MONTPELIER – As the federal government remains shut down, many of the supports that Vermont families and children rely on are under threat, creating ripple effects for child abuse prevention programs and the safety net services that help keep homes healthy and safe. At Prevent Child Abuse Vermont (PCAVT), we[Read More…]
Editorial
Woodsmoke
Let’s Make History Together
The Gazette has begun its annual year-end fundraiser. With your help it promises to be the biggest and best we’ve ever had. The Institute for Nonprofit News and major foundations, are giving us a huge boost; offering The Gazette more than $20,000 in matching funds and challenge grants. Local donors have already contributed another $10,000[Read More…]
Abrah Grigg’s In My Nature
Julie Atwood’s Woodsmoke
Rebuilding Brush Street stability
HARDWICK – If you walk down Brush Street and look toward the river, it is still easy to picture the home that once stood at 41 Brush Street. In early 2023, a fire destroyed the house and the owner lost their life in that fire. Six months later, the July[Read More…]
“We all have a voice that comes from our spirit”
GREENSBORO – Greensboro resident Eleanor Guare has been curating Voices of Spirit column in The Hardwick Gazette for some time now. Voices of Spirit is intended to offer commentary and reflections, sometimes about current events, while providing a religious perspective or tying in a spiritual theme. Guare shared her inspiration[Read More…]
Paquette receives Community Science Award
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION – Vermont Center for Ecostudies (VCE) bee biologist Spencer Hardy first met Bernie Paquette at the 2019 Jericho-Underhill Christmas Bird Count. Paquette had long since retired from his career at IBM in Essex Junction, but had only recently caught the naturalist bug at a 2016 walk hosted[Read More…]
Smart garden tool storage for winter
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – Storing garden tools is likely one of the last projects that’s tackle when putting a garden to bed. Take the time now to clean, inspect and make needed repairs. They’ll be ready to go to work in your garden when spring arrives. Gather everything together and[Read More…]
Heller’s World
Woodsmoke
Federal websites and the Hatch Act
Americans visiting the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service website to learn what might be happening with their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, which have been threatened to end on November 1, during the Federal Government shutdown, have seen some version of yesterday’s message copied below,[Read More…]
