Two seek ACSD seats; two have no takers

Two of the four looming vacancies on the Addison Central School District board have failed to draw candidates.

The Eddy Farm is now galloping into what its leaders hope is a third “golden age,” with a new manager and a commitment to some big capital improvements.

Four Addison County residents were among 11 peaceful protestors arrested for criminal trespass on Monday after refusing to leave the Department of Homeland Security office building in Willison.

A jury trial has tentatively been slated for mid-March in the case of a Middlebury acupuncturist facing a felony lewd & lascivious conduct charge.

The Middlebury Amateur Hockey Association organized a skating benefit for Pieter Perrine, a local hockey parent and aroborist who was injured in an ATV accident.

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt, tuned in virtually to a constituent lunch at the Mount Abraham Union High School cafeteria this past Saturday.

Future control of the Ripton Elementary School property will be decided by ACSD voters on March 3.

Middlebury voters at their March 2 annual meeting will be asked to approve a fiscal year 2027 municipal budget of nearly $16 million.

Middlebury voters on Town Meeting Day will decide a three-person race for two three-year seats on the town selectboard.

Elizabeth Gleich, a native Minnesotan and associate pastor of the Congregational Church of Middlebury, joined fellow clergy to protest in her home state.

The Addison Central School District board on Monday overwhelmingly endorsed K-5 school choice within the district’s seven towns, but with limits.

The annual meeting of the Addison County Firefighters Association drew 149 firefighters representing 17 area departments ranging from Addison to Orwell.

The school board on Monday agreed to use $650,000 in capital reserve funds to bankroll security improvements at all of the ACSD’s operational school facilities.

A community-created fiber art piece will show how temperatures in Addison County have risen over the past 101 years.

District officials are trying to build understanding and support for the spending plan. SVUSD has, in recent years, failed to pass a budget on the first try.