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…]
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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…]
Rowell Ready to Move on From Cork and Fork
HARDWICK – Opening in 2023, the Cork and Fork has served as a place to dine, drink and convene for many members of the local community. In April, many leamed this local establishment will be changing hands. A restaurateur with local origins, Marc Rowell says he’s ready to move on,[Read More…]
Ocean State Job Lot Store has Opened
New Burke Mountain Resort Owners Plan Major Upgrades
BURKE – After nearly a decade in federal receivership, Burke Mountain Resort finally has new owners. On Friday, Bear Den Partners LLC, a group with longstanding ties to the Northeast Kingdom ski area, officially closed on the $11.5 million deal to buy the 72-year old resort. Bear Den Partners includes[Read More…]
Extension Program Helps Sawmill Acquire Funds to Expand
ALBANY – For over 50 years, Goodridge Lumber Inc. in Albany has been a vital part of the region’s forest-based economy, producing white cedar lumber for uses like interior paneling, decking, exterior siding, logs and siding for log home construction, woodchips for mulch and sawdust for bedding on local farms.[Read More…]
Local Food Program Looks for Security in State Money
VERMONT — Funding may be at risk for a nonprofit program that buys local food and gives it to Vermonters struggling with money so its leaders are backing a bill that would solidify its budget through a state agency, rather than grants and donations. Vermonters Feeding Vermonters, created and run by the[Read More…]
Burke Mountain Receiver Seeks Final Court Approval for Sale
BURKE – Michael Goldberg, the court-appointed receiver overseeing Burke Mountain Resort, has asked a federal judge to sign off on the sale of the Northeast Kingdom ski resort to a local group for $11.5 million. In a Friday court filing, Goldberg asked Judge Darrin P. Gayles, who has presided over[Read More…]
