Salisbury community gathers to launch long-anticipated renovation

Nearly 40 community members gathered at Salisbury Town Hall on March 26 to mark the start of a long-anticipated renovation project.

The selectboard won’t request a revote on the fiscal year 2027 Hannaford Career Center budget following a “missing ballots” mystery that prevented Salisbury residents from voting on the $6,271,915 spending plan.

SALISBURY — Salisbury residents on Town Meeting Day passed all the items on their warning, including an appropriation to eradicate mosquitoes and a universal healthcare-related resolution. Residents voted 119-48 in favor of spending $17,588 for the Otter … (read more)

Here’s what to expect this Town Meeting Day in Salisbury.

Residents in Middlebury, Bridport and Salisbury have until Jan. 26 to file petition papers for four available seats that will be up for grabs on the ACSD board.

The Salisbury Conservation Commission has organized a series of free winter presentations on Thursday nights at the Salisbury Meeting House.

Salisbury Library will be closed Oct. 10-23 to pack books and move to a temporary spot during town hall renovations.

Middlebury’s Kyle Friis, 39, on Sunday won the men’s Olympic-distance Lake Dunmore Triathlon in 2:16.27.

On this past Saturday at Branbury State Park, Tim Russell of Saratoga Springs, N.Y., won the men’s Vermont Sun Triathlon in 1:00:30, and the women’s winner was Shannon Sweeney of Tampa, Fla., in 1:13:41.

Crews from six local departments responded to a house fire on Salisbury’s Shard Villa Road Monday evening. Two residents escaped with minor injuries, but a dog was killed in the blaze.

Addison Central School District officials continue to prepare the next school year that will see Ripton’s K-5 students attend classes at Salisbury Community School, which is currently recruiting a new principal.

We were shocked and deeply saddened to learn of Wayne Smith’s passing. Wayne had such a presence in the community! It’s hard to imagine Salisbury without him. He made the town and this region a better place.

Craig Zondag, the Field Coordinator and Biologist for the Lemon Fair Insect Control District, will give a presentation titled “Mosquitos: The Good and the Bad,” on Thursday, Feb. 13, at 7 p.m. He will teach us about mosquito biology, measures used to moni … (read more)

Vermont State Climatologist Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux will give a presentation entitled Exploring Climate Change in Vermont through the Lenses of Vulnerability and Inclusion on Thursday, Feb. 6, at 7 p.m.

Amy Clapp — whose science contributions to Salisbury Community School have been the stuff of legend during the past quarter-century — was recently named a winner of a Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, the nation’s high … (read more)