LYME, N.H. – Frogs have hopped about Earth since before the time of the dinosaurs, and it shows. Celebrated for their amphibious lifestyle and cacophonous choruses, the long arc of frog evolution has yielded other awesome and efficient adaptations in organs from their lungs to their skin. Research on green[Read More…]
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Goddard Café Closing in April
PLAINFIELD – Goddard Café has announced its demise on social media recently. One of several recent Facebook postings said, “Two final weeks of café service followed by breakfast buffet March 14 to 22. Enjoy your favorite country dishes for the last time.” This is in the wake of Goddard College[Read More…]
For the Record:
In the March 27 story titled, “Curtis Pond Dam Renovation Funded” the flood referenced in two of the photos was in 2023.
Development Review Board Considers Pedestrian Bridge, Civic Standard Change of Use Requests
HARDWICK – Hardwick Zoning Administrator Kristen Leahy has announced a public hearing of the Hardwick Development Review Board to be held on the third floor of the Memorial Building Wednesday, April 3, beginning at 7 p.m., for two conditional use reviews. The first is to review reconstruction planned for the[Read More…]
Natural Resources Inventory Report Rescheduled
HARDWICK – Matt Peters’ report on Hardwick’s first Natural Resources Inventory (NRI) has been rescheduled for Saturday, April 6, at 2 p.m. in the Memorial Building. The Hardwick Conservation Commission (HCC) contracted with consulting ecologist Matt Peters of Woodbury to conduct a Natural Resources Inventory for Hardwick in January. Called for[Read More…]
Marshfield is Open for Business on Sunday
MARSHFIELD – The overwhelming success of Marshfield’s Sunday Town meeting has convinced owners of the Marshfield Village Store to begin opening only on Sunday beginning after April 1. U.S. Postal service approval has been received for the post office, now serving both Marshfield and Cabot to open only on Sunday[Read More…]
FEMA Funds Fuel Expanding Chronicle as Fire Dept. Needs Nixed
CABOT – The select board has crafted a plan to use FEMA funds intended for a new fire station for unauthorized purposes. It is expected to help improve the lives of Cabot residents in ways that FEMA funding won’t allow. A Cabot Chronicle World Headquarters will be built in the[Read More…]
Governor Issues Eclipse Alert
MONTPELIER, PLAINFIElD – Vermont Emergency Management (VEM) advises all Vermonters to stay inside, turn off all lights and close their shades and curtains on Monday, April 8, for the eclipse of the century. Governor Scott, emphasizing the critical importance of attracting tourists to the state, asked Vermonters to stay off[Read More…]
Civic Standard’s Subversive Plan Revealed
HARDWICK – The Civic Standard’s diabolical motives have been discovered by undercover Gazette reporters. Over the last month, while wearing scuba gear and heavily insulated wetsuits to survive the Lamoille’s wintery waters, highly trained Gazette operatives waded upriver from Jackson Dam under cover of darkness and listened in on secret[Read More…]
Sterling Pivots to Put the Farm in Big Pharma
CRAFTSBURY COMMON – Sterling College Trustees have approved a plan to pivot from their 100% environmental focus to a new emphasis on putting the farm in big pharma. The announcement, thanking donors to the recently completed capital campaign, acknowledged receipt of $14 million from Monsanto and $3 billion from the[Read More…]
Pothole Fishing Derby Nets World Record Perch
HARDWICK/GREENSBORO – Jeff Montgomery announced a very successful first annual Center Road Fishing Derby, made possible by the summer’s flooding that flushed millions of smaller fish from Caspian Lake into Center Road potholes, where they’ve been able to grow to incredible size with little competition in the hundreds of potholes.[Read More…]
