ACSD board to decide on Bridport, Shoreham school partnership

The ACSD board is scheduled to vote on a proposal to serve the K-5 populations of both Bridport and Shoreham at Bridport Central School, starting in the fall of 2026.

Bridport and Shoreham residents are being asked to weigh in on a potential plan to educate K-5 children in a single elementary school.

The Addison Central School District is putting together a working group to further develop a plan to combine the Bridport and Shoreham K-5 student populations to assure them single-grade classroom instruction, beginning in the 2026-2027 academic year.

Bridport’s and Shoreham’s elementary schools will both remain open for the next school year serving their own local children with multi-age classrooms.

A Bridport youth and Middlebury Union High School student pleaded not guilty on Wednesday in Addison Superior Court, criminal division, to second-degree murder, in connection with the shooting death of his father at their home at 748 Swinton Road, Bridpor … (read more)

State police on Monday charged Stephen Nuciolo Jr. with second-degree murder in the Jan. 24, 2024, killing of Stephen Nuciolo Sr. at their Bridport home.

For the first time, elementary schools in both Bridport and Shoreham are slated to offer all multi-grade classrooms beginning this fall. It’s a product of declining enrollment and an Addison Central School District policy stipulating a minimum of 10 stude … (read more)

Two New Jersey residents are dead following a single-vehicle crash on Monday, Dec. 23, on Route 22A in Bridport, near Carrs Lane.

For going on five decades, the approach of Thanksgiving means something different for Barb Wagner than it means for most people. During this period when many relax and enjoy some quiet time with family before they dive into the holiday shopping season, Wa … (read more)

Both the Bridport Grange and the Shoreham Congregational Church have buildings that need repair.

Jenny Urban has served the ACSD as a grades 1 and 2 classroom teacher, a paraeducator, an International Baccalaureate team leader, dean of students at Mary Hogan Elementary School, assistant principal of both Bridport and Shoreham elementary schools, and … (read more)

Here are the scheduled school bus pick-up and drop-off times for students in Cornwall, Salisbury, Bridport, Shoreham, Weybridge, Ripton and Middlebury, as well for students over the mountain.

CRAIG ZONDAG, THE Lemon Fair Insect Control District’s field coordinator/biologist, looks through a microscope at an example of one of the more that 25 varieties of mosquitos known to buzz around the member towns of Bridport, Cornwall and Weybridge. WEYBR … (read more)

The Addison Central School District Board on Tuesday endorsed the hiring of three new principals to lead the Bridport, Cornwall and Shoreham elementary schools.

A young woman from Bridport was among the Vermont delegation at the 2024 National 4-H Conference, which provided a platform for 4-H teens to engage in conversation with federal agencies on important issues that can impact their future from climate change … (read more)