The search for Waterbury’s next town manager took a key step forward on Thursday when the Waterbury Select Board chose three finalists from five applicants it interviewed at a special meeting. 

Visitors to the town office this month may have already had a chance to meet Waterbury’s new Town Clerk Wesley Pollock. Assistant Town Clerk Beth Jones continues to serve but is eyeing retirement this summer.

A two-car crash closed Vermont Rt. 100 in Waterbury Center for several hours on Thursday afternoon and early evening as state police, emergency responders, and a Green Mountain Power crew worked at the scene. 

Vermont State Police have cited drivers for DUI in two recent separate single-vehicle crashes.

In 2011, the town’s worst flood of the century touched off the series of events that led to a wintry downtown groundbreaking in February 2025. Fifteen months later, more than 100 people gathered in the sunshine to celebrate the grand opening of Waterbury’s newest 26-unit apartment complex on South Main Street. 

Vermont State Police on Tuesday issued an update regarding a “suspicious incident” that they began investigating in Waterbury Center last week, saying the circumstances were determined not to be criminal.

The Waterbury Center Better Connections project rolls out some new safety features this week to improve vehicle, bike and pedestrian transportation in the area where Guptil Road, Maple Street and Howard Avenue converge.

The local slate of legislative primary candidates is taking shape with first-time candidate Katarina Lisaius filing to run on the Democratic ticket for a House seat representing Waterbury, Bolton, Huntington and Buel’s Gore.

A state legislative committee last week reached a much-awaited decision to further limit which lakes in Vermont may support wakesports and the Waterbury Reservoir now falls into the category where wake boating is banned.