MONTPELIER – The Preservation Trust of Vermont (PTV), Vermont Council on Rural Development (VCRD), and the Vermont Community Foundation announced Wolcott and Greensboro Bend are among the first communities selected for the Village Trust Initiative. The Village Trust Initiative is a new partnership of the three organizations that will support[Read More…]
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LVRT Greensboro Bend Trailhead Grand Opening, Sept. 14
GREENSBORO BEND – The grand opening of the trailhead at the Lamoille Valley Rail Trail will be held Saturday, Sept. 14, at 10 a.m. A 32-ft. mural showing the history of Greensboro Bend will also be unveiled at the event.
Mural Painting in the Bend
Ari and Seville Tangle with Trout
by Ari Jurkiewicz Seville Murphy, who learned to fly fish during a Hazen Union School J-Term outing in Greensboro Bend, with a rainbow trout caught July 22. by Ellen CelnikSeville Murphy and Ari Jurkiewicz display some of their catch, July 22. They participated in a Hazen Union J-term fly fishing[Read More…]
Lake Stewardship Team Meets with Environmental Organizations
GREENSBORO — Members of the Greensboro Association Lakes and Environmental Stewardship team, (Stew Arnold, Chris Steele, Jed Feffer and JoAnn Hanowski, met with visiting Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation personnel (DEC), and Orleans County (OCRND) in Greensboro and Greensboro Bend recently to visit sites on Caspian[Read More…]
Greensboro Bend Trailhead Parking
Stein, Carpenter Receive Streamwise Award
GREENSBORO – The Watershed Stewards of Greensboro and the Upper Lamoille have presented the first Streamwise Award to Karl Stein and Judy Carpenter of Greensboro Bend for the quality of the vegetative buffer that has been allowed to develop on their land along the Lamoille. Stein and Carpenter said they were surprised[Read More…]
Rainfall Totals
HARDWICK AREA – National Weather Service rainfall totals (in inches) for the storm beginning Wednesday, July 10 and ending Thursday, July 11 are (where several totals were listed for a single town, the highest total is shown here): Cabot 4.81 Calais 4.80 North Calais 4.50 Craftsbury 3.22 Craftsbury Common 4.17 [Read More…]
Flood Update: Road Closures, Washouts, Bridge Failures and Emergency Information, Compiled July 11
HARDWICK AREA — Thursday, July 11 brought recovery and repair efforts throughout the region as rivers and streams began to subside throughout the morning and early afternoon. Many area waterways remained above their banks, expanding into floodplains, forests and lawns. Many roads became passable, if only with one lane open[Read More…]
Road Closures and Recovery Occupy Town Road Crews
HARDWICK AREA — On July 11, the Hardwick town manager’s office declared damage to Nichols Pond Road, Kate Brook Road, Weeks Place, Bunker Hill Road, Tucker Brook Road, Center Road, Granite Street, Belfry Road. Wolcott Street, Carey Road, Riverside Farm and Hardwick Farms Road were reportedly closed. By July 13,[Read More…]
Trees Planted to Mitigate Flooding
GREENSBORO BEND – On Friday, April 26, and Saturday, April 27, a volunteer team led by the Watershed Stewards of Greensboro (part of the Greensboro Association) and Orleans County Conservation District, planted close to 400 trees in Greensboro Bend at the property of Pierrette Lyman. Lyman had asked for a Streamwise[Read More…]
