Photos of the week: May 21, 2026

This year Mother’s Day and Goose’s Day coincided in Lincoln. Mama Goose made it special when she took her new family out for their first foray into the pond world. Photo by Dave Cockrell. Summer Tanager by Matthew Dickerson Independent photo/John S. McCright A bittern fishes in open water, making no effort to be elusive, in Lincoln at Beaver Pond on Downingsville Road. Bitterns are known to hide in rushes by sticking their necks straight up to look like a stick. Photo by Dale Cockrell Great blue … (read more)

A huge crowd — many with homemade signs critical of our current federal government — came to the third No Kings Day rally on the Middlebury town green on Saturday. One attendee noted that it was a great turnout with citizens young and old singing together … (read more)

Vermont Chocolate Festival organizer Hanna Loeffler (middle) takes a breather during the Sunday event at Town Hall Theater. Independent photos/Steve James  

MiddNight MagicFIGURE SKATERS FROM near and far took to the ice at Chip Kenyon Arena this past Saturday and Sunday for the 2026 Ice Show, presented by Middlebury College and the Middlebury Figure Skating Club as part of the college’s annual Winter Carniva … (read more)

Progressing nicelyVERGENNES OPERA HOUSE stakeholders on Feb. 12 proudly led Preservation Trust of Vermont members on a tour of the 129-year-old performance hall, which is undergoing substantial renovations that are expected to wrap up next month. Here, vi … (read more)

The Marquis Theatre in Middlebury was transported back 250 years on Sunday as Revolutionary War reenactors filled the movie house in a drive to recruit members for Col. Seth Warner’s Regiment. The lobby bristled with muskets brandished by soldiers in tric … (read more)