DREAM mentoring program connects college students with local youth

DREAM aims to close the opportunity gap with mentoring programs and activities for youth living in affordable housing.

The shop provides free holiday gifts and ensures there are presents under the tree for Addison County families.

Selectboard members at their Tuesday meeting were gobsmacked to learn that the draft budget would require a substantial increase in the municipal property tax rate.

The Addison Central School District board on Monday received an initial draft of a fiscal year 2027 PreK-12 budget of $52.9 million that reflects a 4.9% increase in overall spending and an estimated 3.7% increase in education taxes.

District officials say they’re doing their best to keep costs down for FY27.

The head of the Vermont Democratic Party is calling on Addison County State’s Attorney Eva Vekos to resign.

ACSD Superintendent Wendy Baker says the school board’s decision to merge the two elementary schools is final.

A big grant and a property transfer moves forward the effort to develop 74 units of workforce housing on a 14.4-acre parcel off North Main Street.

The foundation is teaming up with Vermont State University to launch the Institute for Place-Based Education.

The political organizing group is working on expanding its ranks, outreach and impact.

Come to the East Monkton Church at 405 Church Road for a Welcome Winter celebration on Sunday, Dec. 14, at 2 p.m.

Addison County residents showed their generosity, yet again, to those struggling with poverty and contending with natural disasters.

The Vermont Department of Mental Health is offering free Problem Gambling Essentials Training for mental health and substance use treatment providers. 

A winter gear swap fundraiser will be held in the multipurpose room at the Lincoln Community School (LCS) on Sunday, Dec. 14.

A newly formed nonprofit dedicated to supporting and sustaining Vermont journalism has elected its first board of directors.