Proposed milk bill would help dairy farmers

U.S. Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, and U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) this week celebrated the U.S. House’s passage of their bipartisan, bicameral Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, legislation to support America’s students and dairy farmers.

Ripton Fire and Rescue recently received a grant from Neat Repeats to purchase a new Automated External Defibrillator.

Vergennes was the only winner as the local high school boys’ basketball season got underway. Mount Abraham opened with a pair of setbacks, and Middlebury lost in overtime on the road. 

The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets is accepting applications for Trade Show Assistance Grants, which would provide Vermont agricultural and forestry businesses with funds to exhibit and sell their Vermont products at trade shows targeting o … (read more)

Early bird registration is open for the Northeast Dairy Innovation Summit, which will take place March 10-11 in Albany, N.Y.

Four new members recently were elected to the Middlebury Area Land Trust Board of Directors.

This coming year, the nearly 31,000 students and families who save for education and training through VT529 will collectively save an estimated $1.5 million in fees.

The gift will support rooftop solar at the police station and highway garage, moving solar panels to Conant Square Park & Ride and solar-powered displays around town.

UVM Extension is working with forest landowners, maple producers and entrepreneurs to assess the economic and environmental benefits of sap enterprises.

You are invited to a Puzzlepalooza at the Russell Memorial Library on Thursday, Dec. 18, where teams will attempt to complete the same 500-piece puzzle first.

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.