by Gazette Staff HARDWICK – At its August 17 regular meeting, the Hardwick Select Board continued to work through flood recovery issues and discussed updates to the town’s hazard mitigation plan. Town Manager David Upson reported that the stormwater system in the North Main Street parking lot had damage as[Read More…]
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Ackermann Dairy Wins Dairy Award
by Lisa Halvorsen, Freelance Agricultural Journalist for UVM Extension HARDWICK – If there is one word that can be used to describe Jimmy and Sara Ackermann, it’s resilient. Although only in their mid-thirties, these hard-working Hardwick dairy farmers have the same dogged work ethic of generations of old-time New[Read More…]
Library Expansion Facing Groundwater Challenge
by Gazette Staff HARDWICK – During its August 3 regular meeting, the Hardwick Select Board discussed the various efforts that are underway to repair flood damage and heard an update on construction complications with the library expansion project. The first item for discussion was a notice from a meeting attendee.[Read More…]
Open Letter Thanks Community Helpers
HARDWICK – Letter to everyone who helped the Hardwick community cope with the flooding of July 10 to July 11: July was the month for all good people to come to the aid of our community — and boy, did you come. From the time we knew the rain could[Read More…]
Select Board Gets Update on Flood Recovery Efforts
by Gazette Staff HARDWICK – At a July 28 special meeting, the Hardwick Select Board received a detailed update on efforts to repair damage from the recent flooding. Town Manager David Upson reported on the town’s flood remediation efforts. Upson and board Chair Eric Remick, and Hardwick Town Business Manager[Read More…]
Community Dinner Strengthens Hardwick After Flood
HARDWICK – by Elizabeth Dow, Community Journalist HARDWICK – In an attempt to inform and strengthen the Hardwick community after the disastrous flood of July 10, Town Manager David Upson, The Civic Standard, and the American Legion provided a combination select board meeting and community dinner at the American Legion[Read More…]
Infrastructure Widely Impacted by Flooding Pairs with Historical Ties
by Tyler Molleur HARDWICK – Freda Hollyer and her husband Perry reflected on the flooding events of July 10, which took the Inn by the River, formerly known as the Village Motel, down the Lamoille in pieces. The night’s catastrophic flooding event hasn’t been seen in that area in over[Read More…]
Towns Isolated As Raging Water Sets Unprecedented Records
by Tyler Molleur, Community Journalist HARDWICK – Travel back in time… 2011, 1995, 1973. The hills of north-central Vermont have seen their share of floods and flash floods, but the sheer expanse and intensity of this week’s flash flooding pulled elements of all three of these events back into focus.[Read More…]
Sen. Welch Hosts Listening Session in The Bend
by Francesca Kitch GREENSBORO — On Monday, approximately 100 people from the near and far corners of Vermont traveled to see Senator Peter Welch visit the Northeast Kingdom at the Hill Farmstead Brewery in Greensboro Bend. The purpose of his visit was to host a listening session to understand how[Read More…]
Public Utility Commission Cuts Electric Department Rate Increase in Half
by Gazette Staff HARDWICK – At its June 15 meeting, the Hardwick Select Board discussed a budget shortfall for the wastewater project, the bathrooms at the Town House, and the state regulator’s reduction in Hardwick Electric Department’s requested rate increase. Paul Fixx announced that he has recently become the co-chair[Read More…]
GMTCC Recognizes Local Students in June Ceremony
HYDE PARK – Green Mountain Technology and Career Center awarded Certificates of Completion to 121 students on June 13. This year GMTCC recognize e students who have achieved Platinum status on the ACT WorkKeys assessment. The WorkKeys is a standardized test that all students who attend career and technical education[Read More…]