reopening


  • Gov. Scott says reopening is going well

    MONTPELIER — It’s been a week since Vermont lifted all COVID-19 restrictions — and the skies didn’t fall. On the contrary, as Gov. Phil Scott emphasized in Tuesday’s…

  • Vermont is on the verge of reopening

    MONTPELIER — For nearly 15 months, Gov. Phil Scott has led Vermont through the COVID-19 crisis, relying on immense executive powers granted through the declaration of a state…

  • Scott sets roadmap to fully reopen Vermont

    VERMONT — “We have roughly 90 to go, 90 days to stay united so we can get back to normal,” Gov. Phil Scott said at his Tuesday, April…

  • College decides to forgo final phase of reopening

    College decides to forgo final phase of reopening

    MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury College officials had hoped the campus community could transition to the third and final phase of the fall reopening plan this month, but that is…

  • K-6 will soon go full-time in ANWSD

    VERGENNES — Addison Northwest School District’s two elementary schools next week will take the first steps in what will be — if all continues to go well —…

  • ACSD to return its youngest kids to full in-person learning

    MIDDLEBURY — The Addison Central School District announced on Friday that it would move from its hybrid model to full in-person learning, five days a week, for students…

  • Middlebury’s downtown reopens

    Middlebury’s downtown reopens

    MIDDLEBURY — More than four years of planning, dozens of often contentious meetings, a 10-week burst of around-the-clock construction and $72 million in state and federal funding all…

  • Schools receive OK to ramp up services

    ADDISON COUNTY — Tuesday’s announcement by Secretary of Education Daniel French that Vermont schools would move on Saturday into Step 3 of their pandemic reopening will not necessarily…

  • Video: The ceremonial first train

    On Friday morning, a ceremonial first train took the inaugural journey through the brand-new rail tunnel in Middlebury, marking the end of the 10-week shutdown of downtown. The…

  • COVID guide: Middlebury College’s reopening plan

    Middlebury’s Return to Campus Guide can be found online here. MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury College welcomed students back to campus in late August will host residential students this fall…

  • COVID guide: FAQs about the college reopening

    MIDDLEBURY — It takes a lot of planning to reopen a college campus in the middle of a pandemic, and a lot of communication. Naturally, questions will arise.…

  • Letter to the editor: Contradiction in ACSD school, childcare plans

    I have five children in the Addison Central School District, my oldest at Mary Hogan, and the other four at Cornwall School. Our Superintendent, Peter Burrows, has caused…

  • MAUSD maps out its back-to-school plan

    BRISTOL — School starts next week in the Mount Abraham Unified School District, as elsewhere in Vermont, and by now students and families know it’s going to be…

  • ANWSD makes contingencies for virus in its schools

    VERGENNES — Vergennes-area school officials said they will rely on such factors as local COVID-19 infections rates, availability of staffing, and guidance from state officials as they decide…

  • Boys & Girls Club ready to reopen

    VERGENNES — After a summer of online programming, the Boys and Girls of Greater Vergennes is preparing to welcome its members back into its Armory Lane clubhouse. With…

  • Letter to the editor: Some college workers not sold on reopening plan

    As current and former local residents and employees of Middlebury College with deep concern about the health of our community, we listened carefully to the presentation by college…