Skip to contentIn 2011, the floodwaters of Tropical Storm Irene left many Woodstock residents without water for five days, destroyed merchandise at the Woodstock Farmers’ Market, and ripped up Route 4, which connects the town to Killington.In the subsequent years up to the floods of July 2023, Woodstock participated in a project called the Vermont Economic Resiliency Initiative — VERI for short. Coordinators of the initiative identified five towns, including Woodstock, where the state would help coordinate in-depth flood resilience work. In 2015, the Vermont Agency of Commerce and...…Skip to contentIn 2011, the floodwaters of Tropical Storm Irene left many Woodstock residents without water for five days, destroyed merchandise at the Woodstock Farmers’ Market, and ripped up Route 4, which connects the town to Killington.In the subsequent years up to the floods of July 2023, Woodstock participated in a project called the Vermont Economic Resiliency Initiative — VERI for short. Coordinators of the initiative identified five towns, including Woodstock, where the state would help coordinate in-depth flood resilience work. In 2015, the Vermont Agency of Commerce and...WW…

Skip to contentMold stretches in dark masses across Elizabeth Rodriguez’s basement walls. The Barre resident lives on a hill, but the July floods still reached her, she said, and the effects were even worse than what her neighbors faced. The mold has made her house unsafe to live in. It’s also rendered her pellet stove unusable, and even if the mold problem is resolved, she’s not sure whether she’ll be able to get her heating system fixed in time for winter. Vermont officials are urging residents to fix their heating systems now, before temperatures drop and contractors are...…Skip to contentMold stretches in dark masses across Elizabeth Rodriguez’s basement walls. The Barre resident lives on a hill, but the July floods still reached her, she said, and the effects were even worse than what her neighbors faced. The mold has made her house unsafe to live in. It’s also rendered her pellet stove unusable, and even if the mold problem is resolved, she’s not sure whether she’ll be able to get her heating system fixed in time for winter. Vermont officials are urging residents to fix their heating systems now, before temperatures drop and contractors are...WW…