MiddPride festival returns this Saturday

When the Middlebury Pride Festival began two years ago, it was just a little parade but it had a big impact. The 2022 event, organized by the Middlebury Teen Center and Ilsley Public Library, drew fewer than 100 people, but the teens involved were buoyed by the small but mighty crowd, according to Teen Center Executive Director Lindsey Fuentes-George.

See the four major party candidates for the two State Senate seats representing Addison County at a Candidates Forum in Bristol on Oct.10.

A new school year is well underway and learning communities across the nation and in Vermont are cracking down on students’ use of cellphones during school hours.

UWAC late last month launched a 2024 campaign to raise $750,000 for charitable causes in our area. That’s $50,000 more than last year’s fund drive, which ended up netting an impressive $859,941. So officials are pleased to be able to boost this year’s goa … (read more)

These days it can feel like there’s an app for everything — listening to music, ordering food to your doorstep, and even managing herds of cattle.

Turning Point Center of Addison County is closing in on a deal to buy a two-story building at 79 Court St. to serve as the nonprofit’s new hub for substance-use disorder programming.

When Bristol residents head to the polls to vote in the General Election this November they’ll also be asked whether to bond for up to $3.95 million to help finance the next leg of a multi-phase water line replacement effort in town.

When you get a Vermont General Election ballot in the mail, don’t throw it away, even if you plan on voting in person on Nov. 5.

The time for the dedication of Megan’s Meadow this Sunday, Oct. 6, has been changed from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., as the Middlebury Maple Run start and finish is located in the same area that morning.

Bristol and Salisbury are among 14 Vermont communities whose public libraries will share $15.9 million in federal funding for much-needed capital projects.

 The Patrick Leahy Lake Champlain Basin Program (LCBP) seeks pre-proposals for projects and programs to protect, restore, interpret, and showcase the historical resources and cultural heritage of the Champlain Valley and the Lake Champlain Basin.

Hunters have taken to the woods for Vermont’s Oct. 1-Nov. 15 and Dec. 2-15 archery deer hunting season.

Middlebury College, the Marble Works Business District and the Addison Independent recently took a step into a more sustainable future with the installation of the region’s first off-grid solar electric vehicle charging stations. Solaflect Energy, based i … (read more)

The Addison Community Athletics Foundation and Middlebury Indoor Tennis have been named 2024 Organization of the Year by the U.S. Tennis Association of New England. The award recognizes the quality and diversity of youth programs at the nonprofit facility … (read more)

Vermont Coverts: Woodlands for Wildlife gave the David Clarkson and James Engle awards to Tracy Winn of Granville and Andrea Shortsleeve, Habitat Biologist with the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife, at its 2024 annual meeting on Sept. 14.