CABOT – On November 15, the Cabot School Newsletter announced eighth-grader Mary Rogerson has been selected as a Vermont Legislative Page for the 2025 session. As a legislative page, Mary will have the opportunity to assist lawmakers, deliver messages and documents and observe the legislative process firsthand. They will have[Read More…]
Paul Fixx
Beck Prioritizes Education Funding and Housing Costs
CALEDONIA COUNTY – Rep. Scott Beck says he spent Wednesday after the election decompressing after a long campaign that began with a contested primary. His election to the Vermont Senate will have him representing all 12 Caledonia County towns that include Hardwick, Walden and Stannard in the Gazette area. By[Read More…]
Candidates Share Election Comments
AREA TOWNS – Last Tuesday’s election on November 5 featured GOP wins in the Caledonia and Orleans Senate races as well as the Caledonia-4 House race, all of which had been filled for many years by Democrats. Bucking that trend, in a close race, Democrat Leanne Harple of Glover was[Read More…]
Anonymous Greensboro Group Sends Letter on Town Hall Project
GREENSBORO – Another anonymous group has recently weighed in on the town hall redevelopment project. Using an email address named Better Greensboro directed to [email protected], the writer of a November 7 message uses the term we in referring to itself, suggesting at least several people are involved. The email message[Read More…]
Justices of the Peace Elected
AREA TOWNS – Every area town elected justices of the peace (JP) last Tuesday. JP candidates elected on November 5 are listed below for each town in the format: Candidate (party), votes. Towns are not required to record the number of votes each candidate received for uncontested races, thus vote[Read More…]
A Visit With the Sheriff
High Bailiffs Elected in Area Counties
AREA COUNTIES – A high bailiff is an elected public official whose office is unique to local government in Vermont. High bailiffs are elected in each of Vermont’s 14 counties to serve written legal orders, called writs, when the county sheriff is unable to serve them, and to temporarily succeed[Read More…]
“Twist and Shout” Celebration
Statewide Voter Turnout Lower, Mixed Locally
AREA TOWNS — This year’s voter turnout in area towns was mostly well above the 71.35% state average except in Hardwick, which was below it, at 67.67% according to preliminary data from the secretary of state’s office. In Cabot and Stannard turnout was slightly higher this year than in 2020.[Read More…]
Multi-gig Speed Internet Coming Soon
JOHNSON – Lamoille FiberNet, the communications union district (CUD) comprising 10 communities in Lamoille County, celebrated the region’s future during a ribbon cutting on Thursday, announcing the region as a Gig Community. In Wolcott, a Lamoille FiberNet map shows service coming to the southwest of town, along the town’s border[Read More…]
Transparency is a Two-Way Street
My head is spinning trying to keep up with the anonymous organizations creating Gmail addresses in Greensboro. The town select board, working with the housing committee, found the organization RuralEdge who proposed a plan to convert the town hall into 20 apartments by adding an addition onto the back of[Read More…]
General Election Free, Fair, Transparent, Accessible says Secretary of State
AREA TOWNS – Vermont’s town clerks have had more work ahead of this year’s election today than in previous years as they’ve been processing a lot of mail-in ballots. The state has mailed ballots to every registered voter for only the second Presidential election. 42.31% of them had been received[Read More…]
