To the editor:This week a circular went to Greensboro voters entitled “Your Vote Matters,” asking whether the Town Hall should be sold and replaced with an apartment complex.The circular makes persuasive arguments, but it gives no indication from whom it comes. Presumably the source is a committee of citizens opposed[Read More…]
Editorial
Even More Troubling
To the editor: The Greensboro Select Board’s decision to move forward with the current Purchase and Sale Agreement (PSA) with Rural Edge raises serious concerns. The agreement shifts nearly all risk onto the town while giving Rural Edge broad flexibility and few concrete obligations. It grants the developer an open-ended[Read More…]
Questions on Nature Conservancy Salaries
To the editor: $250,976 salary for a one hour work week sounds great if you’re getting it. Not so great if you’re a taxpayer helping (sic) supply the money. Who is this person and who does she work (sic) for? According to the last tax return I received from the[Read More…]
Gen-Z, Apathy, and the Burden of Knowing
HARDWICK — Born in 2001, I believe that I and other early 2000s babies were granted a somewhat unique perspective, because it was a wholly unique time. We are members of Generation Z, also known as zoomers, the demographic cohort succeeding the Millennials. Our childhoods were shaped by the tech[Read More…]
Local Librarian Speaks Out
GREENSBORO — President Trump’s federal executive order titled Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy was issued on March 14, 2025. This executive order poses a serious threat to Vermont’s libraries and the communities we serve, by eliminating funding “to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law.” The order guts[Read More…]
H.479 Important Step to Address the Housing Crisis
The House of Representatives just passed a sweeping housing bill to address Vermont’s housing crisis. We are members of the General and Housing Committee, the committee charged with addressing many issues, including improving access to housing that Vermonters can afford. We’ve heard from builders, landlords and tenants, businesses, the chambers[Read More…]
Guiding State Policy
MONTPELIER –– I have served on the Governor’s Commission on Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders since 2017. The mission of this commission is to guide state policy, raise public awareness, and support the agencies that work every day to provide services to those affected by these complex conditions. The commission[Read More…]
Haiku For Home
My village is old But we both are as moments We hear the river In the quiet night Water of ten thousand years Still seek the same sea Victor Densmore Hardwick This poem, written for the VerseVillage celebration for April Poetry Month, was a Front Seat staff pick and is[Read More…]
Swift, Appropriate Action
To the editor: I serve as President for two volunteer-led nonprofit organizations; the Northeast Kingdom Arts Council (NEKarts), which stewards the historic Hardwick Town House and the Hardwick Downtown Partnership, which supports the economic and cultural vitality of downtown Hardwick. Both are 501(c)(3) organizations sustained through community fundraising and municipal[Read More…]
Y’all Got Me Good
To the editor: Thank you so much to the staff and authors for your April 1 edition. At the end of winter in Vermont we needed the laugh. J.L. in a website comment Great fun and thanks for getting my quote correct!!! S.A., Greensboro As a summer resident of Ashenhurst[Read More…]
Real, Fact-Filled, Hyper-Local Journalism Isn’t Cheap
If you haven’t yet contributed to The Hardwick Gazette, please consider doing so now. Our nonprofit mission is important. We believe everyone should have access to fact-checked local news, community information and advertising. That requires others who can afford it, to step up and fund our mission. It’s been great[Read More…]
For the record
The March 26 story, “Fire District Made Whole Following Embezzlement,” should have indicated Laurel Schoop’s Wolcott property is on Vt. Rte. 15, not Rte. 16. In the same issue the article, “Remote WIC Appointments to Continue, Increasing Access,” attributed Amy Malinowski’s comments to others. She said, “A key challenge for[Read More…]
