PLAINFIELD – “I’m a radio nerd.” That’s the self-description of Llu Mulvaney-Stanak, executive director of Central Vermont Community Radio, which operates WGDR in Plainfield and WGDH in Hardwick. It’s been a challenging time for public broadcasting, but donors have stepped up, said Mulvaney-Stanak, who uses they/them pronouns. Meanwhile, work continues[Read More…]
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After the buyout: standing in the in-between
HARDWICK – Recently, I spent a bitterly cold afternoon walking through several flood-impacted sites in Hardwick with a group of University of Vermont students. They are enrolled in a course on climate adaptation and are thinking about what towns manage after buyouts are complete. We were standing in places where[Read More…]
Kicking the tax can
TURENNE, France – Some school districts are experiencing sticker shock heading into town meeting. Their projected tax increases for the next school year seem out of line with their proposed spending increases. A few different things can cause this, but one big factor was the Legislature’s decision last year to[Read More…]
100 years ago in the Hardwick Gazette, February 25, 1926
Girl Scouts Grace J. Kelley, CaptainRuby Grisworld, 1st. Lieut.Mildred Stone, 2nd, Lieut. The twenty-eight girls who answered to their names at Roll Call last Monday night, at Scout Headquarters, were certainly an enthusiastic bunch and the business of the evening was conducted with all the necessary “snap” to make it[Read More…]
Tiny king of the winter woods: Golden-crowned Kinglets
MILLBROOK, N.Y. – The morning after a nighttime snowfall evokes feelings of newness and wonder. If the air is calm and the trees still retain their coat of fluffy white, I immediately bundle up and head out to explore. I trudge into the woods looking and listening for signs of[Read More…]
Bundling Up: Soil Microbes in Winter
VERMONT – Like any good animal, we sense the change of seasons through a hundred subtle clues. Leaves change and shed, becoming crispy piles underfoot. Geese cross the bright sky. Other signs of winter are harder to define: the morning chill deepens its bite, the afternoon light becomes pale. Although[Read More…]
Fight winter blues with plants
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – Adding a bit of greenery to surroundings might help chase winter blues away. Each year, shorter daylight hours and colder temperatures send many retreating indoors. Less exposure to sunlight brings with it reduced levels of Vitamin D and a potential imbalance in bodies of serotonin and melatonin,[Read More…]
Grow gourmet mushrooms at home
FAYSTON – Growing mushrooms at home doesn’t require special equipment or prior experience. Fresh mushrooms can be grown with an at-home mushroom growing kit. Mushroom growing kits require minimal space and time, making it possible to grow your own food year-round, even during the cold Vermont winter months. Mushroom kits are[Read More…]
Craftsbury students hold mock town meeting
On Monday, Feb. 16, democracy was on display as Craftsbury students held a mock town meeting, learning how voices are critical to the school community. The meeting was facilitated by Jeannine Young, Craftsbury Town Moderator, and by student Co-Moderator, Hyla Thompson, fifth-grade student. Craftsbury town officials, including Town Clerk Michelle[Read More…]
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Craftsbury Academy receives grant to launch rocketry club
CRAFTSBURY – The countdown has begun for the newly formed Craftsbury Comets Rocketry Club, which recently announced it is the recipient of a $1,000 Northrop Grumman Foundation STEM Innovation Grant through the American Rocketry Challenge (ARC). The grant will fund materials and tools needed for students to design, build and[Read More…]
Academy students win Gold Key Awards
CRAFTSBURY – Two Craftsbury Academy students, Lillian Allen (12) and Kosmos Gletsos (11, Green Mountain Technology and Career Center), are among 167 young artists and writers from across Vermont who have been recognized by the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards for exceptional artistic and literary talent. Both Allen and Gletsos[Read More…]
