The 46th annual Hardwick Springfest celebration this year, marked a new collaboration between the Hardwick Kiwanis Club, the Farmers Market, the Hardwick Downtown Partnership, The Civic Standard and American Legion Post #7. The Memorial Day weekend activities were a striking success, with many participating despite a light rain that fell[Read More…]
Paul Fixx
Ocean State Job Lot Store has Opened
Fire Ignited by Crashed Car Destroys Iconic Red Barn
WOLCOTT – The iconic red barn, close to Rte. 15, not far to the west of Wolcott village, caught fire and burned to the ground after it was hit by a small silver car whose engine caught fire, igniting the barn, according to Bruce Fortmann. Fortmann was driving back to[Read More…]
DRB Approves Mobile Home Park Expansion, Civic Standard Building Repairs
HARDWICK – The Development Review Board (DRB) cleared the way for two projects to proceed in decisions released Tuesday, May 13, after hearings held Wednesday, May 7. The first decision permits an East Hardwick project to construct six additional mobile home pads to replace housing in structures that were damaged[Read More…]
Chronology, Details Aren’t Always Right
To the editor: We received a comment on the story I wrote recently about Meredith Holch, some of her history and her work, that was published in the April 23 edition, titled, “Holch Wins Animation Film Awards for “Brother Bird.” Valeska Populoh, of Baltimore, Md., wrote, “I found and read[Read More…]
Wide-Ranging Community Conversation in Greensboro Draws Older Crowd
We were pleased with the turnout at the Gazette’s conversation with Greensboro this past Sunday at Highland Center for the Arts. Most who attended filled out a survey, giving us 21 points of view to help us better understand what appeals to those readers who came to talk with us.[Read More…]
Electric Department Proposes 13.24% Rate Increase
HARDWICK – A proposed 13.24% rate increase has been submitted to the Vermont Public Utility Commission (PUC) by the Town of Hardwick Electric Department (HED). The proposed June 1 increase applies equally to all rate classes; for residential, commercial, industrial, seasonal, security lighting and street lighting. The last HED rate[Read More…]
Terminated Americorps Volunteers “no Longer Effectuate Agency Priorities”
WOODBURY – AmeriCorps programs across the country learned on April 25 that $400 million in grants had been terminated. The news trickled through various agencies, landing in the email in-box of Ana Maria Arroyo, an AmeriCorps volunteer who lives in Montpelier and works at the North Branch Nature Center (NBNC),[Read More…]
Summer Road Work Planned
CABOT – Town Road Commissioner Sig Griggs updated residents about three local FEMA projects that are planned for work this summer in a May 9 social media post for Menard Road, Jug Brook Road and Mack Mountain Roads. Kirk Fenoff and Son Construction will be doing the work on Menard[Read More…]
Forsythia Bush at HCA
Water Leak Gives Alert System a Workout
HARDWICK – As town officials begin to utilize the new Hardwick Alert Notification System, residents received email and text alerts last Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday about repairs of a water leak under South Main Street in front of the Flower Basket. The alert system requires residents to sign up to[Read More…]
