BURLINGTON – On Friday, July 14, President Joseph Biden declared a Major Disaster for the state of Vermont as a result of severe storms and flooding occurring on July 7, and continuing. Vermont homeowners and renters affected by the recent flooding who live in counties that have recently been designated[Read More…]
Hardwick
Infrastructure Widely Impacted by Flooding Pairs with Historical Ties
by Tyler Molleur HARDWICK – Freda Hollyer and her husband Perry reflected on the flooding events of July 10, which took the Inn by the River, formerly known as the Village Motel, down the Lamoille in pieces. The night’s catastrophic flooding event hasn’t been seen in that area in over[Read More…]
Select Board Approves Contract to Keep Momentum on Pedestrian Bridge Project
by Gazette Staff HARDWICK – At a special meeting at 8:30 a.m., on July 5, the Hardwick Select Board met to consider accepting a proposal from S.W. Cole Engineering, Inc. to conduct boring and soil sampling for the abutments for the pedestrian bridge. The meeting started with discussion about the[Read More…]
Rail Trail Shows Initial Benefits for Town Businesses
by Francesca Kitch HARDWICK – The Lamoille Valley Rail Trail is a 93-mile stretch of asphalt and gravel trail that extends from St. Johnsbury to Swanton. Two months ago, the section of trail that runs through Hardwick was completed and, as the town looks forward to its official opening this[Read More…]
Flooding Causes Major Damage in Hardwick Area
by Gazette Staff HARDWICK – A powerful storm that dropped over eight inches of rain in some areas of Vermont caused heavy flooding that damaged roads and buildings in Hardwick and surrounding towns. The Lamoille River reached levels that surpassed those immediately after Tropical Storm Irene in 2011. Hazen Union[Read More…]
Towns Isolated As Raging Water Sets Unprecedented Records
by Tyler Molleur, Community Journalist HARDWICK – Travel back in time… 2011, 1995, 1973. The hills of north-central Vermont have seen their share of floods and flash floods, but the sheer expanse and intensity of this week’s flash flooding pulled elements of all three of these events back into focus.[Read More…]
Community Dinner Strengthens Hardwick After Flood
HARDWICK – by Elizabeth Dow, Community Journalist HARDWICK – In an attempt to inform and strengthen the Hardwick community after the disastrous flood of July 10, Town Manager David Upson, The Civic Standard, and the American Legion provided a combination select board meeting and community dinner at the American Legion[Read More…]
Vermont American Legion Elects Cloutier as Department Commander
MONTPELIER – The American Legion Department of Vermont convened its annual department convention on June 23 and 24, at Double Tree Hotel, Burlington. Mark Cloutier, Post 7 in Hardwick, was elected department commander. Other officers elected and installed to lead the organizations for the year 2023-2024 were Joseph Zickmund, Barre[Read More…]
Dave Morse’s Life and Legacy Shared in New Book
by Jim Flint HARDWICK ̶ During his over-three decades as a Vermont sportswriter, Dave Morse was a consummate story teller. Thousands of Vermonters read his articles in the Barre-Montpelier Times Argus, Rutland Herald, and Hardwick Gazette. Tucked away in scrapbooks and shoe boxes, news clippings authored by Morse chronicle the[Read More…]
Matthew Califano Named 2023 Coolidge Scholar
Lisa Stinson, Community Journalist HARDWICK – Orleans Southwest Supervisory Union announce that Craftsbury Academy rising senior Matthew Califano was recently named a 2023 Coolidge Scholar by the Coolidge Foundation. Califano was one of five scholars selected by the Foundation out of a pool of 4,100 to receive a full academic[Read More…]
Gazette Welcomes Intern Francesca Kitch
HARDWICK – The Gazette is pleased to welcome our summer intern, Francesca Kitch, who will be reporting for the paper through the middle of August. Francesca is from Belmont, Mass. She is a rising sophomore at Williams College and is currently on the pre-med track, while also studying statistics and[Read More…]
Students Dive Deep into Experiential Learning During June Term
by Lisa Stinson, Community Journalist HARDWICK – For two weeks in June during June Term (or J-Term), Hazen Union students immersed themselves in learning in some unexpected ways. It was a chance for students to explore a new subject, or dive deeper into a subject that piqued their interest. Seminars[Read More…]
