UVM Health Network announces widespread service cuts

Officials at Porter Medical Center, a UVMHN affiliate in Middlebury, said the cuts will not directly affect health care operations here, but Addison County patients will feel the pinch for some health care services.

Middlebury’s Henry Sheldon of Vermont History, now in its 140th year, contains thousands of furnishings, paintings, documents, household objects and artifacts that provide a glimpse into Addison County and Vermont’s past.

In races for Vermont Senate and House seats in Addison County, Republicans are doing much better this election than they have for the past few cycles.

Local, statewide and national candidates are wrapping up their campaign pitches. Now it’s up to the voters.

To give local voters more information on where candidates stand on issues, we asked each candidate the same five questions, including a candidate’s choice option. See the list of questions in this Election Preview and then read the responses for the candi … (read more)

A new 70-acre historic site and network of interpretative trails in Salisbury allows people to explore the industrial, ecological and archeological heritage of a unique mill area driven by power of the Leicester River as it flows from Lake Dunmore.

After the half-time principal of Ripton Elementary resigned, Salisbury Principal Bjarki Sears will become acting principal in Ripton and Roxanne Greene will be the on-site, part-time associate principal there.

Vergennes is creating a list of things it wants from the state in exchange for hosting a 14-bed, juvenile short-term detention and counseling facility on Comfort Hill, which is still under negotiations.

The lawsuit over Middlebury Chapel — a.k.a. Mead Memorial Chapel — is not fully resolved, but a judge said Middlebury College won’t have to restore the chapel’s old name.

Middlebury residents on Tuesday voted 416-185 to affirm a June 25 selectboard decision to give Vermont Gas Systems a free easement to funnel natural gas to St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church.

The town of Middlebury has won a $1,092,000 grant for a “Greater Buttolph Neighborhood Connectivity Project,” which will create new sidewalk from Seminary Street Extension (future site of the planned 218-unit Stonecrop Meadows subdivision) to Route 7, at … (read more)

The town of Middlebury is considering an encampment policy that would give community officials more guidance on potentially regulating temporary settlements of houseless individuals within the shire town.

The Vermont Department of Health strongly recommends limiting evening time outdoors in high-risk areas due to the threat of Eastern equine encephalitis. Vergennes, Whiting and Cornwall are at slightly higher risk.

Jenny Urban has served the ACSD as a grades 1 and 2 classroom teacher, a paraeducator, an International Baccalaureate team leader, dean of students at Mary Hogan Elementary School, assistant principal of both Bridport and Shoreham elementary schools, and … (read more)

A recent, massive infusion of new money into Vermont’s childcare system through a new law has helped create 1,000 new slots statewide and spurred a renaissance in the industry here in Addison County, which had sustained major losses in childcare offerings … (read more)