The latest round of license approvals by the Vermont Cannabis Control Board includes two new businesses in Waterbury and Duxbury. 

The Children's Literacy Foundation's new offices on Vermont Rt. 100 in Waterbury Center will be exempt from property taxes under a recent decision by the Waterbury Board of Civil Authority.

Bridgeside Books kicks off its second One Town, One Book annual reading project with a pile of copies of Williston author Anne Averyt’s collection of essays about life in Vermont titled “Vermont Perspectives.” The announcement comes on the 10th annual national Independent Bookstore Day.

The Children’s Literacy Foundation has some big transitions underway as it celebrates its 25th anniversary of promoting reading and writing for young children in Vermont and New Hampshire. 

Be on the lookout for a business on the move this month as Axel’s Gallery & Frame Shop packs up and moves directly across Stowe Street into the Stimson and Graves building. 

Gov. Phil Scott held his weekly press conference in St. Johnsbury on Tuesday where he announced the launch of a $40 million grant program to boost both for-profit and nonprofit capital investment projects as part of the economic recovery in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Renovations are in the final stretch at the Waterbury Train Station where Black Cap Coffee & Bakery of Vermont is looking to open the doors on Sunday, Nov. 27. 

Cold Hollow Cider Mill’s longtime owners Paul and Gayle Brown announced this week that they have completed the sale of their iconic Waterbury Center business to a colleague with backing from a small investor group. 

CVFiber, the regional broadband district aiming to offer service to central Vermont towns, is set to start building its internet infrastructure in the coming weeks.

For 20 years Ivy Computer Inc. has been growing alongside Vermont Route 100 near the former Waterbury Festival Playhouse tent. The computer software company now is about to launch into an ambitious expansion this fall. A groundbreaking ceremony this week made it official. 

The Waterbury Reader weekly newspaper, published by the Times Argus featuring stories and photos from the Waterbury Roundabout online news site, will end publication in two weeks with its Sept. 23 edition. 

Nomad Transportable Power Systems, a company founded by the U.S.-based battery manufacturer KORE Power, unveiled multiple models of its mobile energy storage systems at a ceremony in downtown Waterbury this week.

Announcing her business is for sale, Axel’s owner Whitney Aldrich said: ‘I'm ready to focus more on the gallery's mission of helping artists find homes for their work. I plan to continue advocating for our area artists and playing a role in our creative economy.’

Multinational consumer products corporation Unilever has sold its Ben & Jerry’s business interests in Israel to its current licensee and the Vermont-based company’s products will continue to be sold under their Hebrew and Arabic names. 

The transformation of a former coffee roasting plant and packaging facility to a cutting-edge renewable energy storage manufacturing facility was the backdrop Monday for a visit to Waterbury by U.S. Rep. Peter Welch. 

At their first in-person annual meeting in three years, members of Revitalizing Waterbury recapped a busy 2021, looked to projects ahead for 2022 and honored longtime community volunteer John Malter with the group’s annual service award. 

Just over two years since the Waterbury Train Station’s café closed its doors, building owner Revitalizing Waterbury announced that it has landed a new tenant with plans to open a coffee shop and bakery. 

A popular commercial business location on U.S. Route 2 in Waterbury has recently undergone a transformation becoming the community’s newest craft center as a pottery studio and gallery. 

Energy storage firm Northern Reliability Inc. is poised to double its staff and expand its footprint in Waterbury now that it’s been acquired by a battery manufacturing company based in Idaho. 

SunCommon’s holiday campaign to have those interested in renewable solar energy help support area food shelves has resulted in donations that will provide some 20,000 meals for local residents, the company announced.