BRIGHTON – NEK Community Broadband, celebrated four grant awards at its Island Pond facility, October 30. The event marked the first customer to receive service as a result of a $17,463,911 USDA ReConnect grant award, funding service to every town in Essex County and towns in eastern Orleans and Caledonia[Read More…]
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Tommy Gardner Takes on New Role at Stowe’s Community Newspaper Group
STOWE – Former Hardwick Gazette Reporter Tommy Gardner has been named editor of Vermont Community Newspaper Group’s (CNG) five community weeklies. Gardner serves now as the lead reporter and mentor to other CNG journalists in his role as news editor for those weeklies. He’ll take on the new role in[Read More…]
Catholic Daughters Make Prayer Blankets
HARDWICK – Catholic Daughters of the Americas Court St. Veronica No. 1273 participated in Make A Difference Day, October 26. Members gathered at St. Norbert Church in Hardwick to make prayer blankets, given to those in need of prayers. The fleece blankets are prayed over while being made and are blessed before[Read More…]
Craftsbury Saplings Awarded $50,000 Grant
VERGENNES – First Children’s Finance VT (FCF) has announced the first recipients of the Vermont Planning Grant Project, an award designed to expand child care capacity across the state. Among the awardees is Craftsbury Saplings, which received a $50,000 grant to plan a new child care facility in Craftsbury. These[Read More…]
GOP Surprises, Business as Usual
AREA TOWNS – Area residents got some surprises Tuesday evening as election results rolled in when the Caledonia and Orleans County Senate seats long occupied by Democrat Sen. Jane Kitchell and Sen. Bobby Starr were won by Republicans, current Rep. Scott Beck and relative unknown Sam Douglass. Beck received 58.3%[Read More…]
Woodbury Residents Hear About Broadband Construction
WOODBURY – CV Fiber hosted a “coffee and connectivity” event Saturday morning, Nov. 2, in Woodbury, to provide information and answer questions about high-speed, broadband internet that recently became available in much of the town. About 35 townspeople attended to hear which areas in Woodbury are on line and where[Read More…]
Statewide Burning Ban Issued for Debris
VERMONT – After a warm, dry week and weekend and several reports of large wildfires in Vermont, the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation (FPR) has issued an order for all of the state’s forest fire wardens to cease issuing burning permits from 3 p.m., October 28, through 3[Read More…]
Studies Show Boost from April Eclipse
MONTPELIER – The Department of Tourism and Marketing has unveiled the results of two studies examining the economic impact of the total solar eclipse on April 8. Researchers found the eclipse generated $34.8M in visitor spending, a welcome boost during the slowest month for tourism, but less than 10% of[Read More…]
One Month to Apply for Federal Assistance Following Storms
WILLISTON – Vermonters impacted by July’s severe storms, flooding, landslides, and mudslides have one more month to apply for federal disaster assistance, which may include housing repair grants from FEMA or low-interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration. The application deadline is November 25. For the July 9-11 disaster, individuals and households[Read More…]
President Amends Vermont Disaster Declaration
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Monday, President Joseph R. Biden Jr. made additional disaster assistance available to the State of Vermont by authorizing an increase in the level of federal funding for public assistance projects undertaken in the State of Vermont as a result of severe storms, flooding, landslides, and mudslides from[Read More…]
Students Accept American Flag Flown over U.S. Capitol
CRAFTSBURY – An American flag flown over the U.S. Capitol was presented to Craftsbury Academy by members of the Saint John de Crevecoeur chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) on Friday, Oct. 25. At an afternoon assembly Principal Lisa McCarthy introduced DAR members Jeannine Young from Craftsbury, Mary Metcalf[Read More…]
