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Area representatives support extending Act 181 implementation
MONTPELIER – Individual members of the Vermont tri-partisan Rural Caucus met in the Vermont Statehouse Cedar Creek Room to call for passage of H.730, which would extend the implementation timeline for Act 181, aligning local and regional mapping with the Land Use Review Board (LURB) rulemaking process. “While Act 181[Read More…]
Journalism awards, report announced at Statehouse
MONTPELIER – Leaders from the newly formed Vermont Journalism Coalition (VJC) and the Vermont Community Foundation (VCF), as well as Senator Andrew Perchlik and Vermont Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas held a press conference February 4, sharing a new report on the state of Vermont’s news media landscape and[Read More…]
Measles detected in Washington County wastewater
WASHINGTON COUNTY – Vermont health officials have detected measles in Washington County wastewater. The finding triggered an alert to area health care providers, specifically those at Central Vermont Medical Center, in Berlin, to be on the lookout for the disease if patients come in with measles symptoms, which can include a[Read More…]
Act 250 overhaul takes shape, but questions remain
MONTPELIER – When Act 181 passed, its supporters framed it as a “grand bargain” between housing proponents and environmentalists that would rebalance Vermont’s land-use regulations for the 21st century. The act sought to lift Act 250 regulations in areas that are already developed to spur more housing during a crushing home shortage,[Read More…]
Homeschool Ukulele Class for Beginners
Hardwick Town Meeting returns to Town House
To the editor: I would like to thank Ann Gilcris for bringing her concerns about the location of Hardwick’s 2026 Town Meeting to the select board on February 5. As a long-time board member of the Northeast Kingdom Arts Council (NEKarts), the nonprofit organization that manages the restoration, preservation and[Read More…]
Fliegelman’s thoughtful insight
To the editor: We are writing to encourage everyone to vote for Larry Fliegelman for Hardwick Select Board on March 3, Town Meeting Day, at the Town House. We have known Larry and Jennifer Fliegelman since they first moved to East Hardwick and have witnessed their numerous contributions to the[Read More…]
A rare opportunity
To the Editor: Hardwick has a rare opportunity to conserve Buffalo Mountain, ensuring it is publicly accessible as a Town Forest forever, at little cost to the town. The 329-acre parcel includes the summit and stretches of the Lamoille River and the rail trail, within ready access of the village.[Read More…]
Heller’s World
School PCB testing must continue
The House Committee on Education has discussed and heard testimony on H.542, a bill that proposes to end testing of additional schools for 8 polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). While the bill, introduced by Rep. Conlon of Cornwall, will allow remediation of schools previously identified to have unacceptable levels of PCBs, it[Read More…]
Would-be Thomas Paines
by Willem Lange EAST MONTPELIER – The so-called Founding Fathers of the United States of America were far from perfect. Compromised by various interests as they were, however, they were more aware of the various imperfections of the human character than might have been a band of starry-eyed idealists. Thus[Read More…]
