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…]
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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…]
Hazen Students Kept Inside Last Tuesday
HARDWICK — Following the statewide threat of school shootings for Tuesday, April 8, Police Chief Michael Henry spoke with Hazen Union School Principal Jason Di Giulio Monday evening, April 7. Di Guilio decided to keep students inside all day that Tuesday. “It’s our responsibility to take every threat seriously until[Read More…]
Saplings to Submit $1M Grant Application for Expansion
CRAFTSBURY – Craftsbury Saplings Executive Director Melissa Jacobs told the select board at an April 1 public hearing, that her organization has signed a lease agreement with Headwaters Community Trust (HCT) [See note below.] for the property they plan to build a new facility on. Plans are to expand the[Read More…]
O’Brien Selected Finalist in Essay Contest
PLAINFIELD – Twinfield Union School Senior Hazel O’Brien was selected as a finalist in Senator Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) fifteenth annual State of the Union Essay Contest, Wednesday, March 19. His essay, selected from the 475 students at 25 Vermont high schools who submitted entries, evaluated ranked choice voting, demonstrated the[Read More…]
Statehouse Rallygoers say, “Hands Off” to Executive Overreach
HARDWICK, MONTPELIER – Sixty people climbed into a school bus and van parked in the lot at Dona’s in Hardwick, Saturday, April 5 to attend a statehouse rally scheduled for noon in Montpelier. It had been organized by the grassroots 50501VT organization. The rally’s theme, “Hands Off,” was billed as[Read More…]
Real, Fact-Filled, Hyper-Local Journalism Isn’t Cheap
If you haven’t yet contributed to The Hardwick Gazette, please consider doing so now. Our nonprofit mission is important. We believe everyone should have access to fact-checked local news, community information and advertising. That requires others who can afford it, to step up and fund our mission. It’s been great[Read More…]
For the record
The March 26 story, “Fire District Made Whole Following Embezzlement,” should have indicated Laurel Schoop’s Wolcott property is on Vt. Rte. 15, not Rte. 16. In the same issue the article, “Remote WIC Appointments to Continue, Increasing Access,” attributed Amy Malinowski’s comments to others. She said, “A key challenge for[Read More…]
Budget Vote, Round-Two, Scheduled
WOLCOTT – Town voters will soon have the opportunity to weigh in on a revised Wolcott Town School budget for FY26. It reduces the property tax rate to 25.5 cents from the 30 cents that would have resulted from the budget rejected by voters on town meeting day,185 to 95,[Read More…]
