MiddleburyFY27 budget ask pared

Middlebury voters at their annual March gathering will likely field a proposed fiscal year 2027 municipal spending plan of $16,057,539.

Around 80 Porter Medical Center workers have formed a new union and will soon sit down with hospital and University of Vermont Health Network officials to hammer out an inaugural collective bargaining agreement.

The shop provides free holiday gifts and ensures there are presents under the tree for Addison County families.

Selectboard members at their Tuesday meeting were gobsmacked to learn that the draft budget would require a substantial increase in the municipal property tax rate.

The Addison Central School District board on Monday received an initial draft of a fiscal year 2027 PreK-12 budget of $52.9 million that reflects a 4.9% increase in overall spending and an estimated 3.7% increase in education taxes.

ACSD Superintendent Wendy Baker says the school board’s decision to merge the two elementary schools is final.

The political organizing group is working on expanding its ranks, outreach and impact.

Proposed improvements to the crowded middle school building include expansions to the gym, library, kitchen and cafeteria, along with new classrooms and common space.

Citing mounting professional and family responsibilities, longtime Middlebury selectboard Chairman Brian Carpenter says he won’t run again in March.

The longtime owners of Green Peppers in Middlebury are selling their business to Christian Bloom, who owns and operates The Retro Realm arcade next door.

The vending machine, located next to Bristol Police headquarters at 72 Munsill Ave., is stocked with Narcan and other emergency health products.

The ACSD board on Monday voted 8-1 in favor of a plan to blend Shoreham’s kindergarten through 5th-grade students into Bridport Central School beginning next fall, and convert Shoreham Elementary School into a district Pre-K hub.

The ACSD board on Monday agreed to initiate the formal closing of Ripton Elementary School, a move that will still require a positive vote by district voters on Town Meeting Day.

Residents came together to provide “Thanksgiving in a Box” to neighbors in need.

Next to the Bristol police headquarters off Munsill Avenue is a band refrigerated bays that CVOEO stocks with food for qualifying low-income families.