New Haven selectboard says ‘no’ to solar

NEW HAVEN — New Haven took steps to control its own solar future Oct. 21 when the selectboard voted to oppose two proposed solar projects within its borders and to participate in Public Service Board proceedings for all future applications for solar arrays. The board...

Bristol Cops: Woman forged checks

BRISTOL — Bristol police on Oct. 23 arrested town resident Cassandra Julia Fraser-Brown on suspicion of committing forgery. Police arrested the 23-year-old after receiving a complaint a day earlier from the National Bank of Middlebury, where police said Fraser-Brown...

Holmes takes on Keeler in race for Addison County sheriff

MIDDLEBURY —  It was Gov. Peter Shumlin who appointed Don Keeler to serve as Addison County sheriff after longtime incumbent James Coons died in office during the spring of 2012. Now Keeler is looking for an official mandate from the voters as he seeks to win the post...

Job Corps student booked for simple assault

VERGENNES — A 21-year-old Northlands Job Corps student on Monday pleaded innocent to simple assault in Addison Superior Court, criminal division, after having been arrested on Friday, Oct. 24, for allegedly fighting a fellow student at the school’s Vergennes campus....

Theater preview: Civil War play will stick with you

If being memorable is a measure of a compelling production, the play “Ransom,” coming to the Middlebury Town Hall Theater on Saturday, Nov. 1, scores high. The scenes and the music have remained with me since 2010, the first time I attended “Ransom,” in the school...