Video: All lit up

https://youtu.be/qzL9Z438AkI Buttolph Acres is all lit up for the holidays. Enjoy this tour through the Middlebury neighborhood. Want to show off *your* holiday display — and win some local currency ($50 in Middlebury Money, Bristol Bucks or Vergennes Green)? Send a photo of your decorations to [email protected] before December 20. #vtlightstheway

Video: Playing with fire in Middlebury

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7et6kqvBRI MIDDLEBURY — Town Hall Theater brought Cirque de Fuego, a Vermont-based fire cirucs, to Merchants Row for a fiery outdoor performance as part of the Bundle Up Artisan Market.

Video: How to phone bank

https://youtu.be/q-bOR0XCAZs Phone banking for the election is easier than you think! Bristol resident Sarah Stott walks us through the process in this video by Marin Howell.

Video: Preparing to install the new tunnel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSR7H7JNCYw&feature=youtu.be In our latest video from the Middlebury construction zone, we talk to project manager John Whitaker about the next big phase: the installation of the precast concrete tunnel pieces.

Video: How to get around downtown

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ7myBOeraY&feature=youtu.be The removal of Middlebury’s Main Street bridge this past Monday marked the beginning of a 10-week intense phase of the rail tunnel construction project. For those who love cranes and dump trucks … (read more)

Video: Bye-bye, Main Street bridge!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqDPUzJwspk On Monday, July 13, crews removed Middlebury’s Main Street bridge to make way for the construction of a new rail tunnel. The bridge removal marked the start of a 10-week intense period of construction in downtow … (read more)

Video: Giant crane kicks off Middlebury’s downtown construction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzZPOBM3dmo The Addison Independent is teaming up with Middlebury Community Television this summer to produce weekly video dispatches from the rail bridges project in downtown Middlebury. In the first one, we talk to projec … (read more)

Video: Doc Lyle Sol’s Medicine Show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5Ikcuw9-80 Something special happened in Middlebury last weekend. Folks in Buttolph Acres and at EastView were drawn out of their homes and into the streets by an old-fashioned traveling show. Created by Town Hall Theater’ … (read more)

Video: A clang and bang parade in Vergennes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CgPN-et3so Every evening at 7 p.m. since March 26 up to two-dozen residents have gathered in the Vergennes Union Elementary School parking lot to begin a nightly car parade through downtown, honking their horns and banging … (read more)

Stay home to save lives

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXw6q_6bT6o VERMONT — UVM Health Network produced this PSA featuring Dr. Tim Lahey. It urges people to stay home while the COVID-19 pandemic continues. This is a critical message UVM health network is hoping to share as we … (read more)

Ferrisburgh Central School Circus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UarX0M4fAK4&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR3XwUYKwkDxLZfcXOrSxA7omMIT1Zjkwxw8w6vV82a7mQl-kekCOKICRSg FERRISBURGH — Ferrisburgh Central School kicked off 2020 with a two-week residency with circus artist Troy Wunderle of Wunder … (read more)

Video: Working Cats

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ppbJCcKuaM MIDDLEBURY — Homeward Bound, Addison County’s Humane Society, has just launched a new program called Paws on the Job, which aims to match some of the shelter’s less adoptable cats with local businesses looking f … (read more)

Video: Loon rescue!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpZMyiNUQHw On Thanksgiving night, Vermont game warden Eugene Stearns responded to a call in Lincoln, where a loon was stranded in a field. The next morning game warden Dale Whitlock released the distinctive water foul into … (read more)

Video: Junebug’s Cozy Kids

https://youtu.be/DnZHC6b4Fhk MIDDLEBURY — For the past few years, the Middlebury resale shop Junebug has been donating children’s outerwear to local families who couldn’t otherwise afford it. Last year the program, called Cozy Kids, outfitted 120 children … (read more)

Video: Tricia’s Book Bike

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plU19WiCWys MIDDLEBURY — Each Thursday through the summer, Ilsley Public Library’s Children’s Librarian loads up her bike with books to give away and rides — in costume — to the free summer lunch at Middlebury’s rec park. E … (read more)

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