Very early on Thursday morning, July 12, Gazette staff awoke to an email inbox full of messages from town clerks, road commissioners and select board members. Others were posting on Facebook and Instagram about flooding and the damage it was causing. The messages and social media posts made it clear[Read More…]
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Sen. Welch Visit, Hardwick, July 17
Willey’s Affected by Global Tech Outage
GREENSBORO – The Rock Solid cash register system used at Willey’s store wasn’t solid enough to weather last week’s global tech outage. Late Friday morning, July 19, Rob Hurst says the store’s cash registers and payment systems stopped working unexpectedly. The store’s staff quickly switched to handling business manually, accepting[Read More…]
Wade Cochran Returns to Work at DMV
HARDWICK – Wade Cochran is back at work as the director of enforcement and safety at the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) following an FBI investigation into his activities prior to his employment there. The Caledonian Record reported the Agency of Transportation Secretary Joe Flynn said the FBI has[Read More…]
Front Seat Coffee’s Other Side Opens at Five Year Anniversary Celebration, July 20
HARDWICK – Tobin Porter threw a party Saturday, July 20, to celebrate the five-year anniversary of founding his business on July 20, 2019. The gathering revealed the “Other Side,” an expansion of the business into the building’s neighboring space. Musical performances were by Larry Martin and “Glorious Leader” as attendees[Read More…]
Greensboro Nursing Home Community Fun Day, July 20
GREENSBORO – The Community Day event at the Greensboro Nursing Home (GNH) on Saturday, July 20, drew a steady stream of visitors who were able to order their own lunch of tacos and other Mexican dishes from the MexirRican Food Truck. Young and old had opportunities to play cornhole, mini-golf[Read More…]
Moose Lottery Winners Announced
VERMONT – The winners of Vermont’s 2024 moose hunting permits were determined Wednesday, July 17, by a lottery drawing at the Fish and Wildlife (F&W) office in Montpelier. Eighty either-sex moose hunting permits and 100 antlerless moose hunting permits were awarded to lottery winners. As part of the regular lottery[Read More…]
Jasper Hill, Cabot Win Ribbons in International Cheese Competition
WAITSFIELD – Area cheesemakers Jasper Hill Farm and Cabot Creamery Cooperative took home 13 ribbons at the American Cheese Society‘s (ACS’s) National Judging and Competition event this year. Jasper Hill’s Alpha Tolman was one of the top finishers in the American Made/International Style category and a top 10 finisher overall.[Read More…]
Caspian Lake Water Quality Results are Mixed
GREENSBORO — Caspian Lake water quality testing shows mixed results, with elevated levels of E.coli in places, some too high to recommend swimming, reported Christine Armstrong, Greensboro’s Deputy Health Officer, in a July 15 post to Front Porch Forum. She wrote, “The first round of ‘After the Flood’ Caspian Lake[Read More…]
And the Rain Came Down (Again)
HARDWICK AREA – A second 100 year flood came to our area of Vermont just a year after the last one, this time dumping from just over 2.5 inches in Hardwick to 7.25 inches in Walden. The devastation seems less severe in most places, but not all. When the sun[Read More…]
Riverside Farm Lost Three Acres of Crops and a Bridge
HARDWICK – Flooding July 10 and 11 left East Hardwick’s Riverside Farm without the bridge that has reliably given Bruce Kaufman and Judy Jarvis access to their home and barn for 39 years. The flood lifted the bridge from its abutments and washed it away. Kaufman says the river has[Read More…]
News Notes
Grateful for Community, State Police HARDWICK – Aubrey St. Louis recently commented on the Vermont State Police having closed the investigation into her husband, Gunnar Watson’s fatal shooting in Wheelock October 16, 2023. St. Louis, who owns The Rehair Shop at 28 Mill Street in Hardwick, said she is grateful[Read More…]
