coronavirus
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Free clinic rolls out COVID vaccine to farmworkers
MIDDLEBURY — Most people see the COVID-19 vaccine as a ticket to freedom, travel and reconnecting with friends and loved ones after 14 months of pandemic-forced seclusion. Consequently,…
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Vermont COVID cases on the decline
The number of Vermont COVID cases each day has fallen 61% since April 1, the steepest drop in daily numbers in a year, officials said at a press…
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College students assessing town-gown relationships in light of COVID-19
Three sociology students at Middlebury College are trying to understand how the return of out-of-towners to campus during the COVID-19 pandemic has affected how students and townspeople perceive…
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BIPOC vaccination clinic to be held in Middlebury this Wednesday
MIDDLEBURY — Following the success of their vaccine clinics in Rutland and Bennington, the Rutland Area branch of the NAACP is partnering with the Vermont Department of Health…
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MAUSD and 5-towns net $7.5M in COVID relief
BRISTOL — The five towns of northeast Addison County — Bristol, Lincoln, Monkton, New Haven and Starksboro — as well as the Mount Abraham Unified School District are…
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Small towns eye COVID money
PANTON — Panton Selectboard chair Howard Hall is looking forward to a “Christmas bonus” that his rural, creekside town on the western edge of Addison County expects to…
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Letter to the editor: ACSD wrong to bring back kids
The Addison Central School District’s announcement that it will return students in grades 7-12 to full capacity, in-person instruction with 3-foot physical distancing instead of the current 6-foot…
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Vermont high schoolers get COVID-19 vaccine registration on Saturday
Vermonters 16 to 18 years old can register for the COVID-19 vaccine beginning Saturday at 10 a.m., two days earlier than originally planned, officials announced at a press…
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J&J vaccine appointment cancelled – What now?
I opted for the Johnson & Johnson vaccine against COVID-19 because I wanted to get the whole vaccination process over with as quickly as possible. One and done…
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Middlebury nets COVID relief funds
MIDDLEBURY — U.S. Rep. Peter Welch figuratively applied a little salve to Middlebury’s municipal and educational pandemic wounds on Tuesday evening with news of federal recovery grants: $2.57…
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COVID cases hit Vergennes-area school district
VERGENNES — After two COVID-19 cases at Ferrisburgh Central School led Addison Northwest School District officials to switch the elementary school to remote learning on Tuesday, three infections…
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COVID causes Ferrisburgh school to go remote for the week
FERRISBURGH — Two new COVID-19 cases at Ferrisburgh Central School have prompted Addison Northwest School District officials to switch the kindergarten-6th grade school to remote learning as of…
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Pandemic feeds a real estate surge
ADDISON COUNTY — When veteran real estate appraiser Bill Benton left his Vergennes office one recent morning, one of his stops was to appraise a Weybridge home that…
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Scott sets roadmap to fully reopen Vermont
VERMONT — “We have roughly 90 to go, 90 days to stay united so we can get back to normal,” Gov. Phil Scott said at his Tuesday, April…
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Campus magazine examines the year of COVID
MIDDLEBURY — The cover of a March 10 special magazine, “A Year In,” published by the Middlebury College student newspaper, The Campus, says it all: “A year ago…
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Editorial: Doubling down to snuff out COVID
Hang-in just a bit longer, Vermonters, and we’ll be able to return to pre-COVID lives by May or June, if we remain diligent. That was Gov. Phil Scott’s…