Along with state Treasurer Mike Pieciak, Sue Minter of Waterbury will co-chair a new Treasurer’s Task Force on the Federal Transition to assess the economic impact of new policies of the incoming federal administration.

Gov. Phil Scott took the oath of office as governor for the fifth time on Thursday, Jan. 9. This is the full text of his inaugural address with a link to a recording of the ceremony.

Vermont State Police are seeking help from the public to identify individuals in a retail theft investigation that involves incidents recently at the Warren Store in Warren and Stowe Street Emporium in Waterbury. 

BARRE — A Burlington man is accused of breaking into a Waterbury restaurant and driving under the influence of drugs in separate incidents.

The Duxbury Selectboard voted on Friday to increase the proposed fiscal year 2026 budget for road crew salaries after Road Foreman Brian Gibbs said he would resign if he did not receive a 20% raise.

Waterbury town officials have decided to follow neighboring Duxbury’s lead when it comes to drumming up wider participation for Town Meeting. Both communities will have “Citizens Have Your Say Day” meetings on Saturday, Jan. 11; Waterbury a second one on Jan. 13.

Waterbury’s municipal employees have started the new year with a request to for a labor union that would include all workers at the town offices, library, highway department and the water and wastewater departments.

The Vermont Secretary of State has wrapped up the 2024 election cycle with its final report of candidates’ campaign finance disclosures.

A domestic dispute at a home along U.S. Route 2 in Waterbury on Christmas Day has resulted in a simple assault charge in state criminal court for one man. 

A bus driver who was operating a school bus that struck a Crossett Brook Middle School sixth grader last May has been cited to appear in court next month to face a criminal driving charge, according to Vermont State Police. 

When Irene Webster hears her stage name, KeruBo, she remembers her heritage. It’s her middle name, the one her mother gave her, and a reminder of her native Kenya. Performing as KeruBo, the Winooski-based singer also finds a way to push aside a history of European colonialism and reclaim her roots.

Lt. Gov.-elect John Rodgers spoke to UVM's Community News Service ahead of his Jan. 8, 2025, start date about his plans for his new role and his path to it. 

Vermont State Police from the Berlin barracks stopped 10 drivers during two special patrols in Waterbury and Barre on Dec. 19. The patrols and reminders for safe driving come as federal and state highway safety officials remind the public during the holidays to have a plan to drive sober. 

Just before 11 a.m. today, Vermont State Police issued a bulletin that there is a search in progress at the Winooski River in Waterbury for a missing person.

BARRE — A judge has ordered the two defendants allegedly involved in the fatal shooting in Waterbury in October held without bail following last month’s weight-of-the-evidence hearing.

Changes are coming to Green Mountain Transit’s service, including Waterbury bus routes. Times Argus reporter David Delcore reported on this and we share his Dec. 9 story below. Roundabout Correspondent Sandy Yusen filed this local sidebar as well. 

If you tell it a certain way, the story behind Murray Hill Farm sounds like a Hallmark Christmas movie.