MORRISVILLE – Salvation Farms invited Vermont’s Congresswoman Becca Balint to join them for an informational meeting last Wednesday, January 24. The organization’s executive director, Theresa Snow was joined by Salvation Farms’ Clearinghouse Director, Tony Risitano and two of Salvation Farms’ Board members, Jane Macan and Colin Giblin. The meeting was[Read More…]
News
After 143 Years, Greensboro Bend Church Holds Final Service
by Nancy Hill, Community Journalist GREENSBORO BEND – Members and friends of the United Methodist Church gathered on Sunday, Jan. 28, at 1 p.m., for a service to mark the closing of the church that had served the community since 1881. Rev. Jill Colley Robinson, the district superintendent of the[Read More…]
More Greensboro Association Grants Support Flood Recovery
GREENSBORO – Another round of Greensboro Association Community Relief Fund grants is supporting local organizations assisting those most impacted after massive flooding devastated the region in July. This latest round of grants went to Greensboro United Church of Christ, Smith’s Grocery, Center for an Agricultural Economy, Hardwick Area Food Pantry,[Read More…]
Select Board Discusses Petition to Close Lakeview School
GREENSBORO – At its January 10 regular meeting, the Greensboro Select Board heard an update on the library’s participation in an energy resilience program, decided to ask Stannard to contribute more to the fire department budget and discussed the petition to close Lakeview School. Beth Meachem, a trustee for the[Read More…]
Select Board Continues Work to Recover from Flood Damage
HARDWICK – At its January 18 regular meeting, the Hardwick Select Board discussed ongoing efforts to repair damage from last summer’s flooding, reviewed the Hardwick Police Department annual report, and approved the 2024 Town Meeting warning. Resident Bill Chidsey shared information about one of the properties that had erosion from[Read More…]
Cabot’s Fourth Annual 12th Night Celebration
Toxic Substances in Craftsbury & Woodbury Schools
CRAFTSBURY – For just over two years, Craftsbury Academy, which educates roughly 140 students on its Craftsbury Common campus, has had no potable running water. Instead of using fountains, students and staff drink from bottled water that is trucked in at the state’s expense. But it’s not only drinking water[Read More…]
Community Forum
photos by Hal GrayEditor’s note: A Palestinian American living in Vermont, another person and an organizer with Jewish Voice for Peace of Vermont and New Hampshire spoke at the January 18 community forum in Greensboro’s Fellowship Hall on the current crisis in Gaza and a path ahead. Their names and[Read More…]
Weather Watch
HARDWICK – Seasonally cold air has slowly made its way into the area over the last week, culminating in subzero temperatures and even colder wind chills this past weekend. This also meant the last two higher-profile weather events featured precipitation falling as all snow, a significant departure from what we’ve[Read More…]
Ski Outing
Snow Squall
Bell Survey of Hardwick Academy Alumni Postponed
HARDWICK – A great deal of public interest and a wide variety of different views have been expressed regarding the future of the Hardwick Academy (HA) Bell. In December 2023 the Hardwick Academy Hazen Union Alumni Association (HAHUAA) board announced its plan to gather consensus from HA alumni[Read More…]
