John Flowers
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Stonecrop neighborhood grows
The largest planned neighborhood in Middlebury’s history is projected to expand to 70 housing units by the end of this year.
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College assistance to town is morphing
Middlebury College officials are proposing to pare back on what have been two decades of annual payments to the town of Middlebury, while pivoting to investments like housing…
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Agency to launch new care home in E. Middlebury
Addison County Home Health & Hospice have closed on closed on a 2,963-square-foot, five-bedroom home in East Middlebury that they plan to renovate into a residential care home…
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Bridport photographer brings business into focus
Blair Heagerty is the driving force behind BH Studio, a home-based photography business.
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ACSD board considers limited school choice
The Addison Central School District board is considering a policy change that would give Middlebury-area parents more flexibility in determining which among the ACSD’s soon-to-be five K-5 schools…
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Middlebury sewer plant upgrades come into focus
A voter-approved, $49.5 million makeover of Middlebury’s wastewater treatment plant won’t begin for another two years, but behind the scenes, town officials are starting to make big decisions…
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Middlebury budget battle continues
The Middlebury selectboard has made progress in reducing the property tax impacts of a draft fiscal year 2027 municipal budget.
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Ripton man takes helm of Vt. Progressive Party
Ripton’s Bill Hunsinger is good at a lot of things — brewing beer, parenting a daughter, serving on his town’s selectboard. But his biggest talent might be saying…
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ACSD board gets sobering news on school repairs
It’s looking increasingly likely that the ACSD might have to shed programming in order to afford even a fraction of the more than $60 million in physical upgrades…
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Four ACSD board seats up for grabs March 3
Residents in Middlebury, Bridport and Salisbury have until Jan. 26 to file petition papers for four available seats that will be up for grabs on the ACSD board.
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Ed reform process reaches pivotal point, local educators weigh in
Lawmakers have a big question awaiting them — how to move forward with the process of transforming Vermont’s education system. There local superintendents weigh in.
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Middlebury to field $1.5 million water bond
Middlebury residents will be asked to support a bond to complete the final stage of an effort to replace an almost 10,000 feet of aging water main adjacent…
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Career Center seeks a bigger net to get more students
Hannaford Career Center leaders are asking the state to ramp up school choice among Vermont’s 17 Career and Technical Education hubs, which could increase enrollment and lower its…
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Former BTV mayor leads charge on housing growth
Miro Weinberger is now executive chair of Let’s Build Homes, a nonprofit working to address Vermont’s housing deficit.
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ACSD budget nears board approval
Barring any major, 11th-hour subtractions or additions, ACSD voters on March 3 will be asked to approve $53 million in spending to educate Middlebury-area PreK-12 students during the…
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Fixed costs drive Career Center’s FY26 budget increase
Most Addison County voters on Town Meeting Day will field a proposed Patricia Hannaford Career Center budget of $6,271,915, representing a 9.95% increase compared to the current spending…