HARDWICK – Vermont and Hardwick were not entirely outside the sphere of influence of the Ku Klux Klan, but the organization appears not to have gained any significant foothold by its efforts. More than a dozen references appear to the Ku Klux Klan in The Hardwick Gazette in 1924 alone.[Read More…]
Paul Fixx
Community Trust Launched to Create Affordable Housing
CRAFTSBURY – The Headwaters Community Trust (HCT) board will begin regular meetings in January to lay out membership, project criteria and partnerships to bring new, perpetually affordable housing opportunities to fruition, according to Rick Morrill of Greensboro, in a Front Porch Forum post. The HCT service area is the headwaters[Read More…]
Curtis Pond Dam Reconstruction Essentially Complete
CALAIS – Calais Select Board member, and a driving force behind the effort to rebuild the Curtis Pond Dam, Jamie Moorby, said construction of the dam was essentially completed in 2024. An early July article in The Bridge reported on the July 2 ribbon cutting to initiate the construction that[Read More…]
Wolcott Street Walkability Audit Identifies Concerns
HARDWICK – A report on a September 2024 AARP Community Walk Audit along Wolcott Street from the fire station to the blinking light at the three-way intersection with Main Street presented to the select board in October, identified several areas of concern and one priority area for attention. Overall, the[Read More…]
Gazette Intern Featured in CNS Annual Report
HARDWICK – UVM Senior Lucia McCallum’s work with The Hardwick Gazette reporting on community resilience during her 2024 summer internship earned her a spot in the UVM Community News Service annual report, that stated, “Senior Lucia McCallum, an English major, joined CNS in the spring of 2024 with a curious[Read More…]
OSSU Student, Staff, Financial Data Escape Cybersecurity Breach
HARDWICK – Orleans Southwest Supervisory Union (OSSU) was contacted Monday, Jan. 7, by its Student Information System (SIS) provider, PowerSchool to inform them of a cyber security incident affecting OSSU schools SIS data, according to a notice published Thursday, Jan. 9. The security breach affecting many Vermont School Districts was[Read More…]
Blake Offered Two-year Contract, Ice Rink Opens
CABOT – Dr. Jennifer Blake has been offered a two-year contract by the Cabot School Board based on a recommendation from Superintendent Matt Foster, said a notice in a January 10 Cabot School Newsletter. “The board and administration have been extremely impressed with Dr. Blake’s performance as our interim principal.[Read More…]
Stannard Christmas Gathering
Renaud Receives Congressional Nominations to U.S. Service Academies
MONTPELIER – High school senior Derek Renaud of East Hardwick met with Vermont’s Congressional delegation and received nomination certificates to become a member of the U.S. Air Force Academy, U.S. Military Academy and U.S. Naval Academy, at a Vermont Statehouse ceremony, Saturday, Dec. 28. Renaud was among 20 young Vermonters[Read More…]
Supervisory Union Budget to Increase
OSSU AREA — The supervisory union budget assessment is up significantly this year,” wrote Orleans Southwest Supervisory Union Superintendent Dr. David Baker in a January 3 newsletter addressed to parents, guardians, staff and community. This “will put pressure on local boards and voters to support their budgets,” he said. “We[Read More…]
Front Seat Coffee Makers Market
Year in Review: Downtown Partnership Ends First Year
HARDWICK — Jan Mueller, with the Hardwick Downtown Partnership reviewed highlights from the organization’s first full year of operation and looked ahead to plans for 2025 following the December 11 Holiday Soupla at Front Seat Coffee. The partnership focused on developing relationships with all businesses and organizations in and near[Read More…]
