MONTPELIER — The Act 73 Task Force is wrapping up its September 29 meeting. We reviewed a map based on current CTEs (Career and Technical Education) and their regional advisory boards. Work will continue on this construct. There is still conversation around maps that could be based on counties, regional high schools or[Read More…]
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Update on Redistricting Task Force
GLOVER – Thank you to those of you who attended the September Legislative Coffee Hour at the Highland Center for the Arts today, and a big thank you to HCA for that delicious apple tart. For those of you who could not make it, I shared this update about the[Read More…]
Army National Guard veteran receives free Kubota tractor
WALDEN – In what he called a “game-changer,” Rob Niles, a retired Vermont Army National Guard veteran, received a New Kubota L02 Series compact tractor as part of Kubota’s Geared to Give program, which honors military veterans pursuing careers in agriculture. Niles received the free tractor after retiring with 26[Read More…]
Listening for the sounds of silence
GREENSBORO – The philosopher Nietzsche famously had a fictional character declare that “God is dead.” That was, to be sure, a metaphorical statement, and one that was meant to be predictive of things to come. (Traditional religion was still prevalent when Nietzsche wrote in the 1880s.) We might think of[Read More…]
Loon population doing well, still facing threats
VERMONT – Loons are doing really well in Vermont. It is hard to imagine with all the threats they face that the overall loon population has recovered, for now. Back in 1983, only seven loon pairs nested in all of Vermont. In 2025, the Vermont Center for Ecostudies (VCE) Loon[Read More…]
HED rate hike delayed, Variety of rumors troubling selectmen, The Hardwick Gazette, Sept. 30, 1980
HED Rate Hike Delayed HARDWICK – A 18.6 percent rate increase which the Hardwick Electric Department had planned to implement in October has been postponed, and it may be several more months before the village trustees get a response from the state Public Service Board (PSB) on their request for[Read More…]
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Redistricting forum identifies questions, few answers
CRAFTSBURY – Roughly 45 people attended a community forum on Act 73 about the state redistricting plan for schools, held September 10. Craftsbury Town School District Board Chair Kasey Allen opened the meeting with an overview and update on relevant information about Act 73, which the Legislature passed in June[Read More…]
Lamoille Housing Partnership member meeting
MORRSIVILLE – October 14, from 3:30 p.m. to 4:15 p.m., the annual membership meeting of Lamoille Housing Partnership Inc. (LHP), will be held at 26 Hutchins Ave.. Members will consider the proposed affiliation between LHP and Downstreet Housing and Community Development, Inc., under which LHP will become a subsidiary of[Read More…]
“Why We March” video, discussion, Oct. 2
HARDWICK – “Why We March,” a video screening and discussion will be held Thursday, Oct. 2, at 6 p.m., at the Parker-Ladd Community Room of the Jeudevine Memorial Library. The event, presented by Indivisible Hardwick, is an exploration of how nonviolent civil disobedience works as a strategic response to governments[Read More…]
Geology Walk, Oct. 4
HARDWICK – Saturday, Oct. 4 at 9 a.m., a geology walk will take place beginning at the Hardwick Trails trailhead kiosk behind Hazen Union School. Dave Mitchell and Hardwick Conservation Committee Chair Lucy Zendzian will lead the walk to explore the geology and soils of Hardwick Trails. The ice sheet[Read More…]
Final harvest at community garden, put gardens to bed, Oct. 4
GREENSBORO – The final harvest of the season from the Greensboro Community Garden yielded 11.6 lbs of produce that was delivered to the Hardwick Area Food Pantry. Community members may join others of the community in the garden Saturday, Oct. 4, at 9 am, to help put the gardens to[Read More…]
