by Bonnie Kirn Donahue, Extension Master Gardener, University of Vermont NORTHFIELD – Raised beds are a great way to minimize effort and maximize enjoyment of vegetable and flower gardens. Plants grown in raised beds are easier to access because they are higher off the ground and have less surface area[Read More…]
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AWARE Report
HARDWICK – AWARE served 27 people from May 21 through June 4.
Graduation 2023
June 7, Cabot High School, 5 p.m. June 8, Hazen Union Eighth-Grade Celebration, 6 p.m. June 8, Walden Eighth-Grade, 6 p.m. June 8, Craftsbury Eighth-Grade Celebration, 7 p.m. June 8, Twinfield Eighth-Grade Step-Up, 5:30 p.m. June 9, Craftsbury Academy High School, 6 p.m. June 9, Lakeview Sixth-Grade, 6 p.m. June[Read More…]
Garden Tour on June 17
CRAFTSBURY – The Craftsbury Public Library is hosting a Craftsbury Garden Tour on Saturday, June 17, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Featured properties include flower and vegetable farms, perennial flower gardens, orchards, and homesteads. Participants will have the opportunity to learn more about what plants thrive in northern Vermont,[Read More…]
Session Ends with Changes to Public Systems
by Rep. Katherine Sims, Orleans-4 CRAFTSBURY – We all share a vision of thriving communities made up of thriving individuals. I believe all people are inherently worthy of the same opportunities to thrive, no matter their race, gender, abilities, zip code or bank accounts. It’s that commitment to equity that[Read More…]
Pope to Discuss Book at Vermont Granite Museum
BARRE – Former Hardwick Gazette owner and editor Eric Pope will be giving a presentation about his new book “Granite Kingdom: A Novel,” at the Vermont Granite Museum on Thursday, June 8 at 6 p.m. The historical novel is set in 1910 in a northern Vermont village when it was[Read More…]
Fish Samples Needed for Mercury Study
BURLINGTON – Researchers from the University of Vermont and Dartmouth College are seeking help from anglers this summer for a survey to measure mercury concentrations in Lake Champlain sport fish. This survey is conducted every five years in collaboration with the Lake Champlain Basin Program. While numerous fish muscle samples[Read More…]
Connelly Photos Show Reality and Abstraction
by David K. Rodgers HARDWICK – Since April there has been a show at the Third Floor Gallery of the Hardwick Inn of some 46 photographs by Ross Connelly, former owner and editor of the Hardwick Gazette with his wife, Susan Jarzyna from 1986 to 2017. As he writes in[Read More…]
Congregation Honors Thomas Berry on Walk to Monastery
by Shelly Jungwirth GREENSBORO – The congregation of Greensboro United Church of Christ (GUCC) joined the Sisters Gail, Bernadette, Amie and other friends of the Green Mountain Monastery on Hillcrest Road in Greensboro, in celebration of Thomas Berry’s life and work for the care of the Earth, and our place[Read More…]
Of Dewdrops and Spider Webs
by Rachel Sargent Mirus DUXBURY – On a foggy morning walk, it may seem as if the spider webs on your path have turned into jeweled wonders, every thread a string of gems as smooth as pearls and as sparkling as diamonds. Each of these jewels is a drop of[Read More…]
The Tomato: Queen of the Garden!
by Henry Homeyer CORNISH FLAT, N.H. – For me tomatoes are the best tasting, most important vegetable I grow. I eat them raw in salads and sandwiches or cooked in soups and stews. I dehydrate some, I freeze many whole, and I make some sauce for quick dinners in winter.[Read More…]
ANNETTE FOSTER
WALDEN – Annette Foster passed gently surrounded by loved ones in her home on June 3. She was born on June 25, 1956, to Leon and Madeleine Bellavance of Walden. She married Nathan Foster on August 18, 1979, creating their home in Walden. They have three children, Danielle, Jeremy, and[Read More…]
