Author: Doug McClure

azen Union Tech Ed/Woodshop teacher Jim Raas shows off one of the new student-constructed tables headed to Atkins Field. The Hardwick Recreation Committee is looking to refine a capital budget plan to include long-term equipment such as park benches, maintenance, and repairs to the ice rink. photo by Doug McClure
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Town Reviews Budget, Hears Request

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Residents watching the June 3 select board meeting received a crash course in the mechanics of creating town budgets, courtesy of the board and Interim Town Manager Jon Jewett.

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file photo by Doug McClure The East Hardwick “Little Library” has location issues. file photo by Doug McClure
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Move Mulled for East Hardwick Library Building

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The town’s “Little Library” continues to be a key focus for the East Hardwick Neighborhood Organization (EHNO). Virtually every question has been asked about how the disused building can play a role in the village, as well as how to tackle its significant location issues.

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The very first post of the StoryWalk on the Hardwick Trails being installed. From the Dare to be Me class (at the back): Jacob Davison, James Montgomery, Daniel desGrosselliers. Kneeling by the post is Ron Wiesen of the Hardwick Trails Committee. At back right is teacher Hilary Maynard and, kneeling at bottom, is student Alder Hardt. photo by Doug McClure
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Pilot Hazen Union Program Impacts Wider Community

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As the 2020-2021 school year opened, Hazen Union launched a series of projects to better serve students who did not respond well to traditional rote classroom-based learning.

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HES third graders were given a tour of the StoryWalk on the Hardwick Trails by Dare To Be Me students Noah Friend (back, left, black mask), and Gavin Bell (back, right) on Tuesday. The HES third graders (left to right) are Noah Lowell, Ethan Hanson, Blair Demers, and Huntley Watson. photo by Doug McClure
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Students Discover Themselves in the Outdoors

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Sometimes, things don’t go as you thought they would, but end up working out exactly as you’d hoped. That was the essential takeaway of Hazen Union World Languages and Martial Arts teacher Anja Pfeffer about how the first year of the Dare to be Me program has gone.

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The former Greensboro High School bell was loaded onto the back of a truck outside the Greensboro Town Hall and taken to Hazen Union during a ceremony on Sunday. On the truck (left to right) are Alex Anair and Lyle Rooney; lifting from the bottom are Isaiah Baker, Tod Delaricheliere, Ethan Shopland. photo by Bailey Shepard
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Community Effort Helps School Get its Bell

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In a soggy Sunday ceremony, the former Greensboro High School bell was moved from its spot near the Greensboro town hall to Hazen Union.

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photo by Doug McClure The Sgt. Tristan Southworth Memorial Day Classic ceremony was held Saturday at the ballfield behind Hardwick Elementary School. The color guard included the POW flag, carried by George Gattone; the U.S. flag, carried by Todd Manchester; the Vermont flag, carried by Slade Farmham; and (back row) Ivan Menard, Lou Fury and Gary Smith. Bringing up the rear is Hazen Union senior Ethan Shopland, who threw the ceremonial first pitch.
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Sgt. Tristan Southworth Memorialized on Saturday

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On Saturday, Hardwick Area Little League hosted Danville/Peacham at the Sgt. Tristan Southworth Memorial Day Classic.

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