Family expands trail in memory of loved one

The Brakeley family is extending Libby’s Trail on the Porter Medical Center campus, converting it into a roughly half-mile loop that anyone can enjoy.

The CSAC board recently picked Taylor Morley, 34, as its new Executive Director.

The numbers presented to the ACSD board on Monday were a very tentative, birds-eye view of Middlebury Union High School’s repair, maintenance and upgrade needs.

A citizen-led effort to revive the former Buxton’s Store building in Orwell was selected to receive financial and technical assistance as one of five beneficiaries of the 2025 Village Trust Initiative.

The ACSD board on Monday conducted its first review of a plan to educate both the Shoreham and Bridport K-5 student populations at Bridport Central School beginning next fall.

According to the Trans Legislation Tracker, state legislatures (other than Vermont) have passed 123 bills in 2025 seeking to dilute or restrict services or rights for transgender individuals.

Area schools and nonprofits were working overtime this week to gather extra food for low-income families who faced suspension of their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits due to the federal government shutdown.

The Addison Central School District board has scheduled three public hearings in advance of its scheduled Nov. 24 vote on whether to initiate a formal closing process for Ripton Elementary School.

The ACSD board is scheduled to vote on a proposal to serve the K-5 populations of both Bridport and Shoreham at Bridport Central School, starting in the fall of 2026.

Representatives of Quilts of Valor and Ferrisburgh’s Patriotic Spirits turned out at the Middlebury Quilt Show on Saturday, Oct. 11, to drape seven area veterans in quilts honoring their service.

The ACSD board will vote on whether to initiate an official closure for RES. If successful, that process would allow the town to buy back the building for $1.

Last year Dr. Mike Kiernan suddenly flipped from physician to patient while on the job in the Porter Emergency Department.

Downtown Middlebury’s Battell Block is for sale for $9.6 million.

Residents of Bridport, Cornwall, Middlebury, Ripton, Salisbury, Shoreham and Weybridge are being asked to weigh in on potential changes to a policy that could allow more “school choice” within the ACSD.

School boards are weighing in on the future of education in Vermont.