By the Way: Dec. 4, 2025

New Haven residents are invited to vote on action ideas to prioritize for their town’s future during a community event next week.

By the Way: Nov. 26, 2025

The folks at Helping Overcome Poverty’s Effects, also known as HOPE, want to remind folks they can do some of their holiday shopping locally — for a good cause and at bargain rates.

By the Way: Nov. 20, 2025

MovieMaker Magazine just named the Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival one of the “25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World.”

By the Way: Nov. 12, 2025

The Charter House Emergency Shelter’s annual report illustrates the strain that recent federal policies and the tight housing market are having on low-income folks.

By the Way: Nov. 6, 2025

The Marion’s Place retail store at Helping Overcome Poverty’s Effects in Middlebury is unable to accept donated goods this week due to staffing shortages.

By the Way: Oct. 30, 2025

Daylight Savings Time ends early on Nov. 2. Plus, a reminder that WIC is still available despite the government shutdown.

By the Way: Oct. 23, 2025

The Middlebury Rotary Club will be hosting its second annual 2 Mile Walk for Polio on Saturday, Oct. 25 at 11 a.m.

By the Way: Oct. 16, 2025

Firefighters in the towns of Bristol, Lincoln, Monkton, New Haven and Starksboro will be at their firehouses from 9 a.m. to noon on Sat., Oct. 18, to receive donations of non-perishable food items for the Have a Heart Food Shelf.

By the Way: Oct. 9, 2025

Vermont Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas will be meeting with folks in New Haven on Oct. 14 to discuss her office’s first ever Civic Health Index.

By the Way: Oct. 2, 2025

Just back from a performance at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Middlebury’s Mark Saltveit will take the stage locally this Friday to present the one-man show that he did in Scotland.

By the Way: Sept. 18, 2025

Weybridge residents are invited to a Monday, Sept. 22 meeting at which they’ll be asked to weigh in on the future of the community’s old town hall and adjacent Cotton Free Library.

By the Way: Sept. 11, 2025

The town of Middlebury will host one of 11 new electric vehicle charging stations that will be made possible through a $15.8 million federal grant, passed under President Biden but initially delayed by the Trump administration, but recently received by th … (read more)

By the Way: Sept. 4, 2025

Homeward Bound will host its annual “Woofstock: Walk for the Animals” fundraiser this Saturday, Sept. 6, from 10 a.m. to noon. It’s not physically demanding; just a slow, 1-mile stroll down the sidewalk of Route 7, looping through Buttolph Acres, and endi … (read more)

By the way for Aug. 28

Addison County’s jobless rate jumped slightly to 2.4% in July. Bear hunting season starts in December. The Vermont Department of Health has issued an advisory in wake of a recent spike in rabies cases.

By the Way for Aug. 21

The town of Starksboro is seeking community members interested in helping write grants for the Jerusalem Schoolhouse & Fire Station #2 Project. Grant funding could have a direct impact on reducing the tax burden for residents by offsetting project cos … (read more)

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