VERMONT, HARDWICK – Vermont’s Act 162 went into effect July 1, making the chief of each local fire department serve as the Town Forest Fire Warden. Burn permits must be obtained from a local fire chief or an appointed deputy. In Hardwick contact Fire Chief & Forest Fire Warden (Primary)[Read More…]
Paul Fixx
HUD gives data on local subsidized housing
AREA COUNTIES – People who live in subsidized housing share one thing: incomes low enough to qualify for housing assistance. In 2025, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) classified 98% of households in subsidized housing as very low income and 76% as extremely low income. In 2025,[Read More…]
Revised stormwater plan to save Eaton Brook Trail white pines
HARDWICK – A revised plan to manage storm water run-off from the Hazen Union School forestry campus, and protect mature white pine trees along the Eaton Brook trail behind the building, was approved at the Hazen Union School Board meeting, June 16. Concerns about the trees, slated to be cut[Read More…]
Step Repair
This quarter century has gone by quickly
Just eight of ten generations of United States citizens have lived through what has become perhaps the longest lasting democracy in the world today. While the United Kingdom and Switzerland have older government frameworks dating back to the 1600s, or earlier, political scientists seem to require universal suffrage and fully[Read More…]
For the record
A letter to the Editor this week from Tom DeKornfeld brought to our attention an omission in The Gazette’s reporting on the March 3 Hardwick Town Meeting. Before the meeting adjourned at 3:16 p.m., five hours and fourteen minutes after it began, Emily Lanxner made a motion for the non-binding[Read More…]
Swenson Quarry crushing expansion approved with conditions
WOODBURY – The long-awaited Zoning Board of Adjustment (ZBA) decision on the Swenson Granite Company’s request to expand a non-conforming use at its Woodbury Granite Quarry was announced last Wednesday, June 17. Act 250 approval is still required. Swenson’s requested expansion includes the addition of a crusher for roughly 45[Read More…]
Two tornados confirmed in southern Vt. last Thursday
AREA COUNTIES – A tornado watch issued by the National Weather Service (NWS), Thursday, June 18, at 9:58 a.m., for Caledonia, Essex, Lamoille, Orleans and Washington Counties in this area was in effect through 3 p.m. that day. None of the towns covered by The Gazette were specifically listed in[Read More…]
Northland Journal ceases publication, consolidates with North Star Monthly
DERBY – “Vermont’s Northland Journal” has ceased publication following its July 2026 issue, bringing an end to almost 25 years of the publication which shared the history of the Northeast Kingdom, publisher Scott Wheeler told the community in an article appearing recently in the “North Star Monthly” and on social[Read More…]
CVCR state funding follows upgrade extending broadcast reach
PLAINFIELD – Central Vermont Community Radio (CVCR) that recently finished an antenna and critical broadcast gear upgrade now finds itself the beneficiary of over $40,000 in funding secured by the Vermont Access Network partnership in the FY27 Vermont State budget The $1.89 million in annual public funding to support 24[Read More…]
Fortification Hill gets historical marker
CABOT – The Cabot Oral History Committee has placed an historical marker identifying the area known as Fortification Hill and its history. Next to the Cabot Plains Cemetery, the sign explains the history of that section of the Cabot Plains Road, which is part of the Bayley Hazen Military Road.[Read More…]
