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.

Police and local human services officials told five campers they have to leave the spot behind Ilsley Library because of safety, emergency access and winter maintenance issues.

Addison County is not only failing to make progress in its fight against climate change, but new data also show it is losing the battle.

The town on Nov. 22 purchased 450 acres of forestland from the A. Johnson Company, conserving the land with the Vermont Land Trust and establishing the Monkton Town Forest. 

A Middlebury nonprofit is once again offering college students a home away from home for the holidays. 

The Starksboro Cooperative Preschool has served children in and around town for five decades. Locals are working hard to ensure the organization is well-equipped to continue doing so for many years to come. 

A panel charged with recommending ways of strengthening Vermont’s public education system — as well as making it more affordable — convened in Middlebury on Monday as part of a statewide listening tour.

Ripton residents are joining forces to reimagine how public education might be delivered in their small town, in light of declining enrollment that’s placed the future of their local school in jeopardy.

Thanks to one major new grant, plus a smaller grant and a number of donations, the Bixby Free Memorial Library can see a series of energy-efficiency improvements and a more efficient gas boiler on the horizon. 

John Graham Housing & Services has embarked on a campaign to raise $75,000 to help the many unhoused families and individuals the nonprofit serves at its shelter, transitional apartments and programs aimed at lifting people out of poverty.

All signs point to Middlebury residents voting on a proposed $49.5 million makeover of their town’s wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) this coming March. It’s an outlay that would improve the plant’s ability to process biosolids (sludge), as well as pay fo … (read more)

The town of Middlebury will pay a Connecticut company almost $90,000 to move Ilsley Library’s 50,000-book collection to two separate storage locations, where they will stay — but remain accessible — during the upcoming, 17-month makeover of the historic I … (read more)

The annual Middlebury Messiah Sing, a community tradition since 1984, hosted by the Congregational Church of Middlebury at 2 Main St., will take place at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 22.

Town officials want to identify more options for repairing Bristol’s Briggs Hill Road, which was badly damaged by heavy storms over the past two summers and continues to deteriorate.  

Winter bird feeding is a great way to observe and learn about our year-round bird residents such as black capped chickadees, nuthatches and blue jays. It’s also a great time to learn about winter visitors such as evening and pine grosbeaks.