ACSD now must find three new principals

Heather Raabe, principal of Cornwall’s Bingham Memorial Elementary School, has confirmed she’ll be stepping down at the end of this academic year.

Folks now have 20 days in which to appeal in writing (up from the previous 10 days). That appeal can be made through the town’s website or at the police headquarters at 1 Lucius Shaw Lane.

The very popular UPS Store at 105 Court St. in Middlebury will close on May 31, and the building in which it’s been located since 2014 has been sold.

Leaders of an effort to build a 7,500-square-foot, concrete skatepark in Middlebury’s recreation park are shifting their strategy in hopes of garnering more financial support for a project currently estimated at $375,000-$562,000.

A Middlebury filmmaker’s new film charts the evolution and impacts of the wildly successful Vermont Everyone Eats program that kept Vermonters fed, restaurants afloat and farmers cultivating during the COVID crisis.

Efforts to protect pollinators, grow affordable housing and pass healthcare reform were among the hot topics of the final legislative breakfast of 2024, held Monday at the Weybridge Congregational Church.

With a great majority of Addison County residents agreeing that we are in a housing crisis, there’s broad support for creating new dwellings through zoning changes. People here also favor authorizing more accessory apartments and offering other incentives … (read more)

While Ilsley Public Library boosters are seeking to write a new chapter in the Middlebury institution’s 100-year history — one they hope will be based on a major makeover of the institution’s longtime headquarters at 75 Main St. — they’re also asking patr … (read more)

The Middlebury Development Review Board has given its unanimous approval for FW Webb to erect a 25,235-square-foot building in the town’s industrial park.

Rep. Joe Andriano, D-Orwell, has announced he won’t seek re-election to another term representing the Addison-Rutland House district, citing the financial compromise of holding public office as a major reason.

The devastating event happened 10 years ago, on April 1, 2014, but Karly McConnell relives it every day.

The Middlebury Area Land Trust (MALT) later this year will lift the historic veil on what was a thriving mill industry near Salisbury Village during the 18th and 19th centuries.

Downtown Middlebury’s Sparrow is leaving its nest, but it’s building a new one just a few wingbeats away.

Thanks to new software and reporting requirements, the Addison Central School District has, for the past seven months, been able to chart both minor and major K-12 student behavior incidents on its campuses. And the numbers aren’t pretty.

Mary Hogan Elementary School teachers have asked the Addison Central School District board for more resources — and to preserve a key, student-discipline position that’s slated to be cut this summer — in response to a growing number of student behavior is … (read more)