Middlebury selectboard race looms

Middlebury voters on Town Meeting Day will decide a three-person race for two three-year seats on the town selectboard.

Citing mounting professional and family responsibilities, longtime Middlebury selectboard Chairman Brian Carpenter says he won’t run again in March.

The Middlebury selectboard on Tuesday overwhelmingly endorsed a citizen-initiated resolution that asked the panel to show “unwavering” support for the principles of due process.

Middlebury residents will see a single contested election on the Town Meeting Day ballot: A three-person competition for two three-year terms on the town selectboard. It features, in alphabetical order, former longtime Middlebury Town Planner Fred Dunning … (read more)

The waning days of 2023 are forcing a number of incumbent municipal officials to weigh their re-election prospects before the Jan. 29 filing deadline to get onto the March 5 Town Meeting Day ballot.

She’s been called a sparkplug, a student, a coach, a mentor, an educator and a member of Generation Z. Now, at the tender age of 23, Isabel “Izzy” Gogarty has collected yet another moniker: Middlebury selectperson.

Five local residents have stepped forward seeking to fill an interim vacancy on the Middlebury selectboard.

Esther Thomas, Andy Hooper and Heather Seeley on Tuesday prevailed in a four-person race for three available three-year terms on the Middlebury selectboard.

Matthew Delia-Lôbo wants you to know that he’s not just a dexterous barista with a gift for gab. He has developed considerable affection for his family’s adopted home of Middlebury and wants to make it more of a destination for young folks.

Andy Hooper looks at the current state of national politics and shakes his head. But he still has confidence in local government — where people tend to work together for the common good of constituents — and he wants to be a part of it.

MIDDLEBURY SELECTMAN NICK Artim will step down on March 1 after more than 12 very eventful years. MIDDLEBURY — Nick Artim stepped onto Middlebury’s political stage a dozen years ago with a desire to do his civic duty and leave the community a better place … (read more)

MIDDLEBURY — Esther Thomas on Tuesday defeated Andy Hooper, 812-633, in the race for a one-year term on the Middlebury selectboard. Meanwhile, incumbent selectboard members Farhad Khan (1,286 tallies) and Lindsey Fuentes-George (1,281) both ran unopposed … (read more)

If you have ever attended a meeting of the Middlebury selectboard you soon realize that it is a lot of work — and not remotely glamorous. Though we may like to envision our selectboard deftly steering us into an ideal future, the fact is that much of the … (read more)

The downtown railroad bridge reconstruction project of last summer created a difficult time for our local business community. At the same time came an unprecedented pandemic we are all still hoping to recover from, causing even more strain on our local ec … (read more)

I was encouraged to read in Laura Asermily’s letter the strong feeling that both of these candidates for the one-year remainder of Victor Nuovo’s term would make excellent selectboard members. I feel my position as a local minister demands neutrality when … (read more)