GREENSBORO – Governor Scott recently vetoed H.289, the Renewable Energy Standard (the RES), because he claims the bill would unnecessarily increase Vermonters’ utility bills by “hundreds of millions of dollars.” Estimates from the Vermont legislative Joint Fiscal Office (JFO) now put the cost of implementing the RES at between $150[Read More…]
Editorial
For the Record
The June 5 editorial “Gazette Continues to Evolve,” should have referred to Montpelier’s Center for Arts and Learning rather than Montpelier’s Center for Arts and Leisure. We regret the error.
Gazette Continues to Evolve
Six months into our first year being published by the nonprofit Northeast Kingdom Public Journalism, The Hardwick Gazette is continuing to evolve. We are very happy to report that Montpelier’s Center for Arts and Learning (CAL) has agreed to offer us fiscal sponsorship. The IRS website indicates our application may[Read More…]
Revisions Upon Revisions
To the editor: Now we are here; transformed by the revisions upon revisions of a story, his story, like a writer vainly attempting to keep life current in a written form; The great American civil war was/is a primary division of the intentional unity imbued in this American civil experience;[Read More…]
Beck to Run for Senate
ST. JOHNSBURY – On Tuesday, after serving for 10 years in the Vermont House of Representatives, I submitted my candidate petition to be the next Vermont Senator for Caledonia District: Barnet, Danville, Groton, Hardwick, Newbury, Peacham, Ryegate, St. Johnsbury, Stannard, Walden, Waterford, and Wheelock.Running for the Vermont Senate is a[Read More…]
Woodsmoke
Adjourned! End of Session Wrap-up
CRAFTSBURY – This session, I introduced bills and supported policies that reflect the priorities of our district. As co-chair of the Rural Caucus I fought to correct bills that didn’t adequately address the unique needs of our rural communities. I voted no on policies that threatened the wellbeing of my[Read More…]
Banksy, Help!
To the editor: [Banksy], Hardwick, Vt., desperately needs your help as a world famous graffiti/mural artist!! A giant, gray monstrosity has been deposited by aliens on the western edge of our once beautiful town. Please, please beautify the western gateway to our illustrious town with your artwork on that totally out-of-place[Read More…]
Then Again: The State of Vermont vs. Earl Woodward, Part V
Part One is here. RANDOLPH – An alleged kidnapper faced the legal system and the court of public opinion. The public assumed the worst when Earl Woodward and Lucille Chatterton disappeared one evening in April 1925 from the Granville farm where they both lived. That day, the Boston Globe reported:[Read More…]
We Could Do It If We Wanted To
Hardwick’s Spring Fest and Memorial Day Parade is a big event here. The weather was perfect and the crowds were back to being as big as they ever were pre-pandemic. I fully support Memorial Day and the activities surrounding it as a tribute to the country’s soldiers who have died[Read More…]
The Youth Vote: Making Politics Palatable for the Next Generation
I spent the evening and the morning trying to parse out the most effective way to launch a new generation of voters into the political fray. Obvious to most of us, so much in politics isn’t working. In fact, it feels particularly grim at the moment, although I am cognizant[Read More…]
When She Was Good, She Was Very, Very Good…
Amongst all the encomiums that accompanied Sen. Jane Kitchel’s retirement announcement (“most influential legislator,” “tireless work ethic,” “encyclopedic” knowledge of state government and, of course, “legendary”), this comment from Senate President Pro Tem Phil Baruth stuck out at me: “I have adopted a two-word mantra as President Pro Tem, and[Read More…]
