Letter to the editor: Shoreham selectboard weighs in on ACSD issues

For the third time, the Select Board of the Town of Shoreham has not received a response or even an acknowledgment of a letter sent to the Addison County School District Board of Directors.

The nonprofit internet provider Maple Broadband began work in early October stringing fiber-optic lines that will bring high-speed service to up to 1,400 underserved or unserved households in portions of Cornwall, Leicester, Middlebury, Orwell, Salisbury, … (read more)

To most, operating a large dairy farm and hosting a summer camp every week do not go hand in hand, but for the Daona Farm in Shoreham they did just that.

Look up the bus routes your child will take to school this fall.

SHOREHAM — Age Well Vermont will give at presentation at the Shoreham Congregational Church on Wednesday, Aug. 24, at 1 p.m. Age Well focuses on the lifestyle, happiness, and wellness of the elderly in Addison County and several other counties in Vermont. … (read more)

The Shoreham Strawberry Festival is back. Hosted by the Shoreham Congregational Church, the festival will take place on Wednesday, June 22, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the gazebo on the town green. 

SHOREHAM — The search for a new Shoreham Elementary School principal is down to two finalists, one of whom needs little introduction to the Addison Central School District Community. The candidates are Middlebury Union Middle School Assistant Principal Ka … (read more)

BURLINGTON — May 15 was a busy, jam-packed day for the 44 horse-savvy 4-H’ers who took part in two competitions: horse judging and hippology. The day began at the Blackrose Morgan Farm in Colchester, where they judged Morgan geldings in hand, stock horse … (read more)

The Vermont Division for Historic Preservation and Vermont Advisory Council on Historic Preservation have announced the 2022 Barn Preservation grant awardees.

Cornwall resident Jack Doyle has secured ownership of the historic Fort Ticonderoga Ferry and is targeting May 8 or 9 to return the ferry to service after a more than year-long hiatus.

At Addison County 4-H Foods Day, local 4-H’ers got to make their cake and eat it, too

Sanford Rouse is at it again. In his recently released second memoir, the 93-year-old Brandon writer is taking readers back more than eight decades to the less complicated world he knew growing up in East Shoreham.

Due to the rise in COVID cases, the Shoreham Congregational Church has changed its plans for this year’s Christmas Eve service. An alternative service of prayer and meditation will replace the traditional Christmas Eve service. 

A part-time Cornwall resident is hoping to acquire and resurrect the historic Fort Ticonderoga Ferry, which has remained dormant this year due to a legal dispute that was recently transferred to U.S. District Court.

If you want to greet the elegant old gentleman, enter off Main Street and drive down School Road to see our beloved Mr. Santa Claus in a drive-through visit.