GREENSBORO – The Greensboro Energy Action Committee (GEAC) was formed to help residents save money, live comfortably and address climate change by reducing carbon. Actions taken by the committee include having Smith’s store in Greensboro Bend host energy efficiency advocate, Paul Markowitz, to answer questions area residents have about how[Read More…]
News
East Calais General Store Restored and Ready for Business
by Linda Radtke, The Montpelier Bridge The 1850 store has been restored through the East Calais Community Trust. At the register, U-32 students Bree Tetreault, 15, and Ethan Wichrowski (it was his first day on the job) mastered the complexities of a new system as they chatted with customers. A[Read More…]
Grow Your Own
Area Volunteers Help Reduce Energy Bills
by Liz Steel, Community Journalist GREENSBORO – Often the hardest part about home improvements is knowing where to start. Homeowners can feel overwhelmed, unsure of whom to trust to help them, and concerned that they will get talked into doing a project they cannot afford. In other words, the risks[Read More…]
Greensboro Town Meeting
Talk of Taxes Takes Tons of Town Time
HARDWICK — The annual meeting at Hardwick’s Elementary School drew a somewhat smaller crowd than in recent years according to Moderator Orise Ainsworth. The meeting got off to a smooth start until it came time to consider approving the proposed 2024-25 budget of $4,018,083. A 7.55% increase over the 2023-24[Read More…]
Town Officer Voting Results Leave Some Seats Unfilled
WALDEN – Town Clerk and Treasurer Debbie Messier was re-elected on March 5 at the town’s annual meeting and shared Australian ballot election results for town officers. Randolph Wilson will join the Selectboard for a three-year term. Victoria Atwood will serve a three-year term as the town’s lister. Auditor for a[Read More…]
Ghosts, High Cost of Living, Rising School Budgets Bring Out Voters
HARDWICK — Hardwick residents, voting by Australian ballot at the Hardwick Elementary School on Town Meeting Day, said they had a compulsion to vote for a variety of reasons: fulfilling their civic duty, fighting tax increases, and, for some, avoiding ghosts. “I’m voting because if I didn’t, my father would[Read More…]
Fire Station Discussion Heats Up Town Meeting
CABOT – Several months ago, in July 2023, dark muddy water filled the basement of Cabot’s historic Willey Building. Tuesday, the building hummed, not with rushing water, but with the activity of community members gathering for Town Meeting Day in the third-floor auditorium. Flooding was on residents’ minds, though, as[Read More…]
Local Voters Weigh In on Schools, Appropriations
by Gazette Staff Mountainview Union Voters Advise Lakeview Remains Open HARDWICK — Shari Cornish was reelected to the Hardwick Select Board for a 3-year term, with Eric Remick and Timothy Ricciardello winning one-year terms. Sabrina Morrison was elected to a three-year term as Hazen Union School Director. In Hazen Union[Read More…]
Presidential Primary Results
Cabot Votes Again on High School Closing
by K. Fiegenbaum, VTDigger CABOT — Residents to vote — again — on whether to close their high school. The binding article was added to the school district ballot through a community petition, marking the fourth time in the past 11 years that voters will weigh in on the question.[Read More…]
