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Meditations on Stick Season

Tue, 11/19/2019 - 10:54am meganj

I’m not sure if I can still call this “stick season,” since snow has lain on the ground for a week now.

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Book charts path from trash to treasure

Mon, 11/18/2019 - 1:34pm meganj

MIDDLEBURY — Author Adam Minter will travel a thousand miles for a good recycling story.

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Solar project to face more town scrutiny

Mon, 11/18/2019 - 1:29pm meganj

MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury selectboard wants the local planning commission to review a 5-Megawatt solar array that’s being planned for Middlebury College-owned land off South Street Extension.

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New Bristol store is a treat for kids and families

Mon, 11/18/2019 - 1:03pm meganj

SIMON SAYS: A General Store for Kids and Families opened in downtown Bristol on Nov. 2. Owner Maura Donnelly sells new toys and gently used clothing for children up to age 14. The store is located at 12 Main St. in Bristol, between Cubbers and Bristol Cliffs, where the Images salon used to be. Independent photo/Christopher Ross

BRISTOL — Simon Says: A General Store for Kids and Families, a new retailer in downtown Bristol, carries toys and resale clothing for newborns through age 14.

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MAUSD seeks facilities input

Mon, 11/18/2019 - 12:59pm meganj

BRISTOL — The Mount Abraham Unified School District board on Wednesday evening will host what the board is calling its third Community Conversation of the fall.

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City Manager search progresses

Mon, 11/18/2019 - 12:55pm meganj

VERGENNES — Vergennes Mayor Jeff Fritz said this past Thursday that the interview committee he sits on could recommend two or three city manager candidates to the Vergennes City Council as soon as

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Volunteers fix what's broken at the Repair Fair

Mon, 11/18/2019 - 12:32pm meganj

AMY CLAPP AND her son Theo Fallis, left, watch intently as Amie Bates evaluates the broken table lamp they brought to Thursday’s Repair Fair at the Hannaford Career Center in Middlebury. Bates figured out a fix. Independent photo/Steve James

MIDDLEBURY — More than 60 hopeful souls dragged in their broken small appliances, kitchen tools, bicycles, jewelry, torn or worn clothing and even a busted doorbell to The Makery at the Hannaford C

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Pet of the week: Queso

Mon, 11/18/2019 - 12:26pm meganj

My name is Queso! I am originally from Los Angeles, but now found a home in Vermont. I do not like the cold weather or the abundance of wildlife, the chipmunks are especially troublesome.

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The Paper Flower opens in Brandon

Mon, 11/18/2019 - 12:17pm meganj

BRANDON — A retail store known as The Paper Flower has found a temporary home in Brandon.

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Arts Beat: Actors, singers, musicians to take many stages

Mon, 11/18/2019 - 11:26am meganj

MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE STUDENTS Will Koch and Katie Mashall play two of the key roles in the play “One Flea Spare.” Performances will take place at Middlebury College’s Wright Memorial Theater at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 21, Friday, Nov. 22, and Saturday, Nov. 23.

The Middlebury College Department of Theatre and Dance will present “One Flea Spare,” directed by Cláudio Medeiros, on Thursday, Nov.

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