HARDWICK — Co-chair of the Greensboro Association (GA) Lakes and Environmental Stewardship Committee, Stew Arnold attended the Hardwick Electric Department (HED) Board of Commissioners meeting on June 17 to make public comments about ensuring effective communication continues between HED and the GA while HED is in its transition between permanent[Read More…]
Paul Fixx
All Sides of School Closure Shared at Forum
CALAIS – Washington Central Supervisory Union schools held concurrent forums June 26 to hear the public weigh in on possible closure or reconfiguration of the district’s smaller elementary schools in Calais and Worcester. Eighteen people turned out for the Calais forum, where current parents with school-age children were universally in[Read More…]
EMS Providers Molleur and Masse Honored by Gov. Scott
WATERBURY – The 50th EMS Week awards celebrate the contribution of individuals and services to public health. Tyler Molleur with the Hardwick Emergency Rescue Squad received EMS Educator of the Year honors for his work training that rescue squad and many other EMTs elsewhere in Vermont. Molleur says it was[Read More…]
Wolcott’s Wastewater Woes to be Washed Away
WOLCOTT – Voters last month approved two measures clearing the way for design and construction of a wastewater treatment system expected to serve about 35 town residents, plus businesses and municipal offices. The vote on the project, expected to cost $4.5 million, was likely helped when the town learned that the[Read More…]
Counterfeit Currency Passed Nearby
ST. JOHNSBURY — Police warned residents to “use caution when passing and receiving currency,” in an alert posted to Facebook on Tuesday, June 25. The notice indicated “the St. Johnsbury Police Department has experienced an influx of calls regarding counterfeit money. The currency passed is of all denominations.” Police said[Read More…]
“I Can’t Not Paint”
STANNARD – Richard Foster paints because he can’t not paint, he says. He creates because he has to create. Foster enjoys the entire creative process, from preparing the substrate, to building up texture beneath the pastels that are his preferred medium in recent years. That, and even the woodworking involved[Read More…]
For the Record
The Greensboro Historical Society note in the Gazette’s “Our Communities” section last week titled, “New Summer Exhibit Opens June 30” incorrectly showed the museum’s Saturday summer hours, which are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The editorial, “Change is Inevitable,” in the June 26 edition mistakenly indicated Greensboro students in grades[Read More…]
LVRT Bridge Re-opened
Welch Calls for more Hardwick Flood Recovery Funds
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Peter Welch, Chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy, took to the Senate floor on Monday evening, June 18, to call for more supplemental disaster funding for Vermont communities impacted by flooding in July 2023, and urged his colleagues to take[Read More…]
Lamoille Housing Partnership Membership Votes Yes to Changes
MORRISVILLE – At a special membership meeting on June 17, more than 45 Lamoille Housing Partnership (LHP) members came together to vote on the future of the organization that has worked to create and preserve quality affordable housing opportunities for Hardwick and Lamoille County. Those members, most of whom were[Read More…]
Change is Inevitable
Towns in the Gazette’s coverage area are having conversations about housing, their schools, their access to emergency services and many other things. Those conversations often seem to happen in silos, unconnected with each other and a bigger picture view of the town’s future. Cabot recently began a community conversation, initiated[Read More…]
Proposed Village Apartments Designed with Vermont Historic Preservation
GREENSBORO – RuralEdge, the Greensboro Housung Committee and select board have been working together for about five years to identify ways to meet a need for more Greensboro housing to support the needs of the town’s growing business community. Executive Director Patrick Shattuck of RuralEdge provided an architectural rendering of[Read More…]
