Clippings: Hate running? Hop on a bike instead

As a collegiate swimmer, my body is not designed for exercise on dry land. Doing strenuous activity while supporting my own body weight? No thank you!  Bee Ecekls, an intern at the Addison Independent, got into cycling this summer. This past spring, after my swimming season had ended, I (very naively) attempted to add running to my post-season workout plan in hopes of taking a small break from the rigorous training schedule (which was becoming a bit tedious) that I had been subjected to all year. Feeling pr … (read more)

VUHS students have painted a Vermont landscape mural on St. Paul’s Episcopal Church.

Vermont Refrigerated Storage has added a new frozen storage in Shoreham that lets fruit growers and farmers store products at colder temperatures — 10 degrees Fahrenheit or below.

The Vergennes Champs Swim Team earned fourth place in Division I competition at the 2025 Vermont Swim Association’s state meet this past weekend, while the Middlebury Marlins Swim Team, despite its small number of competitors, found success and swam to an … (read more)

After a successful first night, the G. Stone Motors Demolition Derby kicked off its Wednesday program of rearing and gearing competition on the Tractor Pad of Addison County Fair and Field Days.

There’s a portable mini golf course at the Addison County Fair and Field Days this year. It’s a tee-rific time!

“There’s nothing more satisfying or gratifying than having people be like, ‘I feel so much better … I feel like I could do more, that I could stretch more, that I could live better.’”

The Vergennes Champs swim team finished third and Middlebury Marlins swimmers took fifth in the Champlain Valley Swim League Championship Meet, hosted at the Middlebury town pool.

“Whenever I go to Field Days, magical and amazing things seem to happen all day long,” Tom Joyce told the crowd.

For more than 25 years, the North American Steamboat Association (NASBA) has been gathering in Otter Creek for their annual steamboat meet-up in Vergennes, with River’s Edge in Ferrisburgh as their elected homebase.

Local schools are wary of how the Trump Administration’s decision to withhold anticipated federal funding from Vermont school districts could affect the services those learning communities provide.

The Middlebury Marlins Swim Team topped visiting Winooski, 311-113, on Thursday, July 10, in the team’s fourth meet of the Champlain Valley Swim League season.

The Middlebury Marlins Swim Team on July 8 fell to defending league and state champion Burlington Tennis Club, 383-106, in the team’s third meet of the Champlain Valley Swim League season.

“Rushed.” That’s the word several Addison County residents have used to describe the sweeping changes to Vermont’s education system signed into law by Gov. Phil Scott on Tuesday.

The Middlebury Marlins Swim Team on July 1 topped visiting Essex, 333-121, in the team’s second meet of the Champlain Valley Swim League season.