SUTTON — Federal disaster money has started to reach Sutton. According to the minutes of the Sept. 24 Selectboard meeting, $304,000 in FEMA aid has been transferred to the town

BURKE — The Burke Selectboard raised pay for the town road crew at a special meeting Sept. 23, voting unanimously to set a $29 starting wage for the crew's open

PEACHAM — Only one sealed bid arrived for a new motor grader, and the Peacham Selectboard decided on Sept. 16 that one was not enough. The board voted to put

LYNDON — Lyndon's municipal property tax rates will fall sharply in 2026, the selectboard decided Sept. 8, approving a general fund rate of $.3157 and a highway rate of $.2709

DANVILLE — Dogs belonging to Justin Morgan violated Danville's dog ordinance, the selectboard determined at a Sept. 21 special meeting called in response to a formal complaint filed five days

WHEELOCK — The Wheelock Selectboard began drafting its 2027 budget on Sept. 15, working through preliminary numbers for every line item in the road budget and the road-related reserve funds

BARNET — Bridge #10 on Comerford Dam Road has been posted as closed to heavy truck traffic after a recent inspection found a hole running the full depth of the

SHEFFIELD — Facing a neighbor's claim that the town is encroaching on her land, the Sheffield Selectboard voted Sept. 2 to authorize the town clerk to hire a surveyor to

GROTON — Groton will replace its 23-year-old first responder vehicle with a $33,752 purchase, the selectboard decided Sept. 15, choosing the least expensive of three options presented to it and

CRAFTSBURY — The Craftsbury Select Board opened two plowing bids Sept. 15 and accepted the lower one, locking in a $4,500 price for the Dec. 1 to April 1 season.

KIRBY — The North Kirby bridge closed Monday, Sept. 21, the third Kirby town road to be closed consecutively as the window for road construction runs out, the selectboard was

ST. JOHNSBURY — The St. Johnsbury Select Board voted Sept. 14 to borrow $287,000 for public works equipment, awarding the loan to Passumpsic Bank on a five-year term at 4.96%

CONCORD — Seven parcels in Concord are headed toward tax sale after their owners missed an Aug. 28 deadline to agree to a payment plan, Treasurer Audra Girouard told the

HARDWICK — Hardwick voters will decide Nov. 3 whether to borrow up to $6 million for a new town highway garage, after the selectboard voted 3-1 on Sept. 17 to

WATERFORD — Waterford will keep its planned town garage on the original highway department site rather than moving it to the fire department property, the selectboard concluded Sept. 14, after

BURKE — Burke's updated town plan is adopted, the selectboard decided Sept. 14 after a public hearing at which no one from the audience spoke.

BARNET — More than two years after the July 2024 flooding disaster, Barnet is still waiting on roughly $1.49 million in outstanding federal and state reimbursements, the Selectboard learned at

GREENSBORO — Greensboro's Selectboard voted 2-1 on Sept. 9 to open the town hall gym for public use before receiving a written legal opinion on potential Americans with Disabilities Act

BRIGHTON — Brighton's Selectboard voted Sept. 2 to award the Island Pond Lakeside Park Improvements contract to Alliance Consulting & Excavation LLC for $208,165, pending completion of pre-contract paperwork.

GROTON — The Federal Emergency Management Agency's state buyout program for five Groton properties has been awarded, the Selectboard learned at its Sept. 1 meeting, with the state now moving

CABOT — Citing a string of accidents at the entrance to Molly's Falls State Park, Cabot's Selectboard voted Sept. 1 to send a letter asking the state to study traffic

DANVILLE — Danville's Selectboard agreed Sept. 3 to support extending the 30 mph speed zone on Route 2 further west of West Danville village, possibly as far as West Shore

CRAFTSBURY — Craftsbury's Town Garage Bridge project reached completion the same day its Federal Emergency Management Agency funding was formally obligated, board member Bruce Urie reported at the Sept. 1

HARDWICK — Hardwick's Selectboard laid out the timeline Sept. 3 for a Nov. 3 bond vote on the town's proposed Essential Services Complex and Highway Garage, scheduling two public meetings

NEWPORT, Vt. — The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Vermont Chapter invites the community to join the Newport County Out of the Darkness Walk on Saturday, Sept. 26, at North

RANDOLPH, Vt. — David Newton isn't just looking for technicians to fill out his ranks at The Manufacturing Collaborative (TMC). He's looking for the right students — specifically, those with

LYNDONVILLE, Vt. — Nearly 40 people turned out at Cobleigh Public Library Tuesday evening to hear novelist Tammy Greenwood, who writes under the pen name T. Greenwood, read from her

PEACHAM, Vt. — The Peacham Farmers Market will celebrate the arrival of apple season with its second annual Apples & Arts celebration from 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 5,

CANAAN, Vt. — Northern Counties Health Care plans to open a primary care office in Canaan, returning local access to primary care to the community at the former Indian Stream

MONTPELIER, Vt. – Vermont's scientific bear management program recently received a significant funding contribution from the Vermont Bear Hound Association to support continuing research on black bear reproduction and population

BURKE — Neither of Burke's two dry hydrants is currently in service, Zoning Administrator Mike Harris told the selectboard at its Aug. 3 meeting — a gap in fire suppression

CABOT — The Cabot Selectboard approved an engineering contract for the North Tributary Bridge replacement at a special meeting Tuesday, Aug. 4, but added language requiring both full funding and

DANVILLE — The announcement that Danville's Assistant Town Clerk and Treasurer is retiring after three decades prompted the Selectboard to approve a staff reorganization at its Aug. 6 meeting, one

HARDWICK — Hardwick Select Board members heard updates on a condemned home near a historic landslide site, a $23 million federal disaster funding opportunity, and the imminent arrival of the

LUNENBURG — The Lunenburg Selectboard voted at its Aug. 3 meeting to keep Jesse Boeming as the town's fire warden, citing unresolved questions under Act 162 over which towns can

ST. JOHNSBURY — The Select Board set new municipal tax rates and heard renewed public concern over downtown safety and a long-running Gilman Avenue nuisance complaint at its Aug. 10

PEACHAM — Peacham's Selectboard set the town's 2026 municipal tax rate at 1.0791 during its Aug. 5 meeting, a figure Town Clerk Rebecca Washington said is 4.84% lower than last

MONTPELIER, Vt. — The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department said bear hunting season begins in September and reminded hunters of the season's regulations.

ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt. — RuralEdge and Northeast Kingdom Community Action (NEKCA) are partnering to expand The Shelter at Moose River, the Northeast Kingdom's only low-barrier emergency homeless shelter. The project

LYNDON — Lyndon's Selectboard approved an additional $8,100 in ARPA grant funding for the Wildflower Inn and adopted a new signature-petition requirement for organizations seeking town appropriations during its July

WATERFORD — An engineering report presented to the Selectboard on July 27 put the cost of replacing the town's aging garage at as much as $3.5 million, while board members

MONTPELIER, Vt. — Gov. Phil Scott and the Department of Economic Development today announced $1.79 million in Rural Industry Development Program (RIDP) grants to return two long-vacant, blighted downtown properties

LYNDON, Vt. — Atmospheric sciences students at Vermont State University Lyndon once again spent part of their summer storm chasing. The program, organized by State University of New York (SUNY)

A team of northern New England universities and institutions led by the University of Vermont (UVM) has been awarded $5.9 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to advance snow

DANVILLE, Vt. — The Danville Farmers Market will mark the start of the school year with a Back to School Market on Wednesday, Aug. 26, from 3:30 to 7 p.m.

"I drove tractors and drove horses. I would do almost anything to get out of doing housework," Jane (Bolton) Brown said, laughing about her childhood on Cabot Plain. "But I

RYEGATE — The cost of a recycling center sticker in Ryegate is going up to $100, a move the Selectboard approved July 27 after volunteers reported it's become difficult to