HARDWICK – With over 80 total years of experienced grandmaster instructors, Pyramid Black Belt Academy this year celebrates over 28 years providing martial arts training in the area. Grandmaster instructors, Stanley and Alba Rosario Parsons have competed worldwide and hold many world championships. They are members of the World Congress[Read More…]
Business Briefs
Stuck in Vermont Visits Summersweet Garden Nursery
HARDWICK – English Tea and gardens full of flowers, with a Phlox Fest every August, are featured in the August 22 edition of Stuck in Vermont, when host Eva Sollenberger reports on a visit with Rachel Kane at Summersweet Gardens in East Hardwick. Summersweet Garden Nursery is a retail and[Read More…]
Front Porch Forum Leaves Users Feeling Better, Says Washington Post
VERMONT – “On Front Porch Forum, politics is fair game but unkindness is strictly prohibited,” wrote Will Oremus in the August 10 Washington Post (WaPo). “Imagine an online community where substantive debates about Donald Trump, climate change and America’s culture wars nestle quietly alongside messages about lost rabbits and school board[Read More…]
Front Seat Coffee’s Other Side Opens at Five Year Anniversary Celebration, July 20
HARDWICK – Tobin Porter threw a party Saturday, July 20, to celebrate the five-year anniversary of founding his business on July 20, 2019. The gathering revealed the “Other Side,” an expansion of the business into the building’s neighboring space. Musical performances were by Larry Martin and “Glorious Leader” as attendees[Read More…]
Furey Featured in Magazine
EAST GREENWICH, R.I. – Dr. Christopher Furey, Cabot School graduate, class of 2000, was recently featured on the cover of “Rhode Island Monthly Magazine,” to illustrate an article about Rhode Island’s top doctors. These were physicians voted by their peers as the best in their field. Furey is a primary[Read More…]
Gazette Receives Funding for Local Reporting
GREENSBORO, WOODBURY, HARDWICK – The Hardwick Gazette has recently received grants for local news coverage and general operating expenses from the Greensboro Association, the Woodbury Fund and a family foundation with ties to Hardwick. The funding will help pay for local reporters and the equipment needed for additional production staff[Read More…]
Local Businesses Share in $2.3M Grant
MONTPELIER – The Working Lands Enterprise Board (WLEB) announces 51 awards to working lands businesses and organizations in 2024. The $2,329,561 in awards will support those who are earning a living off the land. “The challenges the farm and forest economy sectors face are significant, which is why my Administration[Read More…]
Vittles Kaef Now Open for Weekday Lunch and Saturday Breakfast
HARDWICK — Vittles Kaef (noun, a slang word for café) will offer a wide menu; including but not limited to hand-crafted sandwiches. They will also serve homestyle soups, seasonal salads, self-serve slow cook meals, breakfast sandwiches, and “Hawwt Dawwgs”. Vittles is a new up-and-coming sandwich and soup shop located in[Read More…]
Aubuchon Boost Vermont Hardware Stronghold by Acquiring Bibens Stores
SPRINGFIELD — The East Coast Aubuchon hardware chain is set to purchase seven locally owned locations in Brattleboro, Burlington, Colchester, Essex, South Burlington, Springfield and Woodstock. Vermont’s biggest locally owned group of hardware stores is set to be purchased by what bills itself as the country’s oldest and largest family-held[Read More…]
NEK Chamber Appoints Tester as Executive Director
ST. JOHNSBURY — The Northeast Kingdom Chamber of Commerce has announced the appointment of Loralee Tester as the new executive director. With a background in education and a connection to the Northeast Kingdom, Tester brings experience for community development to her new role. Having resided in the Northeast Kingdom for[Read More…]
Public Hearing to Consider Consolidated Communications Merger
by Paul Fixx MONTPELIER – The Vermont Public Utility Commission (PUC) will hold a public hearing March 7, at 6:30 p.m., to hear comments and testimony from members of the public about a proposed merger of Consolidated Communications (CNSL) with Condor Holding (Condor). CNSL offers landline telephone service to consumers[Read More…]
