Megan James


  • Sixteen tapped for baseball accolades

    Sixteen tapped for baseball accolades

    Sixteen members of the Mount Abraham, Vergennes, Middlebury and Otter Valley high school baseball teams received postseason recognition from the coaches of either the Lake Division or the…

  • Vermont State Police Log: Search warrant executed in Middlebury

    At the conclusion of a Vermont State Police investigation that included the execution of search warrants, the Attorney General’s Office this week announced that Jonathan Wieman, 48, of…

  • Vergennes Police Log: Three youths nabbed for disorderly conduct

    Vergennes police on June 28 cited three juveniles and issued them court diversion paperwork for disorderly conduct by phone with intent to harass another Vergennes Union Middle and…

  • Middlebury Police Log: Woman cited for DUI

    Middlebury police cited Victoria Tellier, 33, of Vergennes for driving under the influence, three counts of reckless endangerment and two counts of cruelty to a child.

  • Addison County Sheriff’s Log for Jul. 3

    Deputies in the Addison County Sheriff’s Department assisted a Starksboro landlord with an eviction on June 26. Several cats were found inside of the home after the person…

  • Celebrate Independence Day in Brandon on Saturday

    Celebrate Independence Day in Brandon on Saturday

    Celebrate Independence Day in Brandon with free events all day on Saturday, July 5. There will be the parade, contests, children’s activities, beer garden, auctions, street dance, fireworks…

  • Pieciak unveils $20M housing program

    Pieciak unveils $20M housing program

    State Treasurer Mike Pieciak joined state and local leaders on Tuesday at Vergennes Grand Senior Living to announce an additional $20 million investment in housing and economic development…

  • Town Hall Theater ready to show off its big overhaul

    Town Hall Theater ready to show off its big overhaul

    This weekend the curtain will officially rise on the $8.5 million transformation of THT, improvements that will further solidify the facility as the community’s hub for visual and…

  • Historic marker fetes same-sex union of 200-plus years ago

    Historic marker fetes same-sex union of 200-plus years ago

    With LGBTQ rights being under attack from the Trump Administration, a historical marker commemorating two female partners who lived in Weybridge in the 1800s provided an interesting contrast…

  • Local growing season picks up after cool start

    Local growing season picks up after cool start

    Farmers around Addison County say they’ve seen a cooler, slower start to this year’s growing season, with rainy weather posing some challenges and affecting some crops.

  • Vergennes council sets new budget, sees 2.2-cent tax hike

    After some last-minute financial maneuvering at its Tuesday night meeting, the Vergennes City Council adopted a Fiscal Year 2026 general fund budget of $3,336,868, about a 1% increase,…

  • MAUSD mulls next steps after new ed bill

    Vermont lawmakers last week passed a landmark education reform bill known as H. 454, setting up a process for transforming the state’s education system and prompting the question…

  • Middlebury film festival tweaks its storyline

    Middlebury film festival tweaks its storyline

    Late August is still two months away, but the county’s shire town is already being readied for its annual role as host of the Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival,…

  • Two people drown in separate cases

    Vermont State Police and a variety of local emergency responders mobilized earlier this week for separate reports of swimmers in distress in Bristol and Ferrisburgh, with both cases…

  • By the way for Jun. 26

    St. Stephen’s Peasant Market will be held this year on July 12. The fair annually raises thousands of dollars to share with local non-profits.

  • Starksboro preschool celebrates 50 years

    Starksboro preschool celebrates 50 years

    A lot has changed since the 1970s, but in the town of Starksboro at least one thing has remained the same — the Starksboro Cooperative Preschool’s commitment to…