Rep. Stevens: Looking ahead to new biennium
We’ve welcomed our family home, opened our presents, and dined in a holiday fashion…without a power outage and with the gratitude that comes from what many of us take for granted — shelter, warmth and food.
As 2022 comes to a close
As the year winds down, we want to thank everyone who read, wrote, commented, shared our posts, sent in tips and photos, and made Waterbury Roundabout a part of your routine this year. We’re especially grateful to the readers who have chipped in with financial support.
LETTER: School district should ban dangerous restraint, seclusion practices
To the Community: I encourage the Harwood Unified Union School District School Board to prohibit prone restraints, supine restraints and seclusion.
LETTER: Farmers Market asks for feedback
On behalf of the Waterbury Farmers Market, we are seeking input from the community about what you like about the market, if you ever participated, or possible improvements that we could make for next season.
COMMENTARY: Reflecting on ‘better angels’
President Abraham Lincoln popularized the phrase “better angels” for Americans in his first Inaugural Address as an effort to disguise the polarization of public conversation.
Leahy, Sanders share statements following vote backing Respect for Marriage Act
The United States Senate on Tuesday voted 61-36 to pass the Respect for Marriage Act, legislation to codify in federal law protections for same-sex and interracial marriage.
COMMENTARY: ‘Brave enough to lose’
Susan B. Anthony gave her whole life to the work of voting rights for women. Her whole life. Then she died on the eve of its inevitability.
Giving Thanks 2022
In what’s becoming a Thanksgiving custom now that this is Waterbury Roundabout’s third (!) Thanksgiving online, we asked readers to write in to tell us what they are thankful for this year.
Commentary: Vermonters called for balance and we all need to listen
At 4 a.m. the day before every election, my team and I set out on a 14 County Tour, visiting all of Vermont’s 14 counties in one day.
Giving thanks 2022: What are you thankful for?
Thanksgiving is around the corner and that means it’s time for a feature we’ve done twice so far at this time of year — giving readers a chance to share what you are thankful for this year. We will post your submissions in a special Thanksgiving collection. We would especially love to hear from young people — students of all ages, from pre-K through college.
Wood: There is much work to do
I want to express my deep appreciation to the voters of Bolton, Buel's Gore, Huntington and Waterbury for your confidence in re-electing me to represent you in the Vermont Legislature for another two years.
Stevens: Thank you for your support
I would like to thank the voters in our Washington-Chittenden district — Waterbury, Huntington, Bolton and Buel's Gore — for supporting my candidacy as state representative again.
LETTER: Friends of Waterbury Reservoir invite all to annual meeting Nov. 16
The Friends of Waterbury Reservoir would like to invite the community to join us on Wednesday, Nov. 16, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. for our annual Friends of Waterbury Reservoir Meeting at SunCommon, 442 U.S. Route 2, Waterbury.
Tarrant: Letter post-Midterm Election '22
My fellow Vermonters, as I said to myself and others in recent weeks, regardless of outcome, I will continue in good faith to promote a better understanding as to what constitutes good government.
Re: Duxbury's Special Town Meeting Nov. 16
To the Duxbury Community: I am encouraging all to ask questions. I have gotten a few and have replied. I want to share those answers.
Candidate McGorry: ‘I will be for the People’
I will be for the People and the People's agenda and will not involve myself in any partisanship that we see in our present political environment.
Candidate Wood: ‘I carry the voices of all the people of this district’
While I hope that my long service to this community both at the State House and here at home has earned me your vote, the most important thing is that as citizens, people exercise their right to vote.
LETTER: Ben & Jerry’s pumpkin giveaway + food drive a smashing success
To the Community: Spooky Season is much less scary with friends like Ben & Jerry! The annual pumpkin giveaway benefitting the Waterbury Area Food Shelf was, once again, a smashing success!
Opinion: Echoes of the Holocaust are felt to this day
Next week we remember that on November 9-10, 1938, the Kristallnacht pogrom took place throughout Nazi Germany and its annexed countries.
Candidate Tarrant: ‘Our politicians are not listening to people like me’
I am running for the Vermont State Legislature because for years now, as a mother, a small/independent business owner, and as a tax-paying citizen, I feel our politicians are not listening to people like me.