BOSTON — The New England High School Journalism Collaborative will hold an all-expense-paid summer workshop for students interested in journalism from June 21 to June 28. The program is intended for students who are from traditionally underserved populations. Some preference is given to current juniors and seniors in high school.[Read More…]
Area Towns
Area Organizations Receive Connecting Community Grants
AREA TOWNS — The Vermont Community Foundation announced its Spark Connecting Community grant program has awarded $153,934 to 35 organizations across Vermont. Recipients, which include municipalities, schools, nonprofits, and community groups, will host local projects that strengthen community connections. Vermonters will be brought together around climate resiliency work, art, gardening,[Read More…]
AWARE Accepts Check
Volunteers Build Window Inserts, Upgrade Home Comfort
On a chilly weekend in November volunteers gathered at the Glover Town Hall for the the WindowDressers community build. Over five days, 50 volunteers and program participants built more than 180 window inserts to upgrade the winter comfort level of 30 homes. Earlier this year, volunteers from the Glover Energy[Read More…]
Building Holiday Business Together
HARDWICK – Last Tuesday, November 12, eight Hazen Union School students embarked on a mission to collect balsam brush in Greensboro. The brush will be used to produce holiday wreaths they will be selling in the coming weeks. During their brush picking adventure, students learned how to properly tell good[Read More…]
Candidates Share Election Comments
AREA TOWNS – Last Tuesday’s election on November 5 featured GOP wins in the Caledonia and Orleans Senate races as well as the Caledonia-4 House race, all of which had been filled for many years by Democrats. Bucking that trend, in a close race, Democrat Leanne Harple of Glover was[Read More…]
Justices of the Peace Elected
AREA TOWNS – Every area town elected justices of the peace (JP) last Tuesday. JP candidates elected on November 5 are listed below for each town in the format: Candidate (party), votes. Towns are not required to record the number of votes each candidate received for uncontested races, thus vote[Read More…]
Statewide Voter Turnout Lower, Mixed Locally
AREA TOWNS — This year’s voter turnout in area towns was mostly well above the 71.35% state average except in Hardwick, which was below it, at 67.67% according to preliminary data from the secretary of state’s office. In Cabot and Stannard turnout was slightly higher this year than in 2020.[Read More…]
2024 General Election Results Dashboard, Nov. 5
AREA TOWNS – Welcomer to The Hardwick Gazette General Election Results Dashboard for the November 5, 2024 state and national elections. Vermont results will be available after the polls close at 7 p.m. Results for other locations will be available as polls close there. This dashboard will become live at[Read More…]
2024 Vermont Senate & House Election Results
Local Elections Secure Say Poll Workers
AREA TOWNS – Despite concerns about mail-in voting, local poll workers say the process is secure. In a tumultuous time with trust in institutions declining, local poll workers want voters to know they can be trusted. On election day, many Vermonters volunteered as official poll workers, running polling places and[Read More…]
General Election Free, Fair, Transparent, Accessible says Secretary of State
AREA TOWNS – Vermont’s town clerks have had more work ahead of this year’s election today than in previous years as they’ve been processing a lot of mail-in ballots. The state has mailed ballots to every registered voter for only the second Presidential election. 42.31% of them had been received[Read More…]
