Voters keep town clerks busy mailing ballots ahead of school budget vote
More than 1,400 voters across the Harwood Union School District have already requested early ballots by mail for the second vote on a $39.75 million 2020-21 school budget set for Tuesday, June 16.
Waterbury Rotary Club cancels NQID fireworks display
The COVID-19 pandemic had up-ended events for weeks and in Waterbury, the Rotary Club’s Board of Directors on Friday announced that the latest summer casualty will be the fireworks show planned for Not Quite Independence Day this year.
Sunday ‘Rally Against Racism’ set for 4 p.m. at Rusty Parker Park
Volunteers from The Children’s Room along with Waterbury resident Maroni Minter with ACLU Vermont are organizing a rally in downtown Waterbury at 4 p.m.
No pool this summer but rec program gets $33k grant; taxes postponed to November; town to hire part-time animal control officer
Waterbury town officials continue to navigate the impacts of COVID-19 that this week included decisions to keep the town swimming pool closed for the summer, combine property tax payments into one bill due in November, and to keep the municipal offices closed for several more weeks.
It takes a village: Town summer rec camp is on in three places; pool unlikely to open
New state public health guidelines have thrown a wrench into summer camp plans across Vermont, but Waterbury Recreation’s popular summer camp has figured out a way to operate this summer using several locations around the village.
State Police | May 27
State police charge Stowe man driving the wrong way on I-89 in Waterbury; Broken flower pots lead to unlawful mischief charge for Waterbury man.
Spruce Peak Arts floats rolling concert idea to Rotary NQID organizers
Waterbury’s Independence Day celebration may get a bit more festive thanks to a suggestion this week from Spruce Peak Performing Arts to bring a mobile concert to the June 27 fireworks show.
Fireworks still on but parade, market, car show and more called off
Not Quite Independence Day will take on a whole new meaning this year in Waterbury as plans for the annual celebration have been officially scaled back.
Citing Waterbury, Rep. Welch tried to expand aid for local news in new federal relief package
Although it didn’t make it into the bill the U.S. House passed on Friday, Vermont’s Congressman Peter Welch made a pitch for federal COVID-19-related aid for local news media last week and in doing so, he pointed to Waterbury as an example.
Some heroes wear capes, others make masks
Creativity is the whole point of Waterbury’s non-profit MakerSphere, the collaborative work space that mobilized dozens of Waterbury community members to sew more than 2,200 masks and assemble shields for Woodridge Nursing Home and other area medical facilities since mid-March.
News Briefs | May 14
Turkey hunters must report harvest online; Kids Fishing Derby canceled.
Dog Park remains closed; volunteers hope it reopens soon
The Waterbury Unleashed Dog Park remains closed but officials who oversee the popular spot for local canines and their humans are making a plan for when it will reopen.
State representatives can assist Vermonters with unemployment benefits process
As state government digs out from under a crushing influx of unemployment claims from those out of work due to the COVID-19 crisis, lawmakers in Montpelier have joined the effort to assist constituents seeking benefits.
COVID-19 brings spring thaw to Waterbury’s Ice Center
Springtime brings a thaw to local ponds and streams, but for the first time since Tropical Storm Irene, the ice is out at The Ice Center in Waterbury as a result of COVID-19.
News Briefs | May 5
Thatcher Brook/Crossett Brook staff plan car parade May 7, May 31 new deadline for dog licenses, & Green Up Day postponed to May 30
Duxbury offices open by appointment; board chooses new paper of record
The Duxbury Town Office is open to the public by appointment only until further notice in conformance with the current state Stay Home, Stay Safe order.