by Patrick Hussey, Community Journalist HARDWICK – At its November monthly meeting, the Hardwick Academy (HA)/Hazen Union (HU) Alumni Association unanimously approved a motion to restore the Academy bell, make repairs to its working pieces and move it to Hazen Union so it can be rung again. Now they want[Read More…]
Tag: current
Wintermarket Wagon Rides
Positive Pie Snowman
Board Discusses Wastewater Project Proposal
by Gazette Staff WOLCOTT – At its regular December 6 meeting, the Wolcott Select Board got an update on bringing more broadband internet to town, discussed a possible wastewater project, and continued to discuss next year’s town budget. Jim Ryan, of East Hill Road, who chairs the Wastewater Committee started[Read More…]
157-Year-Old Hardwick Academy Bell has Long Journey
by Patrick Hussey HARDWICK – When the calendar turns to 2024, it will mark the 157th year since the Hardwick Academy bell was manufactured and the 47th year of it being laid to rest in Memorial Park. In 1970, Hardwick Academy (HA), built in 1892, was about to be torn[Read More…]
State Police Continue Investigation into East Calais Shooting
by Gazette Staff CALAIS – At approximately 11:45 p.m. on December 4, Vermont State Police (VSP) received a report that a man had been shot in East Calais. The incident started an investigation that has produced several updates, but which remains unresolved. In its initial report, at 5:20 a.m., on[Read More…]
Area Towns Build Window Inserts to Keep People Warmer
NORTHEAST KINGDOM – The last part of October found the Energy Committees of Glover, Greensboro, and Craftsbury, and the Albany Planning Commission organizing over 100 volunteers to help build 577 window inserts for 90 area households, the Greensboro Historical Society, East Craftsbury Simpson Library, and the Craftsbury Town Clerk’s Office. [Read More…]
Talking to Santa
Owners of Blackbird Organics Purchase Farm in Marshfield
MARSHFIELD — After five years of farming on leased land, Elise Magnant and Kagen Dewey became first-time farm owners when they bought 78 acres of open and wooded land on Maple Hill Road in Marshfield, the Vermont Land Trust (VLT) announced today. Dewey and Magnant run Blackbird Organics and produce[Read More…]
Board Addresses Animal Control Challenge
by Gazette Staff WOLCOTT – At its November 15 regular meeting, the Wolcott Select Board voted to upgrade the sound system used for recording meetings, approved reimbursing the animal control officer for boarding dogs in his care, and voted to sign a contract for printing the town’s annual report. Dolan[Read More…]
Hill Takes on Double Duty as Wildcat A.D.
by Ken Brown HARDWICK – The legendary varsity boys’ basketball program that Aaron Hill has built and sustained at Hazen Union is a blueprint that many coaches try to follow around the state of Vermont, but he will dip his toes into unknown waters this winter as acting interim Wildcat[Read More…]