While I spend most of my time looking for local news, it’s impossible to ignore national events and their effect on local Vermonters. The importance of paying attention to all of it was nowhere more evident than this past Friday at Hardwick’s Peace Park where roughly 50 people stood in[Read More…]
News
Ranks up there with the stupidest
EAST MONTPELIER – The week just passed in Minneapolis, Minn., has been one of the most watched in perhaps all of American history. Aware that massive protests against the invasion of ICE were likely to occur, every news organization that could afford plane tickets for a film crew sent whatever[Read More…]
Library serves community in many ways
HARDWICK – Our shortest month of the year will be a busy one at the Jeudevine. The event calendar features a variety of presentations, ranging from author discussions to income tax seminars. As I have noted before, a library serves its community in so many different ways. This week, on[Read More…]
Two weeks have been busy
MONTPELIER – The past two weeks have been busy. New bills are introduced daily on a myriad of topics. To date, the House of Representatives have voted on and passed 13 bills. These are now onto the Senate. The education committee seems to be inundated with bills addressing education reform[Read More…]
Local Option Tax: weighing the option
Voters at Hardwick’s town meeting will be asked to decide on Article 6, a 1% local option tax on meals, alcohol and rooms. So far, I have seen very little information about this tax or why we should vote one way or the other. I am sharing my own research[Read More…]
School board spending questioned
HARDWICK – After receiving the information I requested from the superintendent, Mountainview Elementary School District Board, director of operations and the director of finance, I thought I would share what everyone should know. Sorry for the length but it’s worth reading, in my opinion.Woodbury Elementary [School] is projected to serve[Read More…]
Planning for emergencies in Hardwick
HARDWICK – Hardwick is in the process of updating its Local Emergency Management Plan, known locally as The Hardwick Plan. It is updated regularly, typically each year, to reflect changing conditions, lessons learned and local capacity. It serves as the town’s working framework for emergencies and outlines how preparation, response,[Read More…]
Walter P. Slayton (1831–1903)
Walter P. Slayton was born on July 1, 1831, in Calais, the son of Capt. Jera Slayton and Betsey (Kendall) Slayton. At the time of his birth, his father was twenty-seven years old and his mother twenty-six. Walter was born on the Slayton homestead — land first settled by his[Read More…]
100 Years ago in The Hardwick Gazette
Thursday, February 4, 1926 O.W.L. Hike O-w-l spells owl, but that is not exactly what the above letters signify. However, it is the name of the club at the Academy, or composed of students at the Academy, which held a very successful and well-attended hike last Saturday afternoon. The route[Read More…]
Free tax preparation
NORTHEAST KINGDOM – AARP Foundation Tax-Aide is open for appointments through April 15. Area AARP Tax Aide sites are in Derby, Greensboro, Hardwick, Danville, West Burke, Derby and Sterling View in Hyde Park. There are also sites in other Vermont towns. AARP counselors are IRS-Certified and can prepare Federal and[Read More…]
Vermont Electric Co-op seeks candidates for board of directors
JOHNSON – Vermont Electric Co-op (VEC) is seeking candidates for the three board of directors’ seats that are up for election this year. VEC’s 12 board members represent towns across the co-op’s service territory and serve four-year terms. Directors receive a stipend and mileage reimbursement for attending monthly committee and board[Read More…]
Efficiency rebates available for HED customers
WINOOSKI – Efficiency Vermont’s 2026 rebates include Hardwick Electric customers. Bonus rebates include: an extra $200 toward a qualifying appliance (clothes washer/dryers, fridges, heat pump, water heaters, etc.; an additional $800 back on a new heat pump system (this is for income-eligible households and is on top of the standard $200 income bonus from VPPSA utilities,[Read More…]
