Suicide hits Middlebury’s homeless community

Local advocates and outreach workers shared their thoughts on the current status of the houseless community and how it has reacted to the recent suicide of one of its own.

Hunger in Addison County is reaching historic proportions, according to Jeanne Montross, longtime leader of the Middlebury nonprofit known as Helping Overcome Poverty’s Effects, or HOPE.

Diana Herasim’s young life has surged like a comet, blazing a path from the rubble-strewn cities of war-torn Ukraine to the sprawling green farmland of a sedate Champlain Valley.

Local youth will have more opportunities to access free meals this summer, after several factors reduced the number of places kids could eat for free once school let out for summer vacation last year. 

District that serves Orwell students needed to pass spending plan before July 1 or else borrowing limit would be imposed.

At age 97, Joyce Egginton is finally able to relax after decades of writing on deadline for myriad newspapers and book publishers. On this sunny day in Middlebury, she generously welcomed a fellow scribe to her well-appointed apartment at the Residence at … (read more)

Parents and community members within the Mount Abraham Unified School District have in recent weeks taken to school board meetings to voice concerns and questions to district officials. 

Longtime lawyer Herb Olson spent a very memorable 15 years of his career (1987-2003) as a member of the Vermont Legislative Counsel, helping state lawmakers draft bills targeting healthcare, economic development, taxation and other weighty policy issues.

Local lawmakers on Monday listed a series of initiatives they believe will define the 2024 legislative session — including plans to address the state’s housing crisis and make Vermont better prepared to deal with major storm events — though they said it r … (read more)

Patrick Leahy was the third-longest-serving U.S. senator, cast more than 17,000 votes, and served under nine presidents. Some of that history will be explored next Wednesday, May 22, at a free conversation with the man himself at the Unitarian Universalis … (read more)

There is no question about one element of the 50-megawatt solar array that is proposed for land west of Route 22A in Panton. At 300 acres, mostly now farmland, it would be big — Vermont’s largest. 

After rejecting two budget proposals since Town Meeting Day in March, Addison Northwest School District residents on Tuesday approved proposed spending for the 2024-2025 school year, 1346 to 932 votes.

After rejecting two budget proposals, Vergennes-area residents on Tuesday will again make a decision on proposed school spending for the 2024-2025 school year.

Voters in the Mount Abraham Unified School District on Tuesday defeated a proposed $35.9 million spending plan by 57 votes.

Will Wallace-Gusakov has spent much of his life designing, building and restoring wooden structures in and outside of Vermont. Recently, the seasoned woodworker has found himself newly inspired after completing a once-in-a-lifetime project.