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Middlebury plans for passenger rail service
MIDDLEBURY — The town of Middlebury has received a $15,000 grant to pin down a location for a new rail platform slated to serve...
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Bristol police officers join labor union
BRISTOL — Bristol police are now unionized. On July 19, Bristol police voted unanimously to join the New England Police Benevolent...
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Health and Well-Being
Aug 22 2017 - 9:15am
Local experts offer advice on healthy living
Aug 21 2017 - 1:30pm
Bixby to host blowout book sale on Vergennes Day
Aug 21 2017 - 1:29pm
It's all fun and games for seniors who stay active
Aug 21 2017 - 1:29pm
Letters to the Editor: Mount Abe officials make good case for building project
Aug 21 2017 - 11:34am
Letters to the Editor: Some dams no longer necessary
Aug 21 2017 - 11:23am
Addiction Help: Medication options for addiction treatment — Are we trading one addiction for another?
Aug 21 2017 - 11:20am
Get ready for a big scoop of the Little City; Vergennes Day is Saturday
Aug 21 2017 - 10:27am
Middlebury street sweeping scheduled for Aug. 21-25
Aug 21 2017 - 10:16am
Mill Street parking lot to be closed for six days
Aug 21 2017 - 10:15am
Middlebury artist wins two awards
Aug 21 2017 - 10:14am
City Lions honor Long Trail owner
Aug 21 2017 - 10:09am
Vt. Health Department releases healthy Vermonters report
Aug 21 2017 - 10:07am
Red Cross calls for new donors to prevent a blood shortage
Aug 21 2017 - 10:06am
Investigative writer Dick Lehr comes to film fest
Aug 21 2017 - 9:58am
Character actors' contributions to be highlighted at festival
Aug 21 2017 - 9:54am
Frey is featured artist at Edgewater Gallery
Aug 21 2017 - 9:43am
Composter course starts Sept. 26
Aug 21 2017 - 9:40am
Editorial: Finding a balance with firearms, target practice, shooting ranges and the public's peace of mind
Aug 21 2017 - 9:36am
3rd Annual Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival
Aug 18 2017 - 11:13am
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Girl power

ALICE LIVESAY, LEFT, Isabel Quinn and Maddie Shutterworth, all eight-year-olds, work on computer art projects at the Middlebury Rec. Department S.T.E.A.M. Girls camp...

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Marking the date

A KEYSTONE FROM the former Middlebury municipal building/high school is now on display in the new College Park. Independent photo/Trent Campbell

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Behind the robot

CAMP COUNSELOR KRISTINE Su, left, woks with campers Abby Andres, 8, Lucy Goetz, 8, and Ella Kozak, 10, during S.T.E.A.M. Girls camp at the Middlebury Recreation...

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Ready for the show

THESE YOUNG PERFORMERS are preparing for a production of “School for Scandal,” which will open Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Town Hall Theater with an additional...

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The crew and their many fans

THE TOWN HALL Theater Young Company has been preparing a production of “School for Scandal,” which will open Tuesday at 7 p.m. with an additional show...

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Break a leg

GIANNA KIEHL struts down the stage while rehearsing for a production of “School for Scandal,” which will open Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Town Hall...

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Performers in action

AKHILA KHANNA AND Jack Desbois rehearse for a production of “School for Scandal,” which will open Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Town Hall Theater....

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Scandalous

THE TOWN HALL Theater Young Company has been preparing a production of “School for Scandal” over the last couple of weeks. Seen here rehearsing last...

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Champion

TEAGAN WILBER WAS the winner of the age 0-5 class at Friday night’s county fair in New Haven. Independent photo/Trent Campbell

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Battling it out

CAMILLA PLOUFFE BATTLES with Teagan Wilber during the armwrestling competition at Field Days Friday. Wilber and Plouffe were first and second, respectively, in their age...

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Advice from a super mom: How to maintain a healthy, balanced and clean life
Workout for an hour every day. Eat healthy, unprocessed foods. Drink water. Be a supportive and responsible family member. Sounds like a pretty...
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Hope and honesty fuel local man's fight for sustainability: Bruhl changes his daily life and shares big picture ideas
NEW HAVEN — Taborri Bruhl’s world changed four years ago on the day he learned the African western black rhino had gone extinct....
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Editorial

Editorial: Finding a balance with firearms, target practice, shooting ranges and the public's peace of mind
How safe is it shoot a firearm next to your neighbor’s house? What distance between homes, or what safety precautions should be taken, before it is appropriate to condone the practice? What common sense measures should be at the heart of this conversation, and what measures of mutual respect between those wanting to shoot their firearm and those concerned about noise and their peace of mind should be considered? These questions were at...
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Sports

It's all fun and games for seniors who stay active
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MIDDLEBURY — On a recent Tuesday morning at Project Independence, the Blueberries tennis team relied on winners from all seven members, including overheads and drop shots from Mary Wedge, Margaret Hutchins and Tillie Brown, to defeat Ken Schoen, 7-0, 4-7, 7-3.

The match was held in the ground-floor dining room at Elderly Services Inc. in Middlebury.

The laughter-filled competition, applauded by a peanut gallery of...

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Feature

County residents ready for solar eclipse
You are never the same after viewing a total solar eclipse. Those who have experienced one find themselves craving the next and may even travel the globe to repeat the experience. There will be a...
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Feds seek Champlain cleanup cuts; state pushes back: EPA chief, Vermonters at odds over who pays $2B price tag
Story by John Flowers, Gaen Murphree, Will DiGravio and John S. McCright VERMONT — Strides have been made toward cleaning up Lake Champlain since the Vermont Legislature two years ago...
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Matt Dickerson: Bird watching on a trout stream
Over the past few years I’ve been reading and learning a great deal more about the interconnectedness of stream and forest: the intimate interdependencies of terrestrial ecology and aquatic ecology. The dependencies go in both directions. Aquatic life depends on terrestrial life, and vice versa. Or to turn the motto of Las Vegas on its head, what happens on shore doesn’t necessarily stay on shore. I’ve known for years about the importance of riverside trees both for shade and to stabilize the streambank. What I’ve learned more recently is how important it is that...
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Arts Beat for Aug. 21: Young Company to present 'School for Scandal' on Tuesday and Wednesday
THT’S YOUNG COMPANY will stage “The School for Scandal” on Tuesday, Aug. 22, and Wednesay, Aug. 23, at 7 p.m. at Town Hall Theater.   By Greg Pahl “The School For Scandal” by restoration playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan will be presented at THT Tuesday, Aug. 22 and Wednesday, Aug. 23, at 7 p.m. by THT’s Young Company. This is the second Young Company production of the summer following on the heels of “Annie.” The comedy will be...
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