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Gazette Receives $25,000 Grant
by Gazette Staff HARDWICK – The Hardwick Gazette has been named the recipient of a $25,000 grant from the Vermont Arts Council. The grant is part of a program designed to help organizations and businesses that “continue to struggle financially due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.” According to[Read More…]
Board Raises Transfer Station Prices to Stem Losses
by Gazette Staff WOLCOTT – At its April 19 regular meeting, the Wolcott Select Board discussed the status of grants, spending American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds on broadband, and steps to stop financial losses at the transfer station. To introduce the first topic for board discussion, Sal Morales, planner[Read More…]
FEMA to Cover December Flood Costs
GREENSBORO – Town projects from December’s flood recovery, to road work, a Breezy Avenue sidewalk scoping study and the proposed wastewater treatment plant filled the select board’s June 12 meeting agenda, Select Board Clerk and FEMA Coordinator Josh Karp provided a FEMA update, stating all Greensboro’s road damage from the[Read More…]
Off We Went for Coffee
by Willem Lange EAST MONTPELIER – The other day – a bluebird day if ever there was one: temperature in the seventies; bright blue sky, robins on the lawn, coltsfoot rioting along the driveway – I shuffled tentatively across the newly mud-free yard to the barnlike garage where the cars[Read More…]
Invite Beneficial Insects with a Bug Hotel
by Andrea Knepper, Extension Master Gardener, University of Vermont BOLTON – Many gardeners find ways to invite beneficial insects into their spaces by planting native pollinator plants, mulching and avoiding pesticide use. Another way to support a healthy beneficial insect community is a bug hotel. Bug hotels provide a variety[Read More…]
Home Learning and Vivid Vegetables Talks April 28
GREENSBORO – Author Rebecca Rupp will visit the Greensboro Free Library for two in-person programs and a potluck on Friday, April 28. Rupp is the author of over 200 articles for national magazines, on topics ranging from the natural history of squirrels to the archaeology of privies, and nearly 20[Read More…]
Green Up Day May 6
HARDWICK – Green Up Day will be held on Saturday, May 6, with dumpsters and drop-off at the Hardwick Town Garage from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Bags can be picked up at Hazen Union, Hardwick Elementary, Hardwick Town Office, or by texting Jason at (802) 272-3137. If syringes or[Read More…]
Free Lead Screening of Garden Soils May 13
SOUTH BURLINGTON – Vermont gardeners will be able to get their soils screened for lead at no cost at Garden Soil Health Day. The event will be held on May 13 from 1 to 4 p.m. at the University of Vermont (UVM) Horticulture Research and Education Center (“Hort Farm”), located[Read More…]
Tick Talk April 27
HARDWICK – The Lamoille Valley Medical Reserve Corps will be at the Jeudevine Memorial Library on April 27, at 5 p.m., to present information on how to protect from ticks. The corps says the best way to prevent tick borne diseases is to prevent tick bites, use a tick repellent[Read More…]
Seasonal Sing and Soup Potluck May 13
EAST CRAFTSBURY – The J.W. Simpson Memorial Library will hold an all-ages seasonal sing and soup potluck on Saturday, May 13, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sing songs to celebrate the season together as Heidi Wilson leads the group in simple, engaging songs. All voices are welcome. The singing[Read More…]
“August: Osage County” Presented in May
HYDE PARK – The Lamoille County Players will present the spring drama “August: Osage County,” on May 5 to May 7 and May 12 to May 14 at the Hyde Park Opera House. In the play, when the large Weston family unexpectedly reunites after Dad disappears, their Oklahoman family homestead[Read More…]
