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Rental registry deadline is May 1 using new town permit website 
Business Lisa Scagliotti 4/30/25 Business Lisa Scagliotti 4/30/25

Rental registry deadline is May 1 using new town permit website 

Waterbury’s efforts to focus on housing are taking a step forward as an online residential rental registry has launched using a new town permitting website.  May 1 is the signup deadline.

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Bellows named CEO at KORE Power as company halts Arizona expansion
Business Lisa Scagliotti 1/31/25 Business Lisa Scagliotti 1/31/25

Bellows named CEO at KORE Power as company halts Arizona expansion

Battery energy storage manufacturer KORE Power announced on Friday that it has named Jay Bellows in Waterbury as its Chief Executive Officer.

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Ben & Jerry’s employees lock in their first three-year union contract
Business Lisa Scagliotti 12/14/24 Business Lisa Scagliotti 12/14/24

Ben & Jerry’s employees lock in their first three-year union contract

More than 300 employees at the Ben & Jerry’s ice cream plants in Waterbury and St. Albans recently ratified their first ever union contract. 

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State investigates fraudulent contractor targeting commercial kitchens
Business Lisa Scagliotti 12/13/24 Business Lisa Scagliotti 12/13/24

State investigates fraudulent contractor targeting commercial kitchens

The Vermont Division of Fire Safety issued an alert on Friday that it’s investigating incidents involving a fraudulent contractor impersonating a fire marshall in order to drum up business. 

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From RW: Volunteer of the Year honors, shop small, and Wrap It Up and Win
Business Lisa Scagliotti 11/27/24 Business Lisa Scagliotti 11/27/24

From RW: Volunteer of the Year honors, shop small, and Wrap It Up and Win

Revitalizing Waterbury recently held its annual celebration to thank volunteers and once again has rallied local businesses to take part in the annual Wrap it Up and Win holiday local shopping promo. 

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RW taps elected leader, nonprofit veteran, Roger Clapp as next executive director 
Business Lisa Scagliotti 11/19/24 Business Lisa Scagliotti 11/19/24

RW taps elected leader, nonprofit veteran, Roger Clapp as next executive director 

Revitalizing Waterbury has chosen its next executive director who hardly needs an orientation to his new post heading up Waterbury’s community and economic development nonprofit. 

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At a critical crossroads: Roundabout joins fundraiser to double contributions
Business Lisa Scagliotti 11/18/24 Business Lisa Scagliotti 11/18/24

At a critical crossroads: Roundabout joins fundraiser to double contributions

We at Waterbury Roundabout want our readers to know that we’ve managed to join a groundbreaking national fundraising effort through the end of 2024 to support local news operations.

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Help wanted: Vermont State Police seeks recruits
Business Lisa Scagliotti 11/1/24 Business Lisa Scagliotti 11/1/24

Help wanted: Vermont State Police seeks recruits

Looking to fill its winter class of new troopers, the Vermont State Police is launching a year-end recruiting push with a few unique twists. 

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NOMAD mobile units deliver clean, quiet power to summer concerts 
Business Lisa Scagliotti 9/8/24 Business Lisa Scagliotti 9/8/24

NOMAD mobile units deliver clean, quiet power to summer concerts 

New mobile battery power-storage units manufactured in Waterbury helped fill the Shelburne Museum concert meadow with music this summer and avoided creating two metric tons of carbon pollution from traditional diesel generators. 

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Local sales taxes begin, but property tax bills get a one-week delay 
Business Lisa Scagliotti 7/13/24 Business Lisa Scagliotti 7/13/24

Local sales taxes begin, but property tax bills get a one-week delay 

Waterbury’s new 1% local sales taxes went into effect in July and sales receipts in town should reflect the new charge on retail sales, rooms, meals and alcohol purchases. It’s also time for property tax bills to land in the mail and some may have noticed a delay.

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Where’s Waldo? And who has a truly spooky story to share? 
Business Lisa Scagliotti 7/2/24 Business Lisa Scagliotti 7/2/24

Where’s Waldo? And who has a truly spooky story to share? 

Two special events at Bridgeside Books involve working with other local businesses this month to hunt for Waldo and tapping community creativity for the store’s annual Spooky Tales event ahead of Halloween.

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Waterbury alternative medicine practitioner is Vermont’s Small Business Person of the Year
Business Lisa Scagliotti 6/19/24 Business Lisa Scagliotti 6/19/24

Waterbury alternative medicine practitioner is Vermont’s Small Business Person of the Year

The U.S. Small Business Administration’s Vermont district office recently presented its annual awards and Waterbury alternative medicine practitioner Kerry Boyle received the top honor – Vermont Small Business Person of the Year.

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Revitalizing Waterbury salutes Stowe Street Café owner with O’Dell Award
Business Lisa Scagliotti 4/20/24 Business Lisa Scagliotti 4/20/24

Revitalizing Waterbury salutes Stowe Street Café owner with O’Dell Award

Stowe Street Cafe owner Nicole Grenier was presented with Revitalizing Waterbury’s Kathy O’Dell Community Service Award at the group’s annual meeting this week. The meeting recapped RW’s ongoing intiatives.

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Mad River Valley dairy farm acquires land using new farmland protection program 
Business Lisa Scagliotti 3/29/24 Business Lisa Scagliotti 3/29/24

Mad River Valley dairy farm acquires land using new farmland protection program 

DeFreest Farms in Waitsfield recently closed on a land deal that uses a new federal program to promote conservation, climate resilience and recreation. 

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Unilever to spin off ice cream holdings including Ben & Jerry’s 
Business Lisa Scagliotti 3/25/24 Business Lisa Scagliotti 3/25/24

Unilever to spin off ice cream holdings including Ben & Jerry’s 

An anouncement from London last week sent ripples through the global ice cream industry all the way to Vermont and the headquarters of Ben & Jerry’s. 

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General Manager Cormier parts ways with Radio Vermont Group 
Business Lisa Scagliotti 3/24/24 Business Lisa Scagliotti 3/24/24

General Manager Cormier parts ways with Radio Vermont Group 

As the ownership transition moves forward at Radio Vermont Group in Waterbury, the stations’ General Manager Steve Cormier has stepped down.

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Deal will make businessmen, former GOP candidates, new owners of WDEV radio group
Business Lisa Scagliotti 1/18/24 Business Lisa Scagliotti 1/18/24

Deal will make businessmen, former GOP candidates, new owners of WDEV radio group

From a fitting on-air radio announcement last week, listeners to WDEV learned that two Vermont businessmen, handpicked by Ken Squier months before his death in November, are now poised to take ownership of the nearly century-old independent broadcasting company based in Waterbury.

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Ambulance ‘Station Creation’ on regional top 10 list for 2024 
Business Lisa Scagliotti 1/16/24 Business Lisa Scagliotti 1/16/24

Ambulance ‘Station Creation’ on regional top 10 list for 2024 

The Central Vermont Economic Development Corporation recently announced its top-priority projects for 2024 and Waterbury Ambulance Service’s new station project is near the top of the list. 

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Local news forecast: Cloudy with a chance of a ‘news desert’
Business Lisa Scagliotti 10/2/23 Business Lisa Scagliotti 10/2/23

Local news forecast: Cloudy with a chance of a ‘news desert’

More than three years since its launch, Waterbury Roundabout is enjoying healthy readership and steadily growing support from community members. Yet financial sustainability is not on the horizon anytime soon. We have to ask: Does the community want this to continue?

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Recovery fund launches to support flooded small businesses
Business Lisa Scagliotti 7/14/23 Business Lisa Scagliotti 7/14/23

Recovery fund launches to support flooded small businesses

The Vermont Main Street Flood Relief Fund has begun a fundraising campaign with the aim of extending financial assistance to those Vermont small businesses severely impacted by the recent flooding.

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