I’ve been thinking a lot about making connections lately. The Gazette’s transition to a nonprofit from a for-profit enterprise has meant making a lot of connections between technical things that are needed to produce a digital newspaper. From the beginning, both ends of the process of making a newspaper required[Read More…]
Paul Fixx
The Real Heroes of the Story
VT Digger recently ran a story about The Hardwick Gazette featuring the paper’s transition to a non-profit enterprise. The real heroes of that story are three people who have collectively worked for this paper for 105 years, just 30 less than its own 135. Sandy Atkins is a newcomer by[Read More…]
Us and Them or We?
How we think of those around us sometimes makes a big difference in how we treat them. In recent years we’ve watched as our national political dialogue has become more about preventing the opposition from succeeding than in having a plan for creating a vision to address real issues faced[Read More…]
Ken LaCasse Gets Operator of the Year Excellence Award
HARDWICK – Ken LaCasse’s heroic efforts to protect Hardwick’s environment during this past summer’s flooding, when the Lamoille River overflowed its banks, earned him the New England regional 2023 Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator of the Year Excellence Award. LaCasse went above and beyond his usual duties to reduce environmental damage[Read More…]
Hardwick Electric Files for Rate Increase
HARDWICK – Hardwick Electric Department (HED) recently filed for a 1.97% rate increase, less than a year after its requested 13.03% rate increase was rejected by the Vermont Public Utility Commission (PUC). The approved 5.57% went into effect March 1, 2023. If approved, this one is scheduled to take effect[Read More…]
Calais Author Honored with Newbery Award
CALAIS – Earlier this month, M.T. Anderson’s young adult tale, “Elf Dog and Owl Head,” was named as a Newbery Honor Book when the American Library Association announced the 2024 Youth Media Award winners. M.T. Anderson writes of his book, ”As a young reader, I learned to stay away from[Read More…]
Marshfield Town Meeting Stories Feature Brimblecombe
by Gazette Staff MARSHFIELD – VT Digger stories in the past two weeks featured quotes from Marshfield’s Town Clerk Bobbi Brimblecombe. They reported that the town is going to try an experiment, holding their town meeting on Sunday, March 3, “to see if we can get more participation,” said Brimblecombe.[Read More…]
Plainfield Disaster Recovery Center Closes, Others Change Hours and Days of Operation
VERMONT – The state and federal Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) at Goddard College in Plainfield closed permanently at the end of the day, Sunday, Sept. 15. The five remaining centers across Vermont have changed their hours and days of operation. As of September 15, four DRCs will no longer be[Read More…]
Business as usual as pedestrian bridge, retaining wall projects underway
HARDWICK — Town staff and Hardwick Downtown Partnership (HDP) staff have been working with area businesses to help employees, customers and travelers adjust to the construction happening along S. Main St. in Hardwick’s downtown. At a meeting March 25, Hardwick Town Manager David Upson shared plans for the pedestrian bridge[Read More…]
It Isn’t Over Yet: July 2023 Flooding a Year Later
HARDWICK, ADAMANT, CABOT, CALAIS, CRAFTSBURY, GREENSBORO, GREENSBORO BEND, MARSHFIELD, PLAINFIELD, STANNARD, WALDEN, WOLCOTT, WOODBURY — One year after a rainstorm dumped unprecedented amounts of rain on the Hardwick area, leading to devastating floods, towns are still dealing with the aftermath. The event began on July 10, 2023, as the Lamoille[Read More…]
HED Commissioners offer $1,000 Employee Bonus
HARDWICK — At the June 17 regular meeting, the board of commissioners of the Hardwick Electric Department (HED) heard from Stew Arnold with the Greensboro Association’s (GA) Lake Protection Committee, discussed plans and progress on hiring a new general manager, had their first report from new Interim Manager Scott Johnstone,[Read More…]
Area Flooding Update
HARDWICK — Daylight, Thursday morning, July 11 revealed flooding and road closures in the area. Today’s forecast for scattered showers suggests caution if one must travel, Hardwick’s Thursday, July 11 morning update at 4:50 a.m. reports, “The Lamoille River near Cooper Brook has risen beyond its banks. The low lying[Read More…]
