To the editor: Our names, friends from birth until graduates of Hardwick Academy, Clare Mary Robb and Joyce Ann Slayton were printed in the  newborns section of the Hardwick Gazette in August of 1933,  as were all the students of Hardwick Academy at their birth. And once again, I remember being cited[Read More…]

To the editor: It was very disappointing to read the article by John Walters in last weeks Gazette. The so-called opinion piece was less arguing a point of view, and more snark, sarcasm, and personal insults. Among other things, referring to VT Senator Starr as “Roguish bumpkin”, “hateful bigot”, “the MAGA uncle[Read More…]

To the editor: Hardwick voters have an opportunity this coming town meeting to support the Lakeview Elementary School. Schools are the heart of Vermont’s small towns. Their disappearance for punative financial reasons is a travesty and leads to the collapse of small towns. Who wants to buy a house in[Read More…]

To the editor: As the father of a student at Woodbury Elementary School, I want to advocate for Lakeview to remain open. Why do I care about Lakeview since my daughter attends a different OSSU school? I care because I see the value of our varied schools in our district.[Read More…]

To the editor: This past Monday, Jan. 15, was the federal holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. As with other federal holidays, many private businesses and public organizations, including schools — locally, state-wide and nationally — were closed in observance of the day.The calendar of the Orleans Southwest Supervisory[Read More…]

To the editor: I am writing in support of bringing the Hardwick Academy school bell to Hazen Union School. I graduated from Hardwick Academy in 1945 and my six kids all graduated from Hazen Union. They are our two schools. I would think our community would like to see its[Read More…]

To the editor: Plastic bottles litter our roads, and rapidly fill up our one remaining landfill in Coventry. Instead of being recycled for further use, millions of them are also dumped out at sea, polluting our precious oceans. With one easy action YOU can be an advocate for positive change:[Read More…]

To the editor: The class of HA (Hardwick Academy) Class of 1970 preserved the bell for the Town of Hardwick and the HA Alumni. Our class gathered over 400 signatures on a petition in June, 1970 and presented it to the Hardwick Town School Board requesting the bell remain in Hardwick. The[Read More…]

To the editor: The newly elected speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, has revealed his priorities: protect the Republicans’ rich backers. Funds from the Inflation Reduction Act to allow the Internal Revenue System to ensure that large corporations and high-income and high-wealth individuals pay taxes owed, will[Read More…]

To the editor: Who decides whether a woman has autonomy over her own health/body decisions? The woman in consultation with her doctor, or five male Justices who were hand-picked for nomination by the Federalist Society, a right wing, conservative organization led by an ardent forced birth advocate, and then shoehorned[Read More…]

To the editor: In the light of the latest flood and the likelihood that we will see even more severe storms in our future, is it time to reconsider the fate of Hardwick Lake and Jackson Dam?  I know that years ago we voted to keep those local icons since I[Read More…]

To the editor: Last week’s events have shaken me to the core. There seems to be a concerted effort to attack our democratic institutions from MAGA Republicans who are willing to use their political power to crush any opposition and ignore democratic rules in the advancement of their own agenda.[Read More…]