HARDWICK – November 2: Noise Disturbance, S. Main St.; Welfare Check, Elm St.; Motor Vehicle Complaint, Vt. Route 15; Juvenile Problem, S. Main St. November 3: Suspicious Event, Elm St.; Directed Patrol, S. Main St.; Assist – Agency, Vt. Route 15 W.; Citizen Dispute, Bridgman Hill Rd.; Fingerprints, High St.;[Read More…]
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K/1 class studies farm-to-food systems to host community meal
WOODBURY – Kindergarten and first grade students in Catherine Siefert’s class at Woodbury Elementary School visited Sterling College to learn about farm-to-food systems, on Monday, Oct. 27. The visit was part of a project that will culminate with their working with the Woodbury School’s sixth grade class to put on[Read More…]
Mother of last Copley birth bemoans loss of birthing center
MORRISVILLE – Copley Hospital officially shuttered the doors to its Birthing Center on November 1. Babies will continue to be born at the hospital only on an emergency basis. As reported in the Nov. 6 issue of the Hardwick Gazette, Elora Mae Kish was the last baby born at Copley[Read More…]
Plainfield voters deny purchase of property for housing
PLAINFIELD – Residents voted Tuesday against a $600,000 bond to purchase land for new housing development, 15 months after a flood devastated the town’s village core. The bond would have allowed the town selectboard to borrow the funds to buy 24 acres of land located uphill of the village. The[Read More…]
Never Forget Garden underway
Child Haven event to benefit 1,300 South Asian children
HARDWICK – The 17th Annual Hardwick Child Haven’s Indian Dinner and Sari Fashion Show at Hazen Union school, November 1 and 2, raised $13,000, wrote Wheelock’s Robin Cappuccino, a board member of Child Haven International/India, last week. Calling the event a huge success, he said the event will help “our[Read More…]
WindowDressers program builds window inserts, community
CRAFTSBURY – Twenty-six volunteers filled the Craftsbury Outdoor Center’s ski shop last Saturday, as they carried out the carefully designed steps to build insulating window inserts for community members in the three-corner area of Caledonia, Lamoille and Orleans Counties. The Craftsbury, Glover, and Greensboro Energy Committees and the Albany Planning[Read More…]
School Street bridge work continues
WOLCOTT – The School Street bridge replacement work continues in Wolcott as crews install the coffer dam for abutment-one. The one-way traffic pattern on School Street remains in place 24 hours a day, seven days a week, until further notice. Motorists can access School Street from Vt. Rte. 15. Traffic cannot access Rte. 15 from School Street and will instead detour[Read More…]
Treasurer Pieciak confirms distribution of 3SquaresVT/SNAP payments
MONTPELIER – Vermont State Treasurer Mike Pieciak confirmed that his office successfully sent payments ensuring recipients of 3SquaresVT, Vermont’s name for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), would receive their benefits Friday, Nov. 7, despite the ongoing federal shutdown. Approximately 67,000 Vermonters are enrolled in SNAP, and most participants[Read More…]
Program provides pathway to new home
NORTHEAST KINGDOM – Dixie Vestal chose the Shared Equity Program as a stepping stone toward achieving her dream of homeownership. RuralEdge provided vestal with a down payment grant of $78,250 that, combined with a first mortgage from Community National Bank, allowed her to purchase a farmhouse with attached two-car garage[Read More…]
Vermont’s open enrollment period begins
WATERBURY – Open Enrollment for Vermont’s health insurance marketplace began on November 1. During open enrollment, Vermonters can sign up for or change their qualified health and dental plans for 2026. Coverage starts January 1, 2026, for those who sign up on or before December 15. Open enrollment ends January[Read More…]
