By the Way, July 9, 2026

“The Vermont Department of Libraries has awarded 148 public libraries — including 11 in Addison County — grants of $350 to support 2026 summer programming for children and teens. “

HANCOCK — “Nothing too crazy,” was how town clerk Wendy Stender described Hancock’s Tuesday morning town meeting. The budget passed with only a slight change, there were no contests for elective office and the 30 or so people at the gathering got an updat … (read more)

Here’s what to expect this Town Meeting Day in Hancock.

A local man who turned himself into police on Tuesday later that day pleaded not guilty in the killing of a Rochester man in Hancock on Feb. 8.

First responders located Howard Doyle, 45, of Rochester dead in a vehicle near the scene of a reported incident off Bettis Road. Apparently this incident arose from a dispute involving individuals who knew each other.

The Hancock Green Summer Concert series opens on Thursday, July 10, from 6:30-8 p.m., with the newly formed trio of Greg Ryan, Adda Kridler and Michael Caterisano.

Here are the scheduled school bus pick-up and drop-off times for students in Cornwall, Salisbury, Bridport, Shoreham, Weybridge, Ripton and Middlebury, as well for students over the mountain.

On Friday, Sept. 1, Town Hall Theater presents the first show of Bread + Puppet’s annual tour at the Middlebury College Snow Bowl in Hancock.

After her mother died in 2014, Margaret Rogal came across a small packet of notebooks and letters that her father, Robert Silliman Judd, wrote in 1909 when he was 22 during a six-month visit to his uncle Elmer Judd’s farm in Cando, N.D.

The public is invited to attend a free community event, Forests Floodplains, Flyways & Farming, in Hancock on Saturday, Sept. 17, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Millard family’s Hancock Mountain Farm at 2333 Route 100 N, in Hancock.

Look up the bus routes your child will take to school this fall.

Firefighters from Granville and Hancock were called to fight a major blaze that claimed a Rochester home just before New Year’s.

HANCOCK — The Hancock Selectboard met this past week, during which Richard Andrews reported that he will not be bidding on the mowing contract in the fall. He also said that a sign noting weight restrictions still remains at the end of Tunnel Brick Road.B … (read more)

HANCOCK — The Hancock Town Pride Committee is producing a free community concert this Thursday, July 22 at the Hancock Town Green. The headlining band will be the Bluegrass Pioneers, who will be playing from 6:30-8:30 p.m.All are welcome. The venue will b … (read more)

BURLINGTON — An Addison County man, who officials say shot his girlfriend during a picnic in Hancock in August, late last week pleaded not guilty in U.S. District Court to being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. Brian Warner, 47, has felony co … (read more)