ICE is causing problems throughout the country and most recently in South Burlington, but the ice causing problems for the Gazette was at the bottom of my steps last Thursday when I stepped out on my way to teach a Tai Chi for fall prevention class. My feet slipped out[Read More…]
Paul Fixx
Budget passes after 90-minute paper ballot
HARDWICK – Town Meeting Day in Hardwick brought new experiences for many attendees, with use of the Town House venue that hadn’t been used in 20 years, the election of Audrey Grant to replace long-time Moderator Orise Ainsworth and a vocal group intent on seeing as many articles as possible[Read More…]
Wolcott, Mountainview school budgets rejected by voters
AREA TOWNS – Similarly to last year, the Wolcott school district budget of $6,364,330.18, did not pass, with 143 votes against 108, and new this year, the Mountainview Union budget failed. Last year, Wolcott residents had concerns about taxes, with a 30-cent per hundred dollar assessed value increase in taxes, estimated[Read More…]
Town notification system alerts residents of water leak
HARDWICK – An Emergency Alert Notification message sent from the Town of Hardwick Public Works Department and signed by Town Manager David Upson last Wednesday near 8:30 a.m., went to residents who have signed up for town notifications. It warned of a water leak affecting residents on Granite Street, Brook[Read More…]
Australian ballot items pass
PLAINFIELD – In Australian balloting, 406 (40.5%) of Plainfield’s 1,002 registered voters cast ballots last Tuesday, with 40 by absentee ballot. Both bond items passed as voters approved one for no more than $700,000 to replace the water line under School Street on a vote of 285 to 74. The[Read More…]
Mary Young at Greensboro Free Library exhibit
Lilly Barron reelected treasurer as budget, allocations all pass
WOODBURY – The Saturday town meeting began with Stephen Murphy’s election as Woodbury Town Moderator, February 28, then moved on to correct errors in the 2025 Town Report. The names of Cemetery Commission Secretary Stephanie Appleton and Member Amy Eldred were added and the amount requested by the Vermont Rural[Read More…]
Local residents receive recognitions for humanitarianism
HARDWICK – Master of Ceremonies Sherry Lussier opened the 2025 Hardwick Humanitarian Awards Program February 23 by recognizing current and past Kiwanian’s in the room, then sharing the exceptional quality of the evening’s award recipients, “as they are every year,” she said. She was assisted in presenting the awards by[Read More…]
Hardwick Town Meeting votes to acquire Buffalo Mountain Town Forest property, no on 1% option tax
HARDWICK — Well over 200 people showed up to vote on town meeting day in Hardwick. The town budget passed on a paper ballot with 167 voting yes and 72 voting no that took over 90 minutes for the voting and counting. The 1% local option tax failed and the[Read More…]
MVUESD Directors appointed, meeting date changed
HARDWICK – The Mountain View Union Elementary School District (MVUESD) meeting, Tuesday, Feb. 24, began with the election of a new moderator. Steven Freihofner was nominated and elected as long-time Moderator Orise Ainsworth was unable to preside. Moderator Freihofner then presided over the meeting, read the warning and established ground[Read More…]
What’s the solution?
With Vermont’s Town Meeting Day upon us, most questions involve funding, or who will be responsible for making decisions in our towns. At school district meetings we have budgets for education to vote on, most of which have gone up, some astronomically for several years. Our state legislature ponders education[Read More…]
Advocates, legislators celebrate Universal School Meals
HARDWICK – “Universal meals is the right thing to do for our children, families, communities and education,” said Valerie Hussey, Orleans Southwest Supervisory Union (OSSU) Food Services Director last week. Legislators, supporters and advocates from Hunger Free Vermont, the School Nutrition Association of Vermont and the Vermont Farm to School[Read More…]
