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. “It’s very tailored, it’s very specific, it’s very local, and it’s been very effective,” said Junebug’s Maria Graham. This year they’re anticipating even more requests from local families — and they’re seeking donations and volunteers. Read more in John F … (read more)

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)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z795IhIbFcU&t=12s Over the last decade, Vermont has lost many of its small country stores. The Addison Independent visited some that remain to find out what makes them special — and how they are evolving. Read more in our a … (read more)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcAomq0BzXs If you’ve walked around downtown Middlebury at dusk this winter, you’ve seen them: thousands of crows streaming across the sky, gathering in trees, raucously caw-cawing. What are they doing? How many are there? … (read more)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrhFDWvKUKE At Quarry Hill School in Middlebury, November is all about Stone Soup. Three- and 4-year-olds spend the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving immersing themselves in the classic tale — and preparing for a feast. They … (read more)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj8n6-RIC-g Every October for the last two decades, Jim Apgar has carved a giant pumpkin, hoisted it onto the roof of his truck, strapped it down with rope and netting, rigged it up with lights, and driven the whole thing a … (read more)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=JvEczRSZHEM Amy Oxford invented an ergonomic rug-hooking needle in 1995. Since then, she’s been running her business and teaching rug hooking from an old farmhouse in Cornwall, Vermont. But recently, busines … (read more)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZnJwfhJEFA Carol’s Hungry Mind closed for good on August 8, 2018. The coffee shop on Middlebury’s Merchant’s Row has served as a bustling gathering place for more than 13 years. We stopped in to chat with owner John Melans … (read more)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=8_TRYwhL_Uk Janelle Higdon makes brooms on a 19th-century Shaker vice — in a garage out behind a Middlebury law office. An Addison Independent video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siiAe95iHTo A group of women who support a proposal to ban single-use plastic bags for retail transactions in Middlebury, Vt., are putting their hands — and sewing machines — to work for the cause.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=0db83uHO1W4 MIDDLEBURY — Fifth- and sixth-graders from Ripton, Salisbury, Cornwall and Shoreham will take to the Town Hall Theater stage Thursday night to perform Shakespeare’s Henry IV — battling with broad … (read more)

This is part two in a three-part video series highlighting my late-January interview with the human-like robot Bina48. Commissioned by futurist and serial entrepreneur Martine Rothblatt, Bina48 is an android physically designed and programmed based on the … (read more)

Commissioned by futurist and serial entrepreneur Martine Rothblatt, Bina48 is an android physically designed and programmed based on the appearance and personality of Rothblatt’s spouse, Bina Rothblatt (See related story). The first time I visited Bina48 … (read more)

LINCOLN — In the hills of Lincoln exists a robot with a face that moves, eyes that see, ears that hear and a digital mind that enables conversation. Her name is Bina48. The unassuming android with a brown wig and pearls has been gaining notoriety since he … (read more)

What’s it like to interview a robot? I recently got the chance to talk with Bina48, often touted as the world’s most advanced android, or human-like robot. Bina48 currently resides in Lincoln under the care of the Terasem Movement Foundation — a nonprofit … (read more)