HARDWICK — The 1876 Hardwick Inn, painted in yellow with white trim and prominently located at the 90-degree bend in Route 15 turning from Main Street to Mill Street, is both the most recognizable and largest building in Hardwick’s central downtown. The historic property was sold on March 8 by[Read More…]
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Mending Circle Meets Sundays
HARDWICK – A mending circle will meet to fix clothing at The Civic Standard on every third Sunday at 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. The next circle will meet Sunday, April 21. A crew of newbies and experts meet at The Civic Standard to connect with friends old and new[Read More…]
Mannings Blend Family, Become Abenaki Citizens
HARDWICK – Love, family and tradition are three words that seem to characterize everyday people, Dale and Joanne Manning of Hardwick. Sitting around their dining room table, looking through their wedding album, pictures of their children and sharing their journey to become Citizens of the Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk[Read More…]
Natural Resources Inventory Report March 23 Cancelled Due to Weather
by Norma Wiesen, Community Journalist HARDWICK – The Hardwick Conservation Commission will announce a date for the rescheduled event as soon as it is available. Matt Peters will give a report on Hardwick’s first Natural Resources Inventory (NRI) on Saturday, March 23, at 2 p.m. in the Memorial Building. The Hardwick[Read More…]
Select Board Organizes, Makes Appointments
HARDWICK – Hardwick’s Select Board chose officers, set a meeting schedule and made appointments to a roster of town positions, ranging from Emergency Management Coordinator to Rail Trail representative, at its March 7 regular meeting. Eric Remick will remain as chair and Ceilidh Galloway-Kane as vice chair. Next up, a[Read More…]
Hardwick Electric 1.97% Rate Increase Effective March 7
HARDWICK – Vermont’s Public Utility Commission (PUC) allowed a 1.97% Hardwick Electric Department (HED) rate increase to go into effect on March 7. In the PUC order, dated February 26, it is noted that, “The Commission has reviewed Hardwick Electric’s filing and is satisfied with the supporting information provided.” Vermont’s[Read More…]
Barre Saves the Best for Last: Lady Cats Capture First Title Since ‘91
BARRE – Hazen Union girls’ basketball team leaned on a second half for the ages from their senior point guard to knockoff two-time defending champion Windsor and capture the Vermont Division III State Championship in the last Vermont high school basketball game of the season, the. Caitlyn Davison capped off[Read More…]
Delaricheliere and Lady Cats Clean Up
by Paul Fixx HARDWICK – Hazen Union students were called to the gym at 2 p.m. on Monday afternoon, March 11, for a pair of ceremonies recognizing outstanding contributions to the school and wider community. Tod Delaricheliere was recognized with a 2024 Hardwick Humanitarian Award. Sherry Lussier, presented the award[Read More…]
Talk of Taxes Takes Tons of Town Time
HARDWICK — The annual meeting at Hardwick’s Elementary School drew a somewhat smaller crowd than in recent years according to Moderator Orise Ainsworth. The meeting got off to a smooth start until it came time to consider approving the proposed 2024-25 budget of $4,018,083. A 7.55% increase over the 2023-24[Read More…]
Ghosts, High Cost of Living, Rising School Budgets Bring Out Voters
HARDWICK — Hardwick residents, voting by Australian ballot at the Hardwick Elementary School on Town Meeting Day, said they had a compulsion to vote for a variety of reasons: fulfilling their civic duty, fighting tax increases, and, for some, avoiding ghosts. “I’m voting because if I didn’t, my father would[Read More…]
Local Voters Weigh In on Schools, Appropriations
by Gazette Staff Mountainview Union Voters Advise Lakeview Remains Open HARDWICK — Shari Cornish was reelected to the Hardwick Select Board for a 3-year term, with Eric Remick and Timothy Ricciardello winning one-year terms. Sabrina Morrison was elected to a three-year term as Hazen Union School Director. In Hazen Union[Read More…]
Pollinator Protection Efforts May Soon Bear Fruit
by Paul Fixx HARDWICK – As Greensboro gets ready to consider a Town Meeting Day article 14, proposed by Jane Hoffman, declaring itself a “pollinator-friendly” community and the Vermont Legislature considers H.706, a bill banning neonicotinoid use in Vermont, local activist Emily Lanxner and Rep. Chip Troiano may be seeing[Read More…]
