Middlebury pares down tax request
Barring an eleventh-hour adjustment, the Middlebury selectboard on Jan. 28 will send voters a proposed fiscal year 2026 municipal spending plan of $14.5 million.
Water main break hits Vergennes, Ferrisburgh
An early Wednesday morning water main break under Monkton Road cut off water to major portions of Vergennes and Ferrisburgh and ended classes for the day at Vergennes Union High School and Ferrisburgh Central School.
By the way for Jan. 16
Hello all you creative folks out there — it’s time to slip into deep thought and put fingers to keyboard for the Seventh Annual Weybridge Haiku Contest.
Local project that pays people of color to do yoga is thriving
In 2020, Joanna Colwell launched a radical program at her yoga studio in Middlebury. The Yoga Equity Project would pay people of color to take classes there. The idea was to make Otter Creek Yoga a more inclusive space by breaking down two of the barriers that prevent some Black and Brown folks from taking yoga classes: the cost, and the fact that most yoga classes, especially in Vermont, are primarily filled with whiter, wealthier people.
Middlebury man sets world records for powerlifting
The East Middlebury resident, who is better known for his three decades of teaching yoga in our area, began powerlifting competitively in 2020.
