HARDWICK – Jason Booth, with the town’s engineering firm A&E presented a final Wastewater Treatment Facility (WWTF) flood mitigation/relocation study. During the July 2023 flood, significant damage occurred to the facility, placing it out of service. Necessary repairs were made quickly, returning the WWTF to service. The July flood this[Read More…]
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Politics and Pie Results in a Civil Conversation
HARDWICK – Roughly a dozen people turned out at the Hazen Union School library for a Politics and Pie event, Monday, Oct. 21, put on by Hardwick Community Television (HCTV) and The Hardwick Gazette. Caledonia County Senate Candidates Scott Beck and Amanda Cochrane were on hand to share their ideas[Read More…]
Voters Adapt to Mail-in Ballots as Election Day Approaches
AREA TOWNS – Earlier this fall, most registered voters in Vermont opened their mailboxes to find an election ballot. University of Vermont’s Center for Community News, home of Community News Service (CNS), built an interactive map to find out how many have been returned so far and from where. Center[Read More…]
Tough On the Issues, Soft on Each Other
In this election season like few others, with a former president running for a seat he lost four years ago and all that entails, I’ve been mostly glad my position with this publication has me looking close to home and not even at Vermont’s statewide politics. The temptation to reach[Read More…]
Lead Water Pipe Inventory Needed
HARDWICK – Town administrators sent a message with recent water and sewer bills asking residents to conduct a self-inventory of their water service lines to help identify lead and galvanized pipes. Only about 20% responded, said Hardwick’s Town Manager David Upson. With so few homeowners responding, Hardwick’s water system staff[Read More…]
Residential Broadband Soon to Become Widely Available
GREENSBORO — The town has seen a flurry of activity related to high speed broadband internet service since spring. Residents became used to flaggers directing traffic as Hardwick Electric Dept. crews replaced telephone poles to make room for the new infrastructure. Now the fiber optic cables through which connections to[Read More…]
Community Use of School Facilities Policy Updated
CABOT – The Cabot school board wrote in the October 4 school newsletter that it has “after much discussion over several meetings, recently updated a policy on how and when community members can use the school facilities.” They said the policy of the Cabot School District is to make school[Read More…]
$1.7M Wastewater Treatment Plant Project Planned
HARDWICK – The select board’s work at its October 3 meeting included the now-usual flood recovery and mitigation activities, reducing accidents and improving visibility at the post office intersection, recent arrests on drug-related charges, planning for bike lanes and dealing with dog bites. Of particular note is work Zoning Administrator[Read More…]
CAE Open House Features Food Hub
HARDWICK – On Saturday, Oct. 5, the Center for an Agricultural Economy (CAE) welcomed the community to a celebration of its 20 years building the local food system and a future promising to strengthen its ability to do that work as the new Food Hub is ready to be outfitted.[Read More…]
Route 2 Slope Stabilization Project Complete, Paving Continues
PLAINFIELD, MARSHFIELD — Construction along the Winooski River on U.S. Rte. 2 was expected to be “substantially complete” according to an Agency of Transportation (AOT) special notice on Friday, Oct. 4. Crews were finishing up the slope stabilization project in Plainfield with backfilling and grading to maintain drainage away from[Read More…]
Maplehurst Farm Awarded Grant for Solar Array
GREENSBORO — Peter and Sandy Gebbie’s Maplehurst Farm has been awarded a $91,395 grant to install a 67.2 kilowatt (kW) direct current (DC), roof-mounted solar array on a new storage shed in Greensboro. In 2012, the Gebbie’s converted from a dairy farm to raising beef cattle and installed a methane[Read More…]
