Sen. John Benson and Rep. Mike Tagliavia sent a formal request to the commission’s chair asking that the process be stopped “until rural Vermont municipalities and residents are truly given a voice.”
Dam protecting Montpelier #2 on safety priority list. Drilling starts Oct. 5.
Wrightsville Dam ranks second of 18 on the state’s own dam safety priority list, behind only the East Barre Dam. The drilling is part of the state’s effort to learn more about the vulnerabilities and potential failure scenarios identified in its assessment.
A trailer that can power 50 homes for 10 hours—while crews repair the lines
GMP’s planned mobile batteries could keep neighborhoods powered after storms and help lower electricity costs for customers beyond the five proposed communities.
Dam removal across Winooski watershed proceeds despite setbacks
Removing obsolete dams is a huge and tricky job. Permissions must be secured and regulatory and financial hurdles cleared. Engineering and construction are complex.
What a small Vermont water system can do this week
Why this matters: attackers took over small water systems across the country this summer without exploiting a single software flaw — and Vermont’s own program to help systems like yours has yet to deliver. Here’s what you can do without waiting for it.
Iranian cyberattacks put focus on Vermont water system security
A wave of suspected Iranian cyberattacks against U.S. water and wastewater systems is putting new attention on the vulnerability of Vermont’s small water utilities — and on what the state has, and has not, done to protect them.
Federal grant finishes a Route 7 rebuild three decades in the making
$19.7 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law completes the Pittsford-to-Brandon reconstruction — a project whose roots run to 1996, and to bypass talk from the 1950s.
No decommissioning for Morrisville’s historic dams
Green River Hydro gets 40-Year lifeline
At least 150,000 Vermont customers lost Verizon service this week — they’re each getting $20
A nationwide network failure left roughly one-quarter of Vermonters without cell service for ten hours on January 14, exposing critical vulnerabilities in the state’s communications infrastructure
Vermont’s $51.5 million railroad bridge rescue
A seven-year project to modernize critical freight infrastructure faced delays and cost overruns—but may have saved Western Vermont’s rail economy.
Deal: Housing-first plan CHIPing away at school funding?
Because CHIP draws its repayment funds from the education portion of the property tax, it also touches the broader statewide education fund.
Afghans who supported Vermont American troops denied SNAP benefits
In a special meeting last week, the House Committee on Human Services grappled with the repercussions from the federal One Big Beautiful Bill cutting SNAP benefits for Afghan refugees with Special Immigrant Visas (SIV). The benefit cut has drawn non-partisan criticism over a perceived moral betrayal of those who risked all for U.S. troops.
Flash-flooded towns left hanging after Feds refuse disaster payments
Towns hit hardest by the July 10 flash floods are facing steep repair bills with no federal help after President Donald Trump denied Vermont’s request for a disaster declaration.
Plans for a municipal septic system are underway in Jericho
Reliance on on-site septic and well water signifies that a place “is frozen in amber, ain’t nothing gonna happen here again, it is what it is, nothing’s gonna change,” said Chris Campany, executive director of the Windham County Regional Planning Commission.
Water finds a way: Ruins of 200-year-old Cabot dam to be cleared
The Clark Sawmill Dam collapsed during the flooding that hit Vermont in 2023, punctuating years of back-and-forths about its future.
Two water main breaks plague Montpelier — one shot water above the tree line
“It was a straight up geyser,” said Tim Sinnott of Parkside Drive, who was checking out the site with his family. Sinnott said water shot 120 feet into the air.
In Montpelier, the pit and the jellyfish
What do a pit and a jellyfish have in common? Find out by reading ‘The Big Pit on State Street.’
Digital wildfire: NotPetya, the most destructive cyberattack in history
How Russia weaponized America’s hacking tools to burn down the internet, and how Vermont lays vulnerable
Statehouse talks center on landowner concerns with stormwater regs
Around 100 of the 700 3-acre sites in Vermont are subdivisions, but the state doesn’t know exactly how many people live on those parcels.
Vermont Gas pipeline, completed in 2017, applies for permit
A public hearing will be held Thursday for a Certificate of Public Good permit for a natural gas pipeline completed in 2017.
Vermont falls six spots to 44th worst highways and bridges
Crumbling highways, decaying bridges, and gridlocked traffic plague the Northeast as Vermont is among the nation’s worst for infrastructure maintenance.
Lawmakers look for more time on broadband bills
Two House bills would bar service providers from deceptive business practices and require them to offer cheap broadband plans.
West Rutland to vote on $2.3M wastewater treatment facility upgrades
Officials say that the facility requires replacing control systems, mechanical and electrical components, and making structural repairs and improvements.
Montpelier’s Post Office is struggling — and residents are feeling it
Montpelier’s post office has been unreliable, and the problem isn’t going away. Postal employees aren’t talking, but frustrated residents missing mail are.
Officials outline Waterbury Dam facelift amid flood fears
Starting in 2027, builders will replace the floodgates with thicker, sturdier ones and swap out the bridge above the spillway.
Gervais: Can the feds save Vermont’s power grid?
Vermont’s legislature continues the race to the precipice.
Gov. Phil Scott announces $1.7 million in Downtown Transportation Fund Grants
Since its inception in 1999, the program has invested more than $16 million in Vermont’s downtowns and villages.
The Civilian Conservation Corps in Vermont
This week we celebrate the first Civilian Conservation Corps (C.C.C.) in Vermont starting work in Danby, June 5, 1933.
Vermont postal woes linger long after pandemic
Staffing shortages in Waterbury are among post office problems across Vermont that have disrupted deliveries and inconvenienced residents.
Dame: G.E.T. R.E.A.L! T: Transportation Infrastructure (Fix the Roads!)
Government is supposed to provide some basic, universal services and maintaining the state’s roads, bridges, and other transportation infrastructure is one of them.
Gov. Scott allocates $29.25M grants to curb sewer overflow pollution
“These investments support economic development, a cleaner environment, and have public health benefits.,” says Governor Scott.
