MORRISVILLE – Copley Hospital officially shuttered the doors to its Birthing Center on November 1. Babies will continue to be born at the hospital only on an emergency basis. As reported in the Nov. 6 issue of the Hardwick Gazette, Elora Mae Kish was the last baby born at Copley[Read More…]
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Plainfield voters deny purchase of property for housing
PLAINFIELD – Residents voted Tuesday against a $600,000 bond to purchase land for new housing development, 15 months after a flood devastated the town’s village core. The bond would have allowed the town selectboard to borrow the funds to buy 24 acres of land located uphill of the village. The[Read More…]
Never Forget Garden underway
Child Haven event to benefit 1,300 South Asian children
HARDWICK – The 17th Annual Hardwick Child Haven’s Indian Dinner and Sari Fashion Show at Hazen Union school, November 1 and 2, raised $13,000, wrote Wheelock’s Robin Cappuccino, a board member of Child Haven International/India, last week. Calling the event a huge success, he said the event will help “our[Read More…]
WindowDressers program builds window inserts, community
CRAFTSBURY – Twenty-six volunteers filled the Craftsbury Outdoor Center’s ski shop last Saturday, as they carried out the carefully designed steps to build insulating window inserts for community members in the three-corner area of Caledonia, Lamoille and Orleans Counties. The Craftsbury, Glover, and Greensboro Energy Committees and the Albany Planning[Read More…]
School Street bridge work continues
WOLCOTT – The School Street bridge replacement work continues in Wolcott as crews install the coffer dam for abutment-one. The one-way traffic pattern on School Street remains in place 24 hours a day, seven days a week, until further notice. Motorists can access School Street from Vt. Rte. 15. Traffic cannot access Rte. 15 from School Street and will instead detour[Read More…]
Treasurer Pieciak confirms distribution of 3SquaresVT/SNAP payments
MONTPELIER – Vermont State Treasurer Mike Pieciak confirmed that his office successfully sent payments ensuring recipients of 3SquaresVT, Vermont’s name for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), would receive their benefits Friday, Nov. 7, despite the ongoing federal shutdown. Approximately 67,000 Vermonters are enrolled in SNAP, and most participants[Read More…]
Program provides pathway to new home
NORTHEAST KINGDOM – Dixie Vestal chose the Shared Equity Program as a stepping stone toward achieving her dream of homeownership. RuralEdge provided vestal with a down payment grant of $78,250 that, combined with a first mortgage from Community National Bank, allowed her to purchase a farmhouse with attached two-car garage[Read More…]
Vermont’s open enrollment period begins
WATERBURY – Open Enrollment for Vermont’s health insurance marketplace began on November 1. During open enrollment, Vermonters can sign up for or change their qualified health and dental plans for 2026. Coverage starts January 1, 2026, for those who sign up on or before December 15. Open enrollment ends January[Read More…]
Check Presentation to Mary Queen of All Saints Parish
Wet yellow road paint splashes car
To the editor: This is to share with others who had the misfortune of getting wet yellow line paint on their car. Late one afternoon this summer, on Route 14 north-bound between Post Road and North Craftsbury Road, the road crew hired by the state engineer to paint the lines[Read More…]
Rapid action needed
To the editor: One of the three maps being developed by Vermont’s Act 73 Redistricting Committee is based around Career and Technical Education (CTE) centers and it poses serious risks to our local schools. In the latest draft of the CTE-based proposal, the Orleans Southwest Supervisory Union (OSSU) has been[Read More…]
