MONTPELIER – The topic of the United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) or ICE, weighed heavily on the minds of many legislators recently. The Governor made a strong statement saying “enough is enough” about the tactics being used by ICE to make America safer from violent illegal immigrants. The[Read More…]
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We have all been here before
EAST MONTPELIER – This unprepossessing gentleman pictured is I.F. Stone, crusading journalist and truth-teller. I’ve been reading “The Haunted Fifties,” a collection of his writings that includes a four-page piece he wrote in December 1953, more than seven decades ago, that stopped me in my tracks. It could literally have been written[Read More…]
Rethinking infrastructure in an era of change
Across our region, towns are facing infrastructure questions that would have been hard to imagine even a decade ago. Roads that once flooded occasionally now see water again and again. Bridges built for smaller storms are being overtopped or undermined. Public systems we rely on every day are now operating[Read More…]
100 years ago in The Hardwick Gazette, February 11, 1926
MARSHFIELD ––– The Wa-Yu-Waste Club members and their families were very pleasantly entertained last Friday evening at the vestry of the M. E. church, by the defeated side in the recent membership drive. The gave the farce, entitled, “The Kleptomaniac”, presenting it in a very creditable manner, also some readings[Read More…]
Tatistcheff named superintendent of OSSU
HARDWICK – Rebecca Tatistcheff will commence her role as superintendent of Orleans Southwest Supervisory Union (OSSU) on July 1. Tatistcheff was previously principal of the Cabot School and U-32 High School. She spent the bulk of her career in the New York City public school system, a member of a[Read More…]
Heller’s World by Joe Heller
School budget 101, Feb. 16.
HARDWICK – Monday, Feb. 16, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., the OSSU school board is hosting a general information session on budgets. Because school budgets are confusing for voters, the Orleans Southwest Supervisory Union School Board is hosting a general information session on how school budgets are developed, the role[Read More…]
Students Named to President’s List
PLYMOUTH, NH – The following local students have been named to the Plymouth State University President’s List: Savanah Boyce of Craftsbury, Grace Cloutier of Hardwick and Keenan Wallace of Plainfield. To be named to the President’s List, a student must achieve a grade point average of 3.70 or better for[Read More…]
Keller-Angelo named to Dean’s List
WORCESTER, MA – Amatista M. Keller-Angelo of Hardwick was named to second honors on the Clark University Dean’s List. This selection marks outstanding academic achievement during the Fall 2025 semester. Students must have a GPA between 3.50 and 3.79 for second honors.
Krumperman named to Dean’s List
NEWPORT, RI – Nora Krumperman of Marshfield was named to the Dean’s List during the fall 2025 academic semester at Salve Regina University. To qualify for the Dean’s List, students must earn a semester grade point average of 3.6 for full-time students completing at least 12 graded credits, or a[Read More…]
Winter story time, playgroup, Fridays
MARSHFIELD – Fridays from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., the Jaquith Public Library will present stories, songs, snacks, crafts and free play, outside unless the weather is frightful, for children birth to age six and their grown-ups. Following the Twinfield Union School calendar, Jaquith does not hold the program on[Read More…]
History book group, second Saturdays
MARSHFIELD – Second Saturday of the month at 2 p.m., the Jaquith Public Library hosts a free reading and discussion series. Books are available for loan from the library. On February 14, the group will discuss “Empire Statesman: The Rise and Redemption of Al Smith”. For information call (802) 426-3581[Read More…]
