How much is higher education fighting climate change?

MIDDLEBURY — Alex Barron, associate professor of Environmental Science and Policy from Smith College, will speak at Middlebury College on Tuesday about what colleges and universities can do, and are doing, about climate change. The talk titled, “Beyond Buzz Words: Higher Ed Climate Action Lessons,” will take place Tuesday, March 17, 7 p.m., at Franklin Environmental Center at Hillcrest, Room 103. Barron will talk about his research, which focuses on the design of climate policies to reduce greenhouse gas po … (read more)

BRISTOL — The organization Bristol Area Indivisible is organizing a roundtrip bus to Montpelier from Bristol on Saturday, March 28, for the third big No Kings Day Rally. The chartered a bus will leave from 74 Munsill Ave. (BristolWorks) at 9:30 a.m. sharp … (read more)

Addison County residents will have several opportunities this month to help shape Vermont’s future of land conservation, outdoor recreation, working landscapes, and community resilience. A series of public Listening Sessions to be held around the county w … (read more)

LINCOLN — The Lincoln Library and the Lincoln Conservation Commission continue their Vermont Reads Speaker Series on Thursday, March 12, with host Zapata Courage, wetlands scientist with the state of Vermont Wetlands Program. The presentation, titled “How … (read more)

MONKTON — Join hosts Monkton Museum and Historical Society for toe-tapping fun next Monday, March 16, at 7 p.m. with Blarney Pilgrims, back for a repeat performance after last year’s success, with little ones dancing in the aisles! We aren’t guaranteed th … (read more)

VERMONT — Nonprofit organizations across Vermont can now apply for funding through the Vermont Community Foundation’s Nonprofit Development and Support competitive grant program. This grant program supports projects that strengthen organizational effectiv … (read more)

A week after Alex Pretti was killed, I joined a dear friend in Minneapolis to offer support as they continued living day-to-day in a besieged city. We also went as witnesses and to carry back home to Vermont what could be scenes from our near future. If I … (read more)

School gyms and town halls were busy these past few days hosting annual town meetings. Read our town-by-town coverage.

Pulitzer Prize winner Beverly Gage will the lecture “This Land is Your Land: Grappling with the American Past on the 250th Anniversary of the Nation’s Founding” at Middlebury College.

Voters in Bristol and Vergennes have agreed to establish a local option tax in their respective communities. They join Middlebury as the second and third Addison County communities to approve one.

Residents of Addison County’s largest and smallest school districts approved their fiscal year 2027 public education budgets on Tuesday. But two school budgets on the southern end of the country did not pass.

American Flatbread owner Danielle Boyce and incumbent Dan Brown won three-year terms in a three-person race for two seats on the Middlebury selectboard on Tuesday.

Middlebury residents at their annual meeting decided a contested race for their selectboard and passed all money items on the warning — including a fiscal year 2027 municipal budget of $16 million that represents a 9.96% increase compared to the current s … (read more)

Addison County voters turned out at the polls on Tuesday to resoundingly endorse a Career Center budget request of $6,271,915, though residents of one of the towns served by the school didn’t get to vote on the spending plan.

The “Flip the Switch” campaign seeks to raise $70,000 for stadium lighting and an upgraded sound system, which could be installed at the Bristol school this spring.