The Hardwick Gazette, March 18, 2026

Front Seat Coffee will be closed to refinish their floors from Sunday, March 22 through Thursday, March 27 (or maybe the 28th).

We’re a small crew here at The Gazette and it takes all of us to create each week’s edition. Unfortunately one of us wasn’t at full strength this week, but our community of readers filled in with letters and opinion pieces on interesting topics. Read this week’s editorial, “Ice is everywhere,” to learn more.

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BARRE – Behind outstanding senior play, the Hazen Union boys basketball team conquered third seeded Thetford Academy and top seeded Randolph over the weekend to reclaim the Division III crown.…

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EAST HARDWICK –  Snowpack depths continue to plummet across the low and mid-level elevations, with little, if any snow in the valleys. Other places, such as Craftsbury, have up to…

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At Front Seat Coffee (from left), Hardwick Gazette Reporter Raymonda Parchment ans Editor Paul Fixx visit to meet with readers, Friday, March 6. courtesy photo HARDWICK – Visit with The…

A limited number of printed Hardwick Gazette copies are now for sale at the Buffalo Mountain Market in Hardwick and Willey’s Store in Greensboro at $5 a copy. Please tell your friends who would rather read us in print. Contact us for back issues and reprint copies for your scrapbook

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HARDWICK – The March 5 regular select board meeting consisted of select board appointments, construction updates and discussing the proposed Buffalo Mountain Town Forest purchase. The HardwicK Select Board holds…

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VERMONT – Hannah Burrill, a real estate agent in the Northeast Kingdom, was floored when she learned while gearing up for her license renewal this winter about a slate of…

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BARRE – The roller coaster ride of the Lamoille boys basketball team ended in championship glory over the weekend as they knocked off undefeated Hartford to capture their first Division…

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HARDWICK – The 2026 Division III champion Hazen Union girls basketball team dominated the Capital League in their inaugural season, led by their star junior Kelsie Rivard, who was named…

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Cabot Trails held a moonlight trail walk on snowshoes and skis, Saturday, Feb. 28, just 3 days before the full worm moon. Nate Curshmann of Dead Eye Works packed, leveled…

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The U.S. Paralympic Cross Country and Biathlon team in Italy. Athletes are in white and coaches and staff in blue.courtesy photo CORTINA, Italy – A week after the 2026 Winter…

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – At this time of year, wild eastern turkeys are still congregated in the flocks of 20 or so birds with which they spend the winter. Groups of…

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EDITOR
Paul Fixx

ADVERTISING
Sandy Atkins, Raymonda Parchment, Dawn Gustafson, Paul Fixx

CIRCULATION
Dawn Gustafson

PRODUCTION
Sandy Atkins, Dawn Gustafson, Dave Mitchell, Raymonda Parchment

REPORTER
Raymonda Parchment

SPORTS WRITERS
Ken Brown
Eric Hanson

WEATHER REPORTER
Tyler Molleur

PHOTOGRAPHER
Vanessa Fournier

CARTOONIST
Julie Atwood

CONTRIBUTORS
Trish Alley, Sandy Atkins, Brendan Buckley, Hal Gray, Abrah Griggs, Eleanor Guare, Henry Homeyer, Pat Hussey, Willem Lange, Cheryl Luther Michaels, Tyler Molleur, Kay Spaulding, Liz Steel, John Walters

INTERNS
Cloey Camley, Hazen Union School
Claire Charlow, UVM Community News Service
Will Helms, Hazen Union School
Eisha Qureshi, UVM Community News Service