Staff Blog
Clippings: Batter up: What's the game plan, Gov?
So, you lost at fantasy baseball this year and you’re itching to have a second chance, but the spring seems so far away. Here’s an immediate substitute. Let’s call it political baseball.
You’ve just been handed the title of governor-elect —...
Middlebury Trailrunner: Stick season above the treeline
Stick season can be a tough time of the year for outdoor enthusiasts. As the last of the foliage is blown off the trees, the days get shorter and colder without the distraction offered by the ample snows of winter. While the occasional day with...
On the Ball: Panther Field Hockey Catches a Cabrini
On the Ball: Panther Field Hockey Catches a Cabrini
Six points is an off day for, say, the Fair Haven football team against Middlebury Union High School in a Division II semifinal.
Six goals in a field hockey game? Well, that’s another story.
But...
Notions: That time of year
It’s already that time of year. As my little blue-gray Jeep skidded closer and closer to the telephone pole on the side of South Street — literally the only telephone pole for about a mile — it struck me that winter had arrived.
Luckily,...
On the Ball: Panthers dancing
On the Ball: Panthers dancing
Five (!) Middlebury College teams are moving along in the NCAA Division III title hunt this week. Four of them — the volleyball, men’s and women’s cross-country, and men’s soccer teams — earned automatic berths in...
Notes from the Border: The walkability factor
When Brandon’s new town plan was drafted several years ago, walkability was one of the major assets that residents cited. Historic development of Brandon has kept the original village compact, and new housing on Mt. Pleasant and along...
On the Ball: Teams ousted; Survivors' schedule set
On the Ball: Two teams ousted, survivors’ games set
Times, sites set for OV hockey, Tiger football
BURLINGTON — Game times have been scheduled for the Otter Valley Union field hockey team and the Middlebury Union football team, two of the three...
Staff blog: Election night liveblog recap
Election night 2010 saw a sharply contested gubernatorial election and a number of tight statewide and local races. Five of us gathered in the Addison Independent newsroom, listening for the phones to ring and the fax machine to start...
Middlebury Trailrunner: Run like an Egyptian
On long solo runs, the oddest thoughts pass through one’s mind. For example, on my last run I suddenly realized that the vast majority of my loop runs proceed in a clockwise direction. I have no idea why this is the case, but set out to...
Table Talk: The meat of the matter
A couple of Saturdays ago, my friend Kay and I pulled up to a squat brick structure off of a bumpy dirt road, still unsure that we’d managed to find the Neshobe Sportsman Club.
As soon as we climbed out of the car, though, I knew we’...