After 35 years in reporting, I thought I’d been through a lot as a journalist. Martial law in the Philippines. A couple natural disasters — the big ice storm and rampant flooding in Addison County — in 1996. A double-murder/suicide. A visit by the Dalai Lama. Local soldiers deploying (and returning) from wars in the Middle East. A major downtown renovation project: the Middlebury rail bridges project that is still in progress. A train derailment. I’m now adding a new one to the list: COVID-19. The first, an … (read more)