HARDWICK – Sarah Elise Braese has been appointed by the board of commissioners of the Hardwick Electric Department to be the next general manager of the Town of Hardwick Electric Department (HED). She comes to HED following her work as assistant general manager with the Vermont Public Power Supply Authority[Read More…]
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Wastewater Project Next Steps Approved
GREENSBORO – A special select board meeting agenda, calling for a wastewater project update, resulted in three unanimous votes to proceed and establish various aspects of the project after representatives from engineering firm Hoyle Tanner (HT) shared urgency to get the project underway. Select Board Chair Eric Hanson began by[Read More…]
RuralEdge to Manage Hardwick LHP Properties
RurHARDWICK – Amid problems at the 9 South Main Street building owned by Lamoille Housing Partnership (LHP), a letter jointly signed by the executives directors of LHP, St. Johnsbury’s RuralEdge and Barre’s Downstreet Housing & Community Development advised residents, commercial tenants and the community at-large of a change in the[Read More…]
Electric Department to Bring on New General Manager
HARDWICK – Electric Department Commissioners appointed Sarah Braese to fill the role of general manager for the rural electric utility at the November 19 regular meeting. She will begin on January 6, 2025. Braese was also appointed as the utility’s representative to her current employer Vermont Public Power Supply Authority[Read More…]
Women Lose Seats, Dems Lose More
HARDWICK AREA – Women took a hit in the election earlier this month, but representation by Democrats dropped even more. While party representation has moved toward parity, representation by women has moved away from it in a significant way. The contingent of area women in the legislature will fall from[Read More…]
We are Thankful for You, our Readers
The holiday season is upon us and it’s rather easy to overlook taking time to feel gratitude when we are bombarded by what media feeds us this time of year. Appeals for year-end and Giving Tuesday donations (Yes, even from us here at the Gazette.) flood our mailboxes and email[Read More…]
For the Record
HARDWICK – A sentence in last week’s article “Less Interruptions at Meeting, More Grants” should have identified Jennifer Ranz rather than Jennifer Lucas, who did not attend the meeting and read, “Greensboro resident Jennifer Ranz said in response, ‘I am shocked at the rushing; I am just appalled at how[Read More…]
Harple to Prioritize Rural Needs, Education
GLOVER – Leanne Harple of Glover, mother, teacher and traveled Vermonter, became one of only two democrats elected to the Vermont House of Representatives from the Northeast Kingdom on November 5. She’ll take her seat representing Albany, Craftsbury, Glover and Greensboro for the Orleans-4 House District in January. Harple says[Read More…]
Public Wi-Fi, FEMA Flood Funding Approved
WOODBURY – First up at the November 11 regular meeting of the Woodbury Select Board was Information Technology Manager Skip Marchesani, who talked about plans for upgrading network infrastructure and adding public Wi-Fi access in the area surrounding the town hall, and extending into the park area across Vt. Rte.[Read More…]
RuralEdge Awarded $175,000 Tax Incentive for Town Hall Housing Project
GREENSBORO – RuralEdge has been awarded $175,000 in state tax credits to support important code and façade improvements to help make the town hall redevelopment project possible. Governor Phil Scott and the Agency of Commerce and Community Development (ACCD) announced the award as part of just over $4 million in[Read More…]
Help The Gazette’s Local Journalism Thrive
The Board of Northeast Kingdom Public Journalism gathered this past Sunday for our monthly meeting, agendas and minutes of which are now available at the About tab on our website. The board is the most public part of ensuring The Hardwick Gazette’s commitment to public journalism. You, the real public[Read More…]
