GREENSBORO — President Trump’s federal executive order titled Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy was issued on March 14, 2025. This executive order poses a serious threat to Vermont’s libraries and the communities we serve, by eliminating funding “to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law.” The order guts[Read More…]
Editorial
H.479 Important Step to Address the Housing Crisis
The House of Representatives just passed a sweeping housing bill to address Vermont’s housing crisis. We are members of the General and Housing Committee, the committee charged with addressing many issues, including improving access to housing that Vermonters can afford. We’ve heard from builders, landlords and tenants, businesses, the chambers[Read More…]
Guiding State Policy
MONTPELIER –– I have served on the Governor’s Commission on Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders since 2017. The mission of this commission is to guide state policy, raise public awareness, and support the agencies that work every day to provide services to those affected by these complex conditions. The commission[Read More…]
Home Fries
Haiku For Home
Haiku For Home My village is oldBut we both are as momentsWe hear the riverIn the quiet nightWater of ten thousand yearsStill seek the same sea Victor Densmore, Hardwick This poem, written for the VerseVillage celebration for April Poetry Month, was a Front Seat staff pick and is printed on[Read More…]
Swift, Appropriate Action
To the editor: I serve as President for two volunteer-led nonprofit organizations; the Northeast Kingdom Arts Council (NEKarts), which stewards the historic Hardwick Town House and the Hardwick Downtown Partnership, which supports the economic and cultural vitality of downtown Hardwick. Both are 501(c)(3) organizations sustained through community fundraising and municipal[Read More…]
Y’all Got Me Good
To the editor: Thank you so much to the staff and authors for your April 1 edition. At the end of winter in Vermont we needed the laugh. J.L. in a website comment Great fun and thanks for getting my quote correct!!! S.A., Greensboro As a summer resident of Ashenhurst[Read More…]
Woodsmoke
Real, Fact-Filled, Hyper-Local Journalism Isn’t Cheap
If you haven’t yet contributed to The Hardwick Gazette, please consider doing so now. Our nonprofit mission is important. We believe everyone should have access to fact-checked local news, community information and advertising. That requires others who can afford it, to step up and fund our mission. It’s been great[Read More…]
For the record
The March 26 story, “Fire District Made Whole Following Embezzlement,” should have indicated Laurel Schoop’s Wolcott property is on Vt. Rte. 15, not Rte. 16. In the same issue the article, “Remote WIC Appointments to Continue, Increasing Access,” attributed Amy Malinowski’s comments to others. She said, “A key challenge for[Read More…]
Home Fries
Rally for Veteran Benefits
To the editor: Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is proposing to cut 80,000 jobs from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). This cannot help but affect the care that our veterans receive when attempting to access and benefit from their VA benefits. Positions have already been[Read More…]
