VTrans announces July restart of Amtrak service
After more than a year since passenger rail service was halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. the Vermont Agency of Transportation today announced the return of Amtrak passenger routes to the state effective July 19.
COVID 911: Waterbury Ambulance Service covers it all
To read comments posted on Facebook about Waterbury Ambulance Service, Inc. you’d think they’re running a hot new restaurant instead of seven-days-a-week, drive-through COVID testing.
Annual meeting adds another clue to Amtrak’s return to Vermont
As the owner of the Waterbury Train Station, the community and economic development group Revitalizing Waterbury has a fair stake in the downtown landmark and its annual meeting this week included a few minutes for an update on when the popular spot might come back to life.
Revitalizing Waterbury looks past pandemic, bestows MK Monley with O’Dell award
After skipping the 2020 annual meeting, Revitalizing Waterbury gathered for its first-ever online annual meeting with more than 70 attendees to recap an unprecedented year for local businesses, look ahead to moving out of the pandemic, and to honor one of the community’s most dedicated and indefatigable champions.
Rep. Stevens steers eugenics apology resolution to resounding House vote, 146-0
In a landslide vote on Wednesday, March 31, the Vermont House unanimously passed a resolution formally apologizing for the state government’s role in the eugenics movement of the early 20th century.
VTrans eyes major shift for traffic circle as Main Street work wraps up
Representatives from the Vermont Agency of Transportation are scheduled to make a presentation to the Waterbury Select Board next Monday to review final work on Main Street for the 2021 season and discuss a significant change proposed for the roundabout intersection of U.S. Routes 2 and Vermont Route 100.
Signs of spring and some timely reminders
It’s that time of year. Or at least the calendar and the melting-freezing backroads say it is. Most of us know not to be fooled because Mother Nature likely has at least one good blast of winter left before your mechanic will agree to swap out your winter tires.
Bolton man rescued from raging brook; couple searching for remains of missing dog
Multiple rescue crews converged on Joiner Brook in Bolton Friday afternoon for a water rescue that brought a local man to safety but turned up no sign of the dog he was attempting to retrieve when he fell into raging waters.
Vermont State Police pledges to advance women in policing
The Vermont State Police this week was the first statewide law enforcement agency in the country to sign on to what’s being called the 30x30 Pledge -- a series of low- and no-cost actions that police agencies can take to improve the representation and experiences of women in law enforcement.
Harwood Union boys hockey coach cited for DUI-2 will be allowed to coach championship
After being stopped by Vermont State Police on Route 100 in Duxbury on Sunday, Harwood Union High School boy's hockey coach Shawn Thompson is due in court next month to face a charge of Driving Under the Influence-second offense, state police said. The incident, however, won’t prevent him from coaching the D-II state championship game on Wednesday.
Waterbury man facing charges after incident at Blush Hill boat launch
A Waterbury man is facing multiple charges after an incident last weekend at the Waterbury Reservoir boat launch on Blush Hill Road.
Select board, child care center reach out-of-court settlement in tax appeal
In 2011, Tropical Storm Irene flooded Waterbury, causing widespread damage to downtown Waterbury. Irene displaced the community’s largest child care center and preschool, Hunger Mountain Children’s Center, from the building it had rented from the state of Vermont for more than 30 years before the storm.
On the eve of her 110th birthday, Florilla Ames celebrates surviving two pandemics
On a chilly but bright March morning, Betty Jones, 84, raps on the door of an old shingled farmhouse on Barnes Hill Road in Waterbury Center, a cheerily-wrapped bundle under her arm. Her errand is to drop in on her old friend Florilla Ames. The next day, March 17, Florilla celebrates her 110th birthday.
Supreme Court upholds convictions in deadly 2016 wrong-way crash
The Vermont Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of the wrong-way driver who killed five area teens on Interstate 89 in October 2016.
Sunday night meteor explodes over Vermont
Just after 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, Nicole Roscioli and her two daughters were exiting their car at a friend’s house in Duxbury when she and her youngest, Avalene, spotted a mysterious object coasting over the evening Vermont sky.
Supreme Court upholds conviction in deadly 2016 wrong-way crash
The Vermont Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of the wrong-way driver who killed five area teens on Interstate 89 in October 2016.
From Harwood to NASA: Emmy Kelly’s work on the 2020 Mars rover
When NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory launched the Mars rover, Curiosity, on November 26, 2011, Harwood Union High School graduate and Fayston resident Emmy Kelly, who was 14 at the time, stayed up until the wee hours of the morning to watch it land.
Planners, select board to try again after false start on interim downtown zoning
Waterbury is one step closer to tackling its comprehensive zoning reforms after a contentious meeting between the town select board and planning commission recently concluded with agreement on a path forward.
Master of the thriller, author Dan Brown visits CLiF’s ‘Book Group for Grown-ups’
Author Dan Brown has written a lot about religion. He finds God in the invisible strings tying humanity together. The COVID-19 pandemic, he says, has both tightened those connections and stretched them to their limits — but whatever else it's done, it's made for some fine writing time.
Old Center Cemetery damaged in suspected DUI crash
A Burlington woman was unhurt but police cited her for Driving Under the Influence early Saturday morning after she crashed her vehicle into the Old Center Cemetery along Vermont Route 100 in Waterbury Center, damaging the cemetery fence and a number of gravestones.