DREAM mentoring program connects college students with local youth

DREAM aims to close the opportunity gap with mentoring programs and activities for youth living in affordable housing.

Citing mounting professional and family responsibilities, longtime Middlebury selectboard Chairman Brian Carpenter says he won’t run again in March.

The vending machine, located next to Bristol Police headquarters at 72 Munsill Ave., is stocked with Narcan and other emergency health products.

Otter Creek Child Center cut the ceremonial ribbon on its newly completed renovations that will allow it to ramp up staffing and add 77 childcare slots.

The numbers presented to the ACSD board on Monday were a very tentative, birds-eye view of Middlebury Union High School’s repair, maintenance and upgrade needs.

Area schools and nonprofits were working overtime this week to gather extra food for low-income families who faced suspension of their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits due to the federal government shutdown.

Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark has filed 32 lawsuits against the Trump administration since the president’s inauguration in January.

Nearly 30,000 Vermonters rely on $65 million worth of subsidies to access health insurance.

The state’s top accounting and human services officials warned a lengthy freeze in D.C. cash brought on by the federal shutdown could become crushing for the Green Mountain State.

North Branch School students and alumnae created a wooden sculpture honoring former student Makalu Bagnulo, who passed away from brain cancer earlier this year.

Juan De La Cruz will be allowed to remain in Panton for at least another six months, when another mandated ICE check-in will occur.

A Mexican national who has lived here for two decades and become a taxpayer will report to ICE on Tuesday for a check-in that could result in his deportation.

Addison County State’s Attorney reached a tentative agreement to end her 20-month legal battle that could see her criminal conviction wiped off her record.

State Rep. Matt Birong’s visit to Israel, paid for by the Israeli government, has drawn criticism from his constituents.

Vermont’s Green Mountain Care Board said administrators’ pay raises were too big, then approved a proposed fiscal year 2026 operating budget for Porter Medical Center.