To the editor: I read the Hardwick Gazette’s weekly publication all year round and I just wanted to stop and take a moment to ask that you thank Kristen Leahy for sharing her articles. Kristen has a wonderful writing style and masterfully writes about complex subjects in an easy to[Read More…]
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Preparing for Christmas
To the editor: As Christmas approaches, delivery vehicles are traveling across the highways and byways delivering packages containing Christmas gifts. Shoppers are busy choosing gifts, either online or in the stores. Homes and businesses are decorated with lights, Santas, snowmen, nativity scenes and more. Why all this hustle and bustle[Read More…]
Appreciation for library
To the editor: My name is Michael Malick, I am the Restorative Justice Cooordinator of Hardwick and the surrounding towns in the area. I work for the St. Johnsbury Justice Center, and I live in Greensboro Bend. I am writing you to express my gratitude to Diane Grenkow and also[Read More…]
The library is open
To the editor: We were thrilled to finally be able to announce the opening of the Jeudevine Memorial Library, addition and all, in July. From the sounds of our patrons, they have been thrilled as well. Our new children’s space is bright and welcoming, a new teen section, with its[Read More…]
Water fountain built in memory of William S. Hill
HARDWICK – I wonder if anyone would like to know the truth about the Hardwick Water Fountain. Other than a niece of mine, not a soul has contacted me to discuss [it]. I did go to the town office to speak to Opie about this as my niece had contacted[Read More…]
Another perspective on sex offenders
To the editor: I understand the intent behind your actions is to protect children, and as a mother, I deeply respect that. Protecting kids matters to all of us. But sometimes, in trying to do good, we unintentionally cause harm; and that is what is happening here. Not every situation, and[Read More…]
Rodenticide resolution prepared for town meeting
In 2024, the Greensboro Conservation Commission (GCC) developed a resolution declaring Greensboro a Pollinator-Friendly town in support of the Vermont Neonicotinoids Act 182 that was going through the House at the time. That resolution was developed based on the work of the Town of Cabot in particular and passed at Greensboro Town[Read More…]
On sale now: American moral leadership
GREENSBORO – Almost 250 years ago Jefferson wrote that we “are endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable rights” and that “government derives its just powers from the consent of the governed.” America has not always been a “shining City on a Hill,” but from Valley Forge to the Edmund[Read More…]
Will widows and orphans be left to their own devices?
EAST MONTPELIER – Around 1906, a young Harvard graduate student was browsing a used book store in Cambridge and came across a rare treasure: a prompter’s script used by Charles Dickens in his tour of the United States to perform readings from his work. It was an abbreviated version of “A[Read More…]
What the flood buyout program really does
HARDWICK – In recent months, many residents have asked how Hardwick’s flood buyout program works and what it means for the town’s finances and long-term flood resilience. As the community continues recovering from repeated disasters, it is important to clear up several common misconceptions and explain why this program remains[Read More…]
Great Brook study meeting, Dec. 18
PLAINFIELD – Thursday, Dec. 18, beginning at 7 p.m., Plainfield’s Hazard Mitigation Committee will host the State of Vermont and their contracted river engineering firm, SLR International, at the Plainfield Town Hall. The meeting will be the town’s first chance to shape how this long-awaited Great Brook study is done[Read More…]
Board meeting for budget planning, Sat., Dec. 20
GREENSBORO – The monthly meeting of the New England Public Journalism (NEKPJ) Board of Directors is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 20, at 1 p.m. in The Hardwick Gazette office at the Greensboro Town Hall, 82 East Craftsbury Road, Greensboro. The agenda will include a report of the NewsMatch end-of-year fund[Read More…]
