CVCC budget approved, bond vote looms
BARRE — Ballots cast on Town Meeting Day in the 18-town school district that operates the Central Vermont Career Center were finally tabulated Thursday, and its regional board now has a budget and three vacant seats to fill, even as it weighs when to ask voters to approve a bond for a new, state-of-the-art facility.
Second flood in eight months closes Crossett Brook Middle School
Crossett Brook Middle School in Duxbury was closed on Thursday and remains closed today as cleanup crews work and school officials assess damage from the second major flooding event in less than eight months.
Man sentenced to three years to serve in fatal Moretown crash
BARRE — A truck driver has been sentenced to three years to serve for killing a Waitsfield woman in a crash in Moretown last year.
Harwood budget sails to approval with news of staff cuts expected
Voters across the Harwood Unified Union School District overwhelmingly approved the $49.2 million proposed school budget for the coming year and adding $500k to the Maintenance Reserve fund. News of staffing cuts required by the new budget is expected later this month.
32% of Duxbury voters approve the budget, but elect few candidates
With a turnout over 32%, Duxbury voters cast their ballots in their Town Meeting Day drive-through, overwhelmingly passing their budget but coming up short of enough candidates to fill all of the openings this year.
Duxbury voters eye a budget increase, sparse elections
Voters in Duxbury head to the polls Tuesday at the town office drive-through loop to vote on all town and school Town Meeting Day questions. The $1.3 million town budget carries a 12% increase and candidates for selectboard, school board and more are in short supply.
To meet or not to meet? Waterbury voters to decide future Town Meeting format
When Waterbury residents gather on Tuesday for Town Meeting, they will act on a conversation that’s been at least three years in the making. They will have the chance to debate and then vote on whether they will continue their tradition of in-person town meetings in the future.
Info. meeting offers a final look at Harwood’s 25-26 budget
Tonight is the Harwood Unified Union School District's annual meeting and final informational session pertaining to the proposed 2025-26 budget that is on the ballot in all six district communities tomorrow.
Named for town’s first settlers, new apartments to add 26 affordable homes
Construction for a new $15.3 million three-story apartment building is well under way at 51 South Main Street. Next spring, project developers plan to open 26 Marsh House Apartments, named after Waterbury’s first settlers.
Waterbury Select Board’s youth is unique for Vermont
Most towns in Vermont struggle to convince young people to run for office, but that’s not the case with Waterbury’s Select Board where three of its five members are millennials and three of the five candidates on Tuesday’s ballot are under 35.
Mad River Valley peaceful protests greet VP Vance for ski weekend
Vice President J.D. Vance and family’s visit to Vermont this weekend quickly became a lightning rod for dissent aimed at the Trump administration.
Waterbury woman dies in head-on Rt. 100 crash
A Waterbury woman died in a head-on collision on Vermont Route 100 on Friday afternoon, according to Vermont State Police.
State police: A Craftsbury man died in the Feb. 17 Warren vehicle fire
Vermont State Police have updated information on the Feb. 17 fatal vehicle fire that happened along Vermont Route 100 in Warren. A 29-year-old Craftsbury man died.
Waterbury woman arrested on fraud charges
A Waterbury woman is facing fraud charges after allegedly misrepresenting herself to obtain approximately $40,000 in funds from three local assistance organizations, according to Vermont State Police.
Waterbury’s post offices are just 3 miles apart. So why are P.O. Box rates so different?
The post office on North Main Street in Waterbury sits only a 10-minute drive from the one on Guptil Road in Waterbury Center. But it can cost about three times as much to rent a P.O. Box downtown than it does in the village.
Vermont’s ‘DaVinci’: Mad River Valley architectural legend David Sellers dies at 86
David Sellers — internationally renowned architect, serial entrepreneur, teacher, visionary and a longtime resident of Prickly Mountain in Warren — died earlier this month of heart complications while visiting family in Los Angeles. He was 86.
VSP: Montpelier woman again drove the wrong way on I-89
BARRE — A Montpelier woman is accused of driving the wrong way on Interstate 89 for the second time since November.
UPDATED: Gov. Scott sends a welcome as Vance family changes Vt. weekend lodging plan
Ahead of the anticipated visit this weekend of Vice President J.D. Vance and his family to Vermont, the Valley Reporter on Thursday posted that the second family has changed up their accommodations. Gov. Phil Scott also issued a statement welcoming the Vances to the state.
UPDATE: Congressional delegation’s telephone town meeting draws more than 34,000
Vermont’s Congressional delegation announced on Monday that they will hold a joint telephone town meeting with constituents this Wednesday, Feb. 26, at 6:30 p.m.
Waterbury Select Board candidates on the issues
Waterbury Roundabout caught up with the five candidates for Waterbury Select Board. We asked them to tell voters a little about themselves and share their thoughts on some of the top issues they are likely to encounter if elected. Here are their answers.