HARDWICK – Late last week, the Hardwick Academy/Hazen Union Alumni Association mailed out ballots to all Hardwick Academy alumni for a vote to determine the future of the Academy’s Meneely bell. The bell has been in Memorial Park for nearly 50 years now. There has been much interest to move[Read More…]
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40th Annual Fall Foliage Craft Fair
Library Receives Grant to Complete Addition
HARDWICK – Jeudevine Library trustees and staff learned Monday that the library is the recipient of a long hoped for $725,000 grant from the Vermont Department of Libraries (DOL). The grant will allow the library to complete work on the addition’s interior and connect the two buildings. “I am so[Read More…]
Yellow Barn Ribbon Cutting
Auditor Questions Legality of $1M Yellow Barn Grant
MONTPELIER – Vermont allocated more than $50 million in federal Covid-19 stimulus money without properly conducting due diligence on the businesses and nonprofits who received that funding, the state auditor said in a new report. The 83-page report, dated Sept. 27, raised concerns about two federally funded grants administered by Vermont’s[Read More…]
Walgreens Closure Complicates Prescription Access
HARDWICK – Area Walgreens customers face a future without easy access to prescriptions and other pharmacy staples with the store’s permanent closing on Monday, Sept. 30. Walgreens advised customers their prescription records were transferred to the Walgreens in Lyndonville, but it is not necessary to contact that store according to[Read More…]
Mosquito-Borne Diseases Possible Until First Hard Frost
HARDWICK – In Vermont, mosquitoes may be carrying viruses that cause diseases like West Nile virus (WNV) or Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE). Mosquito season begins in spring, but the risk for disease is highest in the summer months. The risk is lower when temperatures are below 60 degrees and mosquitoes[Read More…]
House and Senate Candidates Established for General Election, Nov. 5
HARDWICK AREA – Local election contests for Vermont House and Senate races appearing on ballots November 5 in the eleven towns covered by The Gazette include the Caledonia District Senate race to represent Hardwick, Stannard and Walden, where Democrat Amanda Cochrane is running against GOP Rep. Scott Beck for the[Read More…]
Flooding, Water, Sewer Float to Top of Select Board Agenda
HARDWICK – A deluge of flood response activities floated up at the September 19 select board meeting where the town’s energy use, Hardwick Electric, bike lanes, the future of Jackson Dam, the Jeudevine Library and water and sewer rates all got attention too. The meeting kicked off with Town Manager[Read More…]
Hardwick Farmers Market Harvest Festival
Hardwick Yellow Barn Project Nears Completion
HARDWICK – On September 14, Cabot Creamery held a grand opening for its new retail store in the historic and newly-renovated barn just off Route 15 and the Lamoille Valley Rail Trail. The store is just one part of the $8.3 million project. “Yellow Barn 2.0” involved both rehabilitating the[Read More…]
Community Members Discuss Flood Follow-up Activities, Hardwick’s Future
HARDWICK – Neighbor to Neighbor (HNtN) presented a forum in the Hazen Union School cafeteria where roughly 50 community members, town officials and emergency response representatives met Monday, Sept. 16, to hear about the town’s flood response efforts and discuss proactive ways to support one another during emergencies. The invitation[Read More…]
