WATERBURY – State health and environmental officials are offering tips on how to check the water in lakes and ponds for cyanobacteria blooms that can harm health. Cyanobacteria, sometimes called blue-green algae, are microorganisms that live in natural waters. Under certain conditions, these bacteria can collect into a bloom that[Read More…]
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This quarter century has gone by quickly
Just eight of ten generations of United States citizens have lived through what has become perhaps the longest lasting democracy in the world today. While the United Kingdom and Switzerland have older government frameworks dating back to the 1600s, or earlier, political scientists seem to require universal suffrage and fully[Read More…]
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For the record
A letter to the Editor this week from Tom DeKornfeld brought to our attention an omission in The Gazette’s reporting on the March 3 Hardwick Town Meeting. Before the meeting adjourned at 3:16 p.m., five hours and fourteen minutes after it began, Emily Lanxner made a motion for the non-binding[Read More…]
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Visiting one of the Isles of Shoals
EAST MONTPELIER – I’d never heard of Celia Thaxter, so when the producer of our TV show emailed that the crew had a chance to visit her garden on Appledore Island, I was politely underwhelmed. Still, it was a chance to visit one of the Isles of Shoals, which had[Read More…]
Four-part resolution wrong-headed
I’ve been coming to Hardwick for many years. I live in Annapolis, Md., but I love being here too. I am invested in Hardwick emotionally as well as financially, and although I am only here for short periods throughout the year, I feel a strong bond to it. Consequently, I[Read More…]
