The Essex Reporter. is a daily digital news website covering the Town of Essex and City of Essex Junction, Vermont.. Our beat reporters are on the ground every day covering local government, schools, sports, business and culture.

23 hours ago · ESSEX TOWN — As of 5 p.m. yesterday, the Town of Essex has a complete list of candidates for local public office, including selectboard candidates. All those in the running are unopposed. The two selectboard members whose terms are up this Town Meeting Day are Dawn Hill-Fleury and Kendall ...

The Essex Reporter. is a daily digital news website covering the Town of Essex and City of Essex Junction, Vermont.. Our beat reporters are on the ground every day covering local government, schools, sports, business and culture.

2 days ago · Essex Town — The Essex selectboard finalized a 4.76% budget increase for fiscal year 2026, amounting to a budget of about $16 million if voter-approved.. The finalized municipal budget was adopted Monday night in the precise amount of $16,365,963, with support from three out of five selectboard members, and Ethan Lawrence and …

Jan 17, 2025 · ESSEX TOWN — Dozens perused a Town Hall conference room Wednesday evening to learn more about the plans for a new municipal building to come on town-owned land on upper Main Street. The open house ran 5-8 p.m. and was host to an estimated fifty-plus residents throughout the night, providing them ...

Jan 3, 2025 · The fate of a potential new women’s correctional facility in Essex continues to hang in the balance as we head into 2025. The State of Vermont announced earlier this year it is looking to build a new facility at one of two different, state-owned parcels in Essex Town to replace the current one in South Burlington. The current women’s prison is over 50 years old and has long been plagued ...

Sep 6, 2024 · The Reporter has been back to print for a year. Readers and local businesses have supported the monthly paper, which has a circulation of 11,000.

Jan 10, 2025 · ESSEX TOWN — The Essex selectboard adopted a $16,531,276 municipal operating budget for fiscal year 2026 at its meeting Monday night by a vote of three to two. A public hearing is now warned for Jan. 27. This budget is still subject to a few final tweaks prior to hitting Town Meeting Day ...

Mar 5, 2024 · ESSEX TOWN — Preliminary results are in for the Town of Essex's Town Meeting Day 2024. Along with the passing of the Town's proposed $16.1 million budget and the re-election of two incumbents, read on to find out more about how Town residents made their voices known this Town Meeting Day.

Nov 5, 2024 · 5 p.m. — As the work day ends for Vermonters, the polls in Essex have surged in popularity in the last few hours before their 7 p.m. closure. In both Essex Town and Essex Junction, thousands of more votes have been collected since the start of the morning. One poll worker in Essex Town told the Reporter that, at 5 p.m., he's seen the …