by Francesca Kitch GREENSBORO — Vermont has felt the effects of climate change in the past week as a series of severe storms have hit. Roadways fractured, whirlpools and rivers appeared in the middle of roads, and asphalt crumbled; the damage last week exceeds the devastation of Tropical Storm Irene[Read More…]
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Infrastructure Widely Impacted by Flooding Pairs with Historical Ties
by Tyler Molleur HARDWICK – Freda Hollyer and her husband Perry reflected on the flooding events of July 10, which took the Inn by the River, formerly known as the Village Motel, down the Lamoille in pieces. The night’s catastrophic flooding event hasn’t been seen in that area in over[Read More…]
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Cooper Brook Flooding
Flooding in Cabot
Select Board Approves Contract to Keep Momentum on Pedestrian Bridge Project
by Gazette Staff HARDWICK – At a special meeting at 8:30 a.m., on July 5, the Hardwick Select Board met to consider accepting a proposal from S.W. Cole Engineering, Inc. to conduct boring and soil sampling for the abutments for the pedestrian bridge. The meeting started with discussion about the[Read More…]
Rail Trail Shows Initial Benefits for Town Businesses
by Francesca Kitch HARDWICK – The Lamoille Valley Rail Trail is a 93-mile stretch of asphalt and gravel trail that extends from St. Johnsbury to Swanton. Two months ago, the section of trail that runs through Hardwick was completed and, as the town looks forward to its official opening this[Read More…]
Flooding Causes Major Damage in Hardwick Area
by Gazette Staff HARDWICK – A powerful storm that dropped over eight inches of rain in some areas of Vermont caused heavy flooding that damaged roads and buildings in Hardwick and surrounding towns. The Lamoille River reached levels that surpassed those immediately after Tropical Storm Irene in 2011. Hazen Union[Read More…]
Towns Isolated As Raging Water Sets Unprecedented Records
by Tyler Molleur, Community Journalist HARDWICK – Travel back in time… 2011, 1995, 1973. The hills of north-central Vermont have seen their share of floods and flash floods, but the sheer expanse and intensity of this week’s flash flooding pulled elements of all three of these events back into focus.[Read More…]
