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Candidates make final pitches as Nov. 3 nears
ADDISON COUNTY — The meet-and-greets, forums and coffee hours are grinding to a halt, and the mailboxes will soon be unfettered by glossy flyers bearing promises and criticisms. After five months of stumping amplified…
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Grain center offers resource for farmers, bakers
FERRISBURGH — Frequent visitors to the Ferrisburgh-Vergennes Amtrak station and Park & Ride have likely noticed the newer…
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Locals engage in ‘GoodTalks’ around midterm elections
A two-part event at Middlebury College is providing an opportunity for community members to engage in structured dialogue…
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Steele to step down as MUHS principal
MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury Union High School Principal Caitlin Steele will step down from her post next June, citing…
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Grain center offers resource for farmers, bakers
FERRISBURGH — Frequent visitors to the Ferrisburgh-Vergennes Amtrak station and Park & Ride have likely noticed the newer…
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Locals engage in ‘GoodTalks’ around midterm elections
A two-part event at Middlebury College is providing an opportunity for community members to engage in structured dialogue…
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Career center students ‘design for democracy’
MIDDLEBURY — Take note, anyone who’s ambivalent about exercising their right to vote this Nov. 3. After spending…
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Councilor questions merit of wastewater project
The critiques come just as the voters are about to consider a high stakes bond.
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Bristol aims to free up sewer system capacity
The system is maxed out at 40% of its capacity due to the amount of organic material coming…
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State offices and amendments also on your Nov. 3 ballot
VERMONT — While the local races have gotten a lot of attention in Addison County, voters will also…
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Public phone now available in downtown Middlebury
In Cannon Park across from Ilsley Public Library sits a citrine yellow payphone with a hand-painted logo that…
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$60M federal grant to help rail in Western Vermont
BURLINGTON — Vermont’s Congressional delegation last week announced the delivery of $60.3 million in new federal funding to…
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By the Way… Oct. 29, 2026
It’s almost time to make a change … of your clocks. For any of your timepieces that don’t…
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Otter Creek conservation district gets new leader
ADDISON COUNTY — The Board of the Otter Creek Natural Resources Conservation District (OCNRCD) has appointed a Vergennes…
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Otters drown Eagles; local teams are No. 1 & 2 playoff seeds
MAV was one game away from nabbing the top spot in Division-III tournament.
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With ‘confidence’ and ‘audacity’ (and friends!), Mickey builds a house
What does a celebrated football coach do when he retires from the fray? Rest on his laurels? Bask in the…
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Freshman leads MUHS girls’ XC to second place at state meet
Tease for website: Tiger Rosie Barry was the top local girls’ runner that day and Eagle Del Guilmette earned that…
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Classical French comedy speaks to our now
Middlebury Acting Company brings Molière’s ‘Tartuffe’ to Town Hall Theater The story begins in 17th-century Paris, in the time of…
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Look Up: When should humans go to Mars?
Earth doesn’t need us, but we need Earth. Read why Astronomer Ken Corey thinks we’re not ready to go to…
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Burnham Presents Maya de Vitry and her latest album
Maya de Vitry believes the power of song can change us. See what she’s all about at an album release…
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Editorial: Vote! It matters!
This year’s mid-term election may be the most important of our lifetimes. On the national election, if Democrats can retake the House they will regain some…
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History as a Way of Seeing
A few weeks ago, when I was teaching my students in my Southwest Borderlands class, I asked them to look at what historians call a primary…
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Community Forum: Vt. heading toward the educational equivalent of a Big Box store
This week’s writer is Wendy Baker, superintendent of the Addison Central School District. Vermont’s public education is undergoing a rushed, top-down overhaul by the Agency of…