Bridge School bids farewell to iconic silo

For around 70 years, the proud old farm silo standing near the intersection of Route 7 and Exchange Street served as a familiar, friendly beacon to those entering and exiting Middlebury’s northern gateway.

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)

It’s not often any town’s taxpayers get such good news. But that happened recently when the Middlebury selectboard learned the proposed $16.4 million rebuild of Middlebury’s Ilsley Library might be accomplished with a $4.5 million bond vote.

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.

Better Middlebury Partnership board members knew former Executive Director Karen Duguay would be a tough act to follow.

Around 300 Middlebury properties are under a boil water notice after a high-pressure wave traveled through the water system, causing breaks at weak points in the lines.

Middlebury voters on March 5 will decide a three-person race for two seats on their selectboard, a contest that’ll involve an incumbent, a former selectman, and the community’s former longtime town planner.

The Middlebury selectboard on Tuesday finalized a fiscal year 2025 municipal budget and March 5 town meeting warning. It also received a progress report for one of the largest housing proposals in the history of the town.

Officials of Summit Properties, one of the largest housing proposals in the history of Middlebury, gave the town selectboard a progress report on Tuesday.

In addition to OK’ing a town meeting warning, the Middlebury selectboard on Tuesday also picked Amanda Werner to fill a vacancy on the Means Woods Board of Trustees, and reappointed Richard O. McKerr to represent the town on the Addison County Economic De … (read more)

The small contingent of houseless campers under Middlebury’s Cross Street Bridge and along the Otter Creek further downstream has at least temporarily left the downtown area in favor of warmer accommodations — though they’ve left some of their possessions … (read more)

The planned installation of a 1.3-million-gallon water storage tank on Middlebury’s Chipman Hill is in a holding pattern, due to the absence of federal funds that town officials had counted upon to help reduce the $3.5 million project’s financial impact o … (read more)

The Middlebury Development Review Board has unanimously OK’d a mixed-use building on South Pleasant Street that will host offices for Marble Trail Financial and a penthouse residence for that business’s owners.

The Middlebury selectboard on Jan. 9 will hold a public hearing on a draft fiscal year 2025 municipal budget of roughly $13.6 million that reflects a 5.5% increase compared to the current $12.92 million spending plan.

A leak in a water service line last Saturday flooded Middlebury Union Middle School, and classes resumed on Wednesday, Jan. 3.