HARDWICK – Hardwick Academy and Hazen Union (HAHU) alumni arrived from all over the country and the world this past weekend to take part in three events sponsored by the HAHU Alumni Association. It took months for the association to prepare for the activities this past weekend, but what they[Read More…]
History
Fortification Hill gets historical marker
CABOT – The Cabot Oral History Committee has placed an historical marker identifying the area known as Fortification Hill and its history. Next to the Cabot Plains Cemetery, the sign explains the history of that section of the Cabot Plains Road, which is part of the Bayley Hazen Military Road.[Read More…]
Walden Home Dem celebrates 80th anniversary
WALDEN – The Walden Home Dem group (home demonstrators) is celebrating its 80th anniversary this year. The first week in May is “National Home Demonstration Week.” The Walden Home Dem group held its first meeting on January 14, 1946, at the home of Betty Hatch, who was then elected their[Read More…]
Weeks Gone By
One-hundred years ago in The Hardwick Gazette, May 20, 1926 WILBER FISK MEMORIAL, M. E. CHURCH Craftsbury, Vermont Last Thursday morning Mr. LeBaron of Morrisville, head sarpenter (sic), appeared on the church lot with two helpers, and began to erect forms for the concrete wall. About ten o’clock Mr. Debrune[Read More…]
Weeks Gone By
100 years ago in The Hardwick GazetteMay 13, 1926 Real Estate Items Wm. F. George has purchased what is known as the Gero property, consisiting [sic] of house, barn and three acres of land, better known as the Olmstead place just this side of the Hardwick and Woodbury railroad crossing[Read More…]
Museum is on a mission of “glorious obscurity”
GLOVER — The Northeast Kingdom is a place defined by its rugged individualism, hyper-traditionalists, some of the last true hippies of North America, and, of course, regular, everyday people. At least that’s how Clare Dolan explains it. Clare Dolan’s property, just south of Glover on Route 16, consists of many[Read More…]
Weeks Gone By
100 years ago in The Hardwick Gazette Thu, Apr 15, 1926 ACADEMY NOTES The date of the Annual Bam Boozle Bazaar has been set at May 7th, this year This event has come to be a big part of the school activities outside of their regular course of study and[Read More…]
Weeks Gone By
25 Years ago in The Hardwick Gazette Wednesday, April 4, 2001 Evergreen Manor Gets Federal Money HARDWICK – The Lamoille Housing Partnership will purchase and rehabilitate the 32-lot Evergreen Manor Mobile Home Park on Mackville Road at the southern end of town. Downtown services are within walking distance, but there[Read More…]
Remembering Dave Morse never gets old
HARDWICK – There are very few weeks that go by I don’t fondly think of the memory of Dave Morse as I write, but as this past high school basketball season unfolded in spectacular fashion, I thought of him more than usual. The late great Dave Morse and his famous[Read More…]
Speak out for the Smithsonian
SILVER SPRINGS, Md. – As we near the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, conversations are taking place throughout the United States about the meaning of this event. How should we mark the occasion? Museums and historical societies have a particularly important role to play in[Read More…]
Weeks Gone By
100 Years Ago in The Hardwick Gazette Town Clock Not on Time For some time past our town clock has been ahead of standard time and today it is fully ten minutes fast. This is confusing to those in the community who endeavor to keep their time pieces correct and[Read More…]
State Historic Preservation Office announces preservation excellence awards
MONTPELIER – The Vermont State Historic Preservation Office recently announced Curtains Without Borders (curtainswithoutborders.org) was honored with a Preservation Excellence award for its dedicated preservation of Vermont’s historic painted theater scenery. The Townshend Historical Society and Townshend Select Board were similarly honored for their preservation stewardship and ambitious rehabilitation efforts[Read More…]
