Homeless still among us, but less visible

There’s plenty to see in downtown Middlebury these days. But what you won’t see — at least as of this week — are small clusters of houseless persons who, during the past few years, have set up temporary encampments downtown during the warmer months.

The Job Corps program had always enjoyed broad-based bipartisan support until the Trump Administration took office in January and has aggressively slashed programs, its officials claim, at times with dubious evidence, are wasteful or unnecessary.

Tara Martin, a social studies educator at Middlebury Union High School, knows the value older folks can bring to learning. So when she and her colleagues began planning a 20th Century History course for last fall, they quickly realized there was a solid c … (read more)

Engineering a five-year capital improvement plan for nine school buildings that have collectively accrued millions in repair and upgrade needs would be difficult enough. Try doing it at a time when taxpayers’ patience is stretched thin, construction costs … (read more)

BJ’s Farm Supply co-owner Robert DeGraaf and farm owner Kirsten De La Cruz won seats on the town board that was recently expanded to five members.

The Vergennes City Council last week backed two agreements that tie the city’s immediate — and possibly its longtime — future to the property at 20 Armory Lane now owned by the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Vergennes.

A major rebuild of Middle Road North, draining and paving upgrades to Halladay Road and the installation of a new stormwater treatment system on Mary Hogan Elementary School grounds are among the top projects on the Middlebury Public Works Department’s 20 … (read more)

Some of Vermont’s top elected officials converged on Middlebury Saturday to spread a united message during these tumultuous early days of the Trump Administration: The Green Mountain State will safeguard its citizens from the growing threats of reduced fe … (read more)

There are many ways for Addison County residents to lend a hand in their community, and locals got a chance to learn more about several of those opportunities at the Bristol Volunteer Fair held in Holley Hall this month.

Federal immigration officials have taken action that could lead to visas being revoked for at least one foreign student at Middlebury College and three recent graduates from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in California.

There are more than 744,000 same-sex married couples in the United States, and each one owes a debt of gratitude to two endearing, persistent and empathetic women now living their best lives at the Eastview at Middlebury retirement community.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture this month canceled two programs supporting the purchase and distribution of local food, including an initiative that provided funding for Vermont school districts to buy and serve food from area farms and food producers … (read more)

For more than 200 years, Ripton schools have rated high marks among local citizens for the way they’ve nourished local children intellectually, emotionally and in intangible ways. But a simple case of math could be on the verge of forcing its undoing — ma … (read more)

Vermont farmers in recent years have had no shortage of extreme weather events to contend with, from a devastating, late-spring freeze in 2023 to excessive rainfall and subsequent flooding over the past two summers. Damaging weather events are costly for … (read more)

Middlebury residents on Tuesday voted overwhelming in favor of three public works-related bond proposals, the centerpiece of which was a proposed $49.5 million upgrade of the town’s 24-year-old wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) at 243 Industrial Ave.