Middlebury police officers honored for heroism

As 2024 draws to a close, the Middlebury Police Department is welcoming two new police officers and a police dog, while honoring several of its officers for acts of heroism during the year.

Middlebury’s new director of public works operations needs little introduction to the highway, water and wastewater departments he’ll be overseeing.

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)

The document will guide the community in regulating the makeshift campsites that houseless individuals have been creating and using for shelter — primarily in the downtown and greater village areas — during the warmer months of the year.

The Addison Central School Board has decided to hold off on polling ACSD parents on their potential interest in sending their children to enrollment-challenged Ripton Elementary School (RES), until the panel completes revisions to district policies govern … (read more)

The Addison Central School District is searching for a new assistant superintendent of student services & equity. The person who’s held that key position for the past three years — Nicole Carter — resigned suddenly on Dec. 2, citing healthcare responsibil … (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.

Police and local human services officials told five campers they have to leave the spot behind Ilsley Library because of safety, emergency access and winter maintenance issues.

A panel charged with recommending ways of strengthening Vermont’s public education system — as well as making it more affordable — convened in Middlebury on Monday as part of a statewide listening tour.

Ripton residents are joining forces to reimagine how public education might be delivered in their small town, in light of declining enrollment that’s placed the future of their local school in jeopardy.

All signs point to Middlebury residents voting on a proposed $49.5 million makeover of their town’s wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) this coming March. It’s an outlay that would improve the plant’s ability to process biosolids (sludge), as well as pay fo … (read more)

The town of Middlebury will pay a Connecticut company almost $90,000 to move Ilsley Library’s 50,000-book collection to two separate storage locations, where they will stay — but remain accessible — during the upcoming, 17-month makeover of the historic I … (read more)

The Turning Point Center of Addison County (TPCAC) on Dec. 3 closed on a deal to buy a building at 79 Court St. that will soon serve as its new Middlebury headquarters.

Addison County residents can expect to pay a little bit more to get rid of their trash next year — a very little bit.

There are now nearly 400 Addison County children enrolled in Universal PreK (UPK) programs — 158 of those from the Middlebury area alone. This is a number that could grow significantly next year even as the number of Addison County children continues to d … (read more)