CABOT – Trivia night at the Den at Harry’s Hardware drew enough players to fill six teams, Tuesday, June 10, where Harry Besett and Joe Nudell created questions and led the event. Besett and Nudell’s blend of straight trivia and categories resulted in a combination of puzzle answers that combined[Read More…]
Paul Fixx
Investigation Opened into 13.24% HED Rate Increase
HARDWICK – As Hardwick Electric Department (HED) ratepayers received a notice with their June bills telling them the department has filed an Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), the state’s Public Utility Commission (PUC) has opened an investigation into the utility’s proposed 13.24% rate increase. On May 29, the Vermont Public Utility[Read More…]
No Kings Rallies Planned for Flag Day, June 14
HARDWICK – Organizations around the country and in the local area are making plans for events on what is being called No Kings Day, a nationwide day of defiance, this Saturday, June 14. They will occur on the nation’s Flag Day. Though not a federal holiday, Flag Day commemorates the[Read More…]
Menard Road Culvert Replacement Completed
CABOT – In a Saturday, June 7, social media update, Cabot Road Foreman Sid Griggs said the Menard Road project is complete with the exception of guard rails which were supposed to be installed Friday afternoon or Saturday. The Fenoff Construction crew only ended up closing the road for three[Read More…]
Prepare for the Worst, Hope for the Best
I write this one month before the July 10 anniversary of 2023 and 2024 flooding as I wonder if Vermont towns, their residents, second home owners and visitors are prepared for another summer flood. Despite frustrations and delays in working with FEMA and state agencies, most towns and road crews[Read More…]
CAE Receives Food Systems Infrastructure Award
MONTPELIER – Hardwick’s Center for an Agricultural Economy (CAE) was awarded an equipment grant of $93,750 to increase the processing and distribution of regional products. The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets (VAAFM) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced over $3 million in Vermont Resilient Food Systems[Read More…]
Village Intersection Plans Stymied, Limited Project Proposed
PLAINFIELD – As the town grapples with the big issues of its response to flooding with the East Village Expansion Project and delays in work to improve sight-lines at the Main Street intersection with U.S. Rte. 2, discussion at the May 27 select board meeting veered into discussion of derelict[Read More…]
Blooming Crabapple Tree Brightens View
PLAINFIELD – A huge crabapple tree in a Hudson Avenue yard stopped debris from hitting nearby houses and ended up with close to two feet of muddy silt around it after flooding July 11, 2024. This year it has its “best bloom ever,” said Lauren Geiger. Geiger said the tree[Read More…]
South Main Street Construction
Greensboro Community Meal
Food Hub Community Room Hosts First Gathering
HARDWICK – The Food Hub hosted its first meeting in the Community Room, May 7, for the Vermont Internship Professionals Network (VIPN). As the multipurpose meeting and workshop space is in the process of being outfitted with both kitchen and conferencing equipment, the Center for an Agricultural Economy (CAE) is[Read More…]
Menard Road Culvert Installed, Work Continues
CABOT – In a Thursday, May 29, report, Cabot Foreman Sid Griggs reported work on “Menard Road is moving along well. The Fenoff crew installed the new culvert yesterday and began backfilling. They will continue to work on the headwalls and backfilling before the weekend rain to allow water to[Read More…]
