I hope you enjoy today’s paper and read every word because the staff and all of our contributors have been pouring their hearts into the work these last two weeks. Last week’s 30-page edition was the longest we’ve published since January. We’re not quite sure how many pages we’ll have[Read More…]
Paul Fixx
Flooding, Water, Sewer Float to Top of Select Board Agenda
HARDWICK – A deluge of flood response activities floated up at the September 19 select board meeting where the town’s energy use, Hardwick Electric, bike lanes, the future of Jackson Dam, the Jeudevine Library and water and sewer rates all got attention too. The meeting kicked off with Town Manager[Read More…]
Community Members Discuss Flood Follow-up Activities, Hardwick’s Future
HARDWICK – Neighbor to Neighbor (HNtN) presented a forum in the Hazen Union School cafeteria where roughly 50 community members, town officials and emergency response representatives met Monday, Sept. 16, to hear about the town’s flood response efforts and discuss proactive ways to support one another during emergencies. The invitation[Read More…]
School, Communities Respond to MAP Concerns
MARSHFIELD – The morning following the Tuesday, Sept. 17, Marshfield select board meeting, Caledonia Central Supervisory Union Superintendent Matt Foster posted a message to Facebook in response to concerns expressed at the meeting, on social media and in phone calls to the Vermont State Police, town and Twinfield Union School[Read More…]
Town’s 3-Pronged Approach to Flood Resilience
HARDWICK – Neighbors at the Sept. 16 meeting organized by Hardwick Neighbor to Neighbor (HNtN) got a comprehensive look at what Town Manager David Upson called the three-pronged town approach to flood mitigation in the upper, downtown and lower areas of the Lamoille River. Assisted by Zoning Administrator Kristen Leahy,[Read More…]
USPS Changes Concerning to Zuckerman, Welch
HARDWICK – U.S. Postal Service (USPS) changes being proposed are a concern in the Hardwick Area and elsewhere in Vermont. Hardwick Postmaster Kristine McAlister said mail for area postal patrons is now delivered to Hardwick from the White River Junction facility. She wouldn’t speculate on what any changes might mean[Read More…]
MAPs Not What You Think They Are
Quick to Condemn. Quick to Defend. Controversy erupting on social media in Marshfield, Plainfield and at Twinfield Union School spilled over into the Plainfield select board meeting last week, generating calls to town officials, school officials and the Vermont State Police. The swirl of activity came about because someone saw[Read More…]
A Retrospective through a Long Eye: Paintings by Viiu Niiler
GREENSBORO – A table of elegant food, a crowd and the vibrant watercolors of Viiu Niiler greeted visitors to the opening reception of “A Short Retrospective through a Long Eye – The Paintings of Viiu Niiler,” Sunday afternoon, Sept. 22, in the Gallery at the Highland Center for the Arts.[Read More…]
Petitioned Second Vote Saves Sewer System
WOLCOTT – Town voters once again approved moving forward with plans for a town wastewater treatment system with 312 votes in favor and 221 opposed. The vote allows the town to continue work toward installing a municipal system for wastewater treatment identified as a priority action for 2018-2026 in the[Read More…]
Dollar General Reopens after Shutdown
HARDWICK – Dollar General reopened Monday, Sept. 16, after being closed over the weekend and at least since Friday, to correct problems identified by a state fire marshal, according to an employee. A September 14, Facebook post by David Pudvah started a lively exchange when he wrote, “….dollar general Hardwick,[Read More…]
We’re Still Here Because of You
The Colebrook, N.H., News and Sentinel published its final issue August 28. Colebrook, near the border between Vermont and New Hampshire’s least populous counties, depended on “The North Country’s Hometown Paper” for 154 years. In that final issue, the publisher wrote, “the past several years of declining advertising revenues and[Read More…]
