GREENSBORO — Sister Gail Worcelo with Greensboro’s Green Mountain Monastery adapted a 1,000 year old tale for a reading in the Greensboro United Church of Christ (UCC) sanctuary, Sunday afternoon, Mar. 1: “The Animals Case Against Humanity” is said to have originated in India, been written down by Sufi Muslims[Read More…]
Paul Fixx
Misappropriation of Funds Alleged by 3 Nonprofits
HARDWICK – Three local nonprofit organizations have filed liens against a Wolcott resident, citing unauthorized withdrawals amounting to $16,909.19, during her time employed as a bookkeeper for each of them. In the liens filed with Wolcott’s town clerk, Tuesday, Feb. 18, Laurel Schoop is alleged to have misappropriated funds from[Read More…]
Mountainview Budget, Bond to be Voted
HARDWICK – Mountainview Union Elementary School District (MVU) voters in Hardwick, Greensboro, Stannard and Woodbury will have the opportunity to vote on the $8.97 million school budget and a $1.2 million bond to mitigate PCBs in Hardwick Elementary School (HES), town meeting day, Tuesday, March 4. The budget represents an[Read More…]
Humanitarian Awards Appreciate Exceptional Neighbors
HARDWICK – Nine area residents received Hardwick Humanitarian Awards with a sizeable contingent of friends, relatives and peers in attendance at the Hazen Union School Auditorium, Monday evening, Feb. 24. Each year Hardwick organizations, businesses, schools and others nominate people who are real humanitarians, to be recognized at a simple,[Read More…]
Ladies Walking Society Gets Up and Out
GREENSBORO – The Greensboro Ladies Walking Society (GLWS) is an informal, loosely organized group of women who “are very conscious of how important it is to get up three mornings a week and do something and be with people to avoid isolation and sloth!” said Cilla Bonney-Smith. She’s the host[Read More…]
Electric Department Explains Colder January Power Costs
HARDWICK – The February 18 Hardwick Electric Department (HED) Board of Commissioners meeting was relatively uneventful, with commissioners asking for a better look at customer issues. A rare social media post, several days later, February 21, offered information about weather events affecting customer electric bills and suggestions to help reduce[Read More…]
Vanessa Fournier 2025 Hardwick Humanitarian Award Recipient
Gazette Photographer Vanessa Fournier was nominated for and received a Hardwick Humanitarian Award from the Kiwanis Club at a ceremony, Monday, Feb. 24. What follows is what I read before she was presented with the award. Vanessa Fournier graduated from Hazen Union School in 1973 and went to work for[Read More…]
For The Record
HARDWICK – Last week’s photos of Head Start-Early Head Start children should have indicated the cookies were decorated at the Jeudevine Library and made by Carol’s Kitchen (formerly Connie’s Kitchen).
Select Board Handles Road, Flooring, Funding, Ethics Issues
WOODBURY – Town Clerk Robin Durkee reported extra copies of the Woodbury Town Report for 2024 had been received. She said copies had been mailed to voters, who should already have received them. A revised certificate of town highway mileage was signed, correcting the designation of two Class 4 roads[Read More…]
Lakeview Day
The Gazette Strives To Be Hyper-local, Relevant, Factual, Fair
It’s been a month since our 47th President was elected. Whatever your political persuasion, the pace of changes being rolled out by the administration is staggering. When the pace of news feels exhausting, it’s okay (and probably healthy!) to take breaks from the news and even fully step away at[Read More…]
Town Hall Housing Project Ready for Voters to Weigh In
GREENSBORO — Voters at the March 4 Greensboro Town Meeting will have the opportunity to vote on authorizing an Australian ballot vote on the question of whether to transfer ownership of the Town Hall and former high school building to Rural Edge under a plan to provide up to 20[Read More…]
