VERMONT – To date, 149 Vermont cities and towns, home to about 77 percent of the state’s population, have adopted the Vermont Declaration of Inclusion to ensure all residents, visitors, and people considering moving to their communities feel welcome, safe, and that they belong. Begun as a grassroots initiative by[Read More…]
Hardwick
Soggy Alumni Reunion “Heartwarming”
HARDWICK – The Hardwick Academy/Hazen Union Alumni Association organizers say they came away from the June 22 alumni reunion thinking all the effort was worthwhile despite adverse weather conditions. “It was certainly heartwarming to see the response from our alumni on Saturday,” said H.A./H.U. Alumni Association president Mike[Read More…]
Northeast Kingdom Farm Hosts State 4-H Dairy Judging Contest
ALBANY – Hillside Homestead, a 50-cow dairy in Albany, was a busy place on June 15 as 4-H’ers gathered for the 2024 State 4-H Dairy Judging Contest. Owners Chet and Renee Baker hosted the competition, providing dairy animals for the judging classes as well as T-shirts for all participants and[Read More…]
Farmers Market Visit
New Pedestrian Crosswalks Increase Visibility
HARDWICK – Anyone walking, biking or driving through Hardwick recently has almost certainly noticed the newly-painted and highly-visible pedestrian crosswalks. Work that led to the new crosswalks began with a pedestrian and traffic safety task force formed in 2019 due to complaints and concerns about safety issues, according to Hardwick[Read More…]
AWARE Releases Diversity Statement, Hires New Social Change Advocate
HARDWICK – Hard conversations are part of Ashley Gravel’s job as co-director of AWARE, the Hardwick group helping survivors of domestic and sexual violence. That didn’t make the disapproval of one of her family members any less difficult. The relative was upset her organization serves transgender people, the 38-year-old said. [Read More…]
House and Senate Override Neonicotinoid Ban Veto
MONTPELIER — House and Senate votes on June 17 overturned Gov. Phil Scott’s veto of H.706, allowing the bill banning the use of neonicotinoid pesticides to become law. The newly-passed bill will prohibit all neonicotinoid treated soybean and cereal grain seeds from being sold, distributed, or offered for sale in[Read More…]
Congratulations 2024 Graduates
Safeguarding History: Enhancing Historic Firehouse
HARDWICK – The historic firehouse in Hardwick has witnessed countless moments in the town’s history, serving as a reminder of a shared past. Since the early 2000s the firehouse has been the home of the Grassroots Arts and Community Effort (GRACE), owned and operated by Rural Arts Collaborative. The firehouse[Read More…]
Federal Funding for Flood Fixes Foresees Resilient Future
Vermont communities will be able to tap into a new pot of federal funding this summer to fix water systems damaged by flooding and make them more resilient for the future. The state has awarded Vermont Bond Bank $6.8 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding to run the Small System[Read More…]
Jeudevine Memorial Library Construction Set for Fall Finish
HARDWICK — It’s been a year since Hardwick’s Jeudevine Memorial Library hired a company to oversee construction of a long-planned expansion to the 1896 red sandstone building. Construction management business ReArch has been handling the project since then, and the $3.3 million effort is set to culminate in the fall[Read More…]
Snug Valley Farm Pilots Virtual Fencing Technology
HARDWICK – Fence posts and spools of wire are being swapped for cell phone apps and electric collars on several Vermont farms this summer as farmers pilot virtual fencing technology to manage herds of livestock. Using technology called Nofence, farmers can create virtual fence lines using a cell phone app,[Read More…]
