
The state Agency of Transportation says help is on the way soon to fix the ‘extreme’ road conditions rattling motorists on Rt. 100 in Duxbury.
Even in a sanctuary state like Vermont, where approximately 4.5% of the state’s population consists of foreign-born citizens, communities are coming together to prepare and educate their concerned members at risk or affected by Trump administration executive orders targeting immigrants.
A proposal related to a top flood-relief project for Waterbury gets a second committee hearing on Thursday at the State House.
A Starksboro man is facing a drug charge after a traffic stop in Waterbury earlier this month.
Waterbury voters approved the town’s $6.35 million budget, decided a four-way race for select board, and opted to continue the tradition of in-person town meetings during Town Meeting Day on Tuesday, March 4.
For over 200 years, Waterbury residents have gathered every first Tuesday of March to discuss key town issues. This year, however, a major conversation put the norm in jeopardy.
Vermont State Police are investigating a hit-and-run incident involving vehicles at the State Office Complex in Waterbury.
The Waterbury Farmers Market bid farewell on Jan. 27, stirring conversation among town residents about the loss of a local institution for more than three decades.
The U.S. National Weather Service in Burlington has issued a flood watch for Northern and Central Vermont for Sunday, March 16, into Monday evening, March 17.
Wind damage to electric transmission equipment in Waterbury Center led to a power outage Tuesday night that had more than 1,500 customers in the dark for several hours.
The snow stake atop Vermont’s highest peak, Mt. Mansfield, recorded an impressive 103 inches on Sunday, March 2. It was the third-highest snowpack reading for that date since 1954, when the stake was installed, making this winter one of the snowiest on record.
Crossett Brook Middle School in Duxbury was closed on Thursday and remains closed today as cleanup crews work and school officials assess damage from the second major flooding event in less than eight months.
BARRE — A truck driver has been sentenced to three years to serve for killing a Waitsfield woman in a crash in Moretown last year.
With a turnout over 32%, Duxbury voters cast their ballots in their Town Meeting Day drive-through, overwhelmingly passing their budget but coming up short of enough candidates to fill all of the openings this year.
Voters in Duxbury head to the polls Tuesday at the town office drive-through loop to vote on all town and school Town Meeting Day questions. The $1.3 million town budget carries a 12% increase and candidates for selectboard, school board and more are in short supply.
When Waterbury residents gather on Tuesday for Town Meeting, they will act on a conversation that’s been at least three years in the making. They will have the chance to debate and then vote on whether they will continue their tradition of in-person town meetings in the future.
Construction for a new $15.3 million three-story apartment building is well under way at 51 South Main Street. Next spring, project developers plan to open 26 Marsh House Apartments, named after Waterbury’s first settlers.
Most towns in Vermont struggle to convince young people to run for office, but that’s not the case with Waterbury’s Select Board where three of its five members are millennials and three of the five candidates on Tuesday’s ballot are under 35.
Vice President J.D. Vance and family’s visit to Vermont this weekend quickly became a lightning rod for dissent aimed at the Trump administration.
Public Notices
The Development Review Board for the Town of Waterbury will convene a public hearing on Thursday, May 16, 2024, at 6:30 p.m.
Town of Waterbury will convene a public hearing to obtain public feedback regarding proposed updated zoning bylaws (Uniform Development Bylaws – Phase 1) on Monday, May 6th, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. in the Steele Community Room in the Municipal Center, 28 North Main Street, Waterbury, Vermont.

ROAD WORK UPDATES
Local and state road crews continue projects this week including in Duxbury where there will be paving and speed table installation on Main Street and work on a Rt. 100 bridge. Work on and adjacent to Interstate 89 north and south of Waterbury continues also.
Paving projects are scheduled for Union Street and Guptil Road in Waterbury this week. Union will be closed to through traffic and street parking Monday-Tuesday. Work continues on Interstate 89 northbound between Waterbury and Montpelier.
The newsiest Road Work Update in weeks: In Waterbury, Gregg Hill Road reopens after two months closed due to a collapsed culvert and Union Street to be closed Monday-Tuesday; paving on I-89 northbound between Montpelier and Waterbury getting underway; and a townwide road update for Duxbury.
Work is progressing on Camel's Hump Road in Duxbury slower than anticipated with bridge repairs expected to be completed this week. In Waterbury, multiple road projects are underway this week. A water/sewer line installation on Lincoln Street will mean one-lane traffic only on Wednesday and fixes are coming for the Gregg Hill 'chasm' and the Shaw Mansion 'dip.'
Waterbury’s request to take ownership of a key piece of state-owned land along the Winooski River for flood-mitigation efforts gained traction in the state legislature last week.