Kayakers soak in the sun on the Waterbury Reservoir at Little River State Park last weekend.
Household hazardous waste collection Saturday at Harwood HSThe Mad River Resource Management Alliance will host its annual spring Household Hazardous Waste collection Saturday, May 8, at Harwood Union High School from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The Harwood Union School Board has finally waded into a public discussion of the controversial decision in February to fire Harwood Union Boys Hockey Coach Jacob Grout at the outset of the winter hockey season.
DUXBURY — The Harwood Union School Board has waded into a public discussion of the controversial decision in February to fire Harwood Union Boys Hockey Coach Jacob Grout at the outset of the winter hockey season.
In honor of the 51st Annual Green Up Day, Waterbury residents braved morning snow flurries and afternoon sun beams to collect roadside litter and after a long winter of pandemic-induced isolation, this May 1st was an especially meaningful celebration of togetherness.
Editor’s note: Kary Mullis, who developed the PCR test and won the 1993 Nobel Prize in chemistry, died in August 2019 before COVID-19 was identified.
We lost Taggert Haslam last week. I knew Taggert as an athlete, assistant coach (and later my head coach in Track & Field) and I also knew him as a colleague.
Like the rest of Vermont’s professional theaters, Burlington’s Vermont Stage’s world was turned upside down by the COVID-19 pandemic. And like the others, it is taking baby steps in returning to its important role to the state’s audiences — and actors.
Plans to move the Vermont State Police barracks from Middlesex to Berlin are moving along as the town of Waterbury recently signed a new three-year contract for two troopers to provide police service for the community.
By unanimous vote Monday night, the Waterbury Select Board approved a set of interim zoning bylaws to apply to a core section of the downtown village business district. The bylaws became effective immediately and will stand for two years, with the possibility of an extension for a third year.
Daffodils provide spring color to the roundabout traffic circle at the intersection of routes 2 and 100 in Waterbury. The final season of Main Street construction is well underway with one-way traffic patterns through the downtown as crews pour sidewalks and complete paving, markings, and st…
What started as a heads-up to a driver for a brake light being out turned into a Burlington man leading law enforcement on a high-speed chase through parts of Washington and Chittenden counties last weekend.
Free meals at Zenbarn every TuesdayZenbarn’s participation in the Everyone Eats free meals program to assist those impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic has now ramped up to weekly production every Tuesday.
Waterbury has officially joined a regional cooperative poised to ensure efforts to expand internet access across the state do not leave Central Vermont communities behind.
In the past year during the COVID-19 pandemic, people around the world including Vermonters have sought new ways to pass time indoors and puzzle-solving naturally became a hit.
One spring, after a heavy rainfall, I visited the Saint Michael’s College Natural Area hoping to capture exciting photographs of the rushing Winooski River. Rather than raging floodwaters, however, I found the river’s floodplain was efficiently — and slowly — accommodating the onslaught of r…
Warm days may tempt you to work in the garden and remove winter mulch, but wait a bit longer. We still could have snow and some very cold nights. Plants still need protection.
If you suffer from spring allergies, this would be a good time to know what plants are affecting your comfort. Right now, many trees are dumping their pollen. Most trees are wind pollinated and produce lots of pollen. They depend on the wind to move pollen around — and up your nose.
A discussion regarding anti-racism training for select board members turned heated Monday night as members of the public challenged the board’s recent choice of longtime board member Chris Viens as vice chair.In its reorganization meeting following the March Town Meeting Day election, the f…
Harwood Union High School’s bi-annual Red Cross blood drive returns to Waterbury on Wednesday, April 28, with the usual goal to help replenish the community’s blood supply and the added bonus that donations this year could help those battling COVID-19.
Editor’s note: The letter below is written to Gov. Phil Scott and was submitted to local newspapers by former Harwood Unified Union School District board member Rosemarie White.
Do standardized tests match your strengths as a learner?
Vermont’s 51st Green Up Day is Saturday, May 1, and volunteers are needed to pitch in to pick up trash along roadsides, in and near parks, and other public places in the community.
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.
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A black-and-white photo installation going up in the Vermont Farmers Food Center on West Street in Rutland is the beginning piece in a series of stories that take a deeper look into our local community, agriculture and history, giving a voice to many untold stories.
After the second series of meetings to refine the details, the Waterbury Planning Commission has completed a fresh draft of interim zoning bylaws for downtown that is scheduled for a public hearing on April 26.
Waterbury Public Library Director Almy Landauer made an unexpected announcement this week, telling the community via the library newsletter that she will be stepping down June 2.
Corrina Thurston, an artist, public speaker, and author opens her latest book, “How to Crush Self-Doubt and Regain Real Confidence” with a question: When did we decide it wasn’t okay to say, ‘I don’t know?’
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Vermont’s ski resorts lost an estimated $100 million this winter.
Central Vermont Home Health & Hospice is celebrating the contributions of its volunteers in recognition of National Volunteer Week.
A new skate park is on the horizon for Waterbury.
A new season has officially arrived as road work resumed this week in downtown Waterbury.
Sheep on Barnes Hill in Waterbury Center take in a visitor recently. Springtime weather has folks looking ahead to warmer temperatures. That includes several local organizations putting their summertime calendars together. Read more about the plans on page 3.
Following the April school vacation next week, students and teachers across the Harwood Unified Union School District will return to a hybrid schedule attending in person four days a week for the remainder of the school year.
It’s beginning to look like a “normal” summer lies ahead for Waterbury as announcements land, heralding plans for many of the familiar events and celebrations that were put on hold in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
After more than a year since passenger rail service was halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. the Vermont Agency of Transportation last week announced the return of Amtrak passenger routes to the state effective July 19.
Recent data from the Vermont Department of Health have shown an increase of 16 COVID-19 cases in Waterbury in a one-week period.
Harwood Union boys hockey coach Shawn Thompson was in court via video conference on April 8 to answer to his second charge of driving under the influence.Thompson, 31, of Duxbury, pleaded not guilty in Washington County criminal court in Barre to two misdemeanor counts: driving under the inf…
Local radio station patriarch Ken Squier returned to the airwaves at WDEV Radio briefly on his 86th birthday on Saturday, calling in to the popular “Music to Go to the Dump By” program and declaring he’s doing well in his recovery from COVID-19.
You can tell when legislators sense the end of the session is just a few weeks away because the pace of work in the virtual halls of the Legislature definitely picks up as many bills come to the floor for a vote and key “money” bills pass the House and are now being worked on in the Senate.
On a warm, rainy April night a few years ago, I drove up our muddy, rutted dirt road through the mist, steering around the wood frogs hopping across the road. As I approached the vernal pool, there were more frogs in the road, so I parked to avoid hitting them and walked the rest of the way.
Trout season opens April 10Vermont’s traditional trout fishing season opens this Saturday, April 10.
To read comments posted on Facebook about Waterbury Ambulance Service Inc. you’d think they’re running a hot new restaurant instead of seven-days-a-week, drive-through COVID testing.
The three-time defending champion U-32 boys and girls were recognized in full force recently when Vermont coaches announced the Nordic and Alpine skiing All-State teams.
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