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Hartford Selectboard set to discuss emergency dam repairs

by Staff Report July 18, 2023

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Vermont flooding echoes 2011 storm Irene, prompting evacuations

by Patrick Adrian Valley News Staff Writers, Alex Hanson Valley News Staff Writers, and Liz Sauchelli Valley News Staff WritersJuly 12, 2023

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Jim Kenyon: Memories of Irene move residents of Woodstock mobile home park to act

by Jim Kenyon Valley News ColumnistJuly 12, 2023

Construction crews continue to install new sidewalks along South Main Street in White River Junction, Vt., on Tuesday, August 16, 2022. Businesses in the Gates Briggs Building were closed on Tuesday after being left without power or water due to flooding in the basement overnight. (Valley News / Report For America - Alex Driehaus) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Most businesses return after flood of White River Junction building

by Darren Marcy Valley News Staff WriterSeptember 1, 2022

Ben Maynard, right, and Daniel Walter of RestorEAZE remove equipment from the basement of Tuckerbox in White River Junction, Vt., on Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. Flooding occurred on Tuesday, closing businesses on the block. ( Valley News - Jennifer Hauck) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Businesses trickle in after flooding in White River Junction building

by Darren Marcy Valley News Staff WriterAugust 20, 2022

Victoria Swanson, right, waits on a snowbank as her son Joe Swanson, center, helps his sister Anne Swanson, left, and her daughter Kennedy Swanson, 2, cross Bridges Road, which flooded due to an ice jam blocking the flow of the Ottauquechee River in Woodstock, Vt., on Friday, Feb. 18, 2022. Victoria Swanson, who lives down the road with her daughter and granddaughter, said she hasn’t seen the road flooded like this since Tropical Storm Irene hit in 2011. (Valley News / Report For America - Alex Driehaus) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

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Ice jam on the Ottauquechee River creates flooding in Woodstock

by Staff Report February 19, 2022

Ben Hart, who works in grounds maintenance for the Quechee Lakes Landowners Association, floods an ice rink to help smooth out the surface after the recent snow storm and warm weather made it uneven in Quechee, Vt., on Monday, Feb. 14, 2022. “We lost two to three inches of ice last week,” he said. (Valley News / Report For America - Alex Driehaus) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

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Up and down at Quechee Lakes

by Staff Report February 16, 2022

Nelson and Joyce Gilman at their home at Riverside Mobile Home Park in Woodstock, Vt., on Wednesday, August 25, 2021. The Gilmans were pickling cucumbers when Tropical Storm Irene hit the area, and they joke that when they evacuated their home they grabbed Nelson's diabetes medications, a few pillows and the pans of cucumbers. "It's funny now, but it wasn't then," Joyce said. (Valley News / Report For America - Alex Driehaus) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

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Tropical Storm Irene, 10 years later: Sudden flooding overwhelmed Woodstock mobile home park

by Jim Kenyon Valley News ColumnistAugust 28, 2021

Anthony Warburton, of Bradford, Vt., kayaks across the Bradford Golf Course on Wednesday, April 17, 2019. "I do it almost every year," said Warburton. The course, owned by the Bradford Golf Club, is located right next to where the Waits River flows into the Connecticut River, so it fills up whenever flooding occurs in the spring, though this year the water was particularly high. "I better get back to work. It was nice while it lasted." (Valley News - Joseph Ressler) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

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Water hazard in Bradford, Vt.

by Staff Report April 17, 2019

Scott Asks FEMA for Flood Funds

by Staff Report July 28, 2017