HARDWICK – Vermont’s Public Utility Commission (PUC) allowed a 1.97% Hardwick Electric Department (HED) rate increase to go into effect on March 7. In the PUC order, dated February 26, it is noted that, “The Commission has reviewed Hardwick Electric’s filing and is satisfied with the supporting information provided.” Vermont’s[Read More…]
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Barre Saves the Best for Last: Lady Cats Capture First Title Since ‘91
BARRE – Hazen Union girls’ basketball team leaned on a second half for the ages from their senior point guard to knockoff two-time defending champion Windsor and capture the Vermont Division III State Championship in the last Vermont high school basketball game of the season, the. Caitlyn Davison capped off[Read More…]
Delaricheliere and Lady Cats Clean Up
by Paul Fixx HARDWICK – Hazen Union students were called to the gym at 2 p.m. on Monday afternoon, March 11, for a pair of ceremonies recognizing outstanding contributions to the school and wider community. Tod Delaricheliere was recognized with a 2024 Hardwick Humanitarian Award. Sherry Lussier, presented the award[Read More…]
Talk of Taxes Takes Tons of Town Time
HARDWICK — The annual meeting at Hardwick’s Elementary School drew a somewhat smaller crowd than in recent years according to Moderator Orise Ainsworth. The meeting got off to a smooth start until it came time to consider approving the proposed 2024-25 budget of $4,018,083. A 7.55% increase over the 2023-24[Read More…]
Ghosts, High Cost of Living, Rising School Budgets Bring Out Voters
HARDWICK — Hardwick residents, voting by Australian ballot at the Hardwick Elementary School on Town Meeting Day, said they had a compulsion to vote for a variety of reasons: fulfilling their civic duty, fighting tax increases, and, for some, avoiding ghosts. “I’m voting because if I didn’t, my father would[Read More…]
Local Voters Weigh In on Schools, Appropriations
by Gazette Staff Mountainview Union Voters Advise Lakeview Remains Open HARDWICK — Shari Cornish was reelected to the Hardwick Select Board for a 3-year term, with Eric Remick and Timothy Ricciardello winning one-year terms. Sabrina Morrison was elected to a three-year term as Hazen Union School Director. In Hazen Union[Read More…]
Pollinator Protection Efforts May Soon Bear Fruit
by Paul Fixx HARDWICK – As Greensboro gets ready to consider a Town Meeting Day article 14, proposed by Jane Hoffman, declaring itself a “pollinator-friendly” community and the Vermont Legislature considers H.706, a bill banning neonicotinoid use in Vermont, local activist Emily Lanxner and Rep. Chip Troiano may be seeing[Read More…]
Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District GM to Depart
Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District (CVSWMD) General Manager, Dan Casey, has informed the organization’s Board of Supervisors that he will leave his post on March 6 for personal family reasons. Casey, who was previously the long-time director at the Barre Opera House, took the helm at the District in[Read More…]
Wolcott Hydro Could be Online Again by June
HARDWICK – At the Hardwick Select Board’s regular meeting on February 15, Town Manager David Upson shared that the flood buyout of the property at 209 School St. in East Hardwick will be finalized. Others should follow soon. The grant covers all costs associated with the acquisition, demolition, and cleanup[Read More…]
Census of Agriculture Captures Changes in Vermont
by Dr. Vern Grubinger, University of Vermont BURLINGTON – The first Census of Agriculture was conducted in 1840, when Vermont produced 3.7 million pounds of wool from 1.7 million sheep, and just $1.4 million of milk. Since then, data collected at regular intervals has documented ongoing, often dramatic, changes in[Read More…]
Jerome, Welles are Trivia Winners
by Elizabeth H. Dow, Community Journalist HARDWICK – Matt Jerome and Kim Hartling Welles won the grand prizes in the Hardwick Historical Society’s (HHS) game of Halftime Trivia on Senior Night, February 16, at Hazen Union. Each prize consisted of a $25 gift certificate from either the Galaxy Bookshop or[Read More…]
