Just before 10 p.m. on Sunday, search and rescue teams from Waterbury and Stowe responded to Hunger Mountain to rescue a hiker injured in a fall. 

The Town of Waterbury has landed two state grants totaling nearly $300,000 to fund improvements to part of the downtown business district and a new effort to make a core commercial area in Waterbury Center more connected and pedestrian-friendly. 

A pedestrian was fatally struck in Fayston on Saturday, and a Florida teen driver was scheduled to face a criminal charge in court on Monday, according to Vermont State Police.

Several local residents are among 83 appointments that Gov. Phil Scott has made recently to state boards and commissions. 

Waterbury Ambulance Service’s longtime home on Guptil Road may be mostly empty now, but another community nonprofit is poised to move in soon. MakerSphere announced to its members and supporters last week that it is signing a lease to move its woodshop into the building this summer. 

There are many events happening in Waterbury this weekend, the biggest being the annual Not Quite Independence Day festivities on Saturday and organizers want the public to be aware of multiple road closures and changes so people can plan accordingly. 

Murphy, the lost golden retriever who wandered Waterbury Center for over a year, captivating the community that collectively pulled for his capture, crossed the rainbow bridge earlier this month.

School’s out, the calendar now officially says “summer,” a blast of heat is on the way, and the June 27-29 weekend schedule in Waterbury packs in a maximum number of events, officially kicking off the season.

Recent Vermont State Police reports around the region include an attempted sexual assault case in Duxbury, multiple vehicle crashes, and a theft where investigators are seeking the public’s help to locate a motorcycle.

Recent work to remove a sewer line on the Stowe Street bridge over the Thatcher Brook was just a prelude to the main construction event that begins at 7 a.m. Thursday to replace the aging two-lane span, requiring the bridge to be closed for up to 60 days. 

Big changes are afoot at Waterbury Ambulance Service as the crew is settling into its new station in downtown Waterbury and it welcomes a new executive director starting Monday, June 16. 

Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark this week announced that her office has put together guidance intended to help immigrants and non-U.S. citizens in the state understand their rights during encounters with federal immigration enforcement officers. 

BURLINGTON — A Massachusetts woman is accused of stabbing another woman at a hotel in Waterbury.

A stabbing assault in Waterbury on Monday resulted in one Massachusetts woman being seriously injured and another being jailed without bail awaiting a court appearance today to face charges including attempted second-degree murder, according to Vermont State Police. 

Five years of survival through a global pandemic, historic flooding and a withering moviegoing crowd, and the Savoy Theater is still standing.

A small Arbor Day ceremony on the edge of Waterbury’s municipal gardens recently marked the career of a longtime public servant and an honor for the town that he worked to achieve.