HARDWICK – The Mountain View Union (MVU) Elementary School District Australian ballot vote on articles 5 and 6, town meeting day, March 4 resulted in the $8,973,600.32 budget passing with 353 votes in favor to 259 votes against, out of 612 votes cast. MVU estimated the proposed budget will result[Read More…]
Hardwick
Schoop Charged with Embezzlement
HARDWICK – Representatives of three nonprofit organizations provided brief updates this week, after last week filing police reports about Wolcott resident Laurel Schoop and placing liens on property she owns. Schoop is alleged to have embezzled funds during her time as bookkeeper for NEKarts, the Hardwick Downtown Partnership (HDP) and[Read More…]
Civil Discussion Marks Uneventful Meeting
HARDWICK – Town meeting began promptly at 10 a.m. as Orise Ainsworth was reelected moderator for the final time, later announcing her retirement to enthusiastic applause for her service over many years. In Australian balloting tabulated in the evening, Tim Riccardiello was reelected to the select board for a three-year[Read More…]
Fire on Mini Mart Drive
EAST HARDWICK – On February 25, at 4:27 p.m., the Hardwick Fire Department was toned for a structure fire at Mini Mart Drive in East Hardwick. Engine 1, Engine 2 and Tanker 1 responded. All equipment was back in the station by 7 p.m. Mutual aid dependents responded to assist[Read More…]
Regional 4-H Dairy Quiz Bowl Held in Lyndonville
LYNDONVILLE – Lyndon Town School in Lyndonville served as the site for the 2025 Northeast Region 4-H Dairy Quiz Bowl, which attracted 28 participants, ages 5 to 18. 4-H dairy members from clubs in Caledonia, Essex, Lamoille and Orleans Counties were eligible to participate in the February 22 event, which[Read More…]
Riverside Cycles
Effective Immediately: Gutting Small Town America
HARDWICK — Richard Amore is just one of the many federal workers affected by the recent flurry of executive orders coming out of Washington, D.C. Formerly the head of economic development at United States Agriculture Department (USDA), Amore’s position was swiftly terminated on a Friday evening, via email. Effective immediately.[Read More…]
Popsicle Stick Bird Houses
MVU Ballot Error Raises Questions about Results
HARDWICK – An apparent error on the printed ballot for the budget article shows increased per pupil spending of $15,582.40 that will result if the budget passes, with the ambiguous notation “higher/lower than the per pupil education spending for the current year.” The warning indicates only “higher.” It’s unclear what[Read More…]
New White House Policies Disrupt Vermont’s Workforce
VERMONT – From layoffs at federal agency offices, furloughs at private contractors and international volunteer callbacks, Trump administration action is hitting Vermonters in waves. Just hours after Brooke Rollins was sworn in as secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C., Feb. 13, in Vermont, Richard Amore received[Read More…]
Hazen Union Winter Carnival
Heartbeet Lifesharing Receives Community Development Block Grant
MONTPELIER – Governor Phil Scott and the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) announced $4,764,010 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding to benefit 15 projects in 14 communities, February 13. A town of Hardwick subgrant to Heartbeet Lifesharing will employ at least three new full-time staff who were[Read More…]
