Paul Fixx
Petition calls for reconsideration of pre-K, K relocation
CALAIS – A petition began circulating last month expressing concern about the decision of the Washington Central Unified Union School District (WCUUSD) administration to move Calais pre-K and kindergarten students to East Montpelier Elementary School (EMES) for the 2027 school year. The April 24 petition posted on the iPetitions[Read More…]
Weeks Gone By
“Funnery” Shakespeare camp returning to HCA
GREENSBORO – Peter Gould’s “Get Thee to the Funnery” youth Shakespeare camp is coming back to the Highland Center. Camp will begin on Monday, July 27. “This will be our 29th summer” says Gould, “and we’re thrilled as always to be rehearsing and acting and learning on the HCA front[Read More…]
American Legion presents Quilts of Valor
HARDWICK – Seven members of the Hardwick American Legion Post #7 received Quilts of Valor (QoV) at the post’s first ceremony awarding them, April 11. The annual birthday supper included a celebration of America’s 250th birthday and membership recognition presentations along with the QoV ceremony. American Legion Family Department Leadership[Read More…]
A dusting of snow
Hospital association donates remaining funds to rescue squad
HARDWICK – As the Hardwick Rescue Squad prepares to begin raising funds for a long-anticipated building to replace its undersized 1972 home on Creamery Road, they have received a grant of more $350,000 from the Hardwick Hospital Association (HHA). A Card of Thanks from Hardwick Rescue in today’s issue notes,[Read More…]
Construction in downtown Hardwick
Voters turn down Mountain View, Wolcott school budgets a second time
HARDWICK, WOLCOTT – The second round of school budget votes failed today in both the Mountain View Union and Wolcott School Districts. Both school boards submitted the same budget that had been submitted on Town Meeting Day, saying a state buy down would lower tax rates, but voters rejected that.[Read More…]
Haynes honored with dairy scholarship
EAST SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Charlie Haynes of Calais, Vt., was among six students from Cornell University receiving scholarship awards at the 2026 Northeast Dairy Management Conference (NEDM), March 4 to 5. The Richard Popp Scholarship Fund was established by friends, families and colleagues of Dick Popp and honors senior undergraduate[Read More…]
AAU Basketball
Special Town Meeting set for town forest purchase, holding future town meetings by Australian Ballot
HARDWICK – A well-attended select board meeting with an overflow crowd upstairs in the Hardwick Memorial Building last Thursday began with an announcement by the Trust for Public Lands’ (TPL) Hannah Redmon announcing that a $465,000 grant had been awarded by the Vermont Housing and Conservation Board (VHCB) for the[Read More…]
