HARDWICK, WOLCOTT – The second round of school budget votes failed today in both the Mountain View Union and Wolcott School Districts. Both school boards submitted the same budget that had been submitted on Town Meeting Day, saying a state buy down would lower tax rates, but voters rejected that.[Read More…]
Education
Local student wins Regional Civics Bee
LYNDON CENTER – Walden Elementary School sixth-grader, Azailya Lesperance, won first place and a cash prize at the Regional Civics Bee, Friday, April 10. The event at Lyndon Institute was organized by the NEK Chamber of Commerce. Azailya’s social studies and global citizenship teacher Katey Foster said she learned of[Read More…]
Recipe class holds all-school sugar on snow party
HARDWICK – Last month the Hazen High School Recipe for Human Connection Class took on a project to hold an all-school sugar on snow party they hope will become a regular annual event. Sugar on snow involves boiling maple syrup to 235 °F and drizzle it on snow for maple[Read More…]
Haynes honored with dairy scholarship
EAST SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Charlie Haynes of Calais, Vt., was among six students from Cornell University receiving scholarship awards at the 2026 Northeast Dairy Management Conference (NEDM), March 4 to 5. The Richard Popp Scholarship Fund was established by friends, families and colleagues of Dick Popp and honors senior undergraduate[Read More…]
Walden 8th Grade Quilt Raffle, April 15
WALDEN — The 8th grade class at Walden School is selling raffle tickets for a queen size quilt to fund their end-of-the-year trip, wrote Tammy Hall in an April 13 Front Porch Forum post. The drawing is April 15. The quilt is made with 100% cotton fabrics that can be machine[Read More…]
2026 State of the Union essay contest winning essay
CRAFTSBURY – In a time when America faces political polarization, economic instability, national security threats, as well as social and environmental issues, our citizens are feeling vast pessimism. The nation’s future is uncertain, but that doesn’t mean it is negative. If we start investing in today’s youth, we will foster[Read More…]
Ada Allen’s State of the Union essay receives award
CRAFTSBURY – Craftsbury Academy Sophomore Ada Allen was awarded third place in Bernie Sander’s 16th Annual State of the Union Essay contest. Her essay proposing a community capacity-building after school program was one of only 15 essays chosen from 418 entries statewide. She and 13 other high school student finalists[Read More…]
Hazen students take learning to lunch
HARDWICK – Students from Cynthia Osgood’s Life Skills classes at Hazen Union brought their classroom into the real world, March 24, with a special outing to The Village Restaurant. The trip was part of an ongoing financial literacy unit in which students have been building practical skills such as calculating[Read More…]
Greensboro Fire Department Visit
Supverisory union news recounts events
HARDWICK – In the April edition of “News from the office of Superintendent Dr. David Baker,” the retiring Orleans Southwest Supervisory Union (OSSU) superintendent said he’s been meeting weekly with incoming Superintendent Becca Tatistscheff. “We are working on the transition as she is brought up to speed. She will be[Read More…]
Journalism Award recognizes Strand as College Rising Star
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. – University of Vermont’s Alex Strand earned several first-place awards in the Better Newspaper competition at the New England Newspaper Association (NENPA) annual meeting last month. Strand worked as an intern with The Hardwick Gazette last summer. The weekly News & Citizen, statewide Seven Days and online VTDigger[Read More…]
Jourdan selected as new food service director
HARDWICK – David Jourdan has been hired by Orleans Southwest Supervisory Union (OSSU) as its director of food service, effective July 1. He succeeds the current director, Valerie Hussey, who is retiring in June, after more than 25 years of service in various food service roles within the supervisory union[Read More…]
