Waterbury Ambulance Service has officially named Maggie Burke as its executive director in a nod to her dedication and experience as the organization pivots from pandemic response to establishing a modern headquarters for its second half-century. The agency also will receive $700,000 in federal funding designated for the purchase of a new transfer ambulance and to put toward the facility project.

The Waterbury Select Board is coming down the wire on decisions needed to prepare for Town Meeting Day on March 7.  The board tonight will discuss the format for Town Meeting as well as the questions to put before Waterbury voters including requests on how to spend federal ARPA funding. 

State and local first responders were called out on Saturday, Jan. 21, for a snowmobile crash on a VAST trail at Cotton Brook near the Waterbury-Stowe town line.

Vermont Town Meeting Day may not be until March 7, but the deadline for candidates to file to get their names on the ballot is quickly approaching and recent state legislation would give local governing boards the option to skip in-person town meeting voting. Here’s a rundown of key offices on the ballot including more than half of the Harwood School Board.

Having started his fourth term in office earlier this month, Gov. Phil Scott addressed a joint session of the Vermont General Assembly Friday afternoon to deliver his seventh budget address.

The Vermont Air National Guard announced that it will conduct night training flights this week through Friday and again next week, Tuesday-Friday, Jan. 24-27. 

Duxbury voters proved recently that they could have their Town Meeting pies, presentations and discussions – and their Australian ballot voting, too.

With the promise of pie and socializing, town officials and community members in Duxbury have planned a special pre-Town Meeting Community Gathering for Saturday morning at Crossett Brook Middle School. 

With his mother at his side, Gov. Phil Scott on Thursday took the oath of office for the fourth time at a ceremony in the Vermont House before members of the General Assembly, the state Supreme Court, and numerous guests. 

On Tuesday, Dec. 20, Vermont’s senior U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy gave his farewell address on the Senate floor as he soon ends his term and a 48-year career in the Senate. 

Last Friday’s Nor’easter might have been just a warm-up for some wild weather forecast for Vermont starting late Thursday night, through Friday and into Saturday.