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A brief history of the Buffalo Mountain Town Forest project
HARDWICK – In 2025 the Town of Hardwick was presented with the extraordinary opportunity, to be essentially gifted a significant piece of land on Buffalo Mountain, for perpetual access and use by the public. The proposal to establish a town forest on Buffalo Mountain started in May, 2025. The Hardwick[Read More…]
Vermonters feel financial strain
MONTPELIER – There’s an old saying in Montpelier, “When the budget is done, we’re done.” Agreement on the budget marks the end of the legislative session. Each year, more than a hundred bills may pass, and every bill that includes spending must be incorporated into the budget bill. Without legal[Read More…]
Fixing the front door of health care
MONTPELIER – If you wake up at 9 p.m. with a high fever, a worsening cough, or a child who just doesn’t seem right, you don’t have many options. You can wait and worry or you can go to the emergency room. More and more Vermonters are choosing the latter. Not because[Read More…]
Waiting has a cost
HARDWICK – In a small town like Hardwick, it’s easy to put off big decisions. Projects are expensive. The timing never feels quite right. When something is still working, at least most of the time, it can be hard to justify making a change. Concern about the cost of projects[Read More…]
Weeks Gone By
This Spring, look up for the bees
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION – The changing colors of fall leaves is undeniably one of the great spectacles of the northern hardwood forests. But consider for a moment the other end of the growing season from early April through late May, the color palette of our local forests changes at breathtaking[Read More…]
Azaleas, Rhododendrons attractive, well-behaved
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – Azaleas and other rhododendrons are fixtures in yards and gardens for good reasons: they’re attractive, well-behaved, and easy to care for. But which is which? Azaleas (Rhododendron spp.) are, in fact, rhododendrons, though all rhododendrons are not azaleas. Azaleas tend to be smaller shrubs (around five[Read More…]
When students engage in education it creates a better world
WALDEN – Hello, my name is Azailya L’Esperance. I am from Walden, and in sixth grade. Throughout my years here, I have noticed that we don’t have enough student engagement. My school has combined grades and most classes are mixed together with multiple ages. This arrangement really limits students’ learning.[Read More…]
A Verse a Day
A verse a daykeeps the doctor at playwith patients who sufferPlay Deficit Disorder.Poems provoke reflectionAnd ward off infectionby the day’s newsand evening blues.No known negative side effects. Trish Passmore Ally, Greensboro This poem was written for the Verse-Village celebration of April Poetry Month.
The Season of Being
I glide my sandaled feet over cool fescue grassthat is recently dappled with crimson maple leavesas I ponder if I am feeling the correct amount of gratitude.Appreciation is fleetingif I allow the assassins of peace to redirect my interest.Am I looking for something I will always want?My overgrown garden craves[Read More…]
Chocolate and Wafer
KitKat, oh KitKat,Where art thou thee?So sweet and delicious,So chocolatey and non-nutritious! You bring joy and loveWith your chocolate and wafer.Now, let me eat you!In my stomach you will be safer. From Halloween to EasterTo Christmas break.Let’s stop and enjoy a KitKatFor goodness sake! Aiden Baker, Hardwick This poem was[Read More…]
