Christopher Ross


  • Tree-killing beetle spreads to Middlebury

    Tree-killing beetle spreads to Middlebury

    MIDDLEBURY — A second Addison County town has confirmed the presence of the emerald ash borer.Last month a trap hanging from an ash tree on the Middlebury town…

  • MAUSD seeks to fill citizen input panel

    BRISTOL — The Mount Abraham Unified School District is seeking residents to serve on a committee that will help evaluate various long-range facilities proposals.According to a district announcement…

  • MAUSD board to appoint Bristol rep

    BRISTOL — The Mount Abraham Unified School District board is looking to fill a school board seat vacated by Bristol resident Annie Denny last month.Denny, who was elected…

  • Clippings: 9/11: What 20 years has done to ‘never forget’

    Clippings: 9/11: What 20 years has done to ‘never forget’

    I will never forget how I stepped out of the shower and heard people down in the street screaming, or how it was Carolyn who heard them screaming…

  • Mount Abe district seeks Bristol resident for school board seat

    BRISTOL — The Mount Abraham Unified School District board is looking for a Bristol resident to fill the school board seat vacated by Annie Denny last month.Denny, who…

  • Bristol PD patches to benefit local charities

    Bristol PD patches to benefit local charities

    BRISTOL — Many Bristol residents will tell you their police officers put their hearts into their work, greeting folks and listening to community concerns while out on patrol,…

  • New Haven advances plan to move depot

    New Haven advances plan to move depot

    NEW HAVEN — The campaign to save the 19th-century New Haven Junction Train Depot, by picking it up and moving it roughly 1.5 miles east to North Street,…

  • Monkton tax rates rise as new building payments kick in

    MONKTON — Most Monkton taxpayers will see an increase on their annual property tax bills this month.On Aug. 23, the selectboard set the fiscal year 2021 municipal tax…

  • Lincoln votes to withdraw from MAUSD

    Lincoln votes to withdraw from MAUSD

    LINCOLN — Lincoln voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a proposal to withdraw from the Mount Abraham Unified School District.Nearly two-thirds of Lincoln’s registered voters cast ballots on the…

  • UPDATE: More details on Middlebury College purchase of Inn on the Green

    UPDATE: More details on Middlebury College purchase of Inn on the Green

    Editor’s note: This version of the story provides many more details and perspective than the version posted on this website Aug. 20. MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury College is planning…

  • Deadline flexible for district merger study

    BRISTOL — The ANWSD-MAUSD Merger Study Committee is not obligated to finish its work in time to warn a possible vote on Town Meeting Day, March 1, 2022,…

  • Bristol welcomes VYO on Sunday

    BRISTOL — In the spring of 2020, as it became clear that COVID-19 was sticking around for a while, Bristol Hub Teen Center Director Taylor Welch attended a…

  • Lincoln votes to withdraw from Mt. Abe school district

    Lincoln votes to withdraw from Mt. Abe school district

    LINCOLN — By a margin of more than 3 to 1, Lincoln voted Tuesday to withdraw from the Mount Abraham Unified School District.The vote count was 525-172 in…

  • Northern Addison County school merger committee clarifies deadline

    BRISTOL — The ANWSD-MAUSD Merger Study Committee is not obligated to finish its work in time to warn a possible vote on Town Meeting Day, March, 1, 2022,…

  • 1966 set the stage for today’s school districts

    1966 set the stage for today’s school districts

    Editor’s note: This is the sixth in a series about the growing pains of Addison County schools in 1965-66 and the Vermont Commissioner of Education’s ambitious plan to…

  • MAUSD painting a dark picture of post-exit Lincoln

    BRISTOL — From the perspective of the Mount Abraham Unified School District, the annual operating costs for the Lincoln Community School, should it be withdrawn from the district,…