32% of Duxbury voters approve the budget, but elect few candidates
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.
To meet or not to meet? Waterbury voters to decide future Town Meeting format
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.
Info. meeting offers a final look at Harwood’s 25-26 budget
Tonight is the Harwood Unified Union School District's annual meeting and final informational session pertaining to the proposed 2025-26 budget that is on the ballot in all six district communities tomorrow.
Named for town’s first settlers, new apartments to add 26 affordable homes
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.
Mad River Valley peaceful protests greet VP Vance for ski weekend
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.
Waterbury woman dies in head-on Rt. 100 crash
A Waterbury woman died in a head-on collision on Vermont Route 100 on Friday afternoon, according to Vermont State Police.
UPDATED: Gov. Scott sends a welcome as Vance family changes Vt. weekend lodging plan
Ahead of the anticipated visit this weekend of Vice President J.D. Vance and his family to Vermont, the Valley Reporter on Thursday posted that the second family has changed up their accommodations. Gov. Phil Scott also issued a statement welcoming the Vances to the state.
UPDATE: Congressional delegation’s telephone town meeting draws more than 34,000
Vermont’s Congressional delegation announced on Monday that they will hold a joint telephone town meeting with constituents this Wednesday, Feb. 26, at 6:30 p.m.
With an extra engine in the lead, Amtrak’s Vermonter rolls through late and long
On its trip north on Thursday, Amtrak’s Vermonter encountered mechanical problems that caused a lengthy delay, but some extraordinary moves got the train to its home base in St. Albans for the night and its passengers delivered to their destinations.
Waterbury elections: Popular select board race; few school board contenders; March 4 details
As Town Meeting Day approaches, the list of contenders for the three open seats on the Waterbury Select Board has grown to five while candidates for school board seats remain in short supply. The future of in-person town meetings is also up for a vote.
Another chapter begins at 51 South Main Street
A ceremony on Monday morning will mark the start of construction at 51 South Main Street and a new chapter for a small parcel in Waterbury’s downtown that many soon will be able to call home.
Police seek info. in morning hit-and-run on Rt. 100 in Waterbury
Vermont State Police say they hope someone might come forward with information about a crash on Vermont Route 100 in Waterbury Center Thursday morning where the vehicle that caused the mishap fled the scene.
Waterbury, Duxbury offices come up short for candidates
Monday was the filing deadline for candidates to get their names on the Town Meeting Day ballot, but there still are multiple local offices in Waterbury and Duxbury with no contenders to be listed.
Police look to identify suspects in local retail theft cases
Vermont State Police are seeking help from the public to identify individuals in a retail theft investigation that involves incidents recently at the Warren Store in Warren and Stowe Street Emporium in Waterbury.
‘Have Your Say Day’ catches on: Waterbury, Duxbury hold pre-Town Meeting gatherings
Waterbury town officials have decided to follow neighboring Duxbury’s lead when it comes to drumming up wider participation for Town Meeting. Both communities will have “Citizens Have Your Say Day” meetings on Saturday, Jan. 11; Waterbury a second one on Jan. 13.
Waterbury municipal workers look to unionize
Waterbury’s municipal employees have started the new year with a request to for a labor union that would include all workers at the town offices, library, highway department and the water and wastewater departments.
Police briefs: Man pleads not guilty to assault after incident at a Rt. 2 home
A domestic dispute at a home along U.S. Route 2 in Waterbury on Christmas Day has resulted in a simple assault charge in state criminal court for one man.
Driver faces charge after school bus struck a Waterbury student in May
A bus driver who was operating a school bus that struck a Crossett Brook Middle School sixth grader last May has been cited to appear in court next month to face a criminal driving charge, according to Vermont State Police.
Drivers stopped for traffic violations; officials urge sober driving over the holidays
Vermont State Police from the Berlin barracks stopped 10 drivers during two special patrols in Waterbury and Barre on Dec. 19. The patrols and reminders for safe driving come as federal and state highway safety officials remind the public during the holidays to have a plan to drive sober.
Flood threat averted
A storm system loaded with rain put much of Vermont on flood watch last week, but dropping temperatures and drought-level rivers and streams prevented a repeat mid-December flood the region sustained in 2023. Nonetheless, Waterbury was prepared.