New York Times Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Nicholas Kristof continues his annual project of highlighting life-changing nonprofits ahead of the holidays and the Waterbury-based Himalayan Cataract Project is at the top of the list this year. 

Work on the Main Street reconstruction project goes quiet in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday, resuming briefly Monday with Tuesday marking the official end of road work for 2020.

After mailing and dropping off ballots for nearly a month, voters in Waterbury and Duxbury made their way to the polls on Tuesday, resulting in turnout in both towns hitting 77 percent. 

After two weeks at the center of intense public reaction to comments during a campaign forum, Waterbury Select Board Chair Chris Viens Monday night announced he would relinquish his leadership role on the board but he would not step down from office. 

Incumbent Democratic state Reps. Theresa Wood and Tom Stevens won re-election Tuesday in a four-way race to represent the Washington-Chittenden district.

Vermont State Police caught up with a Waitsfield woman on Sunday who they say was traveling through Warren swiping political campaign signs promoting Republican and Democratic candidates.

Although thousands of Vermonters have already sent in their ballots for the general election, local town clerks and election workers are ready to handle the remainder in person on Tuesday. 

In Tuesday’s press briefing on COVID-19, Vermont Health Commissioner Dr. Mark Levine said that if Halloween and other upcoming holidays don’t look different this year than usual, we’re probably doing them wrong. 

Waterbury’s American Legion Post 59 has closed for a week after two people who frequent the establishment tested positive for COVID-19 last week.

Select Board Chair Chris Viens who is running for a Vermont House seat began the week at a candidate forum to talk about the election campaign and ended with members of the community circulating a petition calling for him to step down from the elected local office he already holds. 

With new upbeat videos featuring Vermont celebrities, the Secretary of State’s Office is steering this unconventional election season toward the Nov. 3 General Election finish line.