Staff Blog
Middlebury Trailrunner: Silver Lake by the scenic route
As my body continues to recover from injury down time in the spring, I thought it was about time to take on a longer run.
Since a few of my eager lab assistants were looking forward to some long trail runs, and the weather was perfect, it seemed...
Batting Around: Juicy
I was eight years old when Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa brought Major League Baseball back to life.
Four years after the 1994 baseball season was cut short by a player strike, America was still trying to rebuild its relationship with its national...
Staff Blog: John Flowers talks solar on VPR
Reporter John Flowers chatted with VPR's Mitch Wertlieb about the proposed solar array in Middlebury and the wave of solar projects going up across the county. Read the original article, "Middlebury solar array eyed," from our July 4...
Batting Around: A bit of perspective will cure your lockout blues
Leave it to the biggest show boaters in professional sports to steal the sports headlines even in their off-season.
The NFL lockout is the most disheartening sports story of the last decade — and possibly the previous one as well. Worse...
Batting Around: Baseball must embrace modern technology
Many professional sports are now openly embracing instant replay technology that allows close calls to be reviewed and, if necessary, corrected. Professional football has even implemented instant replay in the form of a challenge system, which...
Middlebury Trailrunner: Urban trailrunning in Berlin, Germany
Sneaking out for runs while traveling is always a great way to shake out the lethargy of long airplane trips and too much junk food on the run. City running, on the other hand, can be almost as frustratingly “stop and go” as urban...
Staff Blog: Buy a chicken, support innovative education
Just two weeks from the July 6 slaughter date, participants in the "Chick to Plate" project at the Hannaford Career Center are becoming concerned that they won't be able to fulfill the "to plate" part of their project...
The Cycling Saga: Episode 1
Pushing pedal over pedal, I trudged ahead on my bike through pouring sheets of frigid rain. My cold, drenched clothes weighed me down, but I forged on through last Saturday’s doom and gloom to photograph Mount Abe’s graduation.
With...
Middlebury Trailrunner: The other side of Snake Mountain
I have been looking forward to my next post for some time now – Since March, the inevitable aches, pains, and nuisance injuries of middle age have kept me off the trails and out of my running shoes. While I am not back to 100% (or what...
Staff Blog: Tired of the rain?
For all those of you who are sick of wet weather, you're not alone. This anonymous e-mail forward came across our desks today, so we thought we'd share it here.
Tired of the rain?
A curious fellow died one day and found himself...