Staff Blog
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...
On the Ball: Playoff success on diamonds
Success at least on diamonds on Wednesday
ADDISON COUNTY — The news on Wednesday proved to be uniformly good for local high school softball and baseball teams, but not so much for the three boys’ lacrosse and one girls’ tennis team that saw first-...
On the Ball: Brown staying at Middlebury
Middlebury College men's basketball coach on Sunday confirmed that he will be saying at his position in Middlebury, where he has built the Panthers into a NESCAC and NCAA Division III power in the the past several years.
Much speculation in recent...
On the Ball: Panthers dancing
First up, this just in (and no surprise, really): I was wrong. And happy to say so.
When the Middlebury women’s lacrosse team lost to Tufts in the NESCAC quarterfinals, 13-12, a week ago Sunday, I assumed and wrote the 11-5 Panthers’ season was...
Staff blog: Gov. Shumlin on the Rachel Maddow Show
Since Tuesday, Vermont's gotten some national coverage on the topic of health care reform, not the least of which were Gov. Peter Shumlin's appearance on The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC (video below) and on NPR's The Diane Rehm Show...
Staff Blog: Board of Education seeks student member
Are you a high school student from the class of 2013? Have you ever wished that the adults making decisions about your education's future would listen more to kids? Have you ever wanted to weigh in on Vermont's educational future?
Well,...
Staff blog: President Obama speaks on deficit
Today, President Obama spoke on the budget negotiations that have tied up congress over the past few weeks. While critiquing the Republican approach to budget-building, he laid out his own spending plan, which includes spending cuts that he said...
Staff Blog: Sen. Leahy calls for Tik Root's release
On March 31, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) spoke on the Senate floor about Tik Root, a Middlebury College student from Ripton who is currently detained in Syria.
He said Root is a "young, curious American student" who, naturally,...
Staff Blog: Ripton's Pathik Root detained in Syria (Updated)
Middlebury College student and Ripton native Pathik "Tik" Root disappeared while observing a protest in Damascus on March 18. Syrian authorities on March 26 confirmed that Root had been jailed, and since then state officials and his...
Middlebury Trailrunner: What season is it?
Only two weeks ago, one of the biggest snow storms ever to hit northern New England blasted us with about two feet of snow, but the relatively mild weather which followed made me wonder whether my weekend enjoying the mountains would be in the...