Middlebury students join campus protests for Gaza

Over 100 students at Middlebury College have formed an encampment on campus in solidarity with the people of Gaza, joining a nationwide student movement protesting Israel’s ongoing war with Hamas. 

Middlebury voters on Tuesday, May 7, will be asked to support an almost $17 million makeover of the historic Ilsley Library at 75 Main St., a project that — thanks to grants, a Herculean fundraising effort and use of some of the town’s local option tax su … (read more)

In high turnout, residents of the Addison Northwest School District on Tuesday strongly backed the school board’s third proposed budget of the spring. 

Two high-ranking state officials told the Independent last week there would be a thorough public process before a secure 14-bed facility to offer treatment to traumatized “justice-involved” juveniles would be built on Comfort Hill in Vergennes.

When Salisbury’s Zachary Dunn graduated from Middlebury Union High School in 2019, he wasn’t sure what he wanted to do — other than attend the University of Vermont.

A $7 million fund drive for the renovation and expansion of Middlebury’s Town Theater (THT) is hitting the homestretch, with organizers announcing a generous donation-match offer, a buy-a-brick campaign and an upcoming auction as part of their strategy to … (read more)

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In the wake of two failed budget votes, students in the Mount Abraham Unified School District are asking district officials to protect educators from potential cuts as they draft a third spending proposal to put before voters. 

Orwell residents will join neighboring towns in Rutland County in making a trip to the polls on Thursday, May 9, to take a third crack at passing a fiscal year 2025 spending plan for the Slate Valley Unified Union School District (SVUUSD).

Governor Phil Scott has named award-winning Brandon poet and teacher Bianca Stone the next Vermont Poet Laureate.

Laurie Patton writes: I have no words to describe my gratitude for and joy about Middlebury, and who we have become together in the world.

The Mount Abraham Unified School District board on Tuesday determined it needs to gather more information and hear from the community before drafting a third budget proposal to put before district voters. 

A team of Middlebury College students is examining housing needs in Bristol and looking to hear from town residents to inform their research. 

Elderly Services Inc. (ESI) is set to launch a special fund drive to support an approximately $3 million capital project to address sorely needed upgrades to the roof, insulation, mechanical systems and other elements of its nearly 20-year-old building at … (read more)

The Otter Valley school budget wasn’t the only spending plan defeated on Tuesday.