To the editor: I understand the intent behind your actions is to protect children, and as a mother, I deeply respect that. Protecting kids matters to all of us. But sometimes, in trying to do good, we unintentionally cause harm; and that is what is happening here. Not every situation, and[Read More…]
Letters to the Editor
Rodenticide resolution prepared for town meeting
In 2024, the Greensboro Conservation Commission (GCC) developed a resolution declaring Greensboro a Pollinator-Friendly town in support of the Vermont Neonicotinoids Act 182 that was going through the House at the time. That resolution was developed based on the work of the Town of Cabot in particular and passed at Greensboro Town[Read More…]
Apologizing for actions
To the editor: At this time, I wish to sincerely apologize to the organizations written about earlier this year for my actions misusing their trust and their bank accounts. I know I completely broke the trust they had in me. I know, as non-profit organizations, the funds they shepherd are[Read More…]
Benefits of music bathing
To the editor: In recent years we have been hearing a lot about the virtues of forest bathing, evidently surrounding oneself with trees and nature raises endorphins and promotes health. Even looking at a photograph or painting of nature seems to have some good effects, although the consensus seems to be[Read More…]
Response to article
To the editor: I am writing in response to your article of December 2, entitled “Conservation Commission pilot project raises concerns”. While we welcome public engagement in our work, and the interest of the Hardwick Gazette, your article contains a number of inaccuracies which I would like to address as[Read More…]
Congratulations
To the editor: Congratulations Paul, and the Gazette Team on your award! David Upson Hardwick Town Manager Editor’s note: Upson is referring to last weeks story, “Gazette receives Vermont Civic Journalism Award, ”announcing The Gazette has received a Local Civic Journalism Award of $5,000 to further its existing mission.
A clarification of remarks
To the editor: In your front-page article last week about Greensboro’s proposed 1% local option tax [Ed. Note: hardwickgazette.org/2025/11/18/reactions-mixed-on-1-local-option-tax/] your reference to some of my earlier comments on FPF were significantly misleading. The way your article reads made it sound like my strong desire to support long-term rentals (and discourage[Read More…]
Act 181 imposes needless rural development restrictions
To the editor: The public may have heard about Act 181’s reduction of Act 250 review in developed areas. Few have heard of new, major, Act 250 review intrusion in rural areas that does not involve the large developments Act 250 was designed to address. Construction of a single-family home[Read More…]
Holiday boycott targets three companies
To the editor: Kicking off the holiday shopping season, from November 27 to December 1, there is a nation-wide call to boycott three major corporations, demonstrating the power of everyday citizens to vote with their dollars to protest the Trump regime. These companies are Target, which caved to Trump over[Read More…]
Wet yellow road paint splashes car
To the editor: This is to share with others who had the misfortune of getting wet yellow line paint on their car. Late one afternoon this summer, on Route 14 north-bound between Post Road and North Craftsbury Road, the road crew hired by the state engineer to paint the lines[Read More…]
Rapid action needed
To the editor: One of the three maps being developed by Vermont’s Act 73 Redistricting Committee is based around Career and Technical Education (CTE) centers and it poses serious risks to our local schools. In the latest draft of the CTE-based proposal, the Orleans Southwest Supervisory Union (OSSU) has been[Read More…]
What brought me out?
To the editor: As the crowd of nearly 300 people gathered in Hardwick, Saturday, Oct. 18, I donned my old crossing guard vest and took my aging, somewhat creaky, body out of its cozy downtown nook (where my husband and I are living, as I care for him, and he,[Read More…]
