Nearly 16 years after the disappearance of Donald Messier, a dive team specializing in cracking missing person cases has found what they believe to be Messier’s truck submerged in 10 feet of water in the Winooski River in Duxbury.

Should Duxbury forego its traditional in-person March Town Meeting for decision-making by paper ballot?  That’s a question the Duxbury Selectboard has been debating recently and it has decided it’s time for the voters to weigh in at a special in-person town meeting – in November. 

Just two weeks before the November General Election, a portion of Waterbury residents will be asked to gather for a local vote that could decide the fate of the land once used for the community’s municipal offices. 

A Waterbury man is facing charges of reckless endangerment and giving false information to police after an incident Friday morning where Vermont State Police said he admitted to firing an AR-15 rifle from the porch of his home on U.S. Route 2. 

With a unanimous vote on Monday, the Waterbury Select Board hired the town’s first new municipal manager in over three decades. 

The master-planning effort underway to map out the future of two popular recreation areas in Waterbury captured public attention last week as dozens of community members turned out to speak up for what they hope to see included.

The hiring process for Waterbury’s next municipal manager is nearly complete and the Waterbury Select Board is looking to approve a contract for their top choice on Monday.

A search is underway in Waterbury Center tonight for a woman who went missing this afternoon from her home on Barnes Hill.  Vermont State Police are asking the public for any information on whether anyone has seen Rachel Laundon, 44, who went missing from her home shortly before 5 p.m. 

Waterbury officials working on hiring a new municipal manager say they have reached consensus on which of the three finalists they would like to hire, but they have only identified him as Candidate #22. The process now moves to background and reference checks.

The final day for the Waterbury Farmers Market drew a crowd but it wasn’t all for the farm-fresh veggies, handmade craft items, food, or even the annual Sunzilla sunflower contest. The longest line stretched across Rusty Parker Memorial Park as dozens of people queued up for the newest COVID-19 booster vaccine. 

More than 50 local residents turned out to hear about a new proposal to build about two dozen apartments in a three-story building on the site of the former town offices on South Main Street. The meeting focused on the potential new project with a substantial discussion of the tight housing market.

The search for Waterbury’s next municipal manager is down to three finalists invited for in-person interviews on Wednesday, but the committee overseeing the recruiting effort does not plan to share the names of the candidates just yet. 

Town officials in Bolton and staff from the Green Mountain Club are looking to the public to help solve a vexing and unhealthy situation along a popular trail beside Duxbury Road and the Winooski River.