EAST MONTPELIER – On an early spring day in 1958 I was tooling north in Constance Green, my trusty old Plymouth, on Route 9N in New York State, with Lake Champlain off to my right. The frost heaves were fierce, but in those days I treated them more like ski[Read More…]
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Beyond headlines: How recovery is getting done
HARDWICK – Flood recovery in Hardwick isn’t one project or one timeline. Clearing debris, reopening roads and stabilizing buildings was only the opening phase. The work now looks different, less visible, more procedural and essential to getting projects funded and built correctly. Most of the current progress is happening through[Read More…]
Woodsmoke
“KILL THEM ALL! WE DON’T WANT ANY SURVIVORS TELLING ANYONE WE’RE MURDERING FISHERMEN!”
You’ve brought us back from the brink
Today, as I write this on Giving Tuesday, I spent the morning listening to Vermont Public’s fund drive as they interrupted the daily news and information. While we place ads in the paper, we can’t come to you hourly until you make a donation. We do, however, have your attention[Read More…]
Meeting Memo Dec. 3 to Dec. 10
Wednesday, December 3Stannard Town School Board, first Wednesday, 5:30 – 6:30 p.m., Stannard Town Hall.Wolcott Select Board, first Wednesday of month, 6 p.m.Thursday, December 4Hardwick Select Board, first Thursday of month, 6 p.m.Monday, December 8Calais Select Board, second Monday of month, 7 p.m.Tuesday, December 9Hardwick Energy Committee meeting, 6 p.m.,[Read More…]
The value of expressing gratitude in all things
MORRISVILLE – At work recently, we had training on conflict resolution. After learning about the harm that unresolved conflict can have on a place of business, and going through ways of dealing with conflict rather than ignoring it, we ended with a gratitude exercise. Each person had a paper with[Read More…]
Heller’s World
65 years ago in The Hardwick Gazette, December 1, 1960
65 years ago in The Hardwick Gazette, December 1, 1960 SCUDDER PARKER TO BE ORDAINED SUNDAY A Service for Ordination for Scudder M. Parker, who has been serving as pastor of the United Church of Hardwick since September, 1958, will be held at the local church this Sunday evening, Dec.[Read More…]
100 years ago in The Hardwick Gazette, December 1, 1925
100 years ago in The Hardwick Gazette, December 1, 1925 Breaks Leg While Sliding The boys and girls of this village should take heed of the almost serious accident which befell Raymond Benway, oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Benway, last night, while coasting on Kimball Hill, one of[Read More…]
Winter visitor: Rough-legged Hawk
MILLBROOK, N.Y. – In late autumn, cold air masses come barreling down from the Canadian Arctic like an atmospheric avalanche, bringing with them a visitor from the North: the rough-legged hawk (Buteo lagopus). Its arrival is not as heralded as that of another arctic invader, the snowy owl, but the[Read More…]
Considerations when giving holiday plants
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – During the holidays, an eye-catching display of plants may seem like the perfect gift solution, particularly at the last minute. Is the intended recipient a plant lover? Will they welcome the gift, or will it be something they’ll feel obligated to water (when they remember) and[Read More…]
Card of Thanks
It is with much gratitude that the Craftsbury Select Board would like to acknowledge the 39 years of service that Steve Marckres has selflessly served on the town road crew. Steve started working on the road crew in 1986 and after 10 years was promoted to road foreman in 1996.[Read More…]
