80th anniversary
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We’ve seen a lot of changes in my four decades at the Addy Indy
When I left the plains of Kansas and came to a new home in Middlebury 42 years ago, the sights and sounds of the news operation at the…
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Agriculture a key part of Addy Indy’s coverage through the decades
It’d be impossible to report on Addison County without reporting on agriculture, which in many ways has been the heartbeat of our rural community. Over the years the…
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Local paper connects young person to the community
Laurie Cox of Ripton happened to get a job at the local newspaper right out of college and changed her life. She moved on to other jobs, but…
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Some ‘signs’ of the times
MIDDLEBURY — They teach you a lot of things in journalism school after they give you your Associated Press Stylebook and Libel Manual. Among other things, they urge…
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Even the first Addy Indy featured a sports column
From athletic ponderings and a few game briefs published now and then, the Independent’s sports reporting has grown tremendously.
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Community news is serious business … most of the time
In the late fall of 1989, I walked into Addison Independent owner Angelo Lynn’s office for an interview for a soon-to-be vacant reporter’s job. My wife Mary and…
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Newspaper tapped high schooler’s emotions
In ruminating about the Addy Indy’s 80th, I decided to take a peek at what was covered in the paper during my years at Middlebury Union High School…
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Before the Independent, locals read The Middlebury Register
MIDDLEBURY — The “community” has long been a part of this country’s community newspapers. People have always wanted to hear about what’s going on in their neighborhood, their…
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Jane Spencer emphasized the ‘intelligence’ in advertising
When Jane Spencer joined the Addy Indy’s advertising team in 1980, the sales process looked pretty different than it does today. Advertising representatives would visit businesses each week…
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The archives shows how much has changed, and stayed the same
During the pandemic, when I was a college student, I occasionally wrote a column for the Addy Indy highlighting interesting stories from long-ago editions of the paper. Reading…
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Printing a paper was a lot of work back in the day
Ray Day is 93 years old and resides in Travelers Rest, S. C., but his association with the Addison Independent goes back more than six decades. The employee…