HARDWICK AREA – The Vermont Maple Sugar Makers Association host Spring Maple Open House Weekend, Saturday and Sunday, March 22 and 23. Fradettes Maple Syrup in East Hardwick, Alexander Tree Svc in Cabot and Greensboro’s Long Pond Maple will join over 90 Vermont sugar makers throughout Vermont who open their[Read More…]
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Misappropriation of Funds Alleged by 3 Nonprofits
HARDWICK – Three local nonprofit organizations have filed liens against a Wolcott resident, citing unauthorized withdrawals amounting to $16,909.19, during her time employed as a bookkeeper for each of them. In the liens filed with Wolcott’s town clerk, Tuesday, Feb. 18, Laurel Schoop is alleged to have misappropriated funds from[Read More…]
Northeast Kingdom Residents Organize to Tackle Housing
ORLEANS COUNTY – Residents at the southern tip of Orleans County are taking the housing crisis into their own hands. As established organizations pursue housing projects in the region, Northeast Kingdom locals are developing their own initiatives aimed at easing the shortage. In one of the latest efforts, a group[Read More…]
Town Hall Housing Project Ready for Voters to Weigh In
GREENSBORO — Voters at the March 4 Greensboro Town Meeting will have the opportunity to vote on authorizing an Australian ballot vote on the question of whether to transfer ownership of the Town Hall and former high school building to Rural Edge under a plan to provide up to 20[Read More…]
Fire Station, Library Building Faces Demolition
EAST HARDWICK – The small fire station and library building on Main Street in East Hardwick is set to be demolished, as decided by the East Hardwick Fire District No. 1, which owns the property. In May 2024, the fire district’s fiduciary committee unanimously voted to explore options for removing[Read More…]
Record-breaking Week for Hazen Girls
HARDWICK – The Hazen Union girls basketball team thumped Winooski and Danville last week for their 27th consecutive victory, breaking a nearly 50-year school record held by all-time great head coach Jan Howard and generational talent Penny Libercent. Super sophomore Kelsie Rivard drained a career-high six threes on her way[Read More…]
Community Displays Support for Board
GREENSBORO — The January 8 select board meeting began with residents voicing a variety of opinions; many in support of the board, with others sharing points of contention and some with mixed comments. “There’s been a lot of recent controversy, we may not all agree on everything but we’re admiring[Read More…]
Cabot Task Force Ready for Flood-protection Upgrades
CABOT —- Bright rainbow colors mark the flood levels in hydraulic mapping of Cabot Village released this past fall. But they show a decidedly gloomy forecast. With existing infrastructure, a 100-year flood could transform the street into a stream, with water levels reaching about eight feet deep. A 500-year flood[Read More…]
General Store Project Awarded Architectural Excellence Citation
EAST CALAIS – R. Edwards & Company has been awarded an AIA Vermont (AIAVT) Citation for Excellence in Architecture for its East Calais General Store project at this year’s AIAVT Annual Design Awards, December 5. The AIAVT Excellence in Architecture Design Awards are the highest state-level architecture awards conferred in Vermont.[Read More…]
OSSU Schools Closed, Dec. 11
Due to icy road conditions, all schools in Orleans Southwest Supervisory Union are CLOSED, today, Wednesday, December 11, 2024. Stay safe!
Plainfield Co-op Balances Nostalgia, Growth with Planned Expansion
The faint smell of incense and a familiar scene of narrow aisles stocked with local food greet visitors to the Plainfield Co-op. The single 1,200-square-foot room in Plainfield village boasts a wood-paneled ceiling and can be thoroughly perused in minutes. “It feels like a trip to the 1970s,” co-op board[Read More…]
Harple to Prioritize Rural Needs, Education
GLOVER – Leanne Harple of Glover, mother, teacher and traveled Vermonter, became one of only two democrats elected to the Vermont House of Representatives from the Northeast Kingdom on November 5. She’ll take her seat representing Albany, Craftsbury, Glover and Greensboro for the Orleans-4 House District in January. Harple says[Read More…]
