AREA TOWNS – Similarly to last year, the Wolcott school district budget of $6,364,330.18, did not pass, with 143 votes against 108, and new this year, the Mountainview Union budget failed. Last year, Wolcott residents had concerns about taxes, with a 30-cent per hundred dollar assessed value increase in taxes, estimated[Read More…]
Area Towns
Flood watch until March 12
WOLCOTT – A flood watch was issued March 9 at 1:52 p.m., until March 12 at 2 p.m., by the National Weather Service, Burlington. Warm temperatures may melt snowpack and increase river flows. Flooding caused by a combination of rain, snowmelt and ice jams is possible for all of northern[Read More…]
Town Meeting Results
2026 Woodbury Town Meeting by Nataliya Zahn Tire disposal, new fire dept plans nixed by Raymonda Parchment CABOT – Two articles that were heavily discussed on social media prior to town meeting did not receive enough votes to pass. Article 12, asking voters to grant the Cabot Conservation Fund a[Read More…]
Combat high prices with a garden
CORNISH FLAT, N.H. – It seems to me that the prices of many things have gone up significantly in recent times. One way to combat that, as a gardener, is to start plants by seed instead of buying plants that someone else has started, watered and mothered for months. Many[Read More…]
2026 Town Meeting results to appear March 11
Hardwick Gazette reports on town and school district meetings Tuesday, March 3, will appear in the March 11 edition. Those looking for results of floor and Australian ballot votes may contact town clerks. Town clerk contact information can be found on The Gazette’s meeting memo in the opinion pages.
2026 town meeting: tires, forests, budgets and more
AREA TOWNS – Town meeting day is traditionally held on the first Tuesday of March, but some towns have made other arrangements in an attempt to hold the meeting at a more convenient time for more voters to attend. The following towns have warnings contained in their annual town reports: [Read More…]
Ups, downs with temperatures; snow on Wednesday and Saturday
EAST HARDWICK – The observation station logged several no-precipitation days this forecast period, which included most of Saturday into Monday. Much of northern New England dodged a powerful Nor’easter that brought feet of snow to places like Connecticut, Rhode Island, eastern Massachusetts, coastal Maine and New Hampshire. Providence, R.I., had[Read More…]
Sen. Welch meets with local health care leaders
ST. JOHNSBURY – On Wednesday, Feb. 18, Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joined Northeast Kingdom health care providers and community leaders at Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital (NVRH) for a roundtable discussion on the importance of rural and independent pharmacies, and a celebration of federal funding to help build new pharmacies in[Read More…]
Registration open for Organic Dairy Producers Conference, March 6
RANDOLPH – The University of Vermont Extension Northwest Crops and Soils Program will hold the 2026 Vermont Organic Dairy Producers Conference, Friday, March 6, from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The one-day event will take place at the Vermont State University’s Randolph campus, Judd Hall. Through a series of panel[Read More…]
Events Calendar, Feb. 25 to March 11
Wednesday, Feb. 25 Pizza and movie, 1 to 4 p.m., for ages 5 and up, Cabot Public Library. Pre-registration is appreciated. Information, cabotlibrary.com/. “Woodbury Through the Eyes of a Forester,” 6 to 8 p.m., Woodbury Community Library, presented by Stephen Slayton, vormer Vermont County Forester. “From Earth to Earth,” a[Read More…]
Journalism awards, report announced at Statehouse
MONTPELIER – Leaders from the newly formed Vermont Journalism Coalition (VJC) and the Vermont Community Foundation (VCF), as well as Senator Andrew Perchlik and Vermont Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas held a press conference February 4, sharing a new report on the state of Vermont’s news media landscape and[Read More…]
Measles detected in Washington County wastewater
WASHINGTON COUNTY – Vermont health officials have detected measles in Washington County wastewater. The finding triggered an alert to area health care providers, specifically those at Central Vermont Medical Center, in Berlin, to be on the lookout for the disease if patients come in with measles symptoms, which can include a[Read More…]
