Town Meeting 2025 Results

Here’s what happened at each of the town meetings in Addison County and Brandon.

When and Where is Your 2025 Town Meeting

Find out the date, time and place of your town meeting in Addison County and Brandon.

A dozen run for spots on Bristol library board

Without a doubt, the most crowded races on Bristol’s Town Meeting Day ballot this year will be those for seats on the Lawrence Memorial Library Board of Trustees.

New Haven business park on the rise off Route 7

Work is well underway in New Haven on the first building located at what could one day be the site of a business park featuring a variety of different ventures.

Salisbury teacher gets national science award

Amy Clapp — whose science contributions to Salisbury Community School have been the stuff of legend during the past quarter-century — was recently named a winner of a Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, the nation’s high … (read more)

Legislation eyes cardiac emergency plans

When it comes to responding to a cardiac arrest, Bristol resident Payton Jones knows firsthand how having the right people and resources nearby can mean the difference between life and death.

Scott administration unveils big education reform plan

State officials unveiled the broad strokes of Gov. Phil Scott’s education proposal that includes sweeping changes like consolidating Vermont’s 52 school districts to just 5 and a new funding formula.

UPDATED: One man dies in Bristol house fire

Crews from seven local fire departments helped extinguish a house fire on Bristol’s East Street on Wednesday evening. Route 116 was shut down while firefighters battled the blaze.

Midd police look into possible shots fired on Saturday

Local authorities stopped a vehicle with six juveniles and an adult driving a vehicle that apparently was involved in a Saturday shooting incident behind Hannaford Supermarket.

Lawmakers return to work in Montpelier

Is this the year Vermont finally scraps its complex education funding system and creates a model that doesn’t result in double-digit property tax increases? Will the Legislature create more pressure to close rural schools? What does the future hold for th … (read more)

UVMHN expands in NY while making cuts in Vt.

The cuts — which drew a swift and furious outcry — included closing an inpatient psychiatric unit at Central Vermont Medical Center, ending kidney transplants at the University of Vermont Medical Center, and shuttering a primary care clinic in Waitsfield. … (read more)

Taxpayers could pay more for Ilsley update

Barring a surge in private donations and/or winning additional grants, Middlebury taxpayers could be asked to absorb a greater chunk of the $17 million Ilsley Library expansion-and-renovation project than was originally anticipated, according to town offi … (read more)

Trump’s deportation plans spark fear for Vt. farms, local workers

“I, and many in my community, feel a lot of fear around the new president that’s been elected,” said Cristian, who came to the United States from Mexico. “Lots of people in the community are thinking about ways to isolate themselves, and some people are a … (read more)

Local trans community and allies rally against book ban

Individually and in small groups they filed into the Middlebury Union High School Library on Monday evening, preparing to bare their souls to an Addison Central School District board that could, in the near future, field a request by two Middlebury parent … (read more)

Parents complain about gender curriculum in kindergarten

Two Mary Hogan Elementary School parents are challenging gender-related books that are being used to educate kindergarten students at the Middlebury school.

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