Spofford “Cap” Woodruff, 91 of Middlebury

MIDDLEBURY — Spofford “Cap” Woodruff died peacefully in Middlebury, Vt., on Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. He was 91 years old. Cap was born in Providence, R.I., to Gerald Beckley Woodruff and Helen Spofford Woodruff. He and his sister, Jane Woodruff Greenough, grew up in Barrington, R.I. Cap attended the Gordon School and Providence Country Day School. He began Amherst College with the Class of 1953. He interrupted his college career to enlist in the U.S. Navy, serving from 1951 to 1955 in Newport, Boston, and on … (read more)

Thanks to the generous support from American Legion Post 27, New Year’s Eve fireworks and free ice skating will return again this year.

The Middlebury Acting Company will put anyone into the holiday spirit — even Ebenezer Scrooge — with their production of “A Christmas Carol.”

The long-absent refrain of “all aboard!” is expected to ring out once again at new passenger train stations in Middlebury and Vergennes in about seven months, according to Vermont’s top rail official.

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Now that the tunnel project is done, one can say the efforts of the citizens’ group Neighbors, Together were anything but modest.

The town of Middlebury will host a series of weekly outdoor markets during five months next year, thanks to a $25,000 grant supplied by a local charity.

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