by Francesca Kitch CRAFTSBURY – Since 1973, on a Saturday in July, vendors from all over Vermont gather on Craftsbury Common to sell their crafts. Ranging from woven baskets and flowers to vintage jewelry and ceramic pieces, this event offers both the “antique” and the “unique”. The “Antiques & Uniques”[Read More…]
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Roads Dominate Select Board Agenda
by Gazette Staff GREENSBORO – At its June 14 regular meeting, the Greensboro Select Board’s agenda focused mostly on roads, paving, roads, plowing, and roads. Library trustee Beth Meacham reported that the north section of library driveway needs to be repaired. The board and road foreman believe repaving would be[Read More…]
Dave Morse’s Life and Legacy Shared in New Book
by Jim Flint HARDWICK ̶ During his over-three decades as a Vermont sportswriter, Dave Morse was a consummate story teller. Thousands of Vermonters read his articles in the Barre-Montpelier Times Argus, Rutland Herald, and Hardwick Gazette. Tucked away in scrapbooks and shoe boxes, news clippings authored by Morse chronicle the[Read More…]
Sen. Welch Hosts Listening Session in The Bend
by Francesca Kitch GREENSBORO — On Monday, approximately 100 people from the near and far corners of Vermont traveled to see Senator Peter Welch visit the Northeast Kingdom at the Hill Farmstead Brewery in Greensboro Bend. The purpose of his visit was to host a listening session to understand how[Read More…]
Greensboro Grange Work
Matthew Califano Named 2023 Coolidge Scholar
Lisa Stinson, Community Journalist HARDWICK – Orleans Southwest Supervisory Union announce that Craftsbury Academy rising senior Matthew Califano was recently named a 2023 Coolidge Scholar by the Coolidge Foundation. Califano was one of five scholars selected by the Foundation out of a pool of 4,100 to receive a full academic[Read More…]
Opening Reception on July 2 Features 50 Years of Land Conservation
GREENSBORO – The popular “land conservation” exhibit sponsored by the Greensboro Land Trust and Greensboro Historical Society (GHS) will re-open with a reception on Sunday, July 2, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., at the museum next to Willey’s Store. Everyone is invited to visit the exhibit, which features 21[Read More…]
Wolcott Elementary Students Learn about Gardening
Craftsbury Children’s Farmers Market
Senator Peter Welch at Hill Farmstead Brewery
Invited speakers at the June 26 gathering at the Hill Farmstead Brewery were (left to right) Shaun Hill from the brewery, Senator Peter Welch, Jon Ramsay (speaking) from Vermont Land Trust and Center for an Agricultural Economy, Rep. Katherine Sims and Andy Kehler from Jasper Hill Farm.
Stewart and Shatney Sell Easement in Greensboro Bend
by Clive Gray, Community Journalist GREENSBORO BEND – At the end of May, Janet Stewart and Ray Shatney sold a conservation easement on 154 acres on Route 16 in Greensboro Bend to the Vermont Land Trust (VLT). This was land on which Stewart and Shatney had developed a farm featuring[Read More…]
Vermont Maple Recognizes Goodrich at Annual Maple Meeting
RICHFORD – The Board of Directors of the Vermont Maple Sugar Makers’ Association (VMSMA) presented the annual Maple Awards and announced Glenn and Ruth Goodrich of Cabot as winners in their first annual Maple Contest at their annual meeting held on Saturday, June 24, at Vermont Technical College. The Sumner[Read More…]
