The cheapest energy is the energy we don’t use. This simple fact has guided Efficiency Vermont for over two decades. It remains critical for Vermont’s energy future. As Efficiency Vermont plans for the years ahead, we’re listening to feedback from Vermonters. Our latest three-year proposal to the Vermont Public Utility[Read More…]
Area Towns
House lawmaker’s proposed school consolidation map would combine 119 districts into 27
MONTPELIER – Rep. Peter Conlon, D-Cornwall, the House Education Committee chair, on Thursday introduced the first concrete proposal presented this legislative session to consolidate Vermont’s dozens of school districts. The proposal would merge the state’s 119 districts and the 52 entities that govern them into 27 supervisory districts, each with[Read More…]
Vermont is overhauling Act 250. It’s getting complicated.
VERMONT – Since its passage in 1970, Act 250 has worked more or less the same way. Broadly speaking, projects triggered review under the law based on how big they were, rather than where they were located, whether that was in the middle of town or on a country road.[Read More…]
School budget 101, Feb. 16.
HARDWICK – Monday, Feb. 16, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., the OSSU school board is hosting a general information session on budgets. Because school budgets are confusing for voters, the Orleans Southwest Supervisory Union School Board is hosting a general information session on how school budgets are developed, the role[Read More…]
Town meeting days, Feb. 28, Mar. 3
AREA TOWNS – Town meeting day is traditionally held on the first Tuesday of March. Some towns have published and mailed warnings contained in their annual town reports. The following have officially warned town meeting day: WOODBURY– Town meeting day will take place on Saturday, Feb. 28, at the elementary[Read More…]
Gazette fundraiser: unprecedented success
The Hardwick Gazette’s end-of-year fundraising campaign began in November with an ambitious goal: $40,000 in reader donations. It seemed like a real stretch, because the 2024 campaign’s total was about $30,000. In the end, readers delivered beyond all expectation. At last count, reader donations totaled $45,451.89. Add in matching funds[Read More…]
Forest property management course, Feb. 1 to April 3
ONLINE – Taking Stock is an online course for forest landowners who want help thinking through what will happen to their woods in the future when they are no longer able to manage the land themselves. The course focuses on understanding options, whether the goal is to keep property in[Read More…]
No-till, cover crop conference, Feb. 19
BURLINGTON – Thursday, Feb. 19, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., the no-till and cover crop conference will take place at the DoubleTree by Hilton, located at 870 Williston Road. Farmers, technical advisers, researchers, students, consultants, agricultural businesses and local agencies are all welcome to get together at this annual[Read More…]
ICE Out for Good rallies demand accountability
VERMONT – More than 7,000 Vermonters came out between Thursday, Jan. 8, and Sunday, Jan. 11, as part of ICE Out for Good rallies across Vermont. Within 24 hours of the announcement, there were already 1,000 events anticipated nationwide. A rally in Hardwick began Sunday at noon, where speakers demanded[Read More…]
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Changes to inspection stickers effective 2026
MONTPELIER – The state continues the modernization of its Automated Vehicle Inspection Program (AVIP) so efficiency can be increased, as well as protecting the safety of Vermont’s roads and the cleanliness of the air. The Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has had input from the law enforcement community and[Read More…]
New England Journalism scholarships now open
WOBURN, Mass. – Applications are now being accepted for the 2026 New England Journalism Scholarship Program, offering scholarships of up to $2,000 to outstanding student journalists across the region from the Journalism Education Foundation of New England (JEFNE). Administered by the New England Newspaper and Press Association, this annual program supports up[Read More…]
