AREA COUNTIES – People who live in subsidized housing share one thing: incomes low enough to qualify for housing assistance. In 2025, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) classified 98% of households in subsidized housing as very low income and 76% as extremely low income. In 2025,[Read More…]
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Central Vermont Community Radio to move station
PLAINFIELD – Central Vermont Community Radio (CVCR), home of WGDR, Plainfield, WGDH, Hardwick, and online listening at WGDR.org, will relocate from the Creative Campus by March 1, 2027. CVCR has been notified that its lease on the Creative Campus will not be renewed, requiring the station to vacate its current[Read More…]
Women’s care is as essential as women
As a reporter, occasionally I find story leads in odd places, so literally walking into this discovery some weeks ago left me quite pleased. After completing a shift scooping ice cream in Stowe, my double life, as some readers and area ice cream lovers have discovered, I ran into some[Read More…]
It’s Boston for me when it comes to the birth of the nation
EAST MONTPELIER – I’ve had the dubious good fortune during the past five years to drive every couple of weeks or so to the neighborhood of Boston. It’s becoming a habit, casually alternating visits to Nahant with my friend Bea’s visits here in Vermont. But where else would we be[Read More…]
Brief update on legislative session
MONTPELIER – I hope we can find our way to ensure the continuation of a thriving version of this wonderful democracy, one we obviously cannot take for granted. I received a hundred or so requests for my legislative update (11 pages). If you’d still like one and haven’t received it,[Read More…]
No ceasefire in our war on nature. No, we’re not winning
ROYALTON – Hot day, full heat of summer. The river beckons, babbling around the bends, churning between stones. Rather than nose-dive down the steep bank, I choose the simpler footpath. Spring has been wet enough to keep gardeners happy, vegetation robustly green. Which is why the brown really stood out.[Read More…]
Why we still talk about flooding
HARDWICK – I’ve heard more than one person say recently, “It hasn’t flooded for two years. Why are we still talking about flooding?” It’s a fair question, depending on your perspective. It probably does feel like we’re spending a lot of time talking about flooding right now. We are. In[Read More…]
Identifying the Recently-Introduced Jumping Worm
BURLINGTON – We are now in our gardens installing new plants, weeding and applying mulch. As we move soil, we inevitably encounter earthworms. Since introduced jumping worms have been reported across Vermont, many gardeners feel alarmed when earthworms appear. Jumping worms are the newest earthworms to appear in Vermont. The[Read More…]
Groundcovers work as living mulch
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – Most gardeners are familiar with the benefits of mulch. Its application helps suppress weeds, conserves soil moisture and helps regulate soil temperature. It can also help with erosion control by keeping topsoil in place. Plants can also act as a living mulch A groundcover plant is[Read More…]
Local students named to President’s List
PLYMOUTH, N.H. – Grace Cloutier of Hardwick, Keenan Wallace of Plainfield and Savanah Boyce of Craftsbury have been named to the Plymouth State University President’s List for the spring semester. To be named to the President’s List, a student must achieve a grade point average of 3.70 or better for the[Read More…]
Primary ballots now available
VERMONT – Ballots are available now to vote by mail in the August 11 Primary Election.Unlike the General Election in November, ballots will not be mailed automatically. A ballot may be requested in person from the local town clerk or through the Vermont Voter Portal at vote.vermont.gov, where there is[Read More…]
Welcome to Calais
“Welcome to Calais” is a program of Friends of Calais and the Calais Town Office. Those who are new to Calais and have moved to town within the last three months, whether you bought a home, or are renting, should email [email protected] to meet some of your neighbors, receive a welcome gift basket and information about the Town.
