Staff Blog
Staff Blog: Revisiting Lincoln's Cooper Union Address
In this political era in which the leading Republicans of the land stumble over themselves to reject the wisdom of separating church in state in a political context; in which cutting taxes to corporations is the panacea for all that ails us; in...
On the ball: H.S. playoffs arrive
As expected, the Vergennes Union High School boys’ basketball team and both Middlebury Union hockey teams learned on Monday from the Vermont Principals’ Association they would host first-round playoff games.
The 18-2 Commodore boys earned the top...
Camel's Hump Sledding
So, winter was cancelled in the Champlain Valley. It’s too bad, but it’s time to stop whining and go sledding. Winter is still scheduled on top of Vermont’s four highest mountains. Where the coverage isn’t great for skiing...
Staff Blog: Addy Indy nets NENPA awards
BOSTON — At a ceremony in Boston this past weekend, The Addison County Independent won 12 awards for journalistic excellence at the annual New England Newspaper and Press Association Better Newspaper Competition. Among the more than 350...
Weather Watch: The Sap is Flowing
Our roller coaster temperatures have made it difficult to determine just what season it is, but the maple trees have decided that it is spring.
Last week temperatures ranged from the single digits to around 50 in East Middlebury. Below-...
Teen hurt in Northlands assault; late notice to police
VERGENNES — Vergennes police cited two Northlands Job Corps students with aggravated assault after an attack that left a 17-year-old fellow student with a suspected broken neck on Feb. 7.
Vergennes Police Chief George Merkel also questioned the 20-...
Weather Watch: February Thaw?
January brought many thaws to choose from, rather than just one, and February’s first day brought a thaw as well.
(as seen to the left, after heavy rain at the end of January, the ice in the Middlebury River was ripped loose and strewn on...
Staff Blog: Middlebury College nets (another) Solar Decathlon nod
It seems like just yesterday that Middlebury College’s “Self Reliance” solar-powered house headed down to Washington, D.C., to compete in the biennial Solar Decathlon competition. The Middlebury kids last fall claimed fourth...
Weather Watch: January Thaw and the Snow Monster
The January Thaw is a well-known weather event that occurs during most winters, but in a winter of thaws, which gets the official title?
(Above: the “Snow Monster” awaits the January Thaw)
Most years, after weeks or even...
Weather Watch: Flash freeze causes icy roads
The mild conditions this winter have not been conductive to ice skating on our local waterways, but on Wednesday morning many Addison County residents took unplanned trips across ice - when traveling across driveways and parking lots!
The culprit?...