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Bears create buzz in downtown Middlebury
MIDDLEBURY — During a weekend that boasted two major draws to downtown Middlebury — Saturday’s No Kings demonstration and Sunday’s Middlebury Maple Run road race — the unscripted appearance of three bears stole the…
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Affordability headlines Addison-3 forum
The four Addison-3 candidates came together to discuss policy just two weeks before the midterm elections.
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Darrow helps boost MCTV’s reach
MIDDLEBURY — He’s unobtrusive yet ubiquitous, a fixture at virtually every municipal and school gathering in Middlebury. And…
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CSAC to broaden mental health services model
MIDDLEBURY — The county’s largest mental health agency is on target to shift, by next summer, to a…
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Teen food pantry tackles food insecurity
What was intended to be a supplement for kids in the after-school program has grown into a resource…
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Bristol eyes next phase of water line replacement
BRISTOL — The Bristol selectboard last week got an update on a water line replacement project underway in…
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Bristol still exploring police district question
BRISTOL — Bristol officials will spend the next year engaging with residents around what they’d like the Bristol…
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Milk & Honey Guild raises funds for animal shelter
MIDDLEBURY — When Dorothy “Dot” Busque of Colchester decided to retire from quilting, she still had an impressive…
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Keep your mind moving to age gracefully
ADDISON COUNTY — As people age, many fear that they are losing the sharpness in thinking that they…
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Seniors are welcome to give blood, and even needed
Many blood centers do not set an upper age limit for donors, but some may.
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By the way, Oct. 22, 2026
Help Middlebury decide where to generate renewable energy as part of an Oct. 29 presentation on the town’s…
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State commerce official to speak at Chamber dinner
FERRISBURGH — Heather Pelham, Vermont’s deputy secretary of Commerce and Community Development, will deliver the keynote address at…
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Are your kids ready for Spooktacular this Sunday?
Downtown business owners are thrilled to bring back the Main Street Trick-or-Treating parade through downtown Middlebury
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The Munger Games: A little friendly competition, lots of food, very little bloodshed
NEW HAVEN/MIDDLEBURY — These moments of nice outdoor weather in Vermont feel especially precious, perhaps because everyone who…
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VUHS boys’ soccer downs Randolph, Winooski next
The Commodores defeated Randolph 2-0 to get a chance at the Spartans.
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Records broken this Middlebury Maple Run
MIDDLEBURY — Roughly 305 local and visiting runners spent the first sub-30-degree weekend of fall warming up with the Middlebury…
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Music festival inspired by the unexpected
Otter Creek Music Festival brings live music into unexpected spaces, from a Vergennes ice cream parlor to historic halls, expanding…
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A father searches for a sustainable future in ‘Saving Walden’s World’
The documentary film “Saving Walden’s World” will screen on Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 6 p.m. in the Anderson Studio, at…
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Addison Independent Endorsements
Before we make our recommendations for the political offices below, here’s why we do it. The purpose of an endorsement is to cite reasons why one…
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In Other Words: AI devalues what makes us human
Holden Caulfield, the tormented teenage hero of “The Catcher in the Rye,” was a great enemy of anything phony. These days, when artificial intelligence, the ultimate…
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Ways of Seeing: Communities are all around us
We’ve been doing some repairs to our house. On the side of the garage, we pulled off a rotted clapboard and discovered that the wood beneath…





