Waterbury Town Meeting: $6.6m budget, flood mitigation bond vote, local option tax appropriations
The Waterbury Select Board has finalized the list of town business for voters to enact on Town Meeting Day that includes a $6.6 million 2026 budget, a bond vote to move a major flood mitigation project forward, nearly $1 million in allocations of local option tax revenues, and a new fire truck purchase.
Natural Disaster Preparedness Committee begins volunteer trainings Feb. 20
The Waterbury Natural Disaster Preparedness Committee is kicking off a series of volunteer trainings on Feb. 20, with the first session focused on teaching proper techniques for mucking out flooded homes.
Sweeney to leave Waterbury Select Board, opening a fourth seat for a new member
Waterbury Select Board Vice Chair Kane Sweeney has announced he will step down from the board, creating a fourth opening for a new member after three seats are filled in the March 3 election.
No town clerk candidate emerges as Waterbury gets a select board race; Viens returns to the ballot unopposed
Waterbury’s March election is shaping up to be as much a story about who is not running as it is about those who are on the ballot.
Duxbury has school board candidates, but is one short for selectboard
With a particularly long roster of open local offices to fill in the March election, Duxbury has attracted candidates for most of the openings on the Town Meeting Day ballot.
Gov. Phil Scott delivers budget address
Gov. Phil Scott delivered his 10th budget address to the General Assembly on Jan. 20, outlining highlights of a $9.4 spending plan for the coming year.
Investigation resolves report involving Fayston student and motorist
Harwood school officials have alerted families of students at Fayston Elementary School about a suspicious incident this morning involving a student walking to school and a motorist on German Flats Road in Fayston.
Elected leaders to local residents condemn federal agent’s fatal shooting of Minnesota nurse
From elected leaders to local residents, Americans are reacting to the killing in Minnesota on Saturday of a Veterans Administration intensive care unit nurse at the hands of federal agents.
Two-car Rt. 100 crash claims the life of a Waitsfield woman
A Waitsfield woman lost her life in a two-car crash on Vermont Route 100 in Waterbury Center on Saturday night, according to Vermont State Police.
Weekend outlook: Cloudy with a chance of deep freeze, then snow (& no school Monday)
Weather forecasters say a deep-freeze blast of subzero temperatures Friday night into Saturday will be followed by a wallop of a winter storm Sunday into Monday with upwards of a foot of dry, fluffy snow expected across Central Vermont.
Town staff news: Woodruff takes two interim roles; employees vote on contract
Waterbury town officials share news that Public Works Director Bill Woodruff will take on the interim manager role. A new committee to study Waterbury’s Town Meeting practice gets under way. And the deadline for candidates to file to run for office March 3 is Monday.
Police updates: Berlin P.D. arrests two in Waterbury; 4-car crash on Rt. 100
A police investigation from Berlin resulted in a large law enforcement presence in Waterbury recently, where two individuals wanted on criminal charges in Vermont state court were arrested. No serious injuries in a 4-vehicle crash on Rt. 100 on Sunday.
Waterbury Ambulance Service to curb lights-and-sirens use
Waterbury ambulances will be less disruptive on the roads following a new policy to limit the use of lights and sirens when responding to non-life-threatening calls.
EFUD taps veteran public works director Woodruff as interim manager
To prepare for the transition when the municipal manager steps down in February, leaders of EFUD named Waterbury Public Works Director Bill Woodruff as interim manager.
Duxbury voters bring pie, questions to 5th annual Have Your Say Day meeting
Duxbury residents and town officials held their fifth annual “Have Your Say Day” on Saturday, giving voters a chance to ask their town leaders and state representatives questions before Town Meeting Day.
Town manager resigns, effective Feb. 2; Waterbury’s staff exodus continues
A little more than three years after he became Waterbury’s municipal manager, Thomas Leitz told the town’s elected leaders and community members Monday night that he’s resigning.
Career criminal Farnham to serve 16 years for second-degree murder
A dangerous career criminal has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison with all but 16 years suspended for second-degree murder in the 2024 brutal killing of his longtime friend and intimate partner, court records show.
Local activists join weekend ‘ICE Out for Good’ protests
About a dozen demonstrations were held around Vermont this weekend to protest recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions across the United States, including an early-morning rally in Waitsfield.
Duxbury man picks up new aggravated domestic assault charge
A Duxbury man already facing an aggravated domestic assault charge has picked up another such charge after police say he forced his way into a home.
Gov. Scott makes State of the State address all about education reform
As the 2026 legislative session opens in Montpelier, Gov. Phil Scott delivered his State of the State address this week to a joint session of the General Assembly, focusing solely on the need for reforms to Vermont’s public education system.