Waterbury town meeting: All that’s left is voting
Town Meeting Day will be less social this year without an in-person gathering but that doesn’t mean it’s less interesting. The ballots are full with candidates running for local office, budget details to keep local government running for the next year, and requests for taxpayers to support the agencies and organizations that address many important needs in the region.
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.
Buying a big truck, fixing the highway garage, growing legal weed – Duxbury town meeting in a nutshell
A $250,000 bond for the town garage, a purchase of a new tandem truck, and the prospect of legal marijuana operations in the near future are just a few of the questions before Duxbury voters for Town Meeting Day this year.
Brooklyn woman injured in snowmobile crash in Waterbury
A Brooklyn, N.Y., woman was taken to UVM Medical Center on Friday with injuries she sustained in a snowmobile crash on a trail in Waterbury, according to Vermont State Police.
Troopers responded along with Stowe Mountain Rescue to a Vermont Association of Snow Travelers (VAST) trail in the Cotton Brook section of Waterbury near the town line with Stowe.
School board candidates discuss racism, inclusion in online forum
In the first of two online candidate forums hosted by the Waterbury Area Anti-Racism Coalition this week, candidates for the Harwood Unified Union School Board discussed how they would tackle issues of race and social justice within the public schools.
Select board candidates address racism, social justice in online forum
Candidates for Waterbury’s Select Board fielded questions on race and social justice in an online forum hosted by the Waterbury Area Anti-Racism Coalition on Wednesday.
Voters to weigh in on welcoming legal weed businesses
On the Town Meeting Day ballot, Waterbury and Duxbury voters will decide whether or not to allow the sale and production of cannabis within their towns.
Town Meeting 2021: Ballots, reports, forums, info meetings
With Town Meeting Day around the corner and the COVID-19 pandemic still a reality, Vermont town clerks are ready with ballots to mail early and local officials are prepping for online informational meetings instead of the traditional in-person gatherings. Two candidate forums are scheduled this week as well.
Middlesex man dies in snowmobile crash in Waterbury Center Sunday
Vermont State Police say a Middlesex man died on a trail in Waterbury Center on Sunday when the snowmobile he was riding on crashed into a tree.
Vermont space guides host to watch party for Mars rover landing
At 2:30 p.m. on Feb. 18, after an eight month journey, NASA’s Perseverance Rover will attempt to land on Mars.
Old rules, new uses: Waterbury looks to interim zoning downtown
As the three-year effort to rewrite Waterbury’s zoning regulations continues at a snail’s pace, town officials are looking for a way to usher in new development projects in the downtown that don’t meet the outdated rules.
State officials: Don’t let Super Bowl cause a super COVID-19 setback
State officials on Friday shared news of vaccine progress with the oldest Vermonters and gave the go-ahead for school and youth indoor sports to begin competitions.
Super Bowl surprise: Waterbury Center nurse to fly the Patriots’ jet to the game
Although her team isn’t playing in Super Bowl LV this weekend, Waterbury Center registered nurse Lisa Walton will be on a plane headed to the big game in Tampa anyway.
Ken Squier continues to recover from COVID-19
More than two months into his battle with COVID-19, WDEV Radio’s Ken Squier continues to recover at a rehabilitation center in Berlin.
Gabon to the Green Mountains: Minter shares his personal Black history
In an intimate kickoff to Black History Month, one local man has decided to share his own personal history. On Monday, Feb. 1, activist Maroni Minter took to Facebook Live to share his story of growing up as a biracial man in Africa and eventually moving to the predominantly white state of Vermont.
Pandemic puts everything on the Town Meeting Day ballot
Several contested elections, a question on legal weed commerce in Waterbury, a budget requiring taxes be set at a rate below what voters backed in 2020, and 25 separate requests to fund nonprofit organizations and social service agencies.
Rare snow rollers strike a nostalgic chord
On the morning of January 17, Duxbury resident Donna Constant awoke to a peppering of large natural snowballs scattered across a neighboring field.
Dr. Levine: Elders getting COVID-19 vaccines ‘helps us look ahead with hope’
Waterbury and Stowe each logged five new COVID-19 cases in the past week while thousands of older Vermonters have made appointments to get their first dose of the vaccine.
Vermont native charged with spreading misinformation, impeding right to vote
Prominent far-right Twitter troll Douglass Mackey, a Vermont native known online as “Ricky Vaughn,” was arrested Wednesday in West Palm Beach, Fla. He was charged with conspiring in a misinformation campaign aimed at Black voters during the 2016 presidential election.
Keeping a winter tradition: Mushing at Little River with October Siberians
Winter recreation is popular in Waterbury but a recent search for something beyond the ever-popular skiing, ice skating and sledding led to Little River State Park to see a niche sport that’s centuries old. This is the sport of dog sledding, otherwise known as mushing.