Greensboro
Weatherization Presentation Draws Over 60 Attendees
GREENSBORO – A group of volunteers from six neighboring towns is on a mission to show that, through simple home improvements, not only can homeowners save money on their energy bills, but that those savings will more than pay for the cost of doing the work. That was the goal[Read More…]
“That’s So March!”
HARDWICK — Hardwick Community Television’s first edition of “Community Clips” was released March 21 and is ready for you to view. Sit back, relax and click on the picture to take in “That’s So March!” Ten contributors provided 16 clips where you will see and hear geese, potholes and sinkholes,[Read More…]
Energy Committee Seeks Local Solutions to Climate Change
GREENSBORO – The Greensboro Energy Action Committee (GEAC) was formed to help residents save money, live comfortably and address climate change by reducing carbon. Actions taken by the committee include having Smith’s store in Greensboro Bend host energy efficiency advocate, Paul Markowitz, to answer questions area residents have about how[Read More…]
Area Volunteers Help Reduce Energy Bills
by Liz Steel, Community Journalist GREENSBORO – Often the hardest part about home improvements is knowing where to start. Homeowners can feel overwhelmed, unsure of whom to trust to help them, and concerned that they will get talked into doing a project they cannot afford. In other words, the risks[Read More…]
Voters to Consider Budgets, Pollinator Protection and Candidates
GREENSBORO – In a year with lots of stress due to the summer’s flooding, Select Board Chair Peter Romans reported, “To repair town roads, the town borrowed one million dollars and subsequently spent most of it. The town’s proposed budget of $1,956,009 comes in with an increase of 6.93% after[Read More…]
United Methodist Church in Greensboro Bend Closes
GREENSBORO BEND – It was with sadness that I read in the January 31 Gazette of the closing of the United Methodist Church in Greensboro Bend. Church members prepared many meals for eating in the downstairs common room. I remember especially the St. Patrick’s Day corned beef and the game[Read More…]
Lakeview Students Spread Valentine Joy
GREENSBORO – The smiles were as wide as the heart-shaped cards handcrafted and personally delivered to residents of the Greensboro Nursing Home this Valentine’s Day. Lakeview Elementary students have been busy in art class creating beautiful red and pink hearts with all the trimmings and adorned with personal messages of[Read More…]
Lakeview Elementary Students Thank Community Members for Ski Donation
GREENSBORO – During community meeting, on February 7, Lakeview Elementary students got a chance to express their gratitude, through words and handmade cards, to community members Roger and Margie Prevot. The Prevots, who recently donated Nordic ski equipment for Lakeview’s Nordic Ski Program, shared their passion for skiing, which was[Read More…]
Curds and Curling Draws Outdoor Crowd
GREENSBORO – The outlook wasn’t brilliant for the Greensboro Gorillas that day: the score stood three to zero, with but one more round to play, and then when Fredericks died with the first wheel and Hanowski did the same, a pall-like silence fell upon the patrons of the game. The[Read More…]
Community Workshop First Event of Energy Efficiency Group
GREENSBORO – A new multi-town energy efficiency group, Save Energy NEK, sponsored its first event on Saturday Feb. 3, at the Greensboro Free Library. The community workshop, led by Aaron Heyerdahl, an energy educator with the Vermont Energy Education Program (VEEP), focused on home heat transfer and how to weatherize[Read More…]