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UPDATED: Road Work | May 6-10
MAY 6 UPDATE: A Waterbury town crew will be doing a culvert replacement on Gregg Hill on Tuesday-Wednesday, May 7-8, in the area between 1395 and 1557 Gregg Hill Road. The road will be closed by mid-morning on Tuesday and reopened to traffic at the close of business on Wednesday.
Through flames and floodwaters, Charlie O’s returns to downtown Montpelier
The staple dive bar on Main Street shuttered in October, when a fire damaged the building only months after the summer’s floods ravaged its interior. Read the story on VTDigger here: Through flames and floodwaters, Charlie O’s returns to downtown Montpelier .
Stuck in Vt: Visiting the ‘Wind Phone’ at the Lanpher Memorial Library in Hyde Park
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - In 2010, garden designer Itaru Sasaki of Japan installed a telephone booth in his garden that he called a “phone of the wind.” The rotary phone line was not connected to anything, but the booth gave Sasaki a meaningful place to have a one-way conversation with his cousin, who had died of cancer.
Stowe Township store shut down due to lack of permit, hot water, and other health risks
STOWE TOWNSHIP (KDKA) - An establishment in Stowe Township is being forced to close by the Allegheny County Health Department for a myriad of reasons. "Cravingz" on Broadway Avenue was operating without a permit when inspectors arrived to check the building. Once inside, they found several violations including those preparing food had been smoking, a lot of the food preparation and cooking equipment was heavily soiled, cigarette butts were found inside the handwashing station in the kitchen, and the dumpster was "overflowing" with garbage according to the report. They also found that there was no hot water in the building and a total of one restroom for both staff and customers. You can view the Allegheny County Health Department's inspection report at this link. Cravingz is now closed until further notice and will not be allowed to reopen until they obtain a permit, correct several things along with what was listed above, and submit plans for health and safety.
LETTER: Former chair asks school board to ‘focus on what we CAN control’
Editor’s note: This letter was sent to the full Harwood Unified Union School Board and is shared here with the community. While it is disappointing to see another budget vote fail, there is great opportunity ahead to build credibility with the Harwood Unified Union School District community. Having served on the board for 5 years, I appreciate the tremendous pressure that you are under from many sides and am grateful for your work in navigating this very challenging budget season. I respectfully submit the following suggestions, all of which focus on what we CAN control. Framing this as only a state legislature problem will not help us to pass another budget.
Three Questions for Cory Swafford of Waterbury’s Blackback Pub
Blackback Pub in Waterbury has long been a starred stop on Vermont's beer tourism map. Its impressive tap list always includes half a dozen choices from Greensboro's Hill Farmstead Brewery alongside other noteworthy American brews, plus Belgian exemplars such as the barrel-aged Rodenbach Grand Cru sour red ale. Aside from...
Bikers in the 16th annual Gravel Grinder take to local roads Sunday
The Waterbury Area Trail Alliance hosts its 16th annual Gravel Grinder ride this Sunday, May 5, with routes taking up to 350 bikers through Waterbury, Moretown and a section of Stowe. The event is expected to run from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. with the start and finish at Pilgrim...
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