Brian Carpenter


  • Carpenter won’t seek reelection to Middlebury selectboard

    Carpenter won’t seek reelection to Middlebury selectboard

    Citing mounting professional and family responsibilities, longtime Middlebury selectboard Chairman Brian Carpenter says he won’t run again in March.

  • Local farm equipment dealer grows into N.Y. state

    Local farm equipment dealer grows into N.Y. state

    On the cusp of 63 years old, Champlain Valley Equipment President Brian Carpenter thought he’d be easing into a more measured work schedule in tandem with his role…

  • Letter to the editor: Heffernan could bring new ideas to senate

    I am not enamored with a legislative body that passes goals into law which unnecessarily increases the cost of living for our working families and provides private right…

  • Community Forum: Support Ilsley Library bond

    Community Forum: Support Ilsley Library bond

    Ilsley Public Library is one of the most used facilities in our community. I’m asking Middlebury townspeople to vote yes on the May 7 Library bond.

  • Community forum: Making Middlebury affordable

    Community forum: Making Middlebury affordable

    To say that we are living in unpredictable and challenging times is an understatement. However, as chair of your Middlebury selectboard, I am pleased to report that our…

  • Community forum: What’s next for Middlebury?

    Community forum: What’s next for Middlebury?

    We recently marked the end of our community’s largest infrastructure project and the single biggest change of character to our downtown since the town burned in 1891.

  • Farm equipment dealer marks 50 years

    Farm equipment dealer marks 50 years

    MIDDLEBURY — Thirty years ago, the Carpenter family wasn’t sure if their business, Champlain Valley Equipment, would survive. World and national events, and a major recession, were creating…

  • COVID guide: Entering a new era in Middlebury with hope

    Six months have passed since Governor Scott declared a State of Emergency. Our community responded and has driven back COVID-19, to date experiencing the country’s lowest incidence even…

  • Opinion: Cooperative group talks COVID-19

    Opinion: Cooperative group talks COVID-19

    This community forum is a joint effort of Brian Carpenter, chair of the Middlebury selectboard; Peter Burrows, superintendent of the Addison Central School District, and Laurie Patton, president…

  • Midd officials condemn racist incident at meeting

    Editor’s note: This message came from Brian R. Carpenter, chair of the Middlebury selectboard. In the early moments of the Middlebury selectboard’s July 28 meeting, which was being…

  • Middlebury selectboard releases statement on graffiti

    The Middlebury Selectboard released this statement yesterday evening in response to the graffiti found in Marble Works: The SelectBoard of the Town of Middlebury strongly condemns the heinous…

  • College, hospital and town leaders speak to the community

    Leaders from the Town of Middlebury, Porter Medical Center and Middlebury College addressed this letter to the community on Thursday. —————— Dear Members of the Middlebury Community, We…

  • Letter to the editor: Middlebury board chair urges support for bond asks

    Over the last several years, Middlebury town officials and the selectboard have identified, scoped and developed plans for three much-needed infrastructure projects, which are presented as bond votes…

  • Carpenter to seek three more years on Middlebury selectboard

    Carpenter to seek three more years on Middlebury selectboard

    MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury selectboard Chairman Brian Carpenter will run for a third consecutive term this March, saying he’d like another three years to whittle away at a municipal…

  • Two Middlebury selectboard seats are in play

    Two Middlebury selectboard seats are in play

    MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury selectboard Chairman Brian Carpenter will run for a third consecutive term this March, saying he’d like another three years to whittle away at a municipal…