GREENSBORO – After years of residential internet service available only from the telephone company as DSL or wirelessly, residents in parts of Greensboro now have a choice of two broadband internet service providers (ISPs) with the addition of Comcast to NEK Broadband. On September 4. Comcast announced the completion of[Read More…]
Business Briefs
Vermonters Still Recovering from Covid-19 Job Losses
AREA COUNTIES – The Public Assets Institute, in its recent brief, showed that Washington and Orleans are among the counties that have yet to recover from loss of jobs during Covid-19. Caledonia and Lamoille have both reportedly recovered, according to the institute. Vermont still maintains the 3rd lowest unemployment rates[Read More…]
Prophecy Chocolate Grand Re-Opening, August 3
MORRISVILLE – The Prophecy Cafe will be re-opening its doors at its new location in Morrisville with a celebration on August 3 and 4 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. to the new seating area. After that, the cafe will be open every Sunday and Monday from 11 a.m. to[Read More…]
VEC Shares Power Planning Considerations
JOHNSON − Affordability, diversity, and synergy are the principles that guide Vermont Electric Co-op when buying wholesale electricity, VEC Power Planning Analyst Dan Potter said during a recent webinar focusing on VEC’s power supply purchasing strategies. The webinar is available for review at youtu.be/babbxkxzTjE As VEC considers its purchases of power[Read More…]
News & Citizen Available at Retail, Public Spots
STOWE – The News and Citizen, distributed free throughout Lamoille County and in neighboring Caledonia and Orleans County towns, announced last week that the paper will no longer be delivered to U.S. Post Office boxes. The change was made “with you, the reader, in mind,” wrote the paper’s parent[Read More…]
Caja Taqueria Reopens for Summer
NEK Broadband Extends Internet Services
HARDWICK – Areas of town with little or no broadband internet service on some or all of Billings, Bridgeman Hill and West Hill Roads “where NEK Broadband has extended its network” may now have service, wrote NEK Community Broadband Community Relations Manager Kitty Ufford-Chase in a July 4 notice on[Read More…]
New Hair Salon in Hardwick
Erickson Named Trustee at Sterling College
CRAFTSBURY – Christina Erickson has been named to the board of trustees at Sterling College. As director of Local Motion, Vermont’s statewide bicycle and pedestrian advocacy organization, she leads a team of 13 full-time, year-round staff and over 30 seasonal employees. Before leading Local Motion, Erickson spent over 20 years[Read More…]
Hardwick Gazette Joins The Vermont Journalism Coalition
BURLINGTON – UVM’s Center for Community News (CCN) hosted its annual Vermont Journalism Conference on Friday in partnership with the Vermont Community Foundation, at which both organizations announced their support for the creation of a Vermont Journalism Coalition. The organization will promote long-term sustainability for Vermont news outlets. The nonprofit[Read More…]
High-Speed Internet Service Available
GREENSBORO – In a June 12 Front Porch Forum post, Kitty Ufford-Chase, community relations manager with NEK Community Broadband announced a “big expansion in Greensboro.” The announcement provided a list of roads or road segments where high-speed internet service is now available in Greensboro. If a road joins up with[Read More…]
VEC Holds Annual Meeting at Jay Peak
JOHNSON – On Saturday May 10, Vermont Electric Co-op’s (VEC) annual meeting was held at Jay Peak Resort. VEC’s electricity procurement strategy was a key topic at the meeting. The main presentation, titled “Navigating a Clean Power Supply,” examined how and why VEC chooses certain types of power, like wind,[Read More…]
