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…]
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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…]
Flood Update: Road Closures, Washouts, Bridge Failures and Emergency Information, Compiled July 11
HARDWICK AREA — Thursday, July 11 brought recovery and repair efforts throughout the region as rivers and streams began to subside throughout the morning and early afternoon. Many area waterways remained above their banks, expanding into floodplains, forests and lawns. Many roads became passable, if only with one lane open[Read More…]
Voters to Consider Budgets, Pollinator Protection and Candidates
GREENSBORO – In a year with lots of stress due to the summer’s flooding, Select Board Chair Peter Romans reported, “To repair town roads, the town borrowed one million dollars and subsequently spent most of it. The town’s proposed budget of $1,956,009 comes in with an increase of 6.93% after[Read More…]
Senator Sanders Rallies Enthusiastic Crowd of Supporters
STANNARD — Vermont’s senior Senator, Bernie Sanders shared his unique blend of pessimism and optimism with an enthusiastic crowd who hung on his every word and offered applause at appropriate moments. The town hall rally following an intense Saturday, July 6, downpour that had organizers scrambling to move the gathering[Read More…]
It’s Not Hard to Be Decent
While writing this week’s story on the anniversary of the July flood that began on the tenth of the month, exactly one year before the date of this week’s edition of the Gazette, I was struck by how people come together to help each other when disaster strikes. It’s easy[Read More…]
For the Record
Saturday hours for the Greensboro Historical Society are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and not as noted on page 7 of last week’s Hardwick Gazette in “GHS Receives Award . . .” The last paragraph of “Greensboro Association Shares . . . “ in that same edition should have read,[Read More…]
Saplings to Grow with $1M Grant Award
CRAFTSBURY — A $1 million grant has been awarded to Craftsbury Saplings toward construction of a new 7,000-square-foot childcare center. The Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC) grant provides funding for a $5,262,642 project that will allow Saplings to grow its capacity, allowing it to serve 54 children. Saplings’ Board Chair[Read More…]
Atkins Field Meal Builds Community
HARDWICK — Volunteers and members of the Center for an Agricultural Economy (CAE) hosted community meals at Atkins Field on Monday, June 24, and the following week, on July 1. Behind the grill on June 24, Reeve Basom and CAE intern Finn Atwood were kept hard at work grilling and[Read More…]
