Christopher Ross
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MAUSD eyes impact of Lincoln’s leaving
Lincoln residents voted in August to leave the MAUSD, and the town clerks of Bristol, Monkton, New Haven and Starksboro have been notified by the Vermont State Board…
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Afghan student fears for family back home
When Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, fell to the Taliban on Aug. 15, Jamila stayed up all night in Bridport, watching the news and talking to her family.
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Middlebury College strikes ‘Mead’ from college chapel’s name
Middlebury College has decided to remove the Mead name because the man whose gift established the chapel, Gov. John A. Mead, advocated and promoted eugenics policies in Vermont…
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Schools tackle year two of COVID with hope
ADDISON COUNTY — The start of the school year always sees a mixture of trepidation and excitement. For primary and secondary school students in Addison County, that jumble…
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Midd grad and her female students flee Afghanistan
As thousands of Afghans desperate to leave the country converged on the airport in Kabul, Middlebury College graduate Shabana Basij-Rasikh stood in front of a furnace at an…
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School district merger committee delays deadline
The ANWSD-MAUSD Merger Study Committee has given itself eight extra months to complete its work.
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Clippings: 1966 series was a labor of love
I’ve become an archive nerd. I know there are some people who will read this and cheer, but for the other 99.9%, I’ll explain. A couple of years…
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Middlebury College strikes ‘Mead’ from college chapel’s name
MIDDLEBURY — After “a careful and deliberative process,” Middlebury College has decided to remove the Mead name from Mead Memorial Chapel, because the man whose gift established the…
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Schools tackle year two of COVID with hope
ADDISON COUNTY — The start of the school year always sees a mixture of trepidation and excitement. For primary and secondary school students in Addison County, that jumble…
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Midd grad and her female students flee Afghanistan
MIDDLEBURY — On Aug. 20, as thousands of Afghans desperate to leave the country converged on the airport in Kabul — and Taliban fighters, who had taken over…
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School district merger committee delays deadline
BRISTOL — The ANWSD-MAUSD Merger Study Committee has given itself eight extra months to complete its work.The committee voted unanimously at its Tuesday night meeting to extend its…
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Clippings: 1966 series was a labor of love
I’ve become an archive nerd.I know there are some people who will read this and cheer, but for the other 99.9%, I’ll explain.A couple of years ago, in…
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In education, what does ‘local control’ mean?
Editor’s note: This is the seventh in a series about the growing pains of Addison County schools in 1965-66 and the Vermont Commissioner of Education’s ambitious plan to…
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Starksboro grows impatient with MAUSD
BRISTOL — During an interview of two Bristol residents who had applied to fill a vacancy on the Mount Abraham Unified School District Board Tuesday night, Starksboro representative…
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Bristol considering ARPA fund choices
BRISTOL — Bristol officials have begun brainstorming ways to spend the $1,148,473 in federal COVID relief funding the town has been designated to receive through the American Rescue…
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Field Days plowed through COVID
NEW HAVEN — After a one-year pandemic-induced hiatus, Addison County Fair and Field Days returned in full force last month.The Aug. 10-14 fair attracted 40,000 visitors despite concerns…