The Valley Reporter

The Valley Reporter Serving the Mad River Valley since 1971

A November 27 storm dropped 2 feet of wet, heavy snow on The Valley toppling trees and knocking out power

The endless winter

Last winter came early and lasted a long time. Snowstorms started in November and flurries continued into April. The Valley Reporter reached out to Valley town highway departments to see if they went ...

The endless winter

The Mad River Chorale and the South Burlington Community Chorus performed “Carmina Burana” at the Flynn Theater and Harwood Union.

Stellar performance of ‘Carmina Burana’ on two nights

Soaring voices, impeccable pianists, tight percussionists and stunning soloists marked a joint performance of Carl Orff’s “Carmina Burana” by the Mad River Chorale and the South Burlington ...

The cost of upgrading a Class 4 road

Moretown resident Carl Wimble asked the town select board for help in determining how to improve access to a proposed sugaring operation on 149 acres at the end of Bradley Road. Wimble, at the ...

Witnesses testify in Steven Bourgoin trial

The trial of the man charged with five counts of second-degree murder for a wrong-way crash on I-89 that killed five local teens is in its third day at the Edward J. Costello Courthouse in Burlington ...

Select board reps meet to negotiate MOU

Six select board members from Warren, Waitsfield and Fayston will begin the process of negotiating a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to enact a local option tax (LOT) that will come before voters ...

Waitsfield board members lobby for one-town LOT

Waitsfield Select Board chair Paul Hartshorn and board member Sal Spinosa continue to lobby for the town to enact its own local option tax (LOT) and use those funds to pay for overdue road ...

Potential firefighting pond proposed for South Hill Road

At the last Moretown Select Board meeting, board members gave conditional approval for the construction of a new pond at the end of Gove Road, off South Hill Road. The Moretown Select Board, at a ...