HARDWICK – Hardwick Electric Department (HED) Commissioners met last Tuesday, June 16, agreeing to purchase shares of stock in the Vermont transmission utility, reviewing finances, hearing about the development of plans for future infrastructure upgrades and the status of the utility’s dams. Commissioner Roger Prevot was attending his final meeting[Read More…]
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Vermont Parks Forever provides free passes to 54 organizations
MONTPELIER – Vermont Parks Forever (VPF), the foundation for Vermont State Parks, recently announced the 2026 Park Access Fund grantees. Since 2016, VPF’s Park Access Fund has granted thousands of free days in Vermont’s state parks to community partners helping to create a more equitable outdoor experience throughout the state.[Read More…]
Lily of the Valley
Hardwick Property Transfers
June to August, 2025 David and Danielle Bailey to Harold Casavant, 1433 Vt. Rte. 16, .5 acres, $90,000. June 3, 2025. Janet Howard, Laurie Heath, A. Holmes to Jeffrey Nichols-Gordon, .62 acres, 70 Marshall St., $215,000, June 4, 2025. David and Susanna Steenkamp to Susanna Steenkamp, 10.4 acres, 1051 Nichols[Read More…]
Northland Journal ceases publication, consolidates with North Star Monthly
DERBY – “Vermont’s Northland Journal” has ceased publication following its July 2026 issue, bringing an end to almost 25 years of the publication which shared the history of the Northeast Kingdom, publisher Scott Wheeler told the community in an article appearing recently in the “North Star Monthly” and on social[Read More…]
CVCR state funding follows upgrade extending broadcast reach
PLAINFIELD – Central Vermont Community Radio (CVCR) that recently finished an antenna and critical broadcast gear upgrade now finds itself the beneficiary of over $40,000 in funding secured by the Vermont Access Network partnership in the FY27 Vermont State budget The $1.89 million in annual public funding to support 24[Read More…]
A unique and special event
To the editor: This past weekend the Hardwick Academy and Hazen Union alumni held their annual banquet at the Brochu Pavilion in Hardwick and golf outing at the Mountain View Country Club in Greensboro. The rainy weather didn’t hamper the large turnout at both events. Mike Clark and Pat Hussey,[Read More…]
Discuss before proceeding
To the editor: I moved to Greensboro in 1946 and I delivered telegrams on my bike because cottages didn’t have phones (let alone internet) and cottages didn’t have refrigerators, just ice boxes with huge blocks of ice to keep food from spoiling. My mother was born in Greensboro, and I have relatives scattered[Read More…]
Woodsmoke
Enough is Enough
I recently commented to a friend, “Enough is enough, this administration has gone too far,” to which they asked, “When did it cross the line.” It was a good question. Where is the line and what can we do as individuals when it gets crossed. While polls indicate somewhere between[Read More…]
