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Gazette Subscriptions Continue Indefinitely
GREENSBORO – Readers with automatically renewing subscriptions to The Hardwick Gazette may have recently received a notice from PayPal saying, “Hardwick Journalism Inc. canceled (sic) your automatic payments”. Please ignore the message. It was necessary for the paper’s former owner, Hardwick Journalism Inc., to cancel those recurring charges because they[Read More…]
Ken LaCasse Gets Operator of the Year Excellence Award
HARDWICK – Ken LaCasse’s heroic efforts to protect Hardwick’s environment during this past summer’s flooding, when the Lamoille River overflowed its banks, earned him the New England regional 2023 Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator of the Year Excellence Award. LaCasse went above and beyond his usual duties to reduce environmental damage[Read More…]
Davison Reaches Milestone as Lady Cats Win Tenth Straight
WILLIAMSTOWN – Senior Caitlyn Davison became the first Lady Cat in almost seven years to reach one-thousand career points last week as the Hazen Union girls’ basketball team swept Williamstown, Twinfield-Cabot, and Blue Mountain to run their winning streak to 10 straight games. Freshman Kelsie Rivard poured in 20 points[Read More…]
Australian Ballot Voting Question Leads Town Meeting Agenda
CRAFTSBURY – On the morning of January 20, Craftsbury held a town meeting preview to prepare for town meeting. Articles to be presented to voters on Town Meeting Day were the subject. Draft minutes captured some of the comments below. Select board member Jim Jones called the meeting to[Read More…]
Hardwick Electric Files for Rate Increase
HARDWICK – Hardwick Electric Department (HED) recently filed for a 1.97% rate increase, less than a year after its requested 13.03% rate increase was rejected by the Vermont Public Utility Commission (PUC). The approved 5.57% went into effect March 1, 2023. If approved, this one is scheduled to take effect[Read More…]
Grow Your Own Workshop
Calais Author Honored with Newbery Award
CALAIS – Earlier this month, M.T. Anderson’s young adult tale, “Elf Dog and Owl Head,” was named as a Newbery Honor Book when the American Library Association announced the 2024 Youth Media Award winners. M.T. Anderson writes of his book, ”As a young reader, I learned to stay away from[Read More…]
Greensboro Association Awarded Grant for Decontamination Station
GREENSBORO – The Greensboro Association (GA) has been awarded a nearly $22,000 grant from the Lake Champlain Basin Program that will allow for the creation and maintenance of a decontamination station to be located at the Caspian Lake boat launch area. The station will provide hot, pressurized water to clean[Read More…]
Slightly Warmer Air Will Arrive
HARDWICK – As expected, the past several days have been marked by a warm-up in temperatures that led to mixed precipitation at times on Thursday and Friday, with the primary precipitation type being rain as temperatures warmed to the upper 30s and near 40 during the day. Overnight temperatures barely[Read More…]
Rep. Balint Visits Salvation Farms
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…]
