Porter shares in hospital budget cuts, layoffs
September 17, 2026
News
City manager leaving Vergennes for Randolph
September 17, 2026
The news comes just weeks after city clerk/treasurer Betsy Sullivan announced she is movin … (read more)
Sports
Panther women’s ice hockey coach mourned
September 17, 2026
Emily McNamara, ’07, passed months after suffering life-threatening injuries in a car cras … (read more)
Sports
Tiger volleyball wins state championship rematch
September 17, 2026
MUHS defeated Enosburg 3-2 on Monday night.
Sports
Tiger girls’ XC wins home invitational
September 17, 2026
Several MUHS runners took top 10 spots.
PHOTOS OF THE WEEK
- Homeward Bound volunteer Terri Phelps of Rochester gets a wet kiss from a pooch offering thanks for the cooling dip in the Middlebury town pool this past Saturday. A huge array of canines took part in Woofstock — the annual fundraiser for Homeward Bound, Addison County’s Humane Society. Independent photo/Steve James
- Pups of all ages, sizes and breeds converged on Middlebury — with some help from their humans — for the annual “Woofstock” fundraiser this past Saturday, Sept. 12. Woofstock raised more than $42,000 for the nonprofit Homeward Bound, Addison County’s Humane Society. Woofstock this year included a one-mile walk around Middlebury and a party at the town pool, where participating pups made quite the splash. After the doggy dip, the pool closed for the season. Independent photos/Steve James
- Pups of all ages, sizes and breeds converged on Middlebury — with some help from their humans — for the annual “Woofstock” fundraiser this past Saturday, Sept. 12. Woofstock raised more than $42,000 for the nonprofit Homeward Bound, Addison County’s Humane Society. Woofstock this year included a one-mile walk around Middlebury and a party at the town pool, where participating pups made quite the splash. After the doggy dip, the pool closed for the season. Independent photos/Steve James
- Pups of all ages, sizes and breeds converged on Middlebury — with some help from their humans — for the annual “Woofstock” fundraiser this past Saturday, Sept. 12. Woofstock raised more than $42,000 for the nonprofit Homeward Bound, Addison County’s Humane Society. Woofstock this year included a one-mile walk around Middlebury and a party at the town pool, where participating pups made quite the splash. After the doggy dip, the pool closed for the season. Independent photos/Steve James
- Pups of all ages, sizes and breeds converged on Middlebury — with some help from their humans — for the annual “Woofstock” fundraiser this past Saturday, Sept. 12. Woofstock raised more than $42,000 for the nonprofit Homeward Bound, Addison County’s Humane Society. Woofstock this year included a one-mile walk around Middlebury and a party at the town pool, where participating pups made quite the splash. After the doggy dip, the pool closed for the season. Independent photos/Steve James
- Pups of all ages, sizes and breeds converged on Middlebury — with some help from their humans — for the annual “Woofstock” fundraiser this past Saturday, Sept. 12. Woofstock raised more than $42,000 for the nonprofit Homeward Bound, Addison County’s Humane Society. Woofstock this year included a one-mile walk around Middlebury and a party at the town pool, where participating pups made quite the splash. After the doggy dip, the pool closed for the season. Independent photos/Steve James
- Pups of all ages, sizes and breeds converged on Middlebury — with some help from their humans — for the annual “Woofstock” fundraiser this past Saturday, Sept. 12. Woofstock raised more than $42,000 for the nonprofit Homeward Bound, Addison County’s Humane Society. Woofstock this year included a one-mile walk around Middlebury and a party at the town pool, where participating pups made quite the splash. After the doggy dip, the pool closed for the season. Independent photos/Steve James
- Pups of all ages, sizes and breeds converged on Middlebury — with some help from their humans — for the annual “Woofstock” fundraiser this past Saturday, Sept. 12. Woofstock raised more than $42,000 for the nonprofit Homeward Bound, Addison County’s Humane Society. Woofstock this year included a one-mile walk around Middlebury and a party at the town pool, where participating pups made quite the splash. After the doggy dip, the pool closed for the season. Independent photos/Steve James
- Pups of all ages, sizes and breeds converged on Middlebury — with some help from their humans — for the annual “Woofstock” fundraiser this past Saturday, Sept. 12. Woofstock raised more than $42,000 for the nonprofit Homeward Bound, Addison County’s Humane Society. Woofstock this year included a one-mile walk around Middlebury and a party at the town pool, where participating pups made quite the splash. After the doggy dip, the pool closed for the season. Independent photos/Steve James
- Pups of all ages, sizes and breeds converged on Middlebury — with some help from their humans — for the annual “Woofstock” fundraiser this past Saturday, Sept. 12. Woofstock raised more than $42,000 for the nonprofit Homeward Bound, Addison County’s Humane Society. Woofstock this year included a one-mile walk around Middlebury and a party at the town pool, where participating pups made quite the splash. After the doggy dip, the pool closed for the season. Independent photos/Steve James
- Pups of all ages, sizes and breeds converged on Middlebury — with some help from their humans — for the annual “Woofstock” fundraiser this past Saturday, Sept. 12. Woofstock raised more than $42,000 for the nonprofit Homeward Bound, Addison County’s Humane Society. Woofstock this year included a one-mile walk around Middlebury and a party at the town pool, where participating pups made quite the splash. After the doggy dip, the pool closed for the season. Independent photos/Steve James
- Pups of all ages, sizes and breeds converged on Middlebury — with some help from their humans — for the annual “Woofstock” fundraiser this past Saturday, Sept. 12. Woofstock raised more than $42,000 for the nonprofit Homeward Bound, Addison County’s Humane Society. Woofstock this year included a one-mile walk around Middlebury and a party at the town pool, where participating pups made quite the splash. After the doggy dip, the pool closed for the season. Independent photos/Steve James
- Pups of all ages, sizes and breeds converged on Middlebury — with some help from their humans — for the annual “Woofstock” fundraiser this past Saturday, Sept. 12. Woofstock raised more than $42,000 for the nonprofit Homeward Bound, Addison County’s Humane Society. Woofstock this year included a one-mile walk around Middlebury and a party at the town pool, where participating pups made quite the splash. After the doggy dip, the pool closed for the season. Independent photos/Steve James
- While staying overnight on his trawler in Ferrisburgh’s Kingsland Bay recently, Steve Koch of Brandon captured this image of the rising moon lined up perfectly with the mast of a sailboat in the bay.
- This past saturday was picture perfect for a bike ride and more than 800 riders participated in Kelly Brush Ride, which started at Middlebury College and stretched out around Addison County. As of Monday morning, the ride had raised $989,765 to buy and teach people about adaptive sports gear for those with spinal cord injuries. The Kelly Brush Foundation was established by Kelly Brush (shown below with two other hand-cyclists) and her family after she survived a spinal cord injury in 2005, sustained during a collegiate ski race. That year, Kelly’s Middlebury teammates rode to raise funds for adaptive sports. The foundation was established the following year to formalize efforts to support adaptive sports. Photos by Paul Richardson/StoryWorkz and John S. McCright/Addison Independent
- This past saturday was picture perfect for a bike ride and more than 800 riders participated in Kelly Brush Ride, which started at Middlebury College and stretched out around Addison County. As of Monday morning, the ride had raised $989,765 to buy and teach people about adaptive sports gear for those with spinal cord injuries. The Kelly Brush Foundation was established by Kelly Brush (shown below with two other hand-cyclists) and her family after she survived a spinal cord injury in 2005, sustained during a collegiate ski race. That year, Kelly’s Middlebury teammates rode to raise funds for adaptive sports. The foundation was established the following year to formalize efforts to support adaptive sports. Photos by Paul Richardson/StoryWorkz and John S. McCright/Addison Independent
- This past saturday was picture perfect for a bike ride and more than 800 riders participated in Kelly Brush Ride, which started at Middlebury College and stretched out around Addison County. As of Monday morning, the ride had raised $989,765 to buy and teach people about adaptive sports gear for those with spinal cord injuries. The Kelly Brush Foundation was established by Kelly Brush (shown below with two other hand-cyclists) and her family after she survived a spinal cord injury in 2005, sustained during a collegiate ski race. That year, Kelly’s Middlebury teammates rode to raise funds for adaptive sports. The foundation was established the following year to formalize efforts to support adaptive sports. Photos by Paul Richardson/StoryWorkz and John S. McCright/Addison Independent
- This past saturday was picture perfect for a bike ride and more than 800 riders participated in Kelly Brush Ride, which started at Middlebury College and stretched out around Addison County. As of Monday morning, the ride had raised $989,765 to buy and teach people about adaptive sports gear for those with spinal cord injuries. The Kelly Brush Foundation was established by Kelly Brush (shown below with two other hand-cyclists) and her family after she survived a spinal cord injury in 2005, sustained during a collegiate ski race. That year, Kelly’s Middlebury teammates rode to raise funds for adaptive sports. The foundation was established the following year to formalize efforts to support adaptive sports. Photos by Paul Richardson/StoryWorkz and John S. McCright/Addison Independent
- This past saturday was picture perfect for a bike ride and more than 800 riders participated in Kelly Brush Ride, which started at Middlebury College and stretched out around Addison County. As of Monday morning, the ride had raised $989,765 to buy and teach people about adaptive sports gear for those with spinal cord injuries. The Kelly Brush Foundation was established by Kelly Brush (shown below with two other hand-cyclists) and her family after she survived a spinal cord injury in 2005, sustained during a collegiate ski race. That year, Kelly’s Middlebury teammates rode to raise funds for adaptive sports. The foundation was established the following year to formalize efforts to support adaptive sports. Photos by Paul Richardson/StoryWorkz and John S. McCright/Addison Independent
- This past saturday was picture perfect for a bike ride and more than 800 riders participated in Kelly Brush Ride, which started at Middlebury College and stretched out around Addison County. As of Monday morning, the ride had raised $989,765 to buy and teach people about adaptive sports gear for those with spinal cord injuries. The Kelly Brush Foundation was established by Kelly Brush (shown below with two other hand-cyclists) and her family after she survived a spinal cord injury in 2005, sustained during a collegiate ski race. That year, Kelly’s Middlebury teammates rode to raise funds for adaptive sports. The foundation was established the following year to formalize efforts to support adaptive sports. Photos by Paul Richardson/StoryWorkz and John S. McCright/Addison Independent
- This past saturday was picture perfect for a bike ride and more than 800 riders participated in Kelly Brush Ride, which started at Middlebury College and stretched out around Addison County. As of Monday morning, the ride had raised $989,765 to buy and teach people about adaptive sports gear for those with spinal cord injuries. The Kelly Brush Foundation was established by Kelly Brush (shown below with two other hand-cyclists) and her family after she survived a spinal cord injury in 2005, sustained during a collegiate ski race. That year, Kelly’s Middlebury teammates rode to raise funds for adaptive sports. The foundation was established the following year to formalize efforts to support adaptive sports. Photos by Paul Richardson/StoryWorkz and John S. McCright/Addison Independent
- This past saturday was picture perfect for a bike ride and more than 800 riders participated in Kelly Brush Ride, which started at Middlebury College and stretched out around Addison County. As of Monday morning, the ride had raised $989,765 to buy and teach people about adaptive sports gear for those with spinal cord injuries. The Kelly Brush Foundation was established by Kelly Brush (shown below with two other hand-cyclists) and her family after she survived a spinal cord injury in 2005, sustained during a collegiate ski race. That year, Kelly’s Middlebury teammates rode to raise funds for adaptive sports. The foundation was established the following year to formalize efforts to support adaptive sports. Photos by Paul Richardson/StoryWorkz and John S. McCright/Addison Independent
Arts & Leisure
Learn from ‘Music in Troubled Times’
September 17, 2026
The Opera Company of Middlebury will teach us a thing or two about “Music in Troubled Time … (read more)
Op/Ed
Editorial: We agree with Trump!
September 17, 2026
“The court will likely go down in history as the worst for other decisions.”















































