Local firefighters rescue Central Vt. flood survivors

Firefighters from Vergennes, Ferrisburgh and Middlebury who were specially trained in water rescues took their boats to Central Vermont on Thursday and put their skills to good use.

The high school careers of the Class of 2024 may have started under the cloud of the COVID pandemic, but, like many newly minted Vergennes Union High School grads, Calvin Gramling is putting that community experience in the rearview mirror and look ahead.

A summer tradition continues in Bristol this summer as it has for many summers. Many, many summers.

The Otter Valley Unified Union School District Board last week OK’d an updated spending plan for residents to vote on next month that trimmed a little more from the two budget proposals that failed this spring.

Michael Jackman served in the Coast Guard from 1965-1969, including a tour in Vietnam.

MREMS has 49 dedicated members — paramedics, emergency medical technicians, heavy rescue operators — most of whom are hired on a professional basis. But a dozen MREMS staffers are volunteers.

Why does the print version of the Addison Independent have a couple obvious mistakes on the front page? Search us … we’re trying to figure it out, too.

An unprecedented number of breaks and leaks in Middlebury water mains prompted the town to extend its boil water order into the Industrial Park on Thursday. Everyone is asked to conserve water.

The Valley Players provide excellent performances of a classic play that seems as alive as ever.

It happens all the time; someone buys a house, loves the location, isn’t wild about the structure itself. The question becomes, do they remodel the building to fit their needs, or tear it down and start new?

Police have not yet determined whether they will charge a youth in the killing of a Waltham woman during a fight this past Friday.

Officials at Middlebury-based Champlain Valley Equipment said they will appeal a recent U.S. Department of Labor decision requiring the farm equipment seller to rehire a fired employee at its Berlin branch and pay him back wages and damages of $147,000. 

A few trees fell in Thursday night’s high winds, and some customers lost power. Otter Creek is still rising.

We caught up with Erik Eriksen last week while he was sitting by Otter Creek in Middlebury thinking about fly fishing.

Two well-matched high school softball teams from Addison County met in Friday’s Division II state championship in Castleton, and both No. 2 seed Mount Abraham and No. 5 seed Middlebury Union High School entered the game primed to win.