GREENSBORO – An email message titled “Key Concerns Regarding Proposed Greensboro Redevelopment” was sent to an anonymous list of Greensboro residents October 31 from an organization calling itself Concerned Citizens of Greensboro. “We’re a group of Greensboro residents who love our town and want to see it thrive. We believe[Read More…]
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Flood Debris Clean Up
OSSU Schools Soon to Offer School-Based Health Care
HARDWICK – Orleans Southwest Supervisory Union (OSSU) is partnering with Northern Counties Health Care (NCHC) through the Hardwick Area Health Center (HAHC) to provide enhanced on-site health services to students. Through this new School-Based Health Center (SBHC), OSSU healthcare provider Jen Olsen, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, will be available to OSSU[Read More…]
Hazen Union Students Learn Emergency First-Aid Skills
HYDE PARK – Hazen Union High School students Haley Blair and Paige Cruickshank participated in a First Aid Field Day (FAFD) at Green Mountain Tech and Career Center Saturday, Oct. 26 Approximately three-dozen students from all over the state participated in the program leading students to careers in health and[Read More…]
Third Goddard Buyer Shares Ideas, Asks for Input
PLAINFIELD – The third potential buyer of the Goddard College campus in as many months stepped in after the previous two sales fell through. Mike Davidson asked the select board to give him time on the agenda at the October 14 regular meeting. He joined the select board at the[Read More…]
Wastewater Treatment Planning, Lead Pipe Inventory Lead Agenda
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…]
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…]
