MAUSD budget tweaks still possible

The Mount Abraham Unified School District board will hold a special meeting on Thursday, Feb. 8, to give board members a chance to reevaluate the proposed district budget for fiscal year 2025 in the wake of anticipated 11th-hour changes to Vermont’s new school funding law. 

For more than three decades, Vaneasa Stearns has been somewhat synonymous with the Lincoln General Store. 

The past year has brought its fair share of weather-related challenges for Vermont farmers. Following summer floods and a damaging spring frost, growers around the state saw their crops devastated, feed stores depleted, and faced a variety of other obstac … (read more)

Bill Vitek and Doyle Dean know that talking about the climate crisis, social injustice and other pressing issues facing the world today can be challenging.

On Town Meeting Day, voters in Bristol and Lincoln will weigh in on contested races for open seats on their respective town’s selectboard.

Lincoln School Board members last week unanimously agreed to present voters with a spending plan for fiscal year 2025 that calls for $4,927,940 in total spending, an increase of $282,810, or 6.09%, over the current year. 

While the temperature was dropping steadily outside of the Eagles Club in Vergennes this past Wednesday evening, Jan. 17, spirits remained high inside the building, where over 160 local firefighters gathered for the 80th annual meeting of the Addison Coun … (read more)

Addison County Sherriff’s Department officials have been looking to speak with two individuals they believe are responsible for illegally dumping used needles and other trash in Lincoln last month. 

The Mount Abraham Unified School District board on Tuesday adopted a $37,014,566 budget for fiscal year 2025 that, if approved by voters in March, would increase total spending by $3,145,666, or 9.29% over the current year. 

From serene hiking trails to historic downtown centers, Addison County is filled with numerous natural and cultural destinations waiting to be explored. 

Herpetologist Jim Andrews has received some particularly noteworthy news — accounts of reptiles and amphibians active in late December, a time of year when those creatures have typically gone dormant for the winter.

Co’Relous Bryant has spent the past few months adjusting to a major change of scenery. This past summer, he left the skyscrapers of Manhattan for the mountains of Vermont, relocating to Addison County to lead the United Church of Lincoln. 

A young boy describes the moments after a bomb is dropped on the theater he and his family are sheltering in. A new mother remembers the book her husband gave her during a conversation she feared would be their last.

Bristol is making headway on several capital improvement projects around town. 

The Bristol Have a Heart Food Shelf has served a record number of local families during the past few months, a feat the nonprofit has accomplished with help from the Shaw’s supermarket in town.