Porter shares in hospital budget cuts, layoffs

September 17, 2026

Most of the cuts to Addison County’s health care hub affect Helen Porter Rehabilitation & Nursing.

City manager leaving Vergennes for Randolph

September 17, 2026

The news comes just weeks after city clerk/treasurer Betsy Sullivan announced she is movin … (read more)

September 17, 2026

Kyle and Katie Clark have been seeking approval to operate the airstrip at their property … (read more)

September 17, 2026

“2025 was a decent year by all accounts, but (this year) was a different level,” said Lloy … (read more)

September 17, 2026

Emily McNamara, ’07, passed months after suffering life-threatening injuries in a car cras … (read more)

September 17, 2026

MUHS defeated Enosburg 3-2 on Monday night.

September 17, 2026

Several MUHS runners took top 10 spots.

: Jonathan Carpenter proudly shows off the matador’s jacket and hat that he bought at the Town Hall Theater’s costume sale on Friday. THT founder Doug Anderson voices his approval. The costume was used in a production of the opera “La Traviata.” Independent photo/Steve James

: This bobcat came to visit a Colby Hill home in Lincoln on Tuesday evening. The photographer did not know if it was the same animal that Sally Taylor photographed in in her Lincoln yard last week (that photo appeared in our Sept. 3 edition). As the crow flies, Sally’s house is 5 miles from Colby Hill. Do bobcats fly? Photo by Paul Forlenza

: Middlebury’s Rogers Road was temporarily closed to traffic on Saturday, Sept. 5, for an old fashioned block party where musical trio Birdsong performed. Independent photos/Steve James

: Naunau Baker-Medard TESTS his limbo skills as he tries to shimmy beneath the contest bar in the center of Middlebury’s Rogers Road this past Saturday afternoon. Neighbors organized a party in which all comers were invited to meet, greet and eat as a way to build community and have fun. Independent photo/Steve James

: Middlebury’s Rogers Road was temporarily closed to traffic on Saturday, Sept. 5, for an old fashioned block party where Poppy Hansen enjoys hanging out. Independent photos/Steve James

: Middlebury’s Rogers Road was temporarily closed to traffic on Saturday, Sept. 5, for an old fashioned block party. Independent photos/Steve James

: Middlebury’s Rogers Road was temporarily closed to traffic on Saturday, Sept. 5, for an old fashioned block party where Sua and Louva Baker-Medard enjoy hanging out. Independent photos/Steve James

: As daily high temperatures slowly drop and the amount of daylight decreases, there are still summer jobs that need to get done — like mowing. A Middlebury town worker diligently trims the grass along Quarry Road on a recent morning. How long until he switches to the snowplow? Independent photo/John S. McCright