Paul Fixx
June 14 Drew over 8% of Population in Protest
HARDWICK – A recent press release from 50501 Vermont stated, “On June 14, we made history: more than six percent of Vermont’s entire population mobilized in the streets.” At the No Kings Day event in Hardwick, more than 250 people lined South Main St. from Mill to Wolcott Streets. With[Read More…]
Washington County Lowest Debt-to-Income Ratio in Vermont
AREA COUNTIES – Washington County residents averaged about $1.05 in debt for every $1 of income, the lowest 2024 debt-to-income ratio of any county in Vermont. Caledonia County residents had a debt-to-income ratio of 1.13, while Orleans County residents averaged 1.37 and Lamoille County residents 2.39. Grand Isle County had[Read More…]
Your Generous Contributions will Support The Gazette Well Into the Future
Last week’s news brought the announcement of another small New England newspaper suspending operations. The daily Eagle Times of Claremont, N.H., is no more and a visit Tuesday took me to a suspended website, with no access to any of the paper’s online content. That print newspaper circulated in New[Read More…]
For the record
The headline of last week’s story, “New Commissioner to be Appointed. . . ,” should have indicated, “Estimation Process Changed.” It should also have indicated Lynne Gedanken was leaving the board of commissioners, not Roger Prevot.
NEK Broadband Extends Internet Services
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…]
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…]
