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Waterbury Main Street construction project update

Thursday, September 24, through Saturday, October 3 Overall impacts Expect traffic delays and one-way alternating traffic in Segments 1 and 2 Flaggers and pedestrian crossers will be ...

Waterbury Main Street construction project update

Thursday, September 24, through Saturday, October 3 Overall impacts Expect traffic delays and one-way alternating traffic in Segments 1 and 2 Flaggers and pedestrian crossers will be ...

The second Ridge to River Community Forum, called Climate of Change, was held at Lareau Farm in 2017. Photo: Brad Long

Friends of the Mad River and Ridge to River

By Mary Gow with Friends of the Mad River board and staff The crisis of Tropical Storm Irene in 2011 exposed the interconnectedness of the Mad River Valley (MRV). Not only laying bare connections ...

DRB hears preliminary plans for affordable housing development

The Waitsfield Development Review Board was supportive of a plan to create either a planned residential development of 15 affordable lots or a planned hamlet development of the same size. The ...

Buy Local Vermont Program opens and closes in one day

The Agency of Commerce and Community Development (ACCD) opened and then closed its Buy Local Vermont Program last week with the program opening at 11 a.m. with $425,000 in vouchers for Vermont ...

Governor Phil Scott updates bar seating guidance, lifts lodging capacity restriction with travel and health protocols

On Friday, September 18, Governor Phil Scott announced updates to COVID-19 guidance for bars, restaurants and lodging establishments, as well as a new program to support businesses affected by the ...

Vermont Secretary of State Jim Condos announces start of early voting period and general election ballot mailing

On September 21, 2020, Secretary of State Jim Condos, Vermont’s chief election official, announced the start of Vermont’s early voting period, and the beginning of ballots being mailed to all ...

Involve MRV offers adventure, wellness and creation programs for teens

“We want to be engagement focused,” said Reilly Lawrence, speaking about Involve MRV, the new youth program he and his partner Kayla Barss are launching this October. Involve MRV is a program ...