New York educator with Vermont ties to lead ACSD
November 30, 2023
News
‘Gather’ offers relief for hunger & loneliness
November 30, 2023
This past Thanksgiving, Nov. 23, saw almost 60 people converge upon the 1,400-square-foot … (read more)
Sports
Boys’ soccer players honored
November 30, 2023
Seven local high school boys’ soccer players were named to the Division II or III All-Stat … (read more)
PHOTOS OF THE WEEK
- AMERICAN SKIER MIKAELA Shiffrin looks ahead to the next gate before blasting through the one she’s about to hit during Sunday’s World Cup slalom race in Killington. Shiffrin overcame a stiff challenge by Petra Vlhova to win the race, her 90th World Cup win. Independent photo/Angelo Lynn
- MOLLY FORBES AND her Mom, Sarah, ready a blow-up Scooby Doo to put in the driver’s seat of the bulldozer adorned with Christmas lights in their front yard on Sunday. Dad Travis Forbes is supervising. Check out the impressive holiday display on Middlebury’s Case Street after dark. Independent photo/John S. McCright
- A MACHINE USED to lift workers to a job on the roof of the Battell Block in downtown Middlebury appears to dwarf the three-story building in this image. Independent photo/John S. McCright
- THE SKY OVER Dead Creek was full of snow geese over Thanksgiving weekend. They number in the thousands, a sight and sound to behold. Photo by Dottie Nelson
- EMRYS YARBOROUGH, 8, of Ferrisburgh, plays Tiny Tim in this year’s MACo production of “A Christmas Carol.” Standing with him are his 11-year-old twin brothers, Elke (left) and Beowulf (right). Independent photo/Steve James
- BOB CRATCHIT WILL be played by Eric Reid-St. John in the upcoming Middlebury Acting Company production of “A Christmas Carol.” Independent photo/Steve James
- PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEE Nathan Fleming sizes up the holiday wreath he had just hung on a light pole in front of the National Bank of Middlebury on Friday morning. Fleming, Stanley Salley (assisting at bottom left) and other road crew members put up wreaths all along Main Street in anticipation of Saturday’s Very Merry Middlebury celebration, which will include Santa and many activities. Read about it online at tinyurl.com/VeryMerryMidd. Independent photo/John S. McCright
- THIS CLOSE-UP OF snow geese taking wing near Dead Creek in Addison on Nov. 19 look as if they could be a painting. Photo by Tom Raymond
Arts & Leisure
It’s beginning to look a lot like Dickens!
November 30, 2023
From the magical moment just before Christmas of 1843 when Charles Dickens released his no … (read more)
Op/Ed
Guest editorial: Justice for Palestinians and security for Israel
November 30, 2023
There have been five wars in the last 15 years between Israel and Hamas. How do we end the … (read more)