Starksboro pursues exit from MAUSD

Another Mount Abraham Unified School District community has officially launched a campaign to withdraw from the district.

Auditor: State spending on health care is ‘out of control’

It took just six presentation slides by Vermont State Auditor Doug Hoffer to astonish the audience of a virtual healthcare talk hosted by Bristol Democrats earlier this month.

Sugarmakers celebrate the art of boiling sap

After taking two years off because of the pandemic, the Vermont Maple Sugar Makers’ Association has brought back its popular maple open house weekend events.

Shoreham farm acquires high-end butter business

Twenty-two years after founding Animal Farm Butter in Orwell and making it into one of the most celebrated farmstead butter operations in the country, Diane St. Clair has passed the torch to a new generation.

Illinois educator is tapped to lead Bristol Elementary

After narrowing the field to three finalists, the BES Principal Search Committee announced this week it has chosen John Bratko of Frankfurt, Ill., to be the school’s top administrator.

Mount Abe celebrates renovations

The 54-year-old Mount Abraham Union Middle/High school building is brighter and shinier than it’s been in a long time, but the process of making it that way has largely gone unnoticed by the public because of pandemic restrictions on school visitors.

Volunteers head to kitchens to tackle food insecurity

A new program launched by the Metta Earth project is hoping to establish more connections between food producers and community members experiencing food insecurity. Its recipe for success includes a special ingredient: home cooking.

College officials unfazed by COVID spike

Middlebury has 200 COVID cases on campus, but they aren’t as severe as in past instances, officials say.

MAUSD director of student support resigns

The Mount Abe school district will have a reshuffle in how it supports students.

Cannabis sales approved in three towns

Bristol voters on Town Meeting Day overwhelmingly approved a measure that will permit licensed cannabis retailers to operate in town.

MAUSD towns ratify Lincoln’s withdrawal vote

Members of Save Community Schools are celebrating after an overwhelming affirmation Tuesday of their proposal to withdraw Lincoln from the Mount Abraham Unified School District.

Groups critical of logging in national forests

The Climate Forest campaign, which is supported by 70 organizations, including the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Center for Biological Diversity, is calling on the Biden administration to end logging of mature and old-growth forests on federal … (read more)

Three finalists for Bristol Elementary principal job to visit Thursday

Bristol Elementary will likely be led next year by either one of two Midwesterners or a Bristol resident,

MAUSD towns to vote on Lincoln exit plan

After a six-month wait, the Lincoln voters who overwhelmingly approved a proposal to withdraw from the Mount Abraham Unified School District are approaching the next hurdle in the process: ratification by the other four MAUSD towns.

Engineering firm closure affects public works projects

An engineering firm that has served several Addison County municipalities over the past two decades closed its doors last week, leaving a handful of local projects that haven’t quite reached the finish line.

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