Editorial
The Decline of Decorum
At the Wednesday evening Greensboro select board meeting, October 9, I witnessed a breakdown of the social contract: the social contract being the implicit agreement by citizens to recognize a body of authority, in order to both sustain the current system and serve the greater common good. As such, the[Read More…]
June Cook’s Reporting Leaves Lasting Legacy
HARDWICK – The freshly cut hay rows serpentine across the hillside, one after the other as the panorama fades away to distant forests under a cloudless sky. The scene is common in Vermont in mid-summer’s heat but the photo was striking in its simplicity as it captured the artistry of[Read More…]
The Barons of Burlington Are Trying to Buy the State Senate
John Rodgers is a curious sort of politician: He presents himself as a simple farmer, a rural populist who gives voice to the voiceless, meaning people who live outside the Burlington area. But John Rodgers, former Democratic state lawmaker turned Republican nominee for lieutenant governor, has seen his campaign picked[Read More…]
LVRT Riders Surveyed
HARDWICK – Between June 1, and October 5, the Hardwick Historical Society (HHS) opened the Depot to the public every Thursday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. In that time, 261 people stopped to look around, most from the Lamoille Valley Rail[Read More…]
For the record
HARDWICK – Last week’s story, “CAE Open House Features Food Hub,” should have indicated the CAE facilitated a $20,000 grant to help Ella Price of Hardwick’s Burdock Acres convert a barn into a greenhouse for winter production,” and not a $100,000 grant.
More on the Bell Vote
To the editor: At the early 1970’s Hardwick Academy-Hazen Union reunions, alumni were asked where they wanted the Hardwick Academy (HA) Bell to go and, in 1976, the Alumni Association put it in Memorial Park. The names of that Alumni Association Board are engraved on the inside of the cupola[Read More…]
Woodsmoke
“DUE TO MULTIPLE TROPICAL DISTURBANCES, SOME FLIGHTS WILL BE CANCELLED!”
Resilience Doesn’t Just Happen
The Center for an Agricultural Economy (CAE) held a party Saturday, drawing a wide variety of people from the area to visit three of its facilities and learn more about the organization. The CAE not only works with farmers who grow vegetables and process meat, but also with the consumers[Read More…]
For the record
HARDWICK – In the October 2 story, “Green Mountain Peanut Butter by Munch, for Munching,” Christopher Rossi is Adriana Munch’s partner. The amount of the grant funding for the library’s landscaping is $75,000, not $75 as indicated in the caption of the photo showing Gene Gravel operating the excavator that[Read More…]
She has Become a Trusted Family Friend
To the editor: Full admission, I’m a flatlander transplant. I am wrapping up my second year living in Hardwick and I’m still learning the vast cultural differences between rural Vermont and urban Dallas, Texas. One person who has really helped my family acclimate is multi-generational native Hardwickian Sabrina Butterick Morrison. [Read More…]
She Has Earned Our Vote
To the editor: I have been impressed with Katherine Sims’ performance as our State Representative. I would like to highlight two of her initiatives that really stood out to me. In her very first year in the legislature she spearheaded an initiative to organize 22 towns in the Northeast Kingdom into[Read More…]
