Porter Medical Center celebrates 100 years

There was no giant cake bearing 100 candles (there were cupcakes), but one really wasn’t needed for Saturday’s centennial birthday party for Middlebury’s Porter Medical Center.

MUHS grad creates, perseveres and gives back

Middlebury’s Gabe Schmitt is everything you’d want to see in a young man who has just earned his high school diploma.

MUHS tennis star holds court

Two of the all-time great guitar gunslingers Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan used to practice upwards of six hours a day on their Stratocasters. They were even known to fall asleep with their axes, ready to play them when they woke up.

Homeless still among us, but less visible

There’s plenty to see in downtown Middlebury these days. But what you won’t see — at least as of this week — are small clusters of houseless persons who, during the past few years, have set up temporary encampments downtown during the warmer months.

Middlebury takes stand on Medicaid cuts

The Middlebury selectboard on Tuesday decisively endorsed a citizen-initiated resolution opposing a U.S. House-backed Budget Reconciliation Bill that recommends major cuts to critical federal healthcare and nutrition programs.

County prepping for many ‘No Kings Day’ protests

No Kings Day, a nationwide protest this coming Saturday, June 14, is expected to draw millions of people along various roads, in town centers, near federal buildings and other high-profile spots.

Mt. Abe graduates urged to never give up

Like seeds from a giant dandelion, winds of change on Saturday metaphorically lifted the 104 members of the Mount Abraham Union High School class of 2025 from their campus commencement podium to life adventures close and far afield.

John Tenny built lasting Middlebury legacy

Former longtime Middlebury selectboard member John Tenny — a man credited with, among other things, catalyzing a closer relationship between the town and Middlebury College — died on Memorial Day at age 77.

Bristol Rep. Cordes to leave Legislature

Saying she’s been targeted by a growing number of personal attacks and threats from those opposed to her political views, and citing difficulty in securing enough shifts as a Registered Nurse at the University of Vermont Medical Center, Rep. Mari Cordes, … (read more)

Teens earn wings with the Flying Tigers

A new club has been creating quite a buzz at the Patricia Hannaford Career Center. A buzz? Some might compare it to a swarm of angry mosquitos.

USAID veteran will lead Middlebury Area land trust

Kevin Fox knows what it’s like to spearhead environmental change on a global scale. As a foreign service officer with U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), he’s mobilized more than $100 million for environmental programs across five embassies … (read more)

Work starts on Ilsley Library addition

The tearing down has concluded. Now it’s time for the build-up.

St. Mary’s belltower marble compromised

Entrance to St. Mary’s Catholic Church through its College Street and Shannon Street doorways has been suspended indefinitely for safety reasons. That comes in the wake of a recent inspection that revealed erosion of the mortar that’s been keeping granite … (read more)

Think like a local: Try a Vermont staycation!

Like many Vermont residents, my wife Dottie and I try to budget each year for a weeklong winter sojourn with one prerequisite: It must be somewhere warm to recharge the internal battery amid unrelenting cold temps and falling snow here in the Northeast.

A former state rep continues her work at the statehouse

For Diane Lanpher, a new door to public service opened just as another one closed. As a result, former Rep. Lanpher continues to roam the Statehouse, though now she’s a health care advocate, as opposed to a state budget builder.

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