Many of the local funds credited with stepping up to help Vermonters in the days right after Tropical Storm Irene are closing up shop.

he Vermont House has quickly advanced a bill that would save money for towns hard-hit by Tropical Storm Irene. The bill allows towns to defer their education tax payments to the state until late February.

Vermonters in storm damaged areas are working to get roads passable and homes livable by winter. But some have nothing left to fix. In Jamaica, Tropical Storm Irene took out four houses and the land beneath them.

Jamaica is one town whose landscape was dramatically changed by the floodwaters of Tropical Storm Irene. Three and a half weeks later, the sound of heavy equipment is everywhere, and progress is being made.

Across Vermont's flood zone, town officials are working to recover and rebuild their ravaged communities.

Vermont Agriculture Secretary Chuck Ross discusses the damage done to crops and fields across the state by Tropical Storm Irene.

Voters in the southern Vermont town of Jamaica reflected the state on Town Meeting Day. They passed both town and school budgets, while they complained about interference from Washington and Montpelier.

A popular Southern Vermont whitewater event won't take place this spring. Paddlers are upset that the dam release on the West River in Jamaica - usually the last weekend in April -- was scrapped due to a policy change.