by Norma Wiesen, Community Journalist HARDWICK – The Hardwick Conservation Commission (HCC) has embarked on a town-wide project to learn more about the natural world in the community. The commission has contracted with Matt Peters, consulting ecologist and botanist of East Calais, to conduct Hardwick’s first Natural Resources Inventory (NRI).[Read More…]
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Lady Cats Dominate for Eighth Straight
Cabot 12th Night Celebration
Community Volunteers Help Donate Holiday Cheer Bags
ST. JOHNSBURY – The NEK Council on Aging (NEKCOA) distributed 58 holiday cheer bags filled with presents for clients through the generosity of several community organizations led by Paul Davis Restoration of Hardwick. For the past eight years, the staff at Paul Davis Restoration has coordinated the acquisition of the[Read More…]
Library Receives Another Grant
HARDWICK – The Jeudevine Memorial Library received a grant from the Association of Rural and Small Libraries (ARSL) for $4,819. The library applied for the grant to help with furnishings for the addition to the library which will be built in 2023. The grant has allowed the library to purchase[Read More…]
Galaxy Grand Reopening
Board Discusses Budget, Property Reappraisal
by Gazette Staff WOLCOTT – At its January 4 meeting, the Wolcott Select Board discussed agenda topics ranging from the Helpsy bins to next year’s town budget and plans for a general reappraisal of town property values.The first topic of discussion was the town budget. Select Board Vice Chair Kurt[Read More…]
Select Board Moves Forward with Pedestrian Bridge Planning
by Gazette Staff HARDWICK – At its Jan. 5 regular meeting, the Hardwick Select Board agenda covered topics from EV chargers to town meeting and the pedestrian bridge restoration. The first topic of discussion was charging stations for electric vehicles (EVs). Zarina Castro came to discuss electric charging stations within[Read More…]
Hardwick Electric Works to Restore Power After Storm
HARDWICK – Hardwick Electric Department’s (HED) line crew worked overtime to restore power after the storm on December 23 through December 24. Heavy rain and high winds destroyed trees, ripped off roofs, broke poles and tore wires down across the system. HED’s team started working at 6 a.m. on the[Read More…]
Vermont State Police Respond to Barricaded Subject
by Vermont State Police and Gazette Staff HARDWICK – Members of the Vermont State Police, including the Crisis Negotiation Unit and the Tactical Services Unit, were on scene early Tuesday, Jan. 10, at a location in Hardwick where a suspect in a domestic assault is barricaded as of press time.[Read More…]
Former Police Chief Subject of a “Brady Letter”
by Gazette Staff HARDWICK – Caledonia State’s Attorney Jessica Zaleski recently issued a Brady-Giglio letter about the conduct of former Hardwick Police Chief Aaron Cochran. A so-called “Brady letter” is issued by prosecutors when they have reason to question an officer’s credibility. Cochran was on paid administrative leave while under[Read More…]
Cochran Has Resigned as Police Chief
by Gazette Staff HARDWICK – Former Hardwick Police Department (HPD) Chief Aaron Cochran has resigned. In an email, Hardwick Town Manager David Upson confirmed that Cochran “signed an Early Retirement Agreement & General Release with the town.” The Gazette contacted the Northfield Police Department and confirmed that Cochran now serves[Read More…]
