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Middlebury eyes plan for growth on Route 7
MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury Planning Commission is preparing to study a key stretch of Route 7 South in an effort to give local...
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Local health centers brace for cuts to Title X family planning funding
MIDDLEBURY — As President Trump attempts to alter rules surrounding distribution of Title X healthcare funding, Vermont’s Planned...
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Voices together
JAMES HILL AND Anne Janelle, winners of the Canadian Folk Music Award, gave their all last Monday night under the tent at Middlebury's 40th annual Festival on-the-Green...
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Enchanting
JAMES HILL AND Anne Janelle, a ukulele-cello folk duo, serenaded the crowd Monday night at Middlebury's 40th annual Festival on-the-Green. Independent photo/John S....
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Foot-stomping good
THE BENGSONS, A critically acclaimed indie-folk duo treated folks to feel-good tunes at Middlebury's 40th annual Festival on-the-Green, which runs through Saturday...
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Silly songs
JON GAILMOR DELIGHTED children and adults alike with his witty songs about childhood Tuesday afternoon at Middlebury's Festival on-the-Green. Independent photo/Trent...
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Musical feast
GENTICORUM, A TRIO from Quebec, served up traditional tunes Tuesday night at the 40th annual Festival on-the-Green in Middlebury. Independent photo/Trent Campbell
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Tonga rhythms
MOKOOMBA BROUGHT EXUBERANT Afrobeat tunes to the Festival on-the-green in Middlebury last Sunday. Independent photo/John S. McCright
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Fiddlers on the green
NIGHT TREE, A roots-based sextet performed Celtic fusion music at the 40th annual Festival on-the-Green. Independent photo/Trent Campbell
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Do a little dance
DANCE INSTRUCTOR KAREN Amirault leads her Hip Hop and Broadway dance camp students through a routine at Town Hall Theater Tuesday morning. The campers will perform for the...
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Red, white and cute
SEVEN-YEAR-OLD Avalon Rheaume of Salisbury showed her patriotism on July 4 at Smoke Rise Campground in Brandon, where she wrapped herself in the American flag. Photo...
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Champs!
MEMBERS OF BRANDON’S Hayes Red Sox teams celebrate winning the Rutland County youth baseball league title. The Sox, who posted a 13-1 record for the season, defeated...

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Bixby starts new chapter with Masha Harris at helm
VERGENNES — The new Bixby Memorial Library executive director has a Dachshund named Lemon and a Toyota Camry with more than 200,000 miles she...
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Midd grad develops innovative pants to give women more freedom outdoors
Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of profiles of new businesses launching through the Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies, a...
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New train set, donated to Sheldon Museum, is on view at the Diner
MIDDLEBURY — As an infant, Roy Sokolowski could hear the train whistles of the Long Island Railroad from his parents’ apartment. From...
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Editorial

Editorial: Route 7 strip? Master planning is the right approach
Plans for further commercial development along Route 7 South in Middlebury initially spark thoughts of alarm, muted by the opportunity to embrace benefits that might come with new jobs, more services and access to goods that could make Middlebury a more vibrant community. The alarm comes from the prospect of urban sprawl along Route 7. The last thing Middlebury residents should want is a repeat of the Route 7 nightmare that is Rutland...
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Sports

Legion stays alive in race for playoff
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MIDDLEBURY — The Addison County American Legion baseball team rallied for a crucial victory in the final game of its four-game weekend homestand on Sunday, helping preserve the local nine’s Northern Division playoff hopes.

In the second half of Sunday’s doubleheader at the Middlebury College field, AC spotted the Colchester Cannons three first-inning runs, but came back to prevail, 7-4.

In the opener, the...

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Feature

Massage therapist faces new allegations
MIDDLEBURY — A former Middlebury massage therapist has pleaded innocent to an additional 30 misdemeanor charges of voyeurism and one count of possessing child pornography in connection with...
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Britta Clark takes on ultra-distance races — and soon a PhD
GOSHEN – For most people, it’s hard to imagine running a full marathon. But for Goshen resident Britta Clark, running an ultra-distance trail race of 50K or more is as natural as...
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Matt Dickerson: Coping strategies in the changing natural world
My wife and I often laugh when folks who have moved to Vermont or come here to college from places like Florida, Texas and southern California start complaining about how cold it is, and it’s still early October. The temperature will have dropped down into the 40s, or maybe we’ll even have seen our first frost, and they will be all bundled up in heavy winter coats shivering and wondering how we can stand the bitter cold weather. “You haven’t seen anything yet,” we want to warn them, though we try to do so gently. Recently we got a taste of our own medicine,...
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Arts Beat for July 9: Guitars, cello, ukulele & more at Festival on-the-Green
NIGHT TREE TAKES the stage at Middlebury’s Festival-on-the-Green on Tuesday, July 10 at 7 p.m. By GREG PAHL Middlebury’s exciting Festival on-the-Green continues its 40th season on Monday, July 9, with a noon Brown Bag performance by Rick Palieri, a talented singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and storyteller who captivates audiences of all ages with his stories and songs. Then, at 7 p.m., the Festival kicks into high gear with James Hill and Anne Janelle, a ukulele and...
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