CRAFTSBURY – Headwaters Community Trust and Sterling College are working to find a path forward for the Craftsbury campus that will fit the requirements of both organizations and the wider community. An April 1 Headwaters update said an offer had been made to take on the Sterling College Campus. “In[Read More…]
Paul Fixx
Ada Allen’s State of the Union essay receives award
CRAFTSBURY – Craftsbury Academy Sophomore Ada Allen was awarded third place in Bernie Sander’s 16th Annual State of the Union Essay contest. Her essay proposing a community capacity-building after school program was one of only 15 essays chosen from 418 entries statewide. She and 13 other high school student finalists[Read More…]
A sign of spring
Reconsideration of town forest vote petitioned
HARDWICK – Three petitions were submitted to Hardwick Town Clerk Tonia Chase last week. One calls for reconsideration of the town meeting vote to donate $25,000 toward purchase of land for a Town Forest. The second two ask for votes on changing voting procedures for future town meetings and reconsideration[Read More…]
Jackson Dam removal advanced
HARDWICK – Hardwick Electric Department Commissioners and General Manager Scott Johnstone joined the Hardwick Select Board at a special meeting last Thursday where they received the reports of a Jackson Dam Removal Feasibility Study and landscaping plans to reduce runoff and erosion at the Caspian Lake Town Beach. Following each[Read More…]
Rally goers protest Presidential excess, overreach, cruelty
HARDWICK – On No Kings III, Saturday, when Indivisible reported over eight million people participating in more than 3,300 protests of Donald Trump’s presidency across the country, a rally in Hardwick drew a crowd of over 250, said organizers here. With signs, songs and their voices, protesters variously shared opposition[Read More…]
WGDR approved for antenna upgrade
PLAINFIELD – WGDR received approval from the FCC in early March to move its antenna to a Plainfield tower on a ridgeline 1,000 feet higher than the 30-year old antenna now located on the former Goddard College Campus. “The FCC just did something right!” said Central Vermont Community Radio Executive[Read More…]
Residents fundraise for radar speed sign
EAST HARDWICK – Speeding in the village of East Hardwick is one of the biggest complaints and highest priorities the East Hardwick Neighborhood Organization (EHNO) reports hearing from residents of the village that they say lacks adequate sidewalks or speed patrols. EHNO is now raising funds to purchase a radar[Read More…]
Bridge 31 replacement leads survey responses
HARDWICK – Since flooding in July 2023 damaged the East Main Street Bridge in Greensboro Bend, travelers between Hardwick, Walden, Stannard, Greensboro and Greensboro Bend have had to use the Bend Road Bridge instead. The East Main Street Bridge is located in East Hardwick and known as Bridge 31. That[Read More…]
Inspirational Message
Greensboro’s Library of Things
We have big shoes to fill
Last week I was reminded of the legacy the nonprofit organization that now publishes The Hardwick Gazette inherited when I made the trip to Portsmouth, N.H., for the 2026 New England Newspaper Convention. Former Gazette editor and publisher, Ross Connelly, and former sportswriter, David A. “Dave” Morse, are both members[Read More…]
