HARDWICK – Twelve people used AWARE services between April 5 and April 12. The AWARE 24-hour hotline is 802-472-6463. A non-profit established in 1984, AWARE serves Hardwick and the greater Hardwick area in preventing and healing the trauma of domestic and sexual violence. AWARE provides help during immediate crises, as[Read More…]
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Hardwick Police Department Media Log
HARDWICK – April 5: Medical, Bridgman Hill Road; VIN verification, Craftsbury Road; DLS, Vt. Route 14; Suspicious Event, Prospect St.; Transport, High St. April 6: Directed Patrol, S. Main St.; Directed Patrol, Hazen Union Drive: Assist – Motorist, Vt. Route 15: Traffic Stop, Vt. Route 15. April 7: Traffic Stop, Wolcott[Read More…]
Radar speed sign, LVRT trailhead to come
EAST HARDWICK – The East Hardwick Neighborhood (EHNO) organization announced Friday that it has reached its fundraising goal for the purchase of a radar speed sign. “Your overwhelming support for our radar speed sign campaign has been truly inspiring,” they wrote in email and Front Porch Forum (FPF) announcements. The[Read More…]
CAE Food Hub celebrates one year
HARDWICK – The food hub, established by the nonprofit Center For an Agricultural Economy (CAE), is celebrating its first year of operations this spring. Located at the Yellow Barn complex, the new building allows Farm Connex, a local food logistics and transportation partner, to operate out of a space more[Read More…]
Construction in downtown Hardwick
Voters turn down Mountain View, Wolcott school budgets a second time
HARDWICK, WOLCOTT – The second round of school budget votes failed today in both the Mountain View Union and Wolcott School Districts. Both school boards submitted the same budget that had been submitted on Town Meeting Day, saying a state buy down would lower tax rates, but voters rejected that.[Read More…]
Special town meeting could threaten future of democracy
To the editor: The Hardwick Select Board has been forced to hold a special town meeting to vote on two petitions that could threaten the future of democracy in Hardwick. The first petition speaks for itself and asks that all items be voted on via Australian ballot at future town[Read More…]
People before profits, greed
To the editor: On Sunday, over sixty people turned out on a rainy evening to see gubernatorial candidate Amanda Janoo speak at Front Seat Coffee. Her message of hope and transformation was a ray of sunshine in the gloomy weather. A seasoned economist who has worked for the U.N., Amanda[Read More…]
Democracy is currently being dismantled
To the editor: Life can feel disorienting these days. The news is lurching from one emergency to another, while our day-to-day lives go on. So it can be useful to look at the big picture. The Varieties of Democracy Institute (V-Dem) is an organization that specializes in the big picture.[Read More…]
The power to reverse this nightmare
To the editor: March 28, “No King’s Day,” brought thousands of Vermonters together in protest of the Trump administration’s cruel and authoritarian regime. In Morrisville alone, hundreds of people came to make their voices heard. Lamoille Valley Visibility Brigade continues to rally and organize and we invite you to join us. Our[Read More…]
Fundraising for bells and chimes
To the editor: A couple of weeks ago, Raymonda Parchment wrote a wonderful article on the St. Norbert’s Community Handbell Choir. I am a 15-year member of the bell choir and enjoy playing. In the article, Raymonda stated that the bells and chimes will be headed to Pennsylvania for repairs[Read More…]
Library celebrates Poetry Month
HARDWICK – I have written previously of the variety of events that have been held in the Parker Ladd Community Room since it first opened last year. This month yet another first will take place there: the “All Acoustic Anything Goes Poetry Slam,” hosted by Vermont’s reigning Slam Master Geof[Read More…]
