To the editor: Just a note to say how wonderful it is to read the Gazette these days. The quality of the pieces and the depth you’re all managing to pull together with limited resources is amazing and the overall feeling of community is incredibly reassuring. Your work is such[Read More…]
Editorial
Help The Gazette’s Local Journalism Thrive
The Board of Northeast Kingdom Public Journalism gathered this past Sunday for our monthly meeting, agendas and minutes of which are now available at the About tab on our website. The board is the most public part of ensuring The Hardwick Gazette’s commitment to public journalism. You, the real public[Read More…]
For the record
The article last week, “Wolcott Landowner Conserves 286-acre Parcel” was written by Clive Gray. The story last week, “Statewide Voter Turnout Lower, Mixed Locally,” seemed at odds with the Vermont Secretary of State’s report of higher voter turnout. Both turn out to be correct in an appropriate context. 372,885 voters[Read More…]
Amazing Job Covering Elections
To the editor: Amazing job you and your crew did with this edition and the election special edition. Most impressive. A valuable resource for your communities. And I love the personal messages from you about how you did it. Oh – and I loved the headline: BYOB – Bring Your[Read More…]
Transparency is a Two-Way Street
My head is spinning trying to keep up with the anonymous organizations creating Gmail addresses in Greensboro. The town select board, working with the housing committee, found the organization RuralEdge who proposed a plan to convert the town hall into 20 apartments by adding an addition onto the back of[Read More…]
A Superb Performance
I would like to congratulate the Hazen Union Drama Club for their superb performance of Hardwick, 1924 at the Main Street Cemetery. I thought the acting was really good and learned a lot about the Hardwick families of that time. John Bellavance Hardwick
A Gazette-AP Partnership
o the editor: This is fantastic! I’m so glad you were able to make good use of the material and that it helped your staff save time. I love seeing that your visitors nearly quadrupled from a month ago, while time spent on site nearly doubled. We really appreciate your[Read More…]
Election Coverage Isn’t Easy
The business of reporting on a primary and general election for a small-town hyper-local newspaper turns out to be a bigger job than this editor anticipated. We took on a huge project early on with our plan to partner with Hardwick Community Television (HCTV) and ask a series of seven[Read More…]
For the Record
HARDWICK – Last week’s story should have been titled, “Hazen Union Students Learn Emergency First-Aid Skills.” Emergency first responders is a certification which requires training beyond the first-aid skills students learned at the Governor’s Institute program they attended. The body of the story should have indicated the program gave students[Read More…]
The Gazette Brings Incredible Value Each Week
WALDEN – After reading the latest issue of the Hardwick Gazette (October 30) I was struck by the incredible value it brings each week and wondered if others see the value as I do. In our area, is there any other news outlet where you are able to access the[Read More…]
Closing Schools Doesn’t Fix Vermont’s Problems
PEACHAM – Roxbury parents can meet most of the challenges of school mornings, from organizing breakfast to helping their children remember assignments and lunches. Warming up the car for the up to four-mile drive to the nearest bus stop is also on the to-do list. But one part is breaking[Read More…]
