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John Neville, a man from Vermont, was charged with criminal activities again after repeatedly causing disturbances in Waterbury. Neville was arrested late Friday night for violating his release conditions and fleeing from an accident scene that he is alleged to have caused.

WATERBURY — Police responded to a two-vehicle crash in Waterbury today. The crash took place on Waterbury Stowe Road at around 4:15 p.m. According to the report, a vehicle pulled out into traffic without yielding to oncoming traffic, resulting in a head-on collision. Following an investigation, police say that...

ESSEX, Vt. (WCAX) - A small grocery store chain in Vermont has a new owner. The Associated Grocers of New England plans to purchase the Mac’s Market locations in Woodstock, Essex and Stowe. The organization operates a number of smaller grocery stores, including the Jericho Market, Newport Village Market...

CAMBRIDGE — A 43-year-old man was cited for home improvement fraud following an incident in Cambridge. On September 5, authorities say they were notified of a painting contractor who took a cash deposit and never completed the work at a home on Smugglers Loop Drive. Police say Duane Farnsworth,...

Police say Robert Oliver, 75, of Frankfort, NY was spotted driving the wrong way Saturday evening.

Mavic, a storied French bicycle company, has returned to North America by opening a sales and service center in Waterbury in Pilgrim Park, the former home of Green Mountain Coffee. "We are thrilled to be back in the USA to address the needs of our North American customers with our...

ESSEX JUNCTION, Vt. — The first Black woman to serve in the Vermont Legislature is being honored posthumously with an achievement award. The family of former Rep. Louvenia Dorsey Bright, who served in the Vermont House from 1988-1994 and died in July at age 81, was presented with the 2023 Gov. Madeleine M. Kunin Achievement Award on Saturday in Essex Junction.

ESSEX TOWN — The Essex Selectboard held a lengthy discussion on the legality and fairness of regulating electric fences during a public hearing on its Zoning and Subdivision Regulations Sept. 18. The issue of electric fencing regulations came from the Planning Commission’s proposal to include restrictions of barbed wire...

A former Champlain Valley Union High School student reportedly displayed a BB gun at a football game against St. Johnsbury. This incident immediately prompted a response from law enforcement.

The Town of Essex and City of Essex Junction in Vermont have started a reappraisal project that is due to be completed by 2025. This project will reassess all properties in the city and town to ensure fair property assessments. Letters will be sent to property owners to inform them of the upcoming data collection. The first batch of letters will be sent within the next ten days.

Consolidated Communications will build a fiber network in Lamoille County, Vermont that will be funded, in part, through the state. Consolidated will invest almost $10 million in the network and the Lamoille FiberNet communications union district will invest $14.9 million. A communications union district (CUD) is a uniquely Vermont entity...

Montpelier's Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility (WRRF) takes the stuff you flush down the drain and turns it into energy. It also returns the clean water back into the local water cycle. From start to finish, the process takes about 24 hours. During the flood in July, the WRRF took in a lot of sand, silt, and gravel that washed in along with the flood water. All that debris needs to be removed in order for the wastewater recovery process to function correctly.Visit here for more details.

With climate disasters becoming more frequent and FEMA disaster relief running out, Vermonters who are rebuilding worry they'll be left behind.

Interested in adopting a pet — or just looking at some adorable pets near you up for adoption? There are dozens of endearing pets up for adoption at animal shelters in and around Williston.

The owner of Vermont’s only cat cafe saved all 57 of her resident cats from a historic flood in July -- by physically destroying her business.

The planners’ current proposal would create an allowance for up to 12 chickens per household with a buffer from property lines of 15 feet for chicken coops and 20 feet for bedding and feed, and it would require regular removal of manure. Read the story on VTDigger here: Williston officials discuss lifting backyard chicken ban.

Where will you find fantastical electrical devices, salsa lessons, games, face painting, inflatables, Pinbox 300, Masque Theater performances and a Kid Costume Swap?. They’ll all be at the Montpelier Fall Festival, a fundraiser organized by the Montpelier Roxbury Schools Parents in Education on Sunday, October 1 from 12 to 4 p.m. on the State House lawn. Admission is free; all funds raised will come from donations. You can donate using the QR code on the flyers or the website or at donation boxes at the fair.

Later first freeze dates likely as our climate warms

Documents from the project’s Act 250 hearings that began this summer show there are concerns around its location near a floodplain, and whether that risk may increase as climate change continues to intensify. Read the story on VTDigger here: Hinesburg housing development project under scrutiny.

Vermont Business Magazine Janet Ancel has been unanimously elected to the board of Public Assets Institute. A nonpartisan nonprofit in Montpelier, Public Assets Institute is Vermont’s independent research organization on state budget, tax, and economic issues and the source for timely and in-depth state fiscal and policy analysis. Ancel...