HARDWICK – On Saturday, Oct. 5, the Center for an Agricultural Economy (CAE) welcomed the community to a celebration of its 20 years building the local food system and a future promising to strengthen its ability to do that work as the new Food Hub is ready to be outfitted.[Read More…]
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Board Hears Saplings Expansion Plans
CRAFTSBURY — Craftsbury’s three-member select board heard updates about several issues in depth, leaving many items on the agenda for future meetings. Gina Campoli and Kris Coville updated the board about the Hardwick Area Food Pantry, with Campoli saying they applied for funding for both dry and cold storage and[Read More…]
Bend Revitalization Initiative Sets Sights On Methodist Church and Parsonage
GREENSBORO BEND — The Bend Revitalization Initiative (BRI) was recently awarded one of seven statewide Village Trust Initiative (VTI) grants for a project to create new life for the town’s Methodist church and parsonage. Greensboro Bend has assets, including a general store, a childcare center and access to the Lamoille[Read More…]
Pumpkin Walk is all About Children
HARDWICK — October 6 marked the 20th anniversary of Hardwick’s annual Pumpkin Walk. Helen Beattie of the Hardwick Trails Committee has been volunteering since the beginning. The trails were created 22 years ago and Beattie says that “The Pumpkin Walk was a way to get people interested in visiting .[Read More…]
Tech Center Fire Extinguished Quickly
HARDWICK – At 2:32 p.m. on October 4, the Hardwick Fire Department (HFD) was toned to 433 N. Main St. at the Green Mountain Technology and Career Center Hazen Campus, (GMTCC-Hazen), for smoke coming from the roof of the building. The Greensboro Fire Department and Woodbury Fire Department were requested[Read More…]
Route 2 Slope Stabilization Project Complete, Paving Continues
PLAINFIELD, MARSHFIELD — Construction along the Winooski River on U.S. Rte. 2 was expected to be “substantially complete” according to an Agency of Transportation (AOT) special notice on Friday, Oct. 4. Crews were finishing up the slope stabilization project in Plainfield with backfilling and grading to maintain drainage away from[Read More…]
It’s Been Busy for East Hardwick’s Water Board
EAST HARDWICK – At their Annual Meeting held on Tuesday, August 20 at the Grange Hall in East Hardwick, the trustees of the East Hardwick Fire District No.1 (EHFD) looked back on a very busy year. EHFD maintains the water system for the village of East Hardwick. The system is[Read More…]
Fall Foliage
Bell Vote Ballots Sent to Alumni
HARDWICK – Late last week, the Hardwick Academy/Hazen Union Alumni Association mailed out ballots to all Hardwick Academy alumni for a vote to determine the future of the Academy’s Meneely bell. The bell has been in Memorial Park for nearly 50 years now. There has been much interest to move[Read More…]
HUGS Clothing Swap
Maplehurst Farm Awarded Grant for Solar Array
GREENSBORO — Peter and Sandy Gebbie’s Maplehurst Farm has been awarded a $91,395 grant to install a 67.2 kilowatt (kW) direct current (DC), roof-mounted solar array on a new storage shed in Greensboro. In 2012, the Gebbie’s converted from a dairy farm to raising beef cattle and installed a methane[Read More…]
