Sunday, May 3, was World Press Freedom Day, declared by UNESCO as “a day of support for media which are targets for the restraint or abolition of press freedom.” The Gazette stands with journalists around the world who work in oppressive or hazardous environments. Closer to home, it’s a day[Read More…]
Letters to the Editor
A suggestion for Hardwick voters
To the editor: The choice of whether to make serious changes to how town meetings are held can be very divisive. Let me share what we went through, in your neighbor Woodbury. Maybe four years ago, during COVID, two petitions were submitted to the select board, to move to Australian[Read More…]
The pages are turning
To the editor: [Re “Prospects bleak for oldest building on S. Main Street, April 21]: It took me several passes reading this to understand how the story of the precarious Hardwick Gazette building is unfolding. Admittedly, I haven’t been following along closely, so it took time to grasp the initial[Read More…]
Archive easily accessible
To the editor: I was desperately looking for a photo of a 2019 washout on Old Schoolhouse Rd. in Greensboro Bend, and I just found one in the Gazette archives!! So thanks for making that archive easily accessible, it’s a great resource.. Josh KarpSelectboard clerk, FEMA coordinatorTown of Greensboro
Special town meeting could threaten future of democracy
To the editor: The Hardwick Select Board has been forced to hold a special town meeting to vote on two petitions that could threaten the future of democracy in Hardwick. The first petition speaks for itself and asks that all items be voted on via Australian ballot at future town[Read More…]
People before profits, greed
To the editor: On Sunday, over sixty people turned out on a rainy evening to see gubernatorial candidate Amanda Janoo speak at Front Seat Coffee. Her message of hope and transformation was a ray of sunshine in the gloomy weather. A seasoned economist who has worked for the U.N., Amanda[Read More…]
Democracy is currently being dismantled
To the editor: Life can feel disorienting these days. The news is lurching from one emergency to another, while our day-to-day lives go on. So it can be useful to look at the big picture. The Varieties of Democracy Institute (V-Dem) is an organization that specializes in the big picture.[Read More…]
The power to reverse this nightmare
To the editor: March 28, “No King’s Day,” brought thousands of Vermonters together in protest of the Trump administration’s cruel and authoritarian regime. In Morrisville alone, hundreds of people came to make their voices heard. Lamoille Valley Visibility Brigade continues to rally and organize and we invite you to join us. Our[Read More…]
Fundraising for bells and chimes
To the editor: A couple of weeks ago, Raymonda Parchment wrote a wonderful article on the St. Norbert’s Community Handbell Choir. I am a 15-year member of the bell choir and enjoy playing. In the article, Raymonda stated that the bells and chimes will be headed to Pennsylvania for repairs[Read More…]
With no hint of irony
To the editor: Town meeting can be described in many ways, most of them positive. But don’t call it a representational democracy. In Paul Fixx’s editorial in last week’s Hardwick Gazette, he describes Hardwick’s town meeting as a “spirited example of representational democracy,” and with no hint of irony, in[Read More…]
Why does Vermont make it difficult to keep strangers off our land?
To the editor: There’s a lot of talk right now about landowner rights being violated and government overreach, but there’s a bill, H.723, now before the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Energy that would update Vermont’s land posting laws, the rules governing how landowners notify the public that their property is off-limits to[Read More…]
Nonviolent protest against unconstitutional actions
To the editor: If you participated in the March 2026 No Kings Day event, thank you. It was the largest day of protest in American history. We are building to the 3.5% of our nation’s population actively engaged in nonviolent protest against the unconstitutional actions of the Trump administration. Research[Read More…]
