MORRISVILLE – Big Lots announced last weekend it will be closing 293 stores. In Vermont, the Morrisville and Essex Junction stores are slated to remain open while the Berlin and Rutland stores are expected to close. New England is home to 18 of the stores to be closed in this[Read More…]
Paul Fixx
Wine or Whining, that is the Question
Most days we work to bring you The Hardwick Gazette are pleasant and almost fun, but having said that, you can begin to imagine where this is going. Two Mondays ago, we came in to find a critical piece of computer equipment which stores all the documents, photos, ads and[Read More…]
Hardwick Hostel Planned as a Velomont Trail Stop
HARDWICK – The select board’s recent acceptance of a $45,000 bid from the Vermont Huts Association (VHA) for the vacant lot at the intersection of Perry Hill Lane and Mill Street paves the way for further approvals and study of a project that would become part of a proposed Velomont[Read More…]
Even Primary Elections are Important
Vermont’s primary election is coming up on Tuesday, Aug. 13, and it’s easy to be complacent when so many primary races are uncontested. For the 11 towns where we try to cover news and events, there are four Vermont Senate races and six Vermont House races with a total of[Read More…]
Team Rubicon’s Greyshirts Bring Welcome Aid Post-flood
HARDWICK – David and Gail O’Brien live on a bank of the Lamoille River in East Hardwick. This year the river rose 12 inches higher than it had in the flood exactly a year earlier. Sandbags protected their house on July 10 and 11, this year, but their four-bay garage[Read More…]
Help Us Help You
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…]
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…]
