HARDWICK – I stumbled upon Prophecy Chocolate one evening as a friend and I were heading up the street to another restaurant. A sign promising tamales and chocolate drinks was too much to resist. We opened the door to the aroma of marvelously rich chocolate wafting out. Inside the door,[Read More…]
Paul Fixx
Curtis Pond Dam Renovation Funded
CALAIS – Sen. Bernie Sanders announced that his office has secured $525,000 for the Curtis Pond Dam Renovation. The Homeland Security funding will support the Town of Calais in constructing a concrete wall upstream from the existing dam. On July 19, 2019, the Agency of Natural Resources {ANR} had the[Read More…]
Washington Gridlock Brings Woodbury Windfall
WOODBURY – Fire Chief Paul Cerutti could hardly believe the news when a friend called on Friday, March 8, with news that a Senate appropriations bill had just passed with $1,125,000 for an addition to the Woodbury Volunteer Fire Department emergency services and operations center. The next day President Biden[Read More…]
Alexander Tree Sugarhouse Holds Open House
CABOT – Calvin Alexander opened his sugarhouse to guests for the annual Spring Maple Open House Weekend on Sunday, March 24, after a snowy Saturday open house that brought no visitors: which was just as well because his tractor got a flat that day. His aunt, K.C. Wright, visiting from[Read More…]
Homelessness and Substance Use Affect the Hardwick Area Too
Homelessness and the associated issue of substance use isn’t just an issue in Vermont’s cities. It’s just on a smaller scale in Vermont’s smaller towns like Hardwick, where there are no homeless shelters for more than 20 miles in every direction. John Walters writes in a piece appearing elsewhere in[Read More…]
Fielder Named Lacrosse Rookie of the Week for Norwich Cadets
EAST CALAIS — Norwich Cadets first-year midfielder, Caitlyn Fielder, who calls East Calais home, collected 13 points with 10 goals, three assists and won 26 draw controls in the week ending March 17. Her performance earned her Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Women’s Lacrosse Rookie of the Week accolades from[Read More…]
For the Record
The March 20 article, “Hamels Sell Renovated 1876 Landmark,” reported Levi Bourne’s company name and relationship to Bourne’s Energy. Levi Bourne is the owner of Clay Hill Apartments and works at Bourne’s Energy, but is not its owner. Bourne lives in Walden and told the Gazette he commutes through Hardwick[Read More…]
Saturday Meeting Brings Concern for EMTs, Gaza
WOODBURY – The town’s first Saturday town meeting on March 2 was well attended by approximately 120 people. The 2023 town meeting considered the question, “Shall Woodbury hold its future annual Town Meetings on the Saturday preceding the first Tuesday in March?” Minutes of that meeting record, “John Reid states[Read More…]
Hamels Sell Renovated 1876 Landmark, Main Street Cannabis Shop Cleared to Open
HARDWICK — The 1876 Hardwick Inn, painted in yellow with white trim and prominently located at the 90-degree bend in Route 15 turning from Main Street to Mill Street, is both the most recognizable and largest building in Hardwick’s central downtown. The historic property was sold on March 8 by[Read More…]
St. Patrick’s Day Crowd at the Legion Celebrate with “Yanks in the Attic”
HARDWICK – “Yanks In the Attic” drew a big St. Patrick’s Day crowd in a celebratory mood to Hardwick’s American Legion Post No. 7 following its traditional corned beef and cabbage dinner on Saturday, March 16. The all-ages community dance was organized by The Civic Standard of Hardwick. “Yanks in[Read More…]
Second Floor Added to Library Addition
Hardwick Electric 1.97% Rate Increase Effective March 7
HARDWICK – Vermont’s Public Utility Commission (PUC) allowed a 1.97% Hardwick Electric Department (HED) rate increase to go into effect on March 7. In the PUC order, dated February 26, it is noted that, “The Commission has reviewed Hardwick Electric’s filing and is satisfied with the supporting information provided.” Vermont’s[Read More…]
