VERMONT – The Vermont Agency of Transportation announced in late May that the Lamoille Valley Rail Trail (LVRT) is now open for summer fun, but portions of the trail are closed due to prior year’s flooding, with detours in place. At 93 miles long, the LVRT is the longest rail[Read More…]
Paul Fixx
No Kings Day Rally Draws over 260 Demonstrators
HARDWICK – A No Kings Day rally Saturday in Hardwick organized by the Hardwick Indivisible group drew over 260 people who joined over 1,500 similar rallies throughout Vermont and the United States. Organizer Carlotta Hayes said, “I am so proud of the team that worked together to produce this event[Read More…]
Local Option Tax Considered, Second Monthly Meeting Added
GREENSBORO – At last Wednesday’s three-hour and fifty-three minute select board meeting, the board decided to begin having two select board meetings a month beginning in September. In addition, they discussed adding a local option tax of 1% to the state’s 9% rooms tax, plus perhaps also to the 9%[Read More…]
Woodbury Mountain Wilderness Preserve
High-Speed Internet Service Available
GREENSBORO – In a June 12 Front Porch Forum post, Kitty Ufford-Chase, community relations manager with NEK Community Broadband announced a “big expansion in Greensboro.” The announcement provided a list of roads or road segments where high-speed internet service is now available in Greensboro. If a road joins up with[Read More…]
Six Teams Vie for Trivia Night Crown
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…]
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…]
