSBORO – Katherine Sims presented a workshop, “How to Follow and Influence Your State Lawmakers” Saturday, following the legislative update program with Lt. Gov. John Rodgers and Rep. Leanne Harple. She began with an overview of the legislature’s work, what role it plays between national and local governments, what the[Read More…]
Mushroom Walk
All People are Created Equal
As we prepare to celebrate Independence Day, I’m recalling the first Independence Day, July 4, 1776, when the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, announcing the separation of the 13 American colonies from Great Britain. While not a law in the traditional sense, it articulates the philosophical and[Read More…]
HARDWICK CAMP, M. W. A. TO CELEBRATE FOURTH
From the Hardwick Gazette, July 2, 1925 Home Town Celebration With a Good Baseball Game and Sports At Prospect Park in Afternoon. A great many towns have their plans practically perfected for the observance of the glorious Fourth of July, with interesting programs of various kinds and forms, but none[Read More…]
Adventure Racers Visit Hardwick Trails, Outdoor Center
HARDWICK, CRAFTSBURY – Adventure Racing World Series (ARWS) teams from the U.S. and Canada made stops on the Hardwick Trails last Wednesday and Thursday as part of the seven-day, 475 mile 2025 Endless Mountain Adventure Race: Les Verd Mont. The race made a full circuit of Vermont with 290 miles[Read More…]
Tuesday Trivia Anything but Trivial
CABOT – Another session of trivia at Harry’s Hardware and the Den drew just four teams, Tuesday, June 24. Team names seem to be a highlight of the competition led by Joe Nudell and Harry Besett. The week’s winning team seemed to suggest an inside track, calling itself Harry +[Read More…]
Farmers Market, Food Pantry Address Food Insecurity
HARDWICK – As food insecurity has increased in the Hardwick Area before, during and after the Covid-19 pandemic, the Hardwick Farmers Market has developed programs to multiply benefits and the Hardwick Area Food Pantry (HAFP) has expanded to open satellite locations in Craftsbury and Albany. The U.S. Senate is now[Read More…]
