A relatively routine traffic stop at Hardwick’s Jiffy Mart on Mill Street last Thursday, at about 11 a.m., generated a whole host of rumors and concern among Hardwick residents and others visiting the area. A Hardwick police cruiser and officer was seen behind a car with no driver and an[Read More…]
Editorial
Woodsmoke
For the Record
In response to the June 25 story, “East Village Advisory Committee Announces Potential Grant,” Sandra Vitzthum, a Montpelier architect has indicated that Plainfield’s Planning Commission Chair Will Colgan has said permanent yurts, wheeled homes and tents are allowed in Plainfield if they have zoning and wastewater permits. And, while there[Read More…]
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Hard Choices, New Opportunities
MORRISVILLE − Anyone who reads the news or pays even limited attention to what’s happening in Montpelier knows that Vermont’s education and healthcare systems are nearing a breaking point. Declining birth rates, shrinking student populations and double-digit increases in both property taxes and health insurance premiums are making it difficult,[Read More…]
Woodsmoke
Mea Culpa
In this era of technology that makes it almost too easy to create photos and text out of thin air using artificial intelligence tools and photo editing software, it is impossible for us at the Gazette to be too careful as we strive to be scrupulously accurate in our reporting[Read More…]
For the record
In last week’s story, “July 10 Passes Uneventfully, Flood Mitigation Work Continues,” Town Manager David Upson should have been quoted to say, “We always have our finger over the red button, but never took the cover off” during this event. The Hardwick Police Chief is Michael Henry and repayment of[Read More…]
Aspenhurst
1.Blessed indeedIs the waterOf Caspian Lake,Where the ripplesBlown by a gentle windCarry the softFragrance of snow. 2.On warm summer’s day,Let us cast off our clothesAnd cover our weary skinIn the clear cool waterOf long melted winter. 3.On a sunny July evening,Let us peel potatoesAnd shuck ears of cornIn preparation for[Read More…]
Poets Read From Recent Publications, Aug. 3
ST. JOHNSBURY − Vermont poets Scudder Parker and Angela Patten will read from their recent books of poetry On Sunday, August 3 at 3 p.m., in the Art Gallery of the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum. Parker grew up on a family farm in North Danville. He’s been a Protestant minister, state[Read More…]
Densmore Poems, New Poems at Trails
HARDWICK − A new set of poems is posted along the Green Trail including those of Victor Densmore of Hardwick. He has written two of them and wrote the first poem about the Trails for their dedication 22 years ago. Densmore is a lifelong Vermonter, coming to a small Hardwick[Read More…]
