MUHS dancers earn two bronzes at state championship

VERGENNES — The Middlebury Union High School dance team finished third in the state in both of its disciplines at the Vermont championship competition, staged this past Saturday evening at Vergennes Union High School. The Tiger squad fared well in statewide...

Tiger boys’ hockey falls to Rice in key contest

MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury Union High School boys’ hockey team took a painful home loss on Monday, 2-1 to Rice, that could have cost the Tigers home ice in the upcoming playoffs. The fourth-place Tigers dropped to 8-8-3 with the loss to the 7-10-2 Raiders and were...

Mayer, other locals excel at state wrestling meet

ESSEX — Mount Abraham Union High School senior Roman Mayer won his second state championship and was named the Most Outstanding Wrestler at the Vermont championship meet for the second time to highlight area wrestlers’ efforts this past weekend at host Essex High...

Lincoln group calls for voting integrity

The local grassroots group BRIDGES of Lincoln has petitioned the selectboard of Lincoln to include a Pro-Democracy Resolution at the Town Meeting March 4. According to spokesperson, Van Talmage, the Resolution is a “vanilla, non-partisan, non-controversial” statement...

Opinion: Panton deserves better

Last fall when the Panton selectboard attempted to lower the tax rate by using funds that had been previously allocated for other expenses (the mistake was discovered by a town auditor), the chair of the selectboard attributed the mistake to an erroneous spreadsheet...