Phil Dodd

Threatened by Floods, Montpelier’s Regional Wastewater Facility Faces Long Road to Protection

July 27, 2026

Montpelier's wastewater treatment plant narrowly escaped flooding in 2023. Now officials face a years-long effort to protect a regional facility critical to public health and flood resilience.…

Montpelier Paving Schedule Set for This Summer

July 14, 2026

by Phil Dodd

MONTPELIER — The Montpelier Department of Public Works has released final road paving plans for this summer. The city will be spending nearly $1.2…

Part of Berlin Street Closed For Summer

July 14, 2026

by Phil Dodd

MONTPELIER — In order to complete essential sewer upgrades, the city of Montpelier has closed Berlin Street between Phelps Street and Wheelock Street for…

Vermont’s New World of School Finance, Part 1

June 25, 2026

by Phil Dodd

With two roughly 150-page bills — H.454 that passed last year and H.955 this year — the Vermont Legislature has initiated a transition to…

Two New Country Club Road Proposals Submitted

June 8, 2026

by Phil Dodd

MONTPELIER — The city of Montpelier may be ready to select a developer for Country Club Road by July 22. The city council selected…

Isabel Circle Housing Project Could Have Units Ready in Two Years

June 8, 2026

by Phil Dodd

MONTPELIER — In a project that began in 2022, developers of housing on Isabel Circle plan to start a CHIP application at the end…

East State Street Rebuild Delayed — Again

June 7, 2026

by Phil Dodd

MONTPELIER — When the utility poles on East State Street began to be replaced and moved this spring to accommodate plans to rebuild the…

New Law Targets Illicit Massage Parlors; One Shop in Montpelier Reopens, the Other May Have Moved

June 3, 2026

by Cassandra Hemenway and Phil Dodd

MONTPELIER — Two-and-a-half months after The Bridge first reported on the existence of two Montpelier massage parlors apparently offering sexual services, massage services appear…

Montpelier-Roxbury School Test Scores Held Up Well, Even as National and Statewide Scores Declined

May 20, 2026

by Phil Dodd

MONTPELIER — Students in the Montpelier Roxbury Public Schools district are testing higher than state and national averages and have been for a decade.…

Hunger Mountain Co-op’s Focus on Local Products Provides Vermont Organic Farmers with a Ready Market

May 18, 2026

by Phil Dodd

With the arrival of spring and the planting season, local organic farmers are busy at work even as they face challenges such as higher…

Heard on the Street, April 15, 2026

April 15, 2026

by Carla Occaso and Phil Dodd

Affordable Housing Coming to Northfield Street Trees were cut down April 7 at a two-acre site on Northfield Street where developer Jacob Walker plans…

Getting to Know the New City Manager

April 7, 2026

by Cassandra Hemenway and Phil Dodd

Cassandra Hemenway and Phil Dodd of The Bridge interviewed Kelly McNicholas Kury, the new Montpelier city manager, on March 19. The interview has been…

Looking to the Past to Move Forward

April 5, 2026

by Jenny Blair, Hojun Choi, Phil Dodd, J. Gregory Gerdel, Cassandra Hemenway and Heather Koontz

As part of examining the challenges and opportunities facing Vermont’s Capital City, The Bridge put together a list of past and current city projects,…

State Board Recommends $10M in Flood Grants to Montpelier and Plainfield; Barre Applications Rejected

April 3, 2026

by Phil Dodd

Country Club Road’s infrastructure and Plainfield’s 20-unit housing project could each get a major funding boost. The city of Montpelier and the town of…

City Committees Weigh In On Country Club Road Proposals

April 2, 2026

by Phil Dodd

Five city committees have supplied comments to the Country Club Road (CCR) subcommittee or the full city council regarding the four proposals supplied by…

Is Factory-Built Housing the Wave of the Future?

April 1, 2026

by Phil Dodd

Prefabricated, factory-built housing is increasingly being used as a partial solution to solving the housing shortage. It’s an approach already dominant in Sweden. About…

Massage Shops Under Scrutiny: Reports and Online Reviews Raise Concerns About Illicit Activity

March 17, 2026

by Phil Dodd and Cassandra Hemenway

Two massage parlors that reportedly offer or have offered sexual services to male customers have been operating in Montpelier, one as a “spa” for…

Illicit Massage Parlors Could Be Shut Down If House Bill Is Enacted, Law Enforcement Says

March 17, 2026

by Phil Dodd

“Human Trafficking — Illicit Massage Parlors” was the title of a slide deck that State Police Human Trafficking Coordinator Lt. Michael Studin presented to…