HARDWICK – I wonder if anyone would like to know the truth about the Hardwick Water Fountain. Other than a niece of mine, not a soul has contacted me to discuss [it]. I did go to the town office to speak to Opie about this as my niece had contacted[Read More…]
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Another perspective on sex offenders
To the editor: I understand the intent behind your actions is to protect children, and as a mother, I deeply respect that. Protecting kids matters to all of us. But sometimes, in trying to do good, we unintentionally cause harm; and that is what is happening here. Not every situation, and[Read More…]
Rodenticide resolution prepared for town meeting
In 2024, the Greensboro Conservation Commission (GCC) developed a resolution declaring Greensboro a Pollinator-Friendly town in support of the Vermont Neonicotinoids Act 182 that was going through the House at the time. That resolution was developed based on the work of the Town of Cabot in particular and passed at Greensboro Town[Read More…]
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On sale now: American moral leadership
GREENSBORO – Almost 250 years ago Jefferson wrote that we “are endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable rights” and that “government derives its just powers from the consent of the governed.” America has not always been a “shining City on a Hill,” but from Valley Forge to the Edmund[Read More…]
For the record:
The names in the caption under the page eleven photo by Hal Gray in our December 3 edition should have read: (front, from left) Judy Carpenter, Cilla Bonney-Smith, Maria Schumann, Patti Sunday-Winters, Andrew Gray, Rev. Ed Sunday-Winters, Jan Terwiesch, Emma Palumbo. (back, from left) Josh Karp, B.J. Gray and Erika[Read More…]
Warm and windy weather interrupts winter conditions
EAST HARDWICK – Almost every day of the past forecast period featured some form of light snow, with moderate to heavy bursts-and those amounts added up over the week. Snowfall totals ranged from nine inches to a foot, with just under an inch of snow liquid equivalent. Total snowpack depth[Read More…]
Will widows and orphans be left to their own devices?
EAST MONTPELIER – Around 1906, a young Harvard graduate student was browsing a used book store in Cambridge and came across a rare treasure: a prompter’s script used by Charles Dickens in his tour of the United States to perform readings from his work. It was an abbreviated version of “A[Read More…]
Leading together
SHELBURNE – The day before Thanksgiving last year, the new executive director of the Vermont Council on Rural Development (VCRD), Denise Smith, came for a visit. After talking for two hours, we wondered how we had not met before. We imagined convening Vermont women nonprofit executive directors in a way[Read More…]
What the flood buyout program really does
HARDWICK – In recent months, many residents have asked how Hardwick’s flood buyout program works and what it means for the town’s finances and long-term flood resilience. As the community continues recovering from repeated disasters, it is important to clear up several common misconceptions and explain why this program remains[Read More…]
I paint because I can!
Last year I was shopping in the wonderful Whistle Emporium with my young adult daughter. We browsed among the million wonderful objects there, and she bought the book “Watercolor in Nature” by Rosalie Haizlett. As we were enjoying a lovely lunch at the Village Restaurant, I thumbed through her purchase[Read More…]
Meeting Memo Dec. 17 to 22
Wednesday, December 17Wolcott Select Board, third Wednesday of month, 6 p.m.Wolcott Town School Board, third Wednesday, 6 to 8 p.m., Wolcott Elementary SchoolThursday, December 18Hardwick Select Board, third Thursday of month, 6 p.Monday, December 22Calais Select Board, fourth Monday of month, 7 p.m. Town Clerks Cabot: cabotvt.usCalais: calaisvermont.govCraftsbury: townofcraftsbury.comGreensboro: greensborovt.govHardwick:[Read More…]
