BURLINGTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont stated that on January 28, Andrew Chaves, 25, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge Christina Reiss to a term of two years’ imprisonment to be followed by a one-year term of supervised release.[Read More…]
Paul Fixx
Clip Joint, Nikki the Barber Reopen
HARDWICK – The Clip Joint & Co. salon at 9 South Main Street reopened Thursday morning, January 30, with limited space. Clip Joint staff was back at work and Nikki the Barber had moved her chair into the main salon space with them to continue serving her customers. A temporary[Read More…]
Freddy the Cat
Small Schools, Supervisory Unions Grapple with Proposed Redistricting
NORTHEAST KINGDOM – As educators and legislators begin to digest details of the governor’s education plan released by Vermont Secretary of Education Zoie Saunders last week, a Rural School Community Alliance (RSCA) is being formed to help protect the most vulnerable small schools. At the other end of the rural[Read More…]
Davidson Farewell Party
Co-op to Close, Sell Village Location
EAST MONTPELIER – Thursday, Feb. 6, is the last day to shop at the village co-op location, wrote the Plainfield Co-op Board in a January 30 community update, saying they are in the final stages of the move and volunteers are needed. The board is moving forward with plans to[Read More…]
State Offers Town Meeting Day Leave
A number of recent comments in letters to the editor in The Hardwick Gazette, on Front Porch Forum and on social media have suggested working Vermonters have difficulty leaving their jobs to attend town meetings in-person. Several people have brought to our attention that provisions of Vermont State law allow[Read More…]
For the Record
HARDWICK – A paid warning in last week’s issue, approved by a member of the Town of Greensboro Select Board for a town meeting day vote, noted the names of all select board members as signatories. One of those members asked that it be noted Bobbie Nisbet and Chair Eric[Read More…]
Family Appreciates the Burke Mountain Experience
GREENSBORO – Colin Koch and his family live south of Boston and regularly make the trip to Burke Mountain, bypassing closer Vermont and New Hampshire ski resorts because they appreciate the small size and family atmosphere offered at Burke. Koch’s three daughters, who had just finished making art in their[Read More…]
Woodbury Fire Department Move
New GM Joins HED Commissioners
HARDWICK – General Manager Sarah Braese attended her first meeting of the Hardwick Electric Department (HED) Board of Commissioners, January 21, after joining the organization just two weeks earlier, on January 6. Beginning her report, Braese said she was glad to join HED and be at the meeting. She said[Read More…]
Mountainview Union School’s Future Configuration Uncertain
HARDWICK — Another round of changes are in store for the Mountainview Union School District (MVU) as another reconfiguration was being planned for Lakeview Union School. Only Pre-K to grade three are at the school now and fourth-, fifth- and sixth-grade students have the choice to go to Hardwick Elementary[Read More…]
