While I spend most of my time looking for local news, it’s impossible to ignore national events and their effect on local Vermonters. The importance of paying attention to all of it was nowhere more evident than this past Friday at Hardwick’s Peace Park where roughly 50 people stood in[Read More…]
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Library serves community in many ways
HARDWICK – Our shortest month of the year will be a busy one at the Jeudevine. The event calendar features a variety of presentations, ranging from author discussions to income tax seminars. As I have noted before, a library serves its community in so many different ways. This week, on[Read More…]
Local Option Tax: weighing the option
Voters at Hardwick’s town meeting will be asked to decide on Article 6, a 1% local option tax on meals, alcohol and rooms. So far, I have seen very little information about this tax or why we should vote one way or the other. I am sharing my own research[Read More…]
School board spending questioned
HARDWICK – After receiving the information I requested from the superintendent, Mountainview Elementary School District Board, director of operations and the director of finance, I thought I would share what everyone should know. Sorry for the length but it’s worth reading, in my opinion.Woodbury Elementary [School] is projected to serve[Read More…]
Planning for emergencies in Hardwick
HARDWICK – Hardwick is in the process of updating its Local Emergency Management Plan, known locally as The Hardwick Plan. It is updated regularly, typically each year, to reflect changing conditions, lessons learned and local capacity. It serves as the town’s working framework for emergencies and outlines how preparation, response,[Read More…]
100 Years ago in The Hardwick Gazette
Thursday, February 4, 1926 O.W.L. Hike O-w-l spells owl, but that is not exactly what the above letters signify. However, it is the name of the club at the Academy, or composed of students at the Academy, which held a very successful and well-attended hike last Saturday afternoon. The route[Read More…]
Efficiency rebates available for HED customers
WINOOSKI – Efficiency Vermont’s 2026 rebates include Hardwick Electric customers. Bonus rebates include: an extra $200 toward a qualifying appliance (clothes washer/dryers, fridges, heat pump, water heaters, etc.; an additional $800 back on a new heat pump system (this is for income-eligible households and is on top of the standard $200 income bonus from VPPSA utilities,[Read More…]
Skein and Sketch at the library, Feb. 9
HARDWICK – Bring knitting, embroidery, carving, drawing, felting, beading, painting, crocheting, spinning, quilting or other handwork to the Jeudevine Memorial Library, Monday, Feb. 9, from 6 to 8 p.m. for Skein and Sketch, meeting in the teen area of the library, where there is seating and tables to work on.[Read More…]
Community-building projects, Feb. 12
HARDWICK – Thursday, Feb. 12, at 6 p.m., Shawna Trader will present “Facing A Flooded World: Why Relationship is the Sweetest Way,” at the Jeudevine Memorial Library. Central Vermont endured flooding in 2023 and 2024. This presentation will explore several examples of community-building projects that are proving to be pathways towards[Read More…]
Select board candidate forum, Feb. 21
HARDWICK – A forum for the community to hear from the eight Hardwick Select Board candidates running for one three-year and two one-year seats will be held in the Jeudevine Memorial Library, Parker Ladd Community Room, Main St., Saturday, Feb, 21, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Candidates who submitted petitions[Read More…]
Hazen boys roll past Vikings and Wolves
LYNDON CENTER – Lincoln Hill continued to have the hot hand from long distance last week to lead the Hazen Union boys basketball team in decisive wins over Lyndon Institute and Peoples Academy (PA). Hill rained down 20 points, including five three-pointers on the Vikings last Tuesday as Hazen rolled[Read More…]
Essential Services Complex plans unveiled
HARDWICK – During an evening meeting last Wednesday, Jan. 21, town officials and an architect laid out problems with the buildings occupied by three of Hardwick’s essential services and plans for a new campus to accommodate them, said Town Manager David “Opie” Upson. The Creamery Road property where the town[Read More…]
