MONTPELIER – For years, Vermont’s opioid epidemic seemed to move in only one direction: worse. Each annual report brought another heartbreaking record number of overdose deaths, another reminder that fentanyl had tightened its grip on communities across the state. But for the first time in years, Vermont may finally have[Read More…]
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Jackson Dam Study reveals river system complexity
HARDWICK – One detail in the Jackson Dam study stayed with me after I read it. When the SLR engineers began trying to measure how much sediment had accumulated behind the dam, they pushed a fourteen-foot probe rod straight down into the lakebed. In several locations they still did not[Read More…]
Colors
Looking out the windowon a sunny February day,the white snow in the yard blinds me.Eyes lift and I sink into the deep darknessOf the woods beyond. Then… pulled back by stripey, brown-winged birds at the feeder,I remember the red of the cardinalwho visits from time to time,and thrill at the yellow[Read More…]
Tumult and tenderness
SHELBURNE – I am finding tenderness amid the tumult in today’s world. Neighbors are helping neighbors. Federally defunded social profits are collaborating. Strangers in countries at war with each other are coming together to grieve and heal together. They occasionally make the news. This is a tender time of year[Read More…]
Weeks Gone By
100 years ago in The Hardwick GazetteMay 13, 1926 Real Estate Items Wm. F. George has purchased what is known as the Gero property, consisiting [sic] of house, barn and three acres of land, better known as the Olmstead place just this side of the Hardwick and Woodbury railroad crossing[Read More…]
Ticks re-emerge and reveal changing climate
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION – With each spring comes a renewed need to be vigilant for ticks. Over the past several decades, many tick populations and the pathogens they carry have expanded globally, driven by climate change, land-use shifts, and growing host populations. In New England, we are now at the[Read More…]
Keeping track of plants
CORNISH FLAT, N.H. – I decided this year to do a better job of keeping track of what plants are blooming when, and photographing them. I encourage you to do the same: we all forget what we have from time to time. And next winter we’ll be able to enjoy[Read More…]
Heller’s World
Get growing by starting a vegetable garden
FAYSTON – Spring has finally arrived and with it comes a renewed sense of excitement to try something new. For those who have been thinking about starting a garden, this is a great time to give it a try. Whether transforming a corner of a backyard, building a raised bed[Read More…]
Music teacher awarded grant to expand band program
HARDWICK – Hardwick Elementary School (HES) music teacher Jess Zehngut has been selected as a recipient of the Music Will National Instrument Fund, a highly competitive national award with only 11% of applicants chosen. Through this grant, HES will receive new instruments and resources to expand its music program and[Read More…]
Library’s Cooking Club connects young chefs with community
HARDWICK – A water main break couldn’t stop the young chefs of the Jeudevine Library Cooking Club from providing a meal to the community on April 23. In the basement of Jeudevine Memorial Library, local children meet once a month with Youth Librarian Rachel Funk for the cooking club. What[Read More…]
