RurHARDWICK – Amid problems at the 9 South Main Street building owned by Lamoille Housing Partnership (LHP), a letter jointly signed by the executives directors of LHP, St. Johnsbury’s RuralEdge and Barre’s Downstreet Housing & Community Development advised residents, commercial tenants and the community at-large of a change in the[Read More…]
Hardwick
Pies for People Bakes for Thanksgiving
HARDWICK – By Thanksgiving morning, the annual Pies for People project based in Hardwick will have supplied over 300 pumpkin and fruit pies for holiday tables in Hardwick, Craftsbury, Albany, Barton and surrounding towns. This year Pies for People will go back to its roots from before the project even[Read More…]
Electric Department to Bring on New General Manager
HARDWICK – Electric Department Commissioners appointed Sarah Braese to fill the role of general manager for the rural electric utility at the November 19 regular meeting. She will begin on January 6, 2025. Braese was also appointed as the utility’s representative to her current employer Vermont Public Power Supply Authority[Read More…]
Front Seat Makers Market
Women Lose Seats, Dems Lose More
HARDWICK AREA – Women took a hit in the election earlier this month, but representation by Democrats dropped even more. While party representation has moved toward parity, representation by women has moved away from it in a significant way. The contingent of area women in the legislature will fall from[Read More…]
Hardwick Area Food Pantry
School Budget Meetings Planned
HARDWICK – Budget decisions for the next school year will be made at regular monthly meetings of the Mountain View Union Elementary School District in December, January and February. Decisions about the allocation of resources affecting the education of children in the district will be made during budget deliberations at[Read More…]
Harple to Prioritize Rural Needs, Education
GLOVER – Leanne Harple of Glover, mother, teacher and traveled Vermonter, became one of only two democrats elected to the Vermont House of Representatives from the Northeast Kingdom on November 5. She’ll take her seat representing Albany, Craftsbury, Glover and Greensboro for the Orleans-4 House District in January. Harple says[Read More…]
One-Vehicle in Ditch, Tree Down Following Accident
HARDWICK – On November 15, at 6:15 p.m., Hardwick Fire Department was toned for a one-car motor vehicle accident on Vt. 15 E. near the Walden town line. Engine 2 responded to the scene along with Hardwick Rescue and the Hardwick Police Department. On arrival the vehicle was found on[Read More…]