Free water for residents affected by boil-water advisory

Water is available starting Monday morning at 8:30 a.m. and may be picked up anytime until supplies run out at the police storage garage on Lucius Shaw Lane, which is open 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., Monday through Saturday.

Addison County residents on Friday morning were still bailing out basements, ordering gravel for washed-out driveways, dealing with dead cars and assessing other property damage caused by a massive Thursday evening rainstorm the likes of which hadn’t been … (read more)

Gratitude to all of you for checking-in./ Calling me in the middle of the night,/ to see if I’m not trying to get some sleep,/ sleeping on my roof. The water’s that high/ in some places in my brave state/ of Vermont. Where the rivulets rise…

Just two months after a mid-May frost devastated apple, grape and other fruit crops throughout the state, July brought abnormally heavy rainfall that wreaked havoc on Vermont farms during peak growing season.

State officials on Monday confirmed Addison County is approaching the federal disaster-related threshold at which residents can qualify for financial aid to repair private property damage sustained in last month’s flooding.

Within Sparrow Art Supply’s perch above the Otter Creek in downtown Middlebury, a strand of homemade postcards is hung above a small table set up with their blank counterparts, colored pencils and pens for the store’s flood relief fundraiser, Love From Yo … (read more)

For the first time since 1985, Addison County’s official federal flood maps are being updated. This comes toward the end of statewide FEMA flood map reevaluations. 

The state rep and owner of 3 Squares Cafe teamed up with World Central Kitchen to run his food truck for three nights in the town of Johnson, one of the areas heavily impacted by recent flooding. 

This grant funding is designed to mitigate the extreme market challenges in 2022, including high feed and input costs. $6.9 million dollars was made available in the Vermont state budget which began on July 1.

Federal Emergency Management Agency officials continue to inspect flood-related damage in our area, which may lead to Addison County being added to the list of Vermont counties covered by the federal disaster declaration.

The heavy rains that hit Addison County this past week are expected to lead to an increase in the region’s mosquito population, according to local insect management officials. 

Addison County could still get on that list, as Federal Emergency Management Agency officials continue to tally flood damage in our area.

Since last week’s heavy rainfall and disastrous flooding across the state, the bridges above the Otter Creek Falls have been occupied by walkers pausing to peer over the edge and snap a few photos of the raucous rapids. 

As Vermont farmers and their families are recovering from the floods and unprecedented rainfall this past July 10 and 11, the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets (VAAFM) has assembled important guidance and resources for the state’s agricultur … (read more)

In response to catastrophic flooding caused by heavy rainfall last week, Vermont Public and the Vermont Community Foundation have joined forces to raise money for the VT Flood Response & Recovery Fund 2023, beginning this Monday through midnight on Sunday … (read more)