Out of order: Monthslong elevator outage frustrates Waterbury renters

Property managers blame the elevator company, which has provided ever-shifting deadlines for when the equipment might be fixed.

By: Otis Roessler

Outlets: UVM's Community News Service

Published: July 13, 2026

Words: 1,422

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 3 days ago


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Editor’s note, 7/17: Since this story was published, the elevator at Seminary Apartments has been repaired and put back into service. See an updated report here.

Via Community News Service, a University of Vermont journalism internship, on assignment for the Waterbury Roundabout

WATERBURY — On Sunday, February 1, Bronté Campos and her infant son returned from church to their apartment in the Green Mountain Seminary complex on Hollow Road. As a third-floor resident …

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