The Waterbury Select Board heard from local residents and a number of residents from other Vermont towns Monday night before deciding not to take any action regarding a local mask mandate to help curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus.

Ahead of tonight’s Waterbury Select Board meeting where the board will consider a local mask mandate to help curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus, Waterbury Roundabout asked readers to share their opinions on the topic. 

Following a special session of the legislature late last month and Gov. Phil Scott’s approval of a bill regarding local mask mandates, local officials in cities and towns across Vermont have begun to discuss and in some cases issue their own requirements regarding wearing masks indoors to curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus. 

The past two weeks have seen more than 20 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Waterbury including two at Crossett Brook Middle School. 

Only a few new cases of COVID-19 were reported for Waterbury and nearby communities in the past week, according to Vermont Department of Health data released on Friday. 

Waterbury continues to lead its neighbors in logging COVID-19 cases based on the latest information published by the Vermont Department of Health on Friday. 

With just 10 new COVID-19 cases in Waterbury in the past week, the recent spike has begun to taper off, according to Vermont Department of Health data released on Friday. 

Waterbury once again logged a record number of COVID-19 cases last week with 27 from Aug. 26 through Sept. 1, according to data released Friday by the Vermont Department of Health. 

The spread of COVID-19 in Waterbury this month is not letting up the Vermont Department of Health logged 24 new cases for the community in the past week, the single-largest weekly increase of the pandemic.

Although the state Department of Health says the COVID-19 outbreak among children at Waterbury’s summer recreation camp program appears to have tapered off, Waterbury still logged 15 new cases in the past week, continuing its fastest increase in cases of the virus of the pandemic.

The state’s investigation into the COVID-19 outbreak that began with children in the town summer recreation day camp has now confirmed 30 cases according to the Vermont Department of Health. 

The spread of COVID-19 cases at Waterbury’s summer recreation day camp totaled 25 cases Tuesday as the state Department of Health continues to investigate the situation as an outbreak. 

One of Waterbury Recreation’s three summer recreation camp locations will be closed today after three of the campers tested positive for COVID-19, according to town officials. 

BURLINGTON – Following reports from Massachusetts health officials of more than 200 cases of COVID-19 in Provincetown so far this month, the Vermont Department of Health is urging people who recently travelled to the popular Cape Cod vacation spot to get tested for COVID-19.

As the nation looks to recover economically from the COVID-19 pandemic, federal funds are teed up to go to cities and towns across the country where local officials are willing to accept them.

COVID-19 testing and vaccinations continue in Waterbury as cases in Vermont slow and the statewide vaccination rate continues to climb. 

An Interstate 89 rest stop, a Burlington Jazz Fest venue, farmers markets, flea markets, state parks and more. Those are just some of the places this weekend where Vermonters still looking to get a COVID-19 vaccine can just show up to get their shot. 

Gov. Phil Scott Friday issued a tantalizing challenge to Vermonters weary of COVID-19 precautions: reach 80% vaccinated for those 12 and older and the remaining restrictions will fall immediately. 

Schools across Vermont are looking to adapt to new state COVID-19 guidance with an eye toward getting more students back into classrooms following the April school break. Plans to change course come as new cases among the youngest Vermonters — those aged 0-9 and 10-19 — are growing at the fastest rate of any of the age groups reported daily by the Vermont Health Department.

According to data released by the Vermont Department of Health on Friday, Waterbury saw an increase of 16 COVID-19 cases in the past week. This is only the second time the weekly increase has been this high since the start of the pandemic a year ago.