The latest COVID-19 numbers (Jan. 24)
Sun, 01/24/2021 - 2:00pm
meganj
ADDISON COUNTY — The Vermont Department of Health (DOH) today, Sunday, Jan.
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More than 60,000 small businesses get Paycheck Protection loans in first week
Fri, 01/22/2021 - 11:26am
John McCright
WASHINGTON — The Small Business Administration on Friday announced that it had approved approximately 60,000 Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan applications submitted by nearly 3,000 lenders, f
Brandon milliners craft a hat for Vice President Kamala Harris
Fri, 01/22/2021 - 10:59am
John McCright
HAT MAKERS NORA SWAN, left, and Samantha Stone, right in blue hat, touch a hat-in-the making with Priya, Amara and Zora Byrom, the daughters of Stone’s partner Jed Byrom. The girls, along with Stone’s 14-year-old daughter Clara, helped design the hat for Vice president Harris, right down to picking out peacock feathers.
BRANDON — Two local hat makers, and the little girls in their lives, have a gift for America’s new vice president. Now they just have to get it to her.
A dollar for your thoughts: One Dollar Market marks 25 years
Thu, 01/21/2021 - 2:39pm
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FARHAD AND AMTUL Khan recently marked the 25th anniversary of their One Dollar Market in Middlebury. The store has become a go-to place for bargains. Independent photo/John Flowers
MIDDLEBURY — The wares on the shelves of Middlebury’s One Dollar Market are wondrous and eclectic.
Mt. Abe still refining hybrid learning model
Thu, 01/21/2021 - 2:36pm
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ANGELITA PENA, A 10th-grader at Mount Abe, told Governor Phil Scott and other state officials at a briefing last November, “A majority (of students) feel like (hybrid/online) learning this fall is worse or much worse than last fall’s learning.”
BRISTOL — Mount Abraham Union High School student Isadora Beck doesn’t miss anything from the spring 2020 semester, when schools were shut down because of the pandemic and students went fully remot
Distressing case in Middlebury reveals cracks in system
Thu, 01/21/2021 - 2:26pm
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A HOMELESS WOMAN camped out next to the Middlebury Police Department from Jan. 12-13 in an episode that local officials say epitomizes a local gap in services for homeless, mentally ill individuals. Photo courtesy of Middlebury Police
MIDDLEBURY — Folks walking past the Middlebury police station off Seymour Street during the night of Jan. 12-13 caught an unusual and disturbing sight.
75-year-olds up next for COVID vaccine
Thu, 01/21/2021 - 2:23pm
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VERMONT — State health officials will begin offering COVID-19 vaccines to Vermonters age 75 and older beginning next week.
Lincoln school is seen as big draw for families
Thu, 01/21/2021 - 2:21pm
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LINCOLN — A new generation of Lincoln residents is starting to take shape, with young families moving to town or planning to do so in the near future.
Vergennes leads effort for police and social service collaboration
Thu, 01/21/2021 - 2:15pm
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JENN MAYHEW (LEFT), the head of the Turning Point Center of Addison County, believes that Project Vision North is building bridges between law enforcement, such as Vergennes Police Chief George Merkel (right), and social service providers.
VERGENNES — Vergennes Police Chief George Merkel — along with a dozen area nonprofits and state agencies — is working on bringing to northern Addison County a collaborative effort among social serv
By the way for Jan. 21
Thu, 01/21/2021 - 2:06pm
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Beginning on Jan. 21, Addison Central Teens will host weekly 4-5 p.m. meetings of its new Youth of Color Group; always on Thursdays.