Waitsfield emergency management director Fred Messer reports that at 12:30am Tues, the Mad River remained within its banks. No flood on Meadow Road. Waitsfield cover bridge is fine.
Moretown Village was NOT evacuated, fire fighters remained on scene thru the night.
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Wrightsville Dam 1:30 PM
Water levels @ the Wrightsville Dam have been monitored for the last 2 hours. No significant changes have been seen. State officials are in contact with the onsite dam safety representative who believes minimal increases can be expected.
#VTflood23
Waitsfield Emergency Management officer Fred Messer reports that his Moretown counterpart Stefan Pratt, has the Moretown Fire Department is going door-to-door in the village telling people to prepare to evacuate their residences. 1/2
Moretown fire chief Stefan Pratt has called for Moretown village residents to evacuate to higher ground. Rt 100B is closed at Freeman Hill and Stevens Brook Rd. People being advised to stage at top of Moretown Mtn Rd. near Common Rd intersection.
It seems odd that VT conducted 18,372 tests on Jan. 7 to report 2642 cases yesterday on Jan. 8 and then conducted only 1055 tests on Jan. 8 to report 203 cases today.
UPDATE: Firefighters are alerting village residents to be prepared with 3 days of food and 10 days of medicines and fire fighters will sound emergency alert from the fire station when it is time. Moretown town officials are working on where they will go.
The legendary Betsy Pratt died this morning. She was the former owner of Mad River Glen
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and facilitated the sale of the mountain to a skier-owned co-op. RIP and condolences to her family and ski community.
Moretown officials are preparing for the need to call for evacuating the village. Select board chair Tom Martin says the next 90 minutes are critical. Waitsfield will open its emergency shelter at the elementary school for Moretown people if needed.
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Flooding at Moretown School
Rising water at Moretown is entering the school, we Students will be sent home immediately. Buses will arrive at the school around 8:30 am to take students home. Other schools being monitored.
#madrivervalley
BREAKING: While teaching a class to high school students on Wednesday, Burlington police officers staged a surprise demonstration in which a masked gunman burst into the room and pretended to open fire. The lack of warning sent students diving for cover
Clockwise, behind Waitsfield Elementary School, Route 100 by Mad Bush Falls, first floor of Moretown School. Please share pics in the comments or email to news
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Is anyone else hearing about long delays in PCR testing results coming in? We know of multiple people who were tested on Thursday, and Friday who have not yet received any kind of results from health department.
@healthvermont
Check out this great story by Lizzy Hewitt. She’s from Warren, graduated from Harwood, and was also an intern and contributing writer at The Valley Reporter.
The flood gauge in Moretown is predicting that the Mad River will reach the "Major Flood Stage" at about midnight tonight. Stay tuned for details on where they are being evac'd. 2/2
By a unanimous decision of the Mad River Valley Rotary Club, Karen and Sean Lawson of Lawson’s Finest Liquids in Waitsfield have been named Rotary People of the Year.
Gov. Scott says VT has highest # of 5-11 year olds scheduled for shots, per White House call this week. VT getting an additional 3900 doses as well as 5100 doses already allotted for this week. Dr. Walensky. As of this am 14K kids signed up for shot or have gotten 1 dose.
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Mehuron's Supermarket is opening for high risk populations 8-9 a.m. Asks others to wait until 9am. This allows high risk customers to shop when the store is cleaner.
"We all have to look out for each other right now. This could make an important difference.”
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18,800 Vermonters age 70-74 made appointments Tuesday through the state’s registration system – nearly 57% of those eligible. There are 33,200 people in this age band.
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More photos from our readers will be posted here and on our Facebook page …Rt. 100 closed at Ward Hill in Duxbury Photo: Chrissy Gagne Rivers
The Valley Reporter is saddened to report the passing of Sugarbush & Mad River Valley legend Henri Borel. Our deepest condolences to his family, Bernard, friends, Chez Henri staff and customers. He'll be greatly missed. He celebrated his 90th birthday at the restaurant in 2017.
Social media could use a whole lot more optimism and hope then we’re seeing these days, says governor Phil Scott. Use the hashtag
#VTLightsTheWay
to share photos of your favorite decorations and your family gatherings on this once in a century pandemic holiday season.
3-2 win in over time goal by Skyer Platt with 6:08 left in the game. This is the first championship win for Jacob Grout in his first season for Highlanders. Game is against Milton.
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video a Katie Martin
All students in the Harwood Unified Union School District will be receiving KN95 masks from their schools in the next few days. K-12 students, staff will receive 10 masks. The district is making some additional KN95 masks at school available for students upon request.
#madtaco
Good news! Mad Taco in Waitsfield reopens Thursday, April 16 for take out from 12-7pm. The owners expect to re-open their other sites soon. Call in and use a credit card, then pick-up out front. A selection of to-go adult beverages will be available as well. 496-3832
@vtpoli
No word about Canadian border during today's governors' call. "Very frustrating for me," Scott says, particularly now that US is open to flights from 32 nations in Europe.
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Moretown fire trucks are pumping out the Moretown School, Pony Farm Road/North Road are closed.
"We're approaching TS Irene standards," Fred Messer, Waitsfield Emergency Management officer.
“We’ve lost 2.9 billion birds since 1970,” says state representative Kari Dolan. The Hermit Thrush State Bird Bill seeks to protect birds at the state level.
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#TMDVT
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Every single high school graduate from Vermont, even those who live in Vermont and go to school in New Hampshire, are getting a gift this year. The community college of Vermont (CCV) is giving out one free course (of students choosing) to high school graduates this fall.
Green mountain access is experiencing email outage for both email and web mail fir some customers. This is due to a certificate issue. It will not be fixed until Monday. Stay tuned for details.
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Yesterday, NH has 240 cases, reports Levine. Even small gatherings can have big impact. Vt is seeing cases due to such socializing. From Thanksgivng thru New Year take hard look at plans. Strongly urging people to lay low
#GovernorPhilScottPressConference
#CoronavirusVermont
The Warren select board voted last night to adopt a mask mandate in the town, effective immediately. Waitsfield select board will discuss it on Dec. 6.
4/4 this very low, and very dangerous, moment in American history. “The fabric of our democracy and the principles of our republic are under attack by the President. Enough is enough. President Trump should resign or be removed from office by his Cabinet, or by the Congress.”