During the month of April, The Hardwick Gazette is asking readers to step forward and make a monthly commitment. The reason for this is rooted in the unbalanced finances of nonprofit news. The Gazette publishes once a week, and the bills come due like clockwork. But revenues are heavily weighted[Read More…]
Editorial
For the record:
HARDWICK – A file photo from October 25 accompanying last week’s article “SVAM reaffirms commitment to survivors, advocates,” included a former member of the AWARE staff who is no longer with the organization.
Heller’s World by Joe Heller
Heller’s World by Joe Heller
The business of division
WALDEN – A recent Vermont Digger piece “Vermont House poised to roll back portions of Act 181” included a quote from House Energy and Environment Committee Chair, Amy Sheldon: “We don’t need our shared interest in protecting our environment to divide Vermont.” There’s certainly plenty of division in Vermont, but[Read More…]
This isn’t the time to throw people onto the street
PLAINFIELD – I didn’t mean to become a landlord. My husband and I simply had extra rooms in our old farmhouse. As we began spending part of the year away, and with Vermont in the midst of a housing crisis, we chose to rent those rooms to four individuals. We[Read More…]
Heller’s World by Joe Heller
School consolidation through voluntary process
MONTPELIER – I need to take a moment to update you all on some very important legislation that was passed out of the Vermont House and is now headed toward the Senate. H. 955, a bill detailing the next steps in Act 73, sets Vermont on the path towards school[Read More…]
Education reform front-and-center
MONTPELIER – Education reform is once again front and center at the statehouse. Behind closed doors, as well as in public hearings, there is significant debate about what path Vermont should take. I voted against the House reform bill. Why? The bill, H 955, would not reduce property taxes until[Read More…]
Special town meeting could threaten future of democracy
To the editor: The Hardwick Select Board has been forced to hold a special town meeting to vote on two petitions that could threaten the future of democracy in Hardwick. The first petition speaks for itself and asks that all items be voted on via Australian ballot at future town[Read More…]
Heller’s World
People before profits, greed
To the editor: On Sunday, over sixty people turned out on a rainy evening to see gubernatorial candidate Amanda Janoo speak at Front Seat Coffee. Her message of hope and transformation was a ray of sunshine in the gloomy weather. A seasoned economist who has worked for the U.N., Amanda[Read More…]
