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Hardwick Police Report
On March 19 the Hardwick Police Department received a fraud complaint from a resident who advised someone they believed had been an employee of their online bank had convinced them to transfer money from one of their accounts into two separate accounts as directed by the caller. The victim advised[Read More…]
Hardwick Fire Department
Road Closure Due to Collision with Utility Pole HARDWICK—On Saturday, March 29, at 6:51 a.m., Hardwick Fire Department was toned to a motor vehicle into a utility pole near 26 Slapp Hill Road. Engine 2 responded to the scene with three aboard. On arrival they found the vehicle had left[Read More…]
Hardwick Police Media Log
March 23: Accident – LSA, Vt. Rte. 16; Traffic Hazard, Vt. Rte. 14; Assist – Agency, High St.; Medical, Maple St.; Animal Problem, Molleur Drive; Information, Winter St. March 24: Directed Patrol, Hazen Union Drive; Motor Vehicle Complaint, Center Road; Assist – Agency, Willson Road, Danville; Burglary, Main St.; Assist[Read More…]
Chili Cookoff
Hardwick Community Nonprofit faces Decision about Headquarters
HARDWICK — In the spring of 2022, fledgling community-building organization The Civic Standard, took up residence in the oldest structure on Hardwick’s Main Street: the vacant longtime Hardwick Gazette building. The group turned the space into what Rose Friedman, executive director and co-founder of the Civic, referred to in a[Read More…]
Democracy Discussion
Community Center Top Survey Result for Methodist Church
GREENSBORO BEND – Creation of a community center was the most requested re-use of the building by those responding to a Bend Revitalization Initiative (BRI) survey about redevelopment of the old Methodist Church in Greensboro Bend. Approximately 90% of the survey respondents said they visit the Bend frequently, giving BRI[Read More…]
Mud Season Market
Food Hub Expands Markets for Farmers
HARDWICK — After years of work, the Food Hub, a new facility in Hardwick that will expand markets for local farms and food producers, has opened. The Food Hub is operated by Hardwick-based nonprofit, the Center for an Agricultural Economy (CAE). Products from over 100 local farms and food businesses[Read More…]
Sugar on Snow Celebration
Inn by the River, Twice in River, Now Removed
HARDWICK— For decades, the Inn by the River stood as a fixture of Hardwick. The former site, at 223 Mill Street, now sits vacant at the eastern entrance to downtown Hardwick. The empty landscape is a reminder of flood dynamics and the history of severe flooding. In the 1973 flood, the Lamoille[Read More…]