WOODBURY – The long-awaited Zoning Board of Adjustment (ZBA) decision on the Swenson Granite Company’s request to expand a non-conforming use at its Woodbury Granite Quarry was announced last Wednesday, June 17. Act 250 approval is still required Swenson’s requested expansion includes the addition of a crusher for roughly 45[Read More…]
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Lt. Governor, Representative Harple discuss education, immigration and more
CRAFTSBURY – This past Saturday, June 6, the Craftsbury Town Hall was host to Lt. Governor John Rodgers (R-Glover) and Representative Leanne Harple (D-Glover),Orleans District 4, for a legislative update and discussion. Senator John Morely, Orleans District, was invited but was unable to attend. “This is an election year, and Vermont[Read More…]
Swenson Act 250 hearing set, school, FEMA concerns continue
WOODBURY – The select board had a full agenda at its May 27 meeting last week, noting that the long-awaited Act 250 hearing has been scheduled for a Swenson/Polycor Quarry permit to expand withdrawals from its Woodbury quarry Act 250 Hearing Request: The hearing is set for June 26 at[Read More…]
Town forest funded, voter engagement explored
HARDWICK – Voters gathered for three hours at a special town meeting in the Town House last Tuesday to debate and vote on two articles. For the second time town voters approved providing $25,000 toward the estimated $700,000 cost of acquiring roughly 329 acres of land to become a town[Read More…]
Special town meeting considers Australian balloting, reconsiders town forest
HARDWICK – The future of Hardwick Town Meeting Day floor votes in March 2027 and beyond will depend on a special town meeting vote set for next Tuesday evening by the select board in response to a petition submitted by 170 community members, well over the 5% (117) voters required.[Read More…]
Soaking rain expected; persistently cool for rest of week
EAST HARDWICK – After a month that has caught us up on rainfall, we managed to avoid any measurable precipitation in the past week. Thus, the ground is drying out a bit. The overall precipitation for the month has pushed all of the Northeast Kingdom out of drought conditions. However,[Read More…]
MVU budget to be voted May 20 holds increase to 1%
GREENSBORO – The Mountain View Union (MVU) Elementary School Board approved a third budget at its April 16 meeting that cuts $113,088 from the budget now twice rejected by voters. The total expenditure budget was approved for $9,065,204.25, with Education Fund spending of $8,956,803. The board and administrators meeting in[Read More…]
Reconsideration of town forest vote petitioned
HARDWICK – Three petitions were submitted to Hardwick Town Clerk Tonia Chase last week. One calls for reconsideration of the town meeting vote to donate $25,000 toward purchase of land for a Town Forest. The second two ask for votes on changing voting procedures for future town meetings and reconsideration[Read More…]
Rain featured every day this week
EAST HARDWICK – There continues to be evidence of a transition to spring, as the past several days featured steadily moderating temperatures. Temperatures were near freezing on Saturday, then the 40s by Sunday. Monday’s high in St. Johnsbury was 66 degrees. We are running about 89 percent of normal precipitation for[Read More…]
Rain in forecast; seasonably cold, dry by weekend
EAST HARDWICK – What a way to welcome the first day of spring. A storm system lifting through the northeast on Friday had enough cold air to work with to bring several inches of heavy wet snow to the region, along with some slippery driving conditions. We ended up with[Read More…]
Local eagle injured
HARDWICK – An injured bald eagle was discovered near the Hardwick Lake area earlier this week. A concerned citizen, Jana Smart of Craftsbury, called the game warden as well as the Vermont Institute of Natural Science (VINS) center for wild bird rehab in White River Junction. The bird, unable to[Read More…]
Local residents receive recognitions for humanitarianism
HARDWICK – Master of Ceremonies Sherry Lussier opened the 2025 Hardwick Humanitarian Awards Program February 23 by recognizing current and past Kiwanian’s in the room, then sharing the exceptional quality of the evening’s award recipients, “as they are every year,” she said. She was assisted in presenting the awards by[Read More…]
