PHOTOS: Winooski at ‘minor flood’ level fills Dac Rowe
On the ground and from the air, photographers Gordon Miller and Dana Allen captured what Thursday’s high water looked like along the Winooski River in downtown Waterbury.
UPDATE: Local crews make progress on mud season road work
Late Wednesday, Duxbury town officials sent a message to residents on the town email list with the latest road report and offers of assistance to anyone unable to leave their homes due to the poor road conditions.
Duxbury: Mud season at the polls as voters pass the budget, elect officers
Duxbury residents navigated worsening muddy roads on Tuesday to head to the polls where the town’s drive-through election area outside of the town highway garage and offices had melted into rutted mud with standing puddles.
Waterbury decides select board race, approves budget and new fire truck
Waterbury voters approved a $6.3 million town budget, a $380,000 new fire truck and filled three seats on the town select board on Town Meeting Day.
Voters reject $50.8 million Harwood budget, support maintenance funding
Voters in the Harwood Unified Union School District voted Tuesday to send school leaders back to the drawing board on a school budget for 2024-25, but they also told them to stick with investing in school building maintenance.
Night training on tap for Vt. Air National Guard through March 14
The Vermont Air National Guard announced Monday that it will conduct night flying this week and next as part of its routine training to maintain operational readiness.
UPDATE: State police report missing teen was located
Vermont State Police on Sunday said a runaway Waterbury teenager was found and reunited with family.
Part 1: Select Board candidates share their vision for Waterbury
Town Meeting Day is Tuesday, March 5, and local voters will decide one contested race on the ballot in which three candidates are vying for two one-year positions on the Waterbury Select Board.
Part 2: Unopposed, Clapp eyes a three-year Select Board term
The spot on the Town Meeting Day ballot for a three-year Waterbury Select Board seat has just one candidate. Unopposed is Roger Clapp, who joined the board in 2022.
Forecast: Cloudy with a chance of muddy roads
Waterbury town officials are alerting residents that mild temperatures and precipitation over the next several days will likely worsen conditions on gravel roads.
Local officials aren’t keen to follow Brattleboro in lowering voting age
Last June, Brattleboro lowered its local voting age to 16 following a decade of resistance and two gubernatorial vetoes. A check with Waterbury and local officials in other nearby towns found little interest in the move, although a Harwood civics teacher says it has merit.
Police & rescue: Patrol stops 64 drivers; three-vehicle Rt. 100 crash and a snowmobile mishap
State troopers share results of traffic stops during a Thursday morning targeted patrol on I-89 and in Waterbury. A three-vehicle crash sends one driver to the hospital. Plus, game wardens join local first responders at snowmobile crash
No one injured in accidental house fire in Waterbury
No one was home and no injuries were reported at a morning house fire on Railroad Street in Waterbury on Tuesday that officials have determined to be accidental.
Armory shelter discussion focuses on timing as state appeals Waterbury’s permit requirement
The state of Vermont has filed an appeal of the Waterbury zoning administrator's determination that a proposal to repurpose the former Vermont National Guard armory as a temporary homeless shelter needs a change of use permit from the town.
Duxbury Town Meeting preview
Duxbury is preparing for its fourth drive-through Town Meeting. Voting will be held on Tuesday, March 5, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. outside at the town offices and highway garage on Rt. 100. Voters can attend or watch an informational meeting and ask questions about ballot items tonight, Feb. 26.
Waterbury Town Meeting preview: in person & on the ballots
Voters across Vermont will have a full slate of business to decide on Town Meeting Day next Tuesday, March 5. Waterbury holds an in-person town meeting starting at 9 a.m. in the gym at Brookside Primary School and voting election ballots 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the school.
UPDATE: State police say missing teen is safe
Vermont State Police are asking for the public’s help with locating a missing Waterbury teenager. Trooper Mae Murdock said police received a report that Jadhyn Walls, 16, did not return home from school on Friday.
Waterbury Select Board candidate survey 2024
Waterbury Roundabout caught up with the five candidates for Waterbury Select Board. We asked them to tell voters a little about themselves and share their thoughts on some of the top issues they are likely to encounter if elected. Here are their answers.
One school budget – three weeks – three price tags
Harwood’s proposed $50.8 million budget for the 2024-25 school year in the past three weeks has had three different estimated price tags for taxpayers – without the budget changing a penny.
What The Floods(!) celebrates Waterbury’s flood recovery and resilience
Over plates of locally made appetizers and the rock tunes of a band on a small stage in the Waterbury American Legion, about 75 community members greeted each other on a recent Saturday night to recount stories of mucking out flooded basements and tossing out damaged furniture.