HARDWICK – On No Kings III, Saturday, when Indivisible reported over eight million people participating in more than 3,300 protests of Donald Trump’s presidency across the country, a rally in Hardwick drew a crowd of over 250, said organizers here. With signs, songs and their voices, protesters variously shared opposition[Read More…]
Paul Fixx
WGDR approved for antenna upgrade
PLAINFIELD – WGDR received approval from the FCC in early March to move its antenna to a Plainfield tower on a ridgeline 1,000 feet higher than the 30-year old antenna now located on the former Goddard College Campus. “The FCC just did something right!” said Central Vermont Community Radio Executive[Read More…]
Residents fundraise for radar speed sign
EAST HARDWICK – Speeding in the village of East Hardwick is one of the biggest complaints and highest priorities the East Hardwick Neighborhood Organization (EHNO) reports hearing from residents of the village that they say lacks adequate sidewalks or speed patrols. EHNO is now raising funds to purchase a radar[Read More…]
Bridge 31 replacement leads survey responses
HARDWICK – Since flooding in July 2023 damaged the East Main Street Bridge in Greensboro Bend, travelers between Hardwick, Walden, Stannard, Greensboro and Greensboro Bend have had to use the Bend Road Bridge instead. The East Main Street Bridge is located in East Hardwick and known as Bridge 31. That[Read More…]
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Greensboro’s Library of Things
We have big shoes to fill
Last week I was reminded of the legacy the nonprofit organization that now publishes The Hardwick Gazette inherited when I made the trip to Portsmouth, N.H., for the 2026 New England Newspaper Convention. Former Gazette editor and publisher, Ross Connelly, and former sportswriter, David A. “Dave” Morse, are both members[Read More…]
Ice is everywhere
ICE is causing problems throughout the country and most recently in South Burlington, but the ice causing problems for the Gazette was at the bottom of my steps last Thursday when I stepped out on my way to teach a Tai Chi for fall prevention class. My feet slipped out[Read More…]
Budget passes after 90-minute paper ballot
HARDWICK – Town Meeting Day in Hardwick brought new experiences for many attendees, with use of the Town House venue that hadn’t been used in 20 years, the election of Audrey Grant to replace long-time Moderator Orise Ainsworth and a vocal group intent on seeing as many articles as possible[Read More…]
Wolcott, Mountainview school budgets rejected by voters
AREA TOWNS – Similarly to last year, the Wolcott school district budget of $6,364,330.18, did not pass, with 143 votes against 108, and new this year, the Mountainview Union budget failed. Last year, Wolcott residents had concerns about taxes, with a 30-cent per hundred dollar assessed value increase in taxes, estimated[Read More…]
Town notification system alerts residents of water leak
HARDWICK – An Emergency Alert Notification message sent from the Town of Hardwick Public Works Department and signed by Town Manager David Upson last Wednesday near 8:30 a.m., went to residents who have signed up for town notifications. It warned of a water leak affecting residents on Granite Street, Brook[Read More…]
Australian ballot items pass
PLAINFIELD – In Australian balloting, 406 (40.5%) of Plainfield’s 1,002 registered voters cast ballots last Tuesday, with 40 by absentee ballot. Both bond items passed as voters approved one for no more than $700,000 to replace the water line under School Street on a vote of 285 to 74. The[Read More…]
