Middlebury eyes $29M in infrastructure work

Middlebury voters next year will be asked to support three separate bond votes totaling $28.7 million, with the biggest ask to come in the form of a $26 million referendum for a major overhaul of the town’s wastewater treatment plant.

From planting cover crops to transitioning toward no-till or reduced-till approaches, farmers throughout the state are implementing a variety of practices aimed at keeping phosphorus and other nutrients on their land and out of nearby waterways. 

Dustin Hunt always knew he wanted to work with children in the field of athletics. He got an opportunity to do just that during a 14-year stint with Middlebury Parks & Recreation Department (MPRD), five of those years as its superintendent.

Well off the beaten path, a small, non-traditional art gallery is opening in Ripton. Mountain Hounds Studio will present a selection of works from local and national artists, staged in a contemporary studio apartment.

BILL MCKIBBEN VERMONT — The grassroots climate justice organization 350Vermont is seeking to pressure utilities to sell energy using renewable sources while producing fewer or no greenhouse gasses. The organization will do this by ratcheting up pressure o … (read more)

After hearing from a Main Street property owner and a former city planning commission member, the Vergennes City Council has altered a proposed amendment to the Vergennes city plan to make it less restrictive and allow more new housing than the amendment … (read more)

On any given day, Addison County firefighters are asked to tap into a diverse set of skills when responding to fires and other emergencies. 

The Lincoln School District board has hired its first superintendent.

The Vermont Agency of Transportation, in partnership with the Addison County Regional Planning Commission, invites you to attend a series of community workshops on the future uses of the land around potential new and improved routes in northern Addison Co … (read more)

The Addison Central School District board on Monday, Nov. 27, is scheduled to consider the appointment of a new, permanent superintendent.

Vergennes is taking steps to find a new city clerk after Penny Austin recently informed City Manager Ron Redmond and the council she would step down after almost a year-and-a-half on the job.

Scott Bourne has landed his dream job, and he doesn’t want to wake up.

Two libraries in the 5-town area are looking to fill leadership positions in the coming months. 

Addison Central Teens in Middlebury has received $4,000 for general operating funds to support LGBTQ+ teens in Addison County. This work includes their flagship program, After School Drop In, among others.

Middlebury police and a Vermont State Police K9 unit early Tuesday morning, Nov. 21, located an 81-year-old man with Alzheimer’s disease who had wandered away from his Washington Street home during the evening of Monday, Nov. 20.