UPDATED: One man dies in Bristol house fire

Crews from seven local fire departments helped extinguish a house fire on Bristol’s East Street on Wednesday evening. Route 116 was shut down while firefighters battled the blaze.

Local authorities stopped a vehicle with six juveniles and an adult driving a vehicle that apparently was involved in a Saturday shooting incident behind Hannaford Supermarket.

Is this the year Vermont finally scraps its complex education funding system and creates a model that doesn’t result in double-digit property tax increases? Will the Legislature create more pressure to close rural schools? What does the future hold for th … (read more)

The cuts — which drew a swift and furious outcry — included closing an inpatient psychiatric unit at Central Vermont Medical Center, ending kidney transplants at the University of Vermont Medical Center, and shuttering a primary care clinic in Waitsfield. … (read more)

Barring a surge in private donations and/or winning additional grants, Middlebury taxpayers could be asked to absorb a greater chunk of the $17 million Ilsley Library expansion-and-renovation project than was originally anticipated, according to town offi … (read more)

“I, and many in my community, feel a lot of fear around the new president that’s been elected,” said Cristian, who came to the United States from Mexico. “Lots of people in the community are thinking about ways to isolate themselves, and some people are a … (read more)

Individually and in small groups they filed into the Middlebury Union High School Library on Monday evening, preparing to bare their souls to an Addison Central School District board that could, in the near future, field a request by two Middlebury parent … (read more)

Two Mary Hogan Elementary School parents are challenging gender-related books that are being used to educate kindergarten students at the Middlebury school.

The town on Nov. 22 purchased 450 acres of forestland from the A. Johnson Company, conserving the land with the Vermont Land Trust and establishing the Monkton Town Forest. 

Stick season — it’s too cold to bike and too warm to ski — but it doesn’t have to be a wasted season. The effort you put in now to get in shape for skiing will pay off when Rikert Outdoor Center in Ripton gets groomed, and the trails are open.

As the same time that Helping Overcome Poverty’s Effects (HOPE) is fielding a growing number of requests for food, clothing and other necessities, the Middlebury nonprofit is also readying its annual Holiday Shop and food boxes to ensure area folks in nee … (read more)

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.