BETHANIE FARRELL WAS on pace to give out 1,000 free meals to hungry Addison County folks by the
end of January 2021. Her charitable effort is called the Giving Fridge, which sells donated plants, flowers,
honey and other items to raise money for meals that are prepared by local restaurants, using a lot of local
ingredients.
Independent file photo/John Flowers
RIPTON RESIDENT ANZA Armstrong and scores of other Ripton residents were asked if their town should withdraw from the Addison Central School District. The referendum passed, 163-107.
Independent file photo/Steve James
POND HOCKEY PLAYERS enjoy the ice at Vermont Trade Winds Farm in Shoreham in February. Independent photo/Steve James
LIKE MANY RESTAURANTS operating in the COVID-19 pandemic, Cubbers in Bristol has limited its services to takeout, which requires fewer staff and staff hours. Still, with the help of federal and state relief grants, the cherished downtown eatery — like many in Addison County — has been able to cut fewer employees than it otherwise would have.
Photo courtesy of Cubbers
THE FIRST BABY born in Addison County in 2021.
EMILIA GRIGGS AND her dad, Chris, show off the fish she caught at the Lake Dunmore ice fishing derby in February. Independent photo/Steve James
MIDDLEBURY SENIOR GUARD Karic Riche lunges to win back the ball in the Tigers’ zone from Mount Abe’s Koby LaRose. The visiting Eagles won Tuesday’s game, 58-44.
Independent file photo/Steve James
VOTERS CAST THEIR ballots on Town Meeting Day in Bristol. Independent photo/John Flowers
SOME WARM AND fuzzy lambs at Rolling Bale Farm in Shoreham show off their personalities for a visitor this past Friday. The farm isn’t open to the general public, but Emitt Haigh, son of the farm owners, was allowed to cuddle a days-old lamb he called “Panda.”
Independent photos/Steve James
NATIONAL GUARDSWOMAN MARIANNE Powell prepared doses of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine at a special clinic for Vermont educators. Health officials brought enough vaccine to inoculate 400 Addison Central School District educators.
Independent file photo/Megan James
THE MUHS VARSITY dance team competes.
Independent photo/Steve James
ON TUESDAY A couple dozen neighbors came to the site of the tornado off Painter Road in Middlebury and helped homeowners clean up their property and recover what could be salvaged.
Independent file photo/Megan James
IN APRIL, FOLKS demonstrated along Route 7 in Middlebury in support of teachers.
BRISTOL’S CATHERINE WILSON baked hundreds of loaves of bread and gave them away from her front lawn.
SEN. BERNIE SANDERS paid a visit to the Addison County Parent/Child Center in May.
Independent photo/Steve James
A MOUNT ABE long jumper takes a leap in May.
Independent photo/Steve James
ADDISON COUNTY RIVER Watch Collaborative volunteer Marie Theberge takes a water sample at a site in the Barnes Brook watershed just off Buttolph Drive in Middlebury on May 4. The citizen science group opened its water sampling season this year by experimenting with various low-cost testing tools.
Independent file photo/William Haig
PRE-KINDERGARTEN AGE children practice the ball-handling and defending skills they have learned in the Addison United children’s soccer program in Middlebury during a workout on the field behind the old St. Mary’s School this past Thursday.
Independent file photo/Steve James
ORLINNE MACENO OBSERVES the chalk mural that she and other members of the Middlebury Union High School Art Club installed on Thursday at the Bristol Works complex.
File photo by Joe Schine
A BIG STORM in May took down some big trees, causing widespread power outages throughout the Middlebury area.
Independent photo/Steve James
WE GOT TO know the new Miss Vermont, Whiting firefighter Danielle Morse.
Independent photo/Christopher Ross
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS celebrated their graduation from VUHS in June.
ONE-HUNDRED-NINE-YEAR-OLD Bill James at his Bristol home shows off a family photo taken when he was 17. James, who celebrated his 110th birthday in July, died in October.
Independent file photo/John Vaaler
ONE OF MORE than 1,800 patrons at the Viva El Sabor Fiesta at the Marble Works complex in Middlebury enjoyed authentic Central American cuisine created by a collective of women from that region.
Independent file photo/William Haig
ETHAN GOLDSMITH PULLS an “outhouse” and Emma Crum pushes during a heat of the Great Bristol Outhouse Race on Elm Street on July 4. Avery Eason, 10, of Bristol is the required rider in this heat, but she was replaced by Emma’s sister Charlotte in the final, which Team Crum (and Goldsmith) won vs. a team led by two-time champion Cam Perta.
Independent file photo/William Haig
FIREWORKS EXPLODED OVER the church steeple in Brandon on the Fourth of July.
A VANGUARD OF runners glide along a mowed trail near the Blueberry Hill Outdoor Center during the 5K Goshen Gallop trail race, which drew around 150 runners.
Photo by Josh Hummel
MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE GRAD Farid Noori cycled up and down the Appalachian Gap 21 times in July to raise money for a girls’ school in Afghanistan. Independent photo/Steve James
NICE WEATHER AND huge crowds greeted the return of the Festival on the Green to Middlebury after it missed a year due to the coronavirus pandemic. On Monday, Kenyan musical artist KeruBo and her band wowed the crowd with a fun mix of Afro-jazz, blues, gospel and traditional African music.
Independent file photo/Steve James
BILL BOWERS CONDUCTS the Bristol Band on a lovely Wednesday evening. This past summer marked the 150th year the band has played on the town green.
Photo by Sandy Rooney
AFTER A ONE-YEAR COVID hiatus, Addison County Fair and Field Days came roaring back with lots of animals, farm implements, fried food, fun rides and, of course, good friends and neighbors. Shown here is Karissa Livingston, 17, of Rail View Farm in New Haven, leading her red-and-white Holstein, Tipperary, out of the ring after winning a first for summer yearlings.
Independent file photo/Steve James
WORKMEN REMOVE PART of the steeple of the historic Union Meeting Hall in Ferrisburgh to restore some of the woodwork of the 181-year-old building. The restoration work is expected to be completed by Sept. 1.
Independent file photo/Steve James
FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD KASSIDY BROWN races her horse, Jet, through a pattern called the “Cloverleaf Barrels” in the gymkhana competition at Addison County Fair and Field Days.
Photo by Adam Mahady
A BOY CHASED after the bubbles coming out of a pirate ship on wheels at Addison County Fair & Field Days in August. Independent photo/Steve James
TWO VERY SMALL children watch a very large (to them) Morgan horse stroll past them at the University of Vermont Morgan Horse Farm in Weybridge.
Independent file photo/Steve James
THE PASSENGER RAIL platform under construction in Middlebury was humming with activity as workers from a veritable alphabet of construction and support companies — VHB Engineering, GPI/Greenman-Pederson, DE Collins and CSE Inc., among them — hurry to complete the project while the nice fall weather holds.
Independent file photo/Steve James
LIZ CLEVELAND ROCKED out at the Almendros outdoor show in the Marble Works in September.
Independent photo/Steve James
GEMAAR O’CONNOR, A Jamaican native who is a permanent resident of Salisbury, picks apples at Happy Valley Orchards in Middlebury.
Independent file photo/Steve James
THE VUHS SENIOR Walkathon went about halfway to Middlebury through Waltham and New Haven on Monday. Plans called for the walkathon to end in Middlebury, but, given rain and cold, organizers cut it short.
Independent file photo/Steve James
VICTOR AND BETTY NUOVO wearing complementary outfits and holding hands are a common sight, including this shot of a Main Street stroll.
Independent file photo/Florence Wu
ROBINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL first-grader Elijah Purinton poses with VTrans snowplow drivers Steve Schropp (left) and Nick Hamel, and Calvin Peck in a giant chicken outfit. Elijah suggested “Snowy Chicken,” the winning moniker in a state name-the-snowplow contest.
Photo by Myriah Cogswell
AS PART OF a school project that lasted five days, these third-graders stack flat stones in front of Ferrisburgh Central School Friday to get experience building a dry stone wall.
Independent file photo/Steve James
A CHILD TAKES her turn having a socially distant visit with Santa and Mrs. Claus in the new park in downtown Middlebury. The Christmas couple sat at a safe distance while they met with youngsters during the kickoff to the Better Middlebury Partnership’s Very Merry Middlebury celebration.
Photo by Jason Duquette-Hoffman
SARAH PARK OF Monkton rests with her baby, Adrian, who was born two months premature via emergency C-section after Park and her husband, Stephen, were involved in a traffic crash in Tennessee.
