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  • Local towns taking a pass on mask mandates

    The communities of Vergennes, Bristol and Brandon have decided not to take advantage of a new law giving communities the option of imposing COVID-related face mask mandates for…

  • Editorial: Mask mandates put the responsibility where it belongs

    Editorial: Mask mandates put the responsibility where it belongs

    Vermont currently has one of the highest rates per capita of COVID-19 in the country; it’s as bad as it’s ever been here and some of the state’s…

  • ACSD students to begin school year with masks

    ACSD students to begin school year with masks

    MIDDLEBURY — The Addison Central School District community will be expected to wear masks indoors for at least the first 10 days of classes this fall, in order…

  • Letter to the editor: Schools need mask mandate

    We have learned some very important lessons in the past months when it comes to educating our children. One is that nothing, not even the remarkable efforts of…

  • Judge: Vermont’s mask mandate is constitutional

    A judge ruled against the owner of a former UPS franchise Friday in Vermont’s first legal test of the state mask mandate, ordering him to comply with masking…

  • Letter to the editor: Masks need to cover noses, too

    I applaud the Commodores boys’ soccer players (photo on Page 2A, Oct. 1 Addison Independent) on their gusto but, as has been pointed out ad nauseum, if you’re not…

  • Letter to the editor: Note to GOP candidates: Masks protect constituents

    I read with interest the biographies of the Republican candidates for Vermont Senate from Addison County, Jon Christiano and Peter Briggs. I have one point that I believe…

  • Letter to the editor: Yes on guns but no on masks?

    I just read Christopher Ross’s piece on mask wearing in Bristol. I agree with the wearing of masks in public. It is such a simple and proactive measure…

  • Gov. Scott mandates face masks in state

    Gov. Scott mandates face masks in state

    VERMONT — Maura Donnelly, who owns the Bristol children’s shop Simon Says on Main Street, was pleased that Gov. Phil Scott has mandated Vermonters to wear masks in…

  • Editorial: Mask up to open up

    Editorial: Mask up to open up

    With Gov. Phil Scott’s declaration that everyone in the state should don facemasks when inside public establishments and when social distancing is not possible outside, Vermont just might…