MARSHFIELD – Firefighters responded to a blaze on Ennis Hill Road in Marshfield at around 10 a.m. Saturday morning, August 10. Six hours later, the 4,500 square foot barn housing The Grassroots Center for Community Organizing’s community space had burned to the ground. No people or animals were inside at[Read More…]
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Wide-ranging Housing Discussion Fills Agenda
GREENSBORO – The bulk of the Greensboro Planning Commission meeting at the Greensboro Free Library, August 6, was taken up with a discussion about whether to reestablish a housing subcommittee late in the meeting. The commission met without several regular members: Kelli Story and ex-officio Zoning Administrator Brett Stanciu. A[Read More…]
Bold State Action Demanded by Flood Recovery Groups
MONTPELIER — Vermonters impacted by flooding and involved in flood relief gathered on the Statehouse steps Thursday, Aug. 1, to demand bold state action after repeated wet weather have caused flooding events that have devastated communities. Speakers presented The People’s Demands for a Just Recovery from Flooding, developed by grassroots[Read More…]
Primary Election Day, August 13
Growing Community in the Garden
GREENSBORO – Greensboro’s Community Garden, with just seven raised beds and three in-ground beds, has already produced enough for multiple donations to the Hardwick Area Food Pantry (HAFP). Last Saturday alone, 30 pounds of fresh, organic produce was delivered to the food pantry. The donated harvest included lettuce, kale, snap[Read More…]
Front Porch Forum Leaves Users Feeling Better, Says Washington Post
VERMONT – “On Front Porch Forum, politics is fair game but unkindness is strictly prohibited,” wrote Will Oremus in the August 10 Washington Post (WaPo). “Imagine an online community where substantive debates about Donald Trump, climate change and America’s culture wars nestle quietly alongside messages about lost rabbits and school board[Read More…]
News Notes: Pedestrian Bridge Faces Increased Costs
HARDWICK – Plans to install the new pedestrian bridge across the Lamoille River between Main Street and Daniels Road have come up against the hard realities of increased costs and flood mitigation. Bids for the new bridge and retaining wall came in higher than funding the town had for the[Read More…]
News Notes: Big Lots to Remain Open in Morrisville
MORRISVILLE – Big Lots announced last weekend it will be closing 293 stores. In Vermont, the Morrisville and Essex Junction stores are slated to remain open while the Berlin and Rutland stores are expected to close. New England is home to 18 of the stores to be closed in this[Read More…]
CVSWMD ARCC Reopens with New Hours
BARRE – Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District’s (CVSWMD) Additional Recyclables Collection Center (ARCC) at 540 North Main Street, Barre was expected to reopen Monday, Aug. 12, according to an announcement by CVSWMD Public Relations and Outreach Coordinator Briana Morin. Special items accepted at the ARCC include special materials such[Read More…]
Hardwick Hoopla, August 2
Greensboro Historical Society Book Sale and Ice Cream Social, July 27
Songwriter Rick Norcross Announces Retirement
EAST HARDWICK – Singer, songwriter, band leader and third generation Hardwick Academy graduate Rick Norcross is retiring from the music business after 60 years as a performing artist. His retirement was announced simultaneously with the release of “The Bestest Songs I Ever Wrote,” on the Billy Bowles “Swinging Country” radio[Read More…]
