Ripton readies for vote on rejoining ACSD

Ripton residents on Thursday, Sept. 29, will be asked whether they’d like to end their two-year effort to separate from the Addison Central School District, a move townspeople endorsed as a way of preserving their small elementary school.

Mason Wade, who is running this November as an independent, joins a field that includes Bray, Hardy, Cornwall Republican Robert Burton and Bristol Republican Lloyd Dike. 

A consultant has estimated that Middlebury’s sewage treatment plant needs upwards of $18 million in upgrades if it’s to meet the community’s wastewater disposal needs during the coming 20 years. 

Leaders of the local business community hope families will pile into their respective cars and motor over to a special Oct. 16 event in downtown Middlebury.

A petitioned vote on whether Vermont Gas should be granted an easement to install a pipe across town-owned land to deliver natural gas to 3 Mill St. has been rendered moot by news that the South Burlington company has found a way to serve that location wi … (read more)

If you ask Middlebury Airport tenants and boosters, demand for new hangars at the property was already sky-high before VTrans filed its Act 250 permit request.

Peter Bevere in 2018 fell fewer than 10 votes shy of becoming Addison County’s state’s attorney. The Middlebury independent and current deputy state’s attorney is now hoping to win the position on Nov. 8, and in less of an election nail-biter than he expe … (read more)

Instead of climbing into a Chevy or a Ford, Silver Maple Construction’s Sean Flynn often finds himself hopping into his Cirrus SR22t, a five-person aircraft he keeps sheltered and fueled at the Middlebury State Airport.

The Middlebury community has a tremendous appetite for new details about a large, mixed-income housing development to be sited off Seminary Street Extension, and representatives of Summit Properties on Sept. 7 shared some appetizers for a main course that … (read more)

Five local residents have stepped forward seeking to fill an interim vacancy on the Middlebury selectboard.

A major water-main replacement project that has temporarily torn up parts of Middlebury’s Washington and High streets will continue into early October, according to the town Public Works Planning Director Dan Werner.

Bridport Democrat Jubilee McGill two years ago came only 205 votes shy of defeating longtime incumbent Rep. Harvey Smith, R-New Haven, in her first bid to represent the Addison-5 House district.

The United Way of Addison County (UWAC) has announced a $700,000 goal for its 2022-2023 fundraising campaign, which will officially kick off in two weeks with a “Days of Caring” event that will see area residents volunteer for chores at some of the organi … (read more)

Peter Caldwell, 79, waged a successful write-in campaign on Aug. 9 to have his name placed on the Nov. 8 General Election ballot for one of the two seats representing the Addison-1 district in the Vermont House.

“The idea was to make a liqueur that tastes like a melted creemee,” said Lars Hubbard, Appalachian Gap Distillery’s president and head distiller.