Emma Pope McCright
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50 years ago this week: Dec. 28
While Addison County residents today are no strangers to extreme and unusual weather after this year’s summer floods and unseasonably warm winter, locals fifty years ago faced weather…
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50 years ago this week: Dec. 14
The 1973 oil crisis was at the front of everybody’s minds 50 years ago this week, with speculation about the impacts of the nationwide fuel shortage on daily…
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50 years ago this week: Jan. 20
Marijuana possession merited jail time, women’s involvement in politics was considered unusual, and milkmen still delivered their wares door-to-door.
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Graffiti or art? Posters mystify area residents
Two pieces have popped up repeatedly in downtown Middlebury over the past six months, sometimes accompanied by the letters “EMSWID.”
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From the Addy Indy archives: 50 years ago this week
Readers sometimes assume that winter is a slow time for news, but January 50 years ago brought a number of crime stories.
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50 years ago this week: Aug. 27
Addison County was busy and bustling 50 years ago this fortnight, with Field Days in New Haven and an air show in Middlebury drawing large crowds seeking summer…
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50 years ago this week: Aug. 13
Addison County was busy and bustling 50 years ago this week, with Field Days in New Haven and an air show in Middlebury drawing large crowds seeking summer…
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50 years ago this week: Aug. 6
Fifty years ago this week Addison County was preparing for a long weekend full of entertainment with the opening of not only the annual county fair, but also…
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50 years ago this week: Jul. 30
With summer weather at its height and many people with more time on their hands out on the roads 50 years ago this week, Addison County saw a…
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50 years ago this week: Jul. 23
Recent crimes were in the top news 50 years ago this week as a session of Addison District Court was just getting underway. Here are some of the…
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50 years ago this week: Jul. 16
Recent history seemed to be repeating itself 50 years ago this week, when a fire broke out in Bridport exactly one week after a serious blaze struck downtown…
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50 years ago this week: Jul. 9
While this past Saturday’s Independence Day celebrations were subdued due to the ongoing pandemic, Addison County’s Fourth of July 50 years ago was made considerably more exciting when…
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50 years ago this week: Jul. 2
Addison County residents were gearing up for Independence Day celebrations 50 years ago this week. Here are some of the top stories that appeared in the July 2,…
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50 years ago this week: Jun. 25
The arrival of summer in Addison County 50 years ago was marked by a flurry of summer weddings — eight alone in one week. Here are some of…
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50 years ago this week: Jun. 18
As high school seniors all over Addison County celebrated graduation, young people filled the headlines 50 years ago this week. Here are some of the top stories that…
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50 years ago this week: June 11
There were lots of numbers in the news 50 years ago. Here are some of the top stories that appeared in the June 11, 1970, edition of the…