By the Way, September 10, 2026

The 5 Town Partnership will once again sponsor “Share the Warmth: A Winter Outerwear Giveaway”

Middlebury’s newly renovated library building was officially unveiled Saturday morning.

People packed downtown Middlebury’s Duclos building to cart books to the newly renovated Ilsley Public Library.

Steve Harris gives us his front-row reflections on the new Ilsley Public Library renovation.

Two benefactors have stepped forward with a combined $105,000 in donations that will help put a new roof on Middlebury’s Ilsley Public Library building .

Upgrades to Middlebury’s Ilsley Library are about 30% completed, officials said.

Bridget Butler, also known as the Bird Diva, will be at Ilsley Public Library on Wednesday, March 29 at 6 p.m. to share her path to creating Slow Birding.

As part of their spring 2023 speaker series, the Middlebury the American Association of University Women (AAUW) and Ilsley Public Library are hosting a presentation by Addison Independent news editor John McCright on Tuesday evening, Feb. 21, at 7 p.m., i … (read more)

MIDDLEBURY – The first open show of 72-year-old Bob Crosby’s art went up at the Ilsley Library on Sept. 1 and will be on view through the end of the month.“I’m excited…I want to do something good for people,” Crosby said.His medium is both out of the norm … (read more)

MIDDLEBURY — Ilsley Public Library is holding a Photo Art Challenge from now until Feb. 14. The contest has three challenges and three chances to win. Winners will have their work printed and mounted by the library for an exhibit in its lobby in March 202 … (read more)

MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury’s Ilsley Public Library will soon join its Addison County counterparts in going fine free, in part to remove a potential financial barrier that might exist for some local residents in getting their hands on literacy materials. “It’ … (read more)

MIDDLEBURY — What if you were walking along a trail and thought for a just a moment you could hear voices from the past? Voices of people shouting, bantering and cursing as they struggled under their heavy loads. They were people who were following their … (read more)

MIDDLEBURY — How are Scandinavia and Iceland confronting the challenges of climate change? Is there something about the culture or political structure that has put them at the forefront of efforts to reduce human impact on the climate? Learn the answers i … (read more)

MIDDLEBURY — For over 25 years, Ben Cohen has been a cartoonist and educator. Born in Boulder, Colo., raised in the California Bay Area, trained in Savannah, Ga., and parenting in Jericho, Vt. His work focuses on an intersection where comics have been fir … (read more)

ORWELL — Emily Casey didn’t always like essays. “I had always thought of essays as boring, nature stories… that just didn’t appeal to me,” she said in a conversation last week. “But when I was in college other people were really pushing the boundaries of … (read more)