HARDWICK – Twelve people used AWARE services between April 5 and April 12. The AWARE 24-hour hotline is 802-472-6463. A non-profit established in 1984, AWARE serves Hardwick and the greater Hardwick area in preventing and healing the trauma of domestic and sexual violence. AWARE provides help during immediate crises, as[Read More…]
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Hardwick Police Department Media Log
HARDWICK – April 5: Medical, Bridgman Hill Road; VIN verification, Craftsbury Road; DLS, Vt. Route 14; Suspicious Event, Prospect St.; Transport, High St. April 6: Directed Patrol, S. Main St.; Directed Patrol, Hazen Union Drive: Assist – Motorist, Vt. Route 15: Traffic Stop, Vt. Route 15. April 7: Traffic Stop, Wolcott[Read More…]
Common parking safety a concern
CRAFTSBURY – The last meeting, March 17, saw the select board finalize a number of ongoing projects, discuss safety issues on the Common, as well as review municipal finances. According to minutes, whether for public or school use, parking is an issue. This past weekend, vehicles parked in the road created[Read More…]
Young moose sighted
Radar speed sign, LVRT trailhead to come
EAST HARDWICK – The East Hardwick Neighborhood (EHNO) organization announced Friday that it has reached its fundraising goal for the purchase of a radar speed sign. “Your overwhelming support for our radar speed sign campaign has been truly inspiring,” they wrote in email and Front Porch Forum (FPF) announcements. The[Read More…]
State board recommends flood grant to Plainfield
PLAINFIELD – Plainfield appears poised to receive $5.2 million in state flood grant funding. The $5.2 million will build infrastructure and a portion of the costs to construct 20 new housing units, 14 of which are for low- and moderate- income households, on a 24-acre parcel in Plainfield. Four duplexes[Read More…]
CAE Food Hub celebrates one year
HARDWICK – The food hub, established by the nonprofit Center For an Agricultural Economy (CAE), is celebrating its first year of operations this spring. Located at the Yellow Barn complex, the new building allows Farm Connex, a local food logistics and transportation partner, to operate out of a space more[Read More…]
Construction in downtown Hardwick
Voters turn down Mountain View, Wolcott school budgets a second time
HARDWICK, WOLCOTT – The second round of school budget votes failed today in both the Mountain View Union and Wolcott School Districts. Both school boards submitted the same budget that had been submitted on Town Meeting Day, saying a state buy down would lower tax rates, but voters rejected that.[Read More…]
Special town meeting could threaten future of democracy
To the editor: The Hardwick Select Board has been forced to hold a special town meeting to vote on two petitions that could threaten the future of democracy in Hardwick. The first petition speaks for itself and asks that all items be voted on via Australian ballot at future town[Read More…]
Heller’s World
People before profits, greed
To the editor: On Sunday, over sixty people turned out on a rainy evening to see gubernatorial candidate Amanda Janoo speak at Front Seat Coffee. Her message of hope and transformation was a ray of sunshine in the gloomy weather. A seasoned economist who has worked for the U.N., Amanda[Read More…]
