Hardwick
Oil Spill at 9 South Main St. Causes Evacuation, Retail Shutdown
HARDWICK – Patrons arriving at 9 South Main Street looking for walk-in appointments with NIkki the Barber early last week encountered a locked door and a bright red sign from the Vermont Division of Fire Safety marked “Stop Work Order, No Entry.” signed by Assistant State Fire Marshall Shawn Goodell.[Read More…]
Alumni Voters Affirm Bell Move to Hazen 3-2
HARDWICK – A committee of four disinterested Hardwickians gathered at the Memorial Building on Friday, November 22, to count votes for the Hardwick Academy/Hazen Union Alumni Association’s (HA/HUAA) poll asking whether to move the old Hardwick Academy bell to the bell tower at Hazen Union School or leave it in[Read More…]
Braese Named to Lead Hardwick Electric
HARDWICK – Sarah Elise Braese has been appointed by the board of commissioners of the Hardwick Electric Department to be the next general manager of the Town of Hardwick Electric Department (HED). She comes to HED following her work as assistant general manager with the Vermont Public Power Supply Authority[Read More…]
Draft Budget Shows 12% Increase After 8% Revenue Gain
HARDWICK – The select board reviewed line items in the draft town budget, with revenue showing an increase of 8%, costs up 12%, at their regular meeting Thursday, Nov. 11. In other business, the board heard from the new state representative, departments offered updates with news from Hardwick Electric and[Read More…]
RuralEdge to Manage Hardwick LHP Properties
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…]
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…]
