Public-service-minded vet to lead city parade

“At first I said no, I’m not a public figure,” Bub Crosby told the Independent. “I’ve always been kind of under the wire; I don’t like the publicity, I just like doing good.”

After two years without public Memorial Day festivities one might think that organizers of such events would be a little rusty. But that doesn’t seem to be the case, as a full slate of parades and other commemorations are set for this coming weekend.

For someone whose business is literally planted in a small patch of Vermont soil, Camila Carrillo has connections all around the world.

Dial-A-Ride depends on volunteer drivers to pick up passengers and give them life-changing access to medical appointments, food shopping and other necessities.

In his new book, David R. Holmes tells the story of the Charlotte farm that his ancestors founded, ran for 101 years and were forced to leave because of a cash crunch.

The apartments, multi-family and single family homes will be constructed by an independent developer and are not being built for college employees.

When Diana Herasim left home last August to come to America and take part in a student exchange program she thought that the uneasy peace between her country and her neighbors would hold.

A fire consumed Tarkey’s Lodge near Lake Dunmore in Salisbury on Monday afternoon. No one was hurt in the five-alarm fire.

Lucien Paquette died last week at the age of 105. An icon of the agricultural community, he was widely known as the Father of Addison County Fair and Field Days.

The organization tasked with keeping mosquitoes in check in the Lake Dunmore and Brandon area is undergoing some changes.

Community holiday festivities are returning for in-person participation on a limited basis this coming month.

Middlebury photographer Josh Hummel teamed up with pumpkin grower Ethan Nelson and giant pumpkin-growing support specialist Jenna Baird to create an unusual nautical opportunity for Dane VanNosdeln.

MIDDLEBURY — Vermont’s junior U.S. senator is the senior legislator on the U.S. Senate’s Budget Committee, which makes him a very powerful man in Washington, D.C., these days.On Monday Sen. Bernie Sanders came to Middlebury — with a band of notables inclu … (read more)

A 64-year-old man from a small town in rural Iowa may represent the best hope for community journalism in America. Art Cullen has more than four decades of newspapering behind him but he is developing a concept that could save news outfits like his, the S … (read more)

ST. ALBANS — The Vergennes Swim Team on Saturday led the field in the St. Albans Invitational during the morning session of races, which featured the younger swimmers, but finished up second to powerhouse Burlington Tennis Club by the end of the meet.The … (read more)