Local advocates take steps to anticipate immigration enforcement
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.
Students ask, candidates answer at unique election forum
Middle school students are years away from casting votes and participating in elections, but at Harwood Union Middle/High School, seventh-grade students banded together recently to address pressing local matters with candidates running for the state Legislature.
Flooded Waterbury homeowners in limbo on FEMA buyouts
To date, none of the Waterbury property owners nor local officials have heard back from FEMA on buyout applications triggered by flooding in 2023.