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…]
Paul Fixx
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…]
Riverside Farm Bridge
Resilience Doesn’t Just Happen
The Center for an Agricultural Economy (CAE) held a party Saturday, drawing a wide variety of people from the area to visit three of its facilities and learn more about the organization. The CAE not only works with farmers who grow vegetables and process meat, but also with the consumers[Read More…]
For the record
HARDWICK – In the October 2 story, “Green Mountain Peanut Butter by Munch, for Munching,” Christopher Rossi is Adriana Munch’s partner. The amount of the grant funding for the library’s landscaping is $75,000, not $75 as indicated in the caption of the photo showing Gene Gravel operating the excavator that[Read More…]
Elementary School Future Uncertain as Budgeting Begins
CALAIS – The future of the Calais School remains uncertain after last month’s vote by the Washington Central Unified Union School District (WCUUSD) not to place a measure to close two schools on the November ballot. The vote effectively rejected a new configuration model developed by the Leadership Team over[Read More…]
Styrofoam Accepted at Recycling
GREENSBORO – The recycling center in Greenboro is one of the few places in Vermont where styrofoam is accepted. The town is a member of the Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District (NEKWMD), one of only two places in the three northern New England States with a machine that processes styrofoam[Read More…]
Library Receives Grant to Complete Addition
HARDWICK – Jeudevine Library trustees and staff learned Monday that the library is the recipient of a long hoped for $725,000 grant from the Vermont Department of Libraries (DOL). The grant will allow the library to complete work on the addition’s interior and connect the two buildings. “I am so[Read More…]
Mosquito-Borne Diseases Possible Until First Hard Frost
HARDWICK – In Vermont, mosquitoes may be carrying viruses that cause diseases like West Nile virus (WNV) or Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE). Mosquito season begins in spring, but the risk for disease is highest in the summer months. The risk is lower when temperatures are below 60 degrees and mosquitoes[Read More…]
House and Senate Candidates Established for General Election, Nov. 5
HARDWICK AREA – Local election contests for Vermont House and Senate races appearing on ballots November 5 in the eleven towns covered by The Gazette include the Caledonia District Senate race to represent Hardwick, Stannard and Walden, where Democrat Amanda Cochrane is running against GOP Rep. Scott Beck for the[Read More…]
