Marshfield
Vermont Conversation: Peace Activist Jules Rabin
MARSHFIELD – Jules Rabin talks about his century of raising hell and raising bread, “One can’t look the other way when something dreadful is going on,” Rabin said. Even if you don’t know Jules Rabin, there’s a good chance that you have seen him protesting or read one of his[Read More…]
Sunday Crowd Debates Library Budget
MARSHFIELD – Marshfield held an open town meeting on Sunday afternoon. The turnout was higher than last year (150 vs. 120 last year). Richard Baker did not run for another term on the select board and Christopher Whalen was elected for the three-year term. Since it was the first time[Read More…]
Marshfield to Hold Sunday In-person Voting
MARSHFIELD – In the wake of recent slips in voter turnout, Marshfield decided last year to move its annual in-person meeting to Sunday, March 3, two days before Town Meeting Day. And with that date fast approaching, locals and town officials alike wonder whether it will help. Town Meeting Day[Read More…]
Marshfield Town Meeting Stories Feature Brimblecombe
by Gazette Staff MARSHFIELD – VT Digger stories in the past two weeks featured quotes from Marshfield’s Town Clerk Bobbi Brimblecombe. They reported that the town is going to try an experiment, holding their town meeting on Sunday, March 3, “to see if we can get more participation,” said Brimblecombe.[Read More…]
Owners of Blackbird Organics Purchase Farm in Marshfield
MARSHFIELD — After five years of farming on leased land, Elise Magnant and Kagen Dewey became first-time farm owners when they bought 78 acres of open and wooded land on Maple Hill Road in Marshfield, the Vermont Land Trust (VLT) announced today. Dewey and Magnant run Blackbird Organics and produce[Read More…]
Floods Reshape Local Athletic Landscape
by Ken Brown MARSHFIELD – Starting as soon as this fall, some of Twinfield-Cabot’s athletic programs will begin to unify with Danville to create a long-term cooperative or member to member agreement after historic floods completely destroyed the varsity soccer fields at both Cabot and Twinfield last month. Act 46[Read More…]
It Isn’t Over Yet: July 2023 Flooding a Year Later
HARDWICK, ADAMANT, CABOT, CALAIS, CRAFTSBURY, GREENSBORO, GREENSBORO BEND, MARSHFIELD, PLAINFIELD, STANNARD, WALDEN, WOLCOTT, WOODBURY — One year after a rainstorm dumped unprecedented amounts of rain on the Hardwick area, leading to devastating floods, towns are still dealing with the aftermath. The event began on July 10, 2023, as the Lamoille[Read More…]
Regional Day Celebrates Local 4-H Talent
Lyndonville – April 8 was an action-packed day for 4-H’ers from 16 clubs in Caledonia, Essex, Lamoille and Orleans Counties as they gathered in Lyndonville for the 2023 Northeast Regional 4-H Spring Showcase. This annual showcase of 4-H talent was held at the Lyndon Town School. A total of 68[Read More…]
Area Flooding Update
HARDWICK — Daylight, Thursday morning, July 11 revealed flooding and road closures in the area. Today’s forecast for scattered showers suggests caution if one must travel, Hardwick’s Thursday, July 11 morning update at 4:50 a.m. reports, “The Lamoille River near Cooper Brook has risen beyond its banks. The low lying[Read More…]
