Birong won’t seek reelection in Addison-3

Birong, who chairs the House Committee on Government Operations & Military Affairs, said during a recent phone interview that he’s found service in the Legislature rewarding, but is now — at age 48 — planning the next phase of his professional and public service life.

Millions of us are chocoholics, and more than 150 of them turned up on Sunday for the inaugural Vermont Chocolate Festival.

The Addison County Independent took top honors at the New England Newspaper Press Association’s Better Newspaper Competition this past weekend.

The 69-year-old is held without bail; a lengthy Vergennes Police investigation looked into allegations that he’d pressured multiple women into sex in exchange for drugs.

The Ferrisburgh selectboard unanimously elected Christopher Campbell to lead the body during a regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday night.

The issues a recommendation committee has been tasked with thinking through are longstanding, and Fire Chief David DiBiase said they’ve been put off for as long as possible.

Members of the Beeman Elementary School community are planning learning experiences to help students at the New Haven school further their understanding of what it means to be inclusive, empathetic and respectful of differences.

Cristian Humberto Jerez Andrade, 31, has been held since the March 11 raid on a home that triggered an hours-long confrontation, street shutdown and forced entry by federal agents.

Sen. Peter Welch is now behind the measure, along with loggers and wildfire preventionists.

The Monkton selectboard will look to fill a vacancy next week after former Chair Jessica Demeritt resigned from the board.

School Board Chair Jeanne Albert said the goal is for the search committee to identify finalists by early next month.

The Vergennes whiskey bottler and blender has grown tremendously since launching in 2020.

“We need to say, loud and clear, that many millions of us in this country are appalled by the lawless wars and violence on our streets, and deeply alarmed by this administration’s abandonment of the Constitution, the Rule of Law, and moral principles of h … (read more)

Otter Creek Audubon and the Salisbury Conservation Commission will patrol an amphibian crossing site in Salisbury again this year.

The Shoreham Historical Society will present a lecture by J. Kevin Graffagnino entitled: Ira Allen and the Green Mountain Frontier.