To the editor: This past weekend the Hardwick Academy and Hazen Union alumni held their annual banquet at the Brochu Pavilion in Hardwick and golf outing at the Mountain View Country Club in Greensboro. The rainy weather didn’t hamper the large turnout at both events. Mike Clark and Pat Hussey,[Read More…]
Editorial
Discuss before proceeding
To the editor: I moved to Greensboro in 1946 and I delivered telegrams on my bike because cottages didn’t have phones (let alone internet) and cottages didn’t have refrigerators, just ice boxes with huge blocks of ice to keep food from spoiling. My mother was born in Greensboro, and I have relatives scattered[Read More…]
Woodsmoke
Enough is Enough
I recently commented to a friend, “Enough is enough, this administration has gone too far,” to which they asked, “When did it cross the line.” It was a good question. Where is the line and what can we do as individuals when it gets crossed. While polls indicate somewhere between[Read More…]
Heller’s World
For the record:
Last week’s Wolcott Elementary School graduation photo did not identify McKenzie Wolff at the right side of the front row. The photo and correct caption are reprinted here this week. A photo in last week’s photo essay, “Hazen Union High School Graduation, Saturday, June 13. ” incorrectly indicated Dr. Baker[Read More…]
Heller’s World
Sharing some background
To the editor: As part of the Communications Working Group (CWG) that proposed the article adopted at the 2025 Town Meeting to vote for elected officials by Australian ballot, I wanted to share some background. The article was not prepared by one or two people in town at the last[Read More…]
Woodsmoke
Everyone’s in favor of democracy, how best to achieve it?
With area towns discussing town meeting options, The Hardwick Gazette has scheduled an opportunity to learn more about them, June 22, with the program, “Strengthening Local Democracy: Exploring ‘Both/And’ Ideas,” featuring Susan Clark. Clark has worked with towns throughout the region by helping them explore ways to improve both democratic[Read More…]
Heller’s World
The legislative branch is you
GREENSBORO – Right now, our country is in chaos. Many struggle every day with anxiety or fear around the unknown. We’re paying more for groceries, more for fuel, more for medical necessities, more for our taxes and we don’t know when the end will come. Feelings like these affect our[Read More…]
