Slate Valley school spending fails for 3rd time

ORWELL — Residents of the Slate Valley Unified Union School District (SVUUSD) on Thursday, May 9, defeated — for the third time — a proposed fiscal year 2025 spending plan. District voters in Orwell, Benson, Castleton, Fair Haven, Hubbardton and West Haven defeated the proposed $30,810,135 spending plan by an 891-798 margin. The SVUUSD board is slated to meet this coming Monday, May 13, to strategize for a fourth vote that district Superintendent Brooke Olsen-Farrell said will likely occur in early June. Th … (read more)

Bob Ortmyer has worked as interim president and COO at Middlebury’s Porter Medical Center since this past September. Now he will lead the southern region of UVM Health Network.

There is no question about one element of the 50-megawatt solar array that is proposed for land west of Route 22A in Panton. At 300 acres, mostly now farmland, it would be big — Vermont’s largest. 

It’s normal for any parent to worry about what their child’s life will look like after leaving the nest. But for the parents of individuals with developmental disabilities, that question is one filled with frightening uncertainty as they contemplate where … (read more)

Richard Ruane and Andrea Chesman took a moment last week to harken back to the early 1990s, a time before the Town Hall Theater and the Vergennes Opera House, when live entertainment in Addison County largely consisted of sporadic seasonal concerts — such … (read more)

Residents in the Mount Abraham Unified School District will have several opportunities next week to share their budget-related feedback with district officials. 

Stop by the Weybridge Volunteer Fire Department at 460 Quaker Village Road for its Open House & Recruitment event this Saturday, May 11, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Spring is a season associated with new beginnings, and that’s certainly been the case this year at Lincoln Peak Vineyard, where new owners Nichole Bambacigno and Kevin Bednar are settling in and readying to welcome wine enthusiasts from far and wide. 

In the past week, three of the legislative session’s biggest climate bills passed out of their second chamber, and are likely to head to the governor’s desk soon. 

Heads up to Middlebury municipal water customers: The town is working with Otter Creek Engineering (OCE) to complete an inventory of water service lines within the municipal system, and you need to set up an appointment for officials to conduct field work … (read more)

Janelle Perry-Askew’s career has followed her heart, which — in addition to her family — belongs to science.

As folks in Panton discuss a 50-megawatt solar array that Freepoint Commodities is proposing to put up west of Route 22A and south of West Road, the local debate is playing out on a larger stage.

The Weybridge Energy Committee is hosting the third annual Eco-Fair Saturday, May 18, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., at the Weybridge Elementary School, 2790 Weybridge Road, Weybridge. 

Funding is now available to nonprofits and municipal organizations through the Walter Cerf Community Fund at the Vermont Community Foundation.

Over the past five years, Elissa Johnk, the lead minister at the First Congregational Church of Burlington, has borne witness to Vermont’s overdose crisis.