Megan James


  • CSAC programs help clients achieve independence

    CSAC programs help clients achieve independence

    For 65 years, the Counseling Service of Addison County (CSAC) has played an integral role in helping preserve and support the social and emotional well-being of the residents…

  • Editorial: A big, bad bill for the Fourth

    Editorial: A big, bad bill for the Fourth

    As Senate Republicans wrestle to pass President Trump’s “big bill” by a self-imposed July 4 deadline, Vermonters should understand the policy changes that will impact their lives.

  • Legislative Review: H.454 passed but not a done deal

    Legislative Review: H.454 passed but not a done deal

    The passage of the education bill, H. 454, in the General Assembly, and presumably gaining the governor’s signature into law, marks the start of efforts to transform Vermont’s…

  • Community Forum: Protecting SNAP protects farmers

    Community Forum: Protecting SNAP protects farmers

    As the director of the Burlington Farmers Market, I am deeply concerned about what’s happening in Congress right now and the potential to gut Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program…

  • Ways of Seeing: The arts shouldn’t cave, but do we?

    Ways of Seeing: The arts shouldn’t cave, but do we?

    In a dimly lit theater in Scotland, a liquid female voice, piped through the intercom, says: “Please keep your cell phone on at all times, so we can…

  • Letter to the editor: Say ‘no’ to taxes for genocide

    While we endure a “firehose” of news on calamitous policies, or lack of them from this administration, the horrific treatment of Palestinians continues. Those in Congress who remain…

  • Letter to the editor: Contrary to what Trump says, we exist

    Imagine my surprise at learning (and my chagrin at not knowing this sooner) that, almost from Inauguration Day, 2025, I no longer officially exist in the eyes of…

  • Letter to the editor: Don’t just be angry, advocate often & clearly

    Many years ago, as a young Air Force pilot, I was cleared to land at an airfield along the Mississippi gulf coast.

  • Legion nine starts with three victories

    Legion nine starts with three victories

    The Addison County American Legion baseball team started its season with three home wins, one of them a non-league game, all on the team’s home turf — Middlebury…

  • Marlins swim to home win in opening meet

    Marlins swim to home win in opening meet

    The Middlebury Marlins Swim Team on June 24 topped visiting Burlington Country Club, 260-179, in the team’s opening meet of the Champlain Valley Swim League season.

  • Locals named girls’ lax all-stars

    Locals named girls’ lax all-stars

    Ten athletes from the Middlebury Union and the Mount Abraham-Vergennes Cooperative girls’ lacrosse teams have received postseason honors from either the Division I or Division II coaches.

  • Local softball all-stars named

    Local softball all-stars named

    Twenty softball players total from the Mount Abraham, Middlebury, Otter Valley and Vergennes union high school teams received postseason recognition from the Lake Division or the Southern Valley…

  • Team Goodman takes first flight

    Team Goodman takes first flight

    The team of Kyle Goodman and Kirk Goodman won the First Flight of the Ralph Myhre Golf Course Member-Member tournament, held on June 21 and 22.

  • College to host Twin State Baseball Classic

    College to host Twin State Baseball Classic

    This year’s edition of the Twin-State Baseball Classic, a doubleheader pitting top graduated high school players from Vermont and New Hampshire against one another, will be held this…

  • State triathlon titles decided

    State triathlon titles decided

    Saturday’s Vermont State Triathlon championships at Branbury State Park, on Lake Dunmore, in Salisbury was held in perfect conditions.

  • Whiting’s Ryan ends Devil’s Bowl drought

    Whiting’s Ryan ends Devil’s Bowl drought

    Brothers Jimmy Ryan of Whiting and Randy Ryan of Orwell dueled to the first- and second-place finishes in the top feature at Devil’s Bowl Speedway on Saturday, a…