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…]
Paul Fixx
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…]
Scammers Target Local Area
GREENSBORO – An informal survey of Gazette staff and volunteers identified many of the top 10 scams reported to the Vermont Attorney General (AG) as happening in the local area. Scams have become so common that many go unreported. None of those surveyed had reported a scam to the AG.[Read More…]
The Tale of Two Towns
A letter to the editor in today’s Gazette suggests the Greensboro Select Board doesn’t have the expertise to manage the complexities of a housing development project like the one Rural Edge has proposed. It does seem town leadership is finding it difficult to pull things back together and mend divisions[Read More…]
Post Office Reopens
CABOT – The Cabot Post Office reopened Saturday, January 18 at 8 a.m. for retail service according to postal clerk Dennis Towle. Towle has replaced Diane Jeger, who left the postal service soon after the Cabot office closed and was relocated to Marshfield.“Effective Saturday, Jan. 18, the Cabot Post Office[Read More…]
Artists, Arts Organizations, Projects Receive Funding
MONTPELIER – Vermont Arts Council 2025 grants benefiting a wide range of local organizations, artists and projects were announced earlier this month. Plainfield’s Buffy Aakaash will receive $1,000 to support attendance at the Colrain Manuscript Classic Online conference; Marshfield’s Jenni Belotserkovsky will see $850 to support lost income due to[Read More…]
Man Arrested in Hardwick for Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol Actions Pardoned
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Brian Preller, arrested in Hardwick on August 24, 2022, after being charged with felony civil disorder on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol, January 6, 2021, was pardoned, January 20, by President Donald Trump. The Presidential Action said, “This proclamation ends a grave national injustice that has[Read More…]
East Hardwick Zoning Forum Engages Residents
HARDWICK – Nineteen people attended a Hardwick Planning Commission (HPC) public forum about a proposed zoning district change for East Hardwick to combine several separate areas under the same village center designation as the Hardwick Village Center. The Tuesday, Dec. 10, forum, held in-person and on Zoom, was joined by[Read More…]
Kitchel Reflects on her Senate Career
MONTPELIER – After 35 years in state government, Jane Kitchel is able to sit on the sidelines now as the legislature gets to work in the new year. Last year, after the session was over, she said it was a difficult decision to walk away from the position she held[Read More…]
