To the editor:As we turn the page on the holidays, I appreciate customers in Wolcott for the patience,kindness and support they showed the local postal service team during the busiest mailing andshipping season of the year.Carriers, clerks and plant teams worked hard to keep mail and packages moving forfamilies, small[Read More…]
Letters to the Editor
I cannot support the Mountainview budget
To the editor: I’m really feeling like the Mountainview Elementary Union School Board is throwing money away. They have already paid $15,000 for an analysis of the Woodbury Elementary School fire escape. If they go forward, the cost of an architect could be around $50,000, with the rebuilding of the[Read More…]
Thoughts on equity in government
To the editor:Last Thursday, in a discussion of this year’s proposed $4.7 million town budget that lasted over an hour, the select board spent 30 minutes debating whether to eliminate a $1,500 allocation to the Equity Committee. The claim that our government “shouldn’t be legislating equity” was repeated several times,[Read More…]
Knotweed challenges
To the editor: Elinor Osborn’s article on behalf of Craftsbury Conservation Commission is an excellent description of the challenges we face in tackling invasive Knotweed and the importance of doing so to protect native environments and pollinators. The Greensboro Conservation Commission (GCC) has discussed and collaborated with a number of neighbouring towns (Craftsbury[Read More…]
Glyphosate does not cause cancer in humans
To the editor: I have sympathy for anyone with cancer and realize many people are looking for a reason as to what caused it, but Roundup (glyphosate) is certainly not the reason. Nancy Riege suggests in her letter to the Hardwick Gazette that her mother’s non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) could have[Read More…]
We need more wild forests and more ecological forestry
To the editor: We applaud Mr. Riley’s excellent opinion piece on ecological forestry [“Embracing ecological forestry, a new approach to forest management,” VTDigger, November 11, 2025]. We share his love of forests. Forest loss and fragmentation diminish both the vast biological and ecological functions of forests and all the benefits[Read More…]
Glyphosate linked to cancer
To the editor: I’m glad to see the interest triggered by your recent article on glysophate (the active ingredient on Monsato’s herbicide Roundup) for removing knotweed in our area.Along with many others, I have great concerns about the use of this chemical. Specifically, I question the claim from Will Marlier[Read More…]
Delightful article on little store
To the editor: Heart wide open, so delighted to read your article on the little store in The Bend that is so community oriented. It seems this is a family affair. The Smiths have a generational habit of being there for their community. In these times it’s just so important[Read More…]
Sharing Leahy’s articles
To the editor: I read the Hardwick Gazette’s weekly publication all year round and I just wanted to stop and take a moment to ask that you thank Kristen Leahy for sharing her articles. Kristen has a wonderful writing style and masterfully writes about complex subjects in an easy to[Read More…]
Preparing for Christmas
To the editor: As Christmas approaches, delivery vehicles are traveling across the highways and byways delivering packages containing Christmas gifts. Shoppers are busy choosing gifts, either online or in the stores. Homes and businesses are decorated with lights, Santas, snowmen, nativity scenes and more. Why all this hustle and bustle[Read More…]
Appreciation for library
To the editor: My name is Michael Malick, I am the Restorative Justice Cooordinator of Hardwick and the surrounding towns in the area. I work for the St. Johnsbury Justice Center, and I live in Greensboro Bend. I am writing you to express my gratitude to Diane Grenkow and also[Read More…]
The library is open
To the editor: We were thrilled to finally be able to announce the opening of the Jeudevine Memorial Library, addition and all, in July. From the sounds of our patrons, they have been thrilled as well. Our new children’s space is bright and welcoming, a new teen section, with its[Read More…]
