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Upgrades unveiled at Middlebury sports arena

Thu, 12/05/2019 - 2:25pm meganj

MICHAEL McAULIFFE, PRESIDENT OF Friends of Middlebury Hockey, stands in the facility’s new, heated second-floor space that provides a wonderful view of the rink below. The new space, which includes restrooms, a multi-purpose room and an elevator, opened to spectators two weeks ago. Independent photo/John Flowers

MIDDLEBURY — Visitors to Middlebury’s Memorial Sports Center have developed a new perspective of the blossoming, community-driven recreation facility at 296 Buttolph Drive.

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Troopers shoot armed man in Bristol home

Thu, 12/05/2019 - 2:20pm meganj

BRISTOL — Vermont State Police called to a domestic disturbance at a home on Lower Notch Road in Bristol Tuesday night shot a resident of that home who police say was armed.

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Ian Albinson wins Bristol selectboard election

Thu, 12/05/2019 - 2:16pm meganj

IAN ALBINSON

BRISTOL — The Bristol selectboard will soon have five members again.

In a special election held on Tuesday to fill an open seat on the board, Ian Albinson defeated Eric Carter, 332–320.

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Orwell Town Hall could be demolished to make way for school addition

Thu, 12/05/2019 - 1:53pm meganj

THE ORWELL TOWN Hall, right, could be demolished to make way for a cafeteria/gym addition to the adjacent Orwell Village School. That project is part of a $60 million capital improvement bond for the SVUUSD that includes major upgrades to Fair Haven Union High School and a new middle school in Fair Haven. Independent file photo/John S. McCright

ORWELL — Residents of the six towns in the Slate Valley Unified Union School District (SVUUSD) will vote as soon as this coming spring on a massive, $60 million capital improvements bond issue that

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County's rifle season sees record numbers

Thu, 12/05/2019 - 1:49pm meganj

HEIDI VINCENT SHOWS off the impressive eight-point rack on this 169-pound deer she shot in Starksboro. County weigh stations saw a record number of deer during the recently completed rifle hunting season.

ADDISON COUNTY — The 2019 deer rifle season in Addison County finished Sunday as the most successful for local hunters since 2005, when Vermont wildlife officials banned shooting spikehorn bucks du

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Potential land sale raises questions on public trails

Thu, 12/05/2019 - 1:45pm meganj

THE PROCTOR SELECTBOARD is considering the sale of the town forest in Chittenden, which hosts a number of recreation trails, including the Catamount Trail, VAST snowmobile trails, and the Long Trail.

PROCTOR — The first of December has come and gone, but an offer to buy the 1,600-acre Chittenden Watershed is still in play.

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VSP rules Upper Notch Road killings were murder-suicide

Thu, 12/05/2019 - 1:40pm meganj

VERMONT STATE POLICE Capt. Scott Dunlap, head of the Major Crimes Unit, at the New Haven state police barracks on Tuesday updates the press on the investigation into the Bristol murder-suicide. Independent photo/Christopher Ross

BRISTOL — An investigation by Vermont State Police has determined that the recent deaths of a Bristol couple were the result of a murder-suicide.

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By the way for Dec. 5

Thu, 12/05/2019 - 1:37pm meganj

This year’s ceremonial lighting of Starksboro’s Memory Trees is scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 22, at 6:45 p.m. at the local Baptist Church. The ceremony is expected to last 15 to 20 minutes.

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Arena football team finds league, home

Thu, 12/05/2019 - 1:37pm meganj

MIDDLEBURY — Professional arena football at Middlebury’s Memorial Sports Center moved closer to reality on Wednesday with confirmation that its home team — the “Vermont Brew” — has been admitted to

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Bristol OKs severance for Officer Randy Crowe

Thu, 12/05/2019 - 1:35pm meganj

BRISTOL — The Bristol selectboard has approved a severance agreement between the town and Bristol police officer George “Randy” Crowe.

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