HARDWICK – In the April edition of “News from the office of Superintendent Dr. David Baker,” the retiring Orleans Southwest Supervisory Union (OSSU) superintendent said he’s been meeting weekly with incoming Superintendent Becca Tatistscheff. “We are working on the transition as she is brought up to speed. She will be[Read More…]
Paul Fixx
Lovely Road clearing phase 1 of bridge replacement
CABOT – Two weeks ago Fenoff and Son Excavating out of Danville cut all the trees on the Lovely Road job site in phase 1 of a FEMA project to replace the bridge, said town Road Foreman Sid Griggs. “The bridge replacement is NOT starting now. . . Fenoff has[Read More…]
Journalism Award recognizes Strand as College Rising Star
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. – University of Vermont’s Alex Strand earned several first-place awards in the Better Newspaper competition at the New England Newspaper Association (NENPA) annual meeting last month. Strand worked as an intern with The Hardwick Gazette last summer. The weekly News & Citizen, statewide Seven Days and online VTDigger[Read More…]
Let’s not let town meeting die
Hardwick’s lively town meeting last month has me concerned about what might happen if a petition recently turned in to Town Clerk Tonia Chase passes muster with the select board and then voters. The petition essentially calls for an Australian ballot vote to decide whether “all public questions, town budget[Read More…]
Roundabout, parking project, theme park work to begin
HARDWICK – A last-minute meeting of area select boards Monday evening drew a crowd as they took the advice of March town meeting attendees to prioritize economic development efforts in area towns. The idea, spearheaded by Hardwick’s Town Manager and Select Board Chair, was inspired by the massive construction project[Read More…]
Smarties®, Cabot Creamery debut cheese in candy collaboration
UNION, N.J., – Smarties Candy Company and Cabot Creamery today unveiled an innovation in snack engineering: Seriously Smart Cheese, the world’s first cheddar-forward candy tablet.The collaboration reimagines Cabot’s award-winning Seriously Sharp Cheddar through the lens of Smarties.To create Seriously Smart Cheese, Cabot’s cheddar is carefully pulverized into a fine powder[Read More…]
Buffalo Mountain mega-slide first town forest addition
HARDWICK – The installation of a “mega-slide” at the peak of Buffalo Mountain will be complete on April 1, much to the delight of many tired hikers who just can’t bring themselves to make the trek to the bottom. The slide is the first addition to the Hardwick Town Forest[Read More…]
Sterling pivots to ancient agriculture, education
CRAFTSBURY – The Sterling College Board announced plans last week to pivot to a non-degree curriculum officials managing the campus have been enticed by since its inception in 1887. The plan has the campus dropping all motorized and electrified conveniences, plus all its internet connections, returning to ancient agricultural and[Read More…]
Mountainview, Wolcott schools advance rejected budgets for revote, April 7
HARDWICK, WOLCOTT, GREENSBORO, WOODBURY – Voters in the Wolcott and Mountainview Union School Districts will have the opportunity to vote April 7, on the identical budgets they rejected Town Meeting Day, March 3. A state infusion of $115 million to the Education Fund proposed in Governor Scott’s FY27 budget would[Read More…]
Merchants, travelers adjust to traffic lights, ongoing construction
HARDWICk – Less than a month into installation of traffic lights guiding drivers through Hardwick’s one-lane Main Street, downtown businesses are adjusting to the construction and making plans to weather the construction that’s planned to affect traffic into the summer. The retaining wall replacement between the Village Restaurant and the[Read More…]
Rights bill passes after raid raises red flags
MONTPELIER – State police and protesters were involved in an event on March 11, where federal agents served a warrant, raiding a property and disrupting South Burlington traffic in search of a person who wasn’t at the property involved. A day later, the Vermont House took up H.849, an act[Read More…]
Public comment invited on wetland map updates
MONTPELIER – The Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) invited the public to comment on draft updates to the state wetland maps in 150 towns, covering over 45% of Vermont in a notice published March 17. The updated maps show the approximate location and shape of wetlands across major parts[Read More…]
