Grateful for Community, State Police HARDWICK – Aubrey St. Louis recently commented on the Vermont State Police having closed the investigation into her husband, Gunnar Watson’s fatal shooting in Wheelock October 16, 2023. St. Louis, who owns The Rehair Shop at 28 Mill Street in Hardwick, said she is grateful[Read More…]
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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…]
Hardwick Farmers Market Moves to Hazen Today
In a Friday morning email, the Center for and Agricultural Economy wrote, ”It’s a heartbreaking day in Vermont, please be gentle with yourself and others today. If you travel, please [be) safe out there and take extra precautions. With high water levels in many parts of the state this morning, please[Read More…]
Celebrating the Fourth of July
Recipe For Human Connection Teaches More than Cooking
HARDWICK — Recipe For Human Connection (RFHC) students at Hazen Union School had the opportunity to gain experience beyond learning to cook together this year. The class is designed to center creativity, collaboration and community-building through the lens of food. This year’s RFHC students prepared and served over 1000 meals[Read More…]
Construction Project Begins on Church Street
HARDWICK — Lamoille Housing Partnership (LHP) begins a month-long construction project at its Church Street Apartments property located on Church Street. Situated in downtown Hardwick’s village historic district, Church Street Apartments is on the National Register of Historic Places and dates back to Hardwick’s granite quarrying heyday in the 1800s.[Read More…]
Lamoille Community House Celebrates Grand Opening
HYDE PARK – The grand opening of Lamoille Community House (LCH) brought community partners together to celebrate the facility’s completion with a ribbon cutting program and tour on Friday, June 28. The county’s first year-round homeless shelter was set to open in Hyde Park on July 1. Lamoille Housing Partnership[Read More…]
Equity Committee Meeting Canceled
HARDWICK – The Hardwick Equity Committee meeting scheduled for July 8 in the Public Safety Building was canceled. Committee Chair Ceilidih Galloway-Kane said they did not have a quorum. A quorum is the minimum number of members in a group necessary to proceed with a meeting. The Gazette has not[Read More…]
On Flood Anniversary, Beryl Barrels Down
VERMONT – On July 10 last year, heavy rains that had begun the night before unleashed catastrophic floods across Vermont. This Wednesday, exactly a year later, torrential downpours may once again threaten the state with flooding, according to a forecast issued Monday by the National Weather Service. The culprit? The collision of[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…]
Atkins Field Meal Builds Community
HARDWICK — Volunteers and members of the Center for an Agricultural Economy (CAE) hosted community meals at Atkins Field on Monday, June 24, and the following week, on July 1. Behind the grill on June 24, Reeve Basom and CAE intern Finn Atwood were kept hard at work grilling and[Read More…]
Greensboro Association Shares Caspian Lake Protection Needs
HARDWICK — Co-chair of the Greensboro Association (GA) Lakes and Environmental Stewardship Committee, Stew Arnold attended the Hardwick Electric Department (HED) Board of Commissioners meeting on June 17 to make public comments about ensuring effective communication continues between HED and the GA while HED is in its transition between permanent[Read More…]
