MONTPELIER – On the House Education Committee, we’ve been laying out the different paths Vermont could take when it comes to education reform. This month, we’ll begin exploring possible district maps that would plan for larger, more consolidated systems. At the same time, I will continue to strongly advocate for[Read More…]
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I am hopeful we’ll come out stronger
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…]
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…]
45 Years ago in The Hardwick Gazette, February 8, 1951
GREENSBORO ––– Church of Christ Rev. Kenneth McCrae 10:30 A.M. Divine Service. The Church School meets each Sunday at 11:30. ––– New Doctor Expected about March 1 Dr. Freideric Sharpless of Haverford, Pa., is expected to arrive in Greensboro about March first. Dr. Sharpless will have his office at the[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…]
Rare winter flicker of red, yellow
NEW ENGLAND – While many of our region’s colorful birds fly south for the cold months, resident woodpeckers offer a reliable contrast to this season’s monochrome palette. A pileated woodpecker’s blazing crest and the miniature red cap of a hairy woodpecker brighten the gray-and-white doldrums. But few avian winter wardrobes[Read More…]
Identifying trees in winter
CORNISH FLAT, N.H. – If you like to hike or snowshoe in the winter, you might like to learn the names of the trees you see. Do so, and the trees will seem like your friends. No need to greet them as Sally and Bob, know them as sugar maple,[Read More…]
Building a dish garden
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – While indoor gardening helps stave off post-holiday blues and cabin fever, windows providing full sun can be scarce. Light stands take up needed space, so a gardener can build a dish garden. Dish gardens are collections of plants sharing a single container. Terrariums are enclosed dish[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…]
