By the way for Feb. 20

Bristol residents are invited to a Tuesday, Feb. 25, forum at Holley Hall titled, “Bristol Town Forum: Federal Policy and Funding Changes. Will Bristol be OK?”

The Monkton Central School PTO is raising funds and collecting supplies to ensure the school’s community garden can be enjoyed by all, including those with mobility challenges. The PTO, among other things, would like to enable the school to install 32-inc … (read more)

February has arrived, and with it an exciting new stage of the Ilsley Library Expansion and renovation project. The library last week suspended its operations at 75 Main St. while construction gets underway.

On Friday, the Addison Community Action/Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity food shelf will move from its current location at 54 Creek Road and will reopen on Monday at the ACA/CVOEO Food Hub at 616 Exchange St. No. 1 (the former Vermont Soap … (read more)

Here’s another reminder that the last day to return borrowed materials to the Ilsley Library’s 75 Main St. location will be this coming Thursday, Jan. 30, in preparation for the building’s closure on Feb. 1 due to the leadup to a $17 million library build … (read more)

Hello all you creative folks out there — it’s time to slip into deep thought and put fingers to keyboard for the Seventh Annual Weybridge Haiku Contest.

The Addison County Economic Development Corporation has helped three local businesses win a total of $34,447 through the state’s Building Communities grant program.

Members of the Middlebury Union High School boys’ hockey team are still mourning the loss of Derek P. Bartlett, a longtime hockey coach and math teacher at the school who died suddenly back on Sept. 28. The Tigers carry his memory with them as they play t … (read more)

The Vermont Chamber of Commerce recently announced three new hires, including Middlebury Selectperson Isabel Gogarty as the organization’s program associate. Gogarty until recently served as wellness educator at Middlebury Union Middle School.

We received this message from U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday: “My office is hosting a fun-for-all-ages holiday gathering in Vergennes this Friday, Dec. 13.

John Graham Housing & Services has embarked on a campaign to raise $75,000 to help the many unhoused families and individuals the nonprofit serves at its shelter, transitional apartments and programs aimed at lifting people out of poverty.

Pikachus, Charizards and Bulbasaurs will again fill Middlebury College’s McCardell Bicentennial Hall for this year’s Pokémon Pop-Up Museum on Dec. 7, from 1-4 p.m.

The Vermont Agency of Transportation this year again invited Vermont schools to name the state’s big orange plow trucks. Eight Addison County schools weighed in with names that will spend this coming winter on eight VTrans plow trucks.

Volunteers will be seeking Vergennes Community Food Shelf donations at Shaw’s Supermarket in Vergennes this Friday, Nov. 15, from 4 to 7 p.m., and Saturday, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The Vergennes Lions and Rotary clubs are co-sponsoring the event to c … (read more)

Congratulations to the fire departments of Bristol, New Haven, Starksboro, Lincoln and Monkton, as well as their constituents. The five departments on Oct. 19 conducted their annual food drive that netted 4,241 pounds of food and $1,511.75 in contribution … (read more)