GREENSBORO – “After many months of planning, financial modeling, and careful consideration, the Smirkus Board and leadership have made the difficult decision not to hold a Big Top Tour program in Summer 2026,” wrote Circus Smirkus Executive and Artistic Director Rachel Schiffer in a message addressed to Smirkus friends and[Read More…]
Paul Fixx
Schoolhouse receives 2026 Historic Preservation Grant
WOLCOTT – The Wolcott Schoolhouse, constructed ca. 1855, has received a $20,000 grant from the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation (VDHP) and the Vermont Advisory Council on Historic Preservation as part of $330,211 in Historic Preservation Grant awards to 19 municipalities and non-profit organizations in nine counties. This funding will[Read More…]
Downtown traffic study results accepted
HARDWICK – A study looking at vehicular and pedestrian traffic in downtown Hardwick came to a close at the February 5 Hardwick Select Board meeting with the board’s acknowledgement that the public engagement process had come to a close. With that vote, the next step becomes a search for funding[Read More…]
Energy, Climate Action Committee promotes energy efficiencies
GREENSBORO – At the end of 2024 the town received a $122,000 Municipal Energy Resilience Program state grant to fund energy efficiency improvements in the Greensboro Free Library. During 2025, the Greensboro Energy and Climate Action Committee (ECAC) led the energy efficiency upgrades at the Greensboro Free Library which will[Read More…]
Buffalo Mountain Town Forest project receives funding award
VERMONT – The Buffalo Mountain Town Forest project was among seven Vermont conservation projects that received funding from the The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in Vermont. Of $500,000 in funding to support the protection of 1,460 acres of critical habitat across the state, $100,000 was awarded to the Hardwick project, the[Read More…]
Voters to weigh in on Town Forest acquisition
HARDWICK – A presentation and discussion of a Hardwick Conservation Commission (HCC) proposal to create a town forest on Buffalo Mountain was the subject of a well-attended gathering, Sunday, January 24, in the Jeudevine Library’s Parker Ladd Community Room. Rachel Kane, one of the commission’s co-chairs, shared an overview of[Read More…]
Laggis family farm innovates with the times
HARDWICK – John Laggis has been dairy farming for over 45 years, most of that time with his brother Chris, who retired from their East Hardwick business three years ago and moved to Burke to pursue other interests. Now the independent, family farm is owned and actively managed by four[Read More…]
Burgers & Bingo
Warning signed, garage move inches forward
CABOT – The signing of a warning for town meeting, Tuesday, March 3, was postponed to a special meeting scheduled for January 22 and flood mitigation work at the Cabot Garage site took center stage at the Cabot Select Board’s January 20 meeting. Mike Hogan wanted to check on the[Read More…]
How is human life being valued?
While I spend most of my time looking for local news, it’s impossible to ignore national events and their effect on local Vermonters. The importance of paying attention to all of it was nowhere more evident than this past Friday at Hardwick’s Peace Park where roughly 50 people stood in[Read More…]
Essential Services Complex plans unveiled
HARDWICK – During an evening meeting last Wednesday, Jan. 21, town officials and an architect laid out problems with the buildings occupied by three of Hardwick’s essential services and plans for a new campus to accommodate them, said Town Manager David “Opie” Upson. The Creamery Road property where the town[Read More…]
Town, farmer dispute protection of ancient maples
CALAIS – Doug Lilley has been farming on Lightening Ridge Road in Calais for most of his 82 years. The Lilley Hill Farm where he grew up and still raises beef cattle was one of 50 dairy farms in Calais then. It was the last dairy farm when he stopped[Read More…]
