EAST CALAIS – Candace Brown-Smith made the trip from her home in East Calais to run in this year’s Boston Marathon. “Just thinking about participating in the Boston Marathon is so exciting. To train for it, plan the trip, get gear that will serve for the entire race, or at[Read More…]
Paul Fixx
Flood Damage Buyouts Funded, Email Provider Selected
WOODBURY – At the April 14 select board meeting, Emergency Management Director John Gordon reported two flood damage buyout applications he submitted to the Flood Resilient Communities Fund (FRCF) managed by Vermont Emergency Management (VEM) have been selected for funding. A budget of $537,368.42 has been approved to acquire, demolish[Read More…]
The Lamoille River
Let’s All Stand With Harvard
In her Monday blog post, Heather Cox Richardson, an American historian and Boston College professor wrote, “The Trump administration announced on April 11 that it would withhold from Harvard University $2.2 billion in grants already awarded and a $60 million contract unless Harvard permitted the federal government to control the[Read More…]
For the record
The remark attributed to Liz Baum in last week’s story, “Residents Offer Climate Action Plan Input,” should have been attributed to Liz Steel. In addition, comments attributed to Sophi Veltrop should have said, “A look at the sources of Vermont’s energy identified only 25% of fossil fuel energy spending recirculating[Read More…]
Holch Wins Animation Film Awards for “Brother Bird”
EAST HARDWICK – The animated film “Brother Bird,” created by East Hardwick’s Meredith Holch has won the Made Here Film Festival’s (MHFF) 2025 award for Best Animated Film. The film will be shown during the festival this weekend, with three other short films, collected as “The Great Outdoors,” Sunday, April[Read More…]
Hundreds Attend Hardwick State Weekend
HARDWICK – Fourteen venues hosted a wide range of classes in Hardwick, led by community members during The Civic Standard’s Hardwick State weekend, April 12 and 13. Some people began the day joining Social Belly Dance with Alia Thabit at G.R.A.C.E. Others took fiddle lessons with Jeanne Segretto Miller at[Read More…]
Downtown River Corridor Project Development Nixed
HARDWICK – Plans for FEMA funding to develop a shovel-ready flood mitigation project along the Lamoille River corridor through downtown Hardwick are up in the air following cancellation of the federal Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) Program, said Town Manager David Upson. A FEMA press release on April 4,[Read More…]
Investigation Continues into Statewide Hoax School Threats
WATERBURY — An investigation continues into an apparent hoax call targeting 12 schools across Vermont on Tuesday, April 8, with false reports of shootings. The incident began at about 6:35 p.m., Monday, April 7, when the Vermont State Police was notified that an anonymous user had utilized the Department of[Read More…]
Residents Offer Climate Action Plan Input
HARDWICK – Area residents gathered at the Hardwick Town House for the first of seven in-person opportunities state-wide to learn about and weigh in on the 2025 update of Vermont’s Climate Action Plan, Monday evening, April 14. Vermont’s Global Warming Solutions Act, passed in 2020, established a Climate Action Council[Read More…]
Next Step to Hear from Committee Members
MONTPELIER – After hearing from housing advocates and those who struggle to find housing without social security numbers, chair of the House Committee on General and Housing, Rep. Marc Mihaly (D-Calais), said the next step is for committee members to weigh in. The bill being considered, H.169, adds several new[Read More…]
Beck Supports Study on Public Trail Use Compensation
MONTPELIER – Sen. Scott Beck (R-Caledonia) is one of 13 sponsors of S.79, a bill that would create a committee to review whether real property owners who allow use of their property for public recreational trails should receive compensation of some kind. In February, the bill was referred to the[Read More…]
