A White River Junction company this week announced a $1 million program to add new electric vehicle chargers for the public to use in six Vermont communities including Waterbury. 

Cold Hollow Cider Mill whose jugs of apple cider are ubiquitous from Costco to corner markets across the region announced Friday that it is suspending its wholesale cider sales immediately and indefinitely. 

Pack & Send Plus at the roundabout in Waterbury officially has new owners as of Friday, Oct. 1. 

For the past couple of weeks, helicopters have been particularly active in the vicinity of Waterbury and Duxbury, attracting the attention of local residents, workers, and school students out at recess. They belong to the Pembroke, N.H., company JBI Helicopters and they are doing a “comprehensive inspection” of part of Vermont’s electric power grid.

Passersby in downtown Waterbury may have noticed work at the Waterbury Train Station recently. No, it wasn’t work to prep for a new tenant inside the former cafe space. 

A decade into its mission to roll out solar panels across Vermont rooftops, Waterbury-based SunCommon has joined forces with a South Burlington publicly traded solar infrastructure company in a $40 million cash and stock deal.

Once a dominant presence in downtown Waterbury, Keurig Dr. Pepper has announced that it will not be reopening its Waterbury offices and approximately 200 workers previously based here will continue to work remotely. 

The Children's Early Learning Space will host an online public meeting Monday, Aug. 23, as part of the process for it to purchase the property it has leased on Main Street in Duxbury since 2003.  

This week SunCommon co-presidents Duane Peterson and James Moore announced to their 200 employees that they must get vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus to continue working for the company with few exceptions. 

A crew from Engelberth Construction, Inc., is busy constructing a new service road at the Ben & Jerry’s factory in Waterbury to separate truck and visitor traffic.

The Vermont Chamber of Commerce and Vermont Business Magazine this week awarded Mad River Valley brewer Lawson’s Finest Liquids with their top business honor for 2020. 

Waterbury and Duxbury businesses looking to save energy and money have an opportunity later this month to schedule a free walk-through visit from Efficiency Vermont.  

Gov. Phil Scott on Monday announced appointments to the newly created three-member Vermont Cannabis Control Board: James Pepper and Kyle Harris, both of Montpelier, and Julie Hulburd of Colchester.

Revitalizing Waterbury announced this week that it has filled the position of economic development director for Waterbury.

In a formal announcement on Feb. 22, Buffalo, N.Y.-based M&T Bank Corp, said it has reached an agreement to purchase another Northeast bank, People’s United Financial, Inc., in an all-stock purchase valued at $7.6 billion. 

The board of directors of the Waterbury Area MakerSphere Cooperative announced this week that MakerSphere has acquired  Seminary Arts in Waterbury Center. 

In a year when economic development has focused on economic survival, Waterbury now is in search of a new economic development director. 

In the constant quest to adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic, local retailers are taking steps to make it easier for customers to shop from home and limit their time inside shops this season.