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Montpelier welcomes back crowds for July 3 celebrations
MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) - July third celebrations are underway in Montpelier. Festivities Wednesday include a Family Fun Fest on the Statehouse lawn along with food trucks and music. The Montpelier Mile Road race kicks off at 6 p.m. and will be followed by the city’s Community Parade. The events...
Displaced by floods, Berlin manufactured home park residents seek to prevent a repeat disaster
As the park owner tries to rebuild one year after catastrophic flooding, officials have gone to court to try to stop the work, and former residents are watching closely. Read the story on VTDigger here: Displaced by floods, Berlin manufactured home park residents seek to prevent a repeat disaster.
Getting out and celebrating Independence Day
Waterbury’s Independence Day celebration may be over but a variety of other festivities for the holiday are scheduled around the region that local residents may want to check out. Note that the Waterbury Farmers Market and the Rotary Concert in the Park will not take place this Thursday. They...
A little rain doesn’t spoil Waterbury’s Not Quite Independence Day
Despite soggy weather, Waterbury’s Not Quite Independence Day celebration attracted a hardy crowd that cheered on dozens of runners, took in the parade down Main Street, and gathered for an afternoon concert in the park on Saturday. The Waterbury Rotary Club starts planning for “NQID” (as it’s known for...
State requests FEMA assessment after Stowe and other towns sustain new flood damage
Stowe and Walden were among the most affected areas in a set of localized storms. The cost of repairs may be significant, local officials say. Read the story on VTDigger here: State requests FEMA assessment after Stowe and other towns sustain new flood damage.
Barre Unified Union School District misses July 1 deadline, fails to finalize budget for next year
BARRE, Vt. — In Vermont, July 1 is the official deadline for school districts to finalize a budget for the 2025 fiscal year. Twenty-nine out of 93 districts rejected the first proposals they faced on Town Meeting Day in March. Now, only one district has yet to secure a...
Retiring Chief Gowans Honored by City Council: District Heat Rates Stay the Same
Montpelier Mayor Jack McCullough gave the key to the city to retiring Montpelier Fire Chief Robert Gowans on June 26. Gowans announced his retirement earlier this year after 45 years with the fire department, which began July 12, 1979. Gowans was promoted to Lieutenant in 1996, and then to deputy fire chief in 2008. He became fire chief on May 1, 2011. Gowans also graduated from Montpelier High School in 1975 and then served in the United States Navy.
Calais dam renovation aims to control flooding
CALAIS, Vt. (WCAX) - A dam in Calais is getting a makeover after last summer’s flooding. The couple hundred Vermonters who call Calais home spent years working to flood-proof the dam on Curtis Pond, only to watch that progress wash down the drain last summer. A year later, they’re ready to put a cork in the damage once and for all.
Navigating FEMA: Some Vermont flood survivors say system seemed 'designed to make you fail'
When the Dog River began seeping into Anne Ward’s home in Berlin on the morning of July 10, 2023, the single mother loaded up her young children in a van and headed to Mosaic, a sexual violence response and prevention agency in Barre City where Ward serves as executive director.
Community revisits oral history project
In 1990, Friends of the Mad River (FMR) co-founder Kinny Perot, Warren, asked folklorist Jane Beck if she would interview longtime residents for a historical research project about the Mad River Valley. Beck agreed, recording 50 interviews onto audiocassette tapes. That project culminated in a multi-part radio series called “Mad River Valley: Crucible of Change,” airing on National Public Radio in 1995.
Montpelier Alive hosts July 3rd festivities in Vermont's capital city
MONTPELIER, Vt. — Independence Day celebrations are already getting started across Vermont and New York, including in Vermont's capital city. On Wednesday, Montpelier Alive will host events your whole family can enjoy starting with Family Fest on the Statehouse lawn at 3 p.m. There will also be a community...
Paine Turnpike in Berlin is not projected to re-open until late 2025
BERLIN, Vt. — Anyone who regularly drives between Montpelier and Berlin knows there's one way you can't go, Paine Turnpike North. It's still closed from last year’s historic flooding. "The creek under the road was running very high historically high," said Ture Nelson, the Berlin Town Manager. It...
Independence Day celebration in Montpelier a reminder of our freedom and flood anniversary
MONTPELIER, Vt. — Independence Day festivities were underway throughout the day into the evening in Montpelier. This year, the capital city isn't just celebrating the holiday. Wednesday's events were a reminder for the community of some of the most impactful changes since last July. Though it's been a tough...
Lyman Orton collected 400 works of local art 'for the love of Vermont'
A major exhibition of more than 80 paintings, prints, and drawings opens Wednesday at the Vermont History Museum in Montpelier. The works are culled from the extensive collection of Lyman Orton, a 7th-generation Vermonter and proprietor of the Vermont Country Store, and co-curated by Orton, Donnel Barnum, and the Vermont Historical Society.
From abandoned blades to old airplanes, Vermont Surplus Property has bargains galore
Where can you buy a cheap hardware desk, find an antique embalming machine and pick up the pocket knife that you had to give up to security officials when you flew from the Burlington International Airport?. Turns out, it’s all in one place: the State of Vermont Surplus Property Warehouse...
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