Sophia Afsar-Keshmiri
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Exhibit offers look at Ottoman photographs
Before the Middlebury College Museum of Art installs its newest exhibition, titled, “The Light of the Levant: Early Photography and the Late Ottoman Empire,” the room it’s housed…
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Hackers strike Middlebury College
The most recent incident came to light in June, when it was widely reported that hackers (likely in Russia) had broken into systems using the MOVEit transfer software…
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Being a volunteer first responder is in their blood
In Sprague Huntington’s family of four, there’s a 75% chance you’ll come across an Emergency Medical Technician.
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Some flooding losses are attributed to small rivers
Although Otter Creek has been the center of attention for preparing for high waters in Middlebury throughout this soggy summer, the bout of Aug. 4 flash flooding that…
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Review: Margolis captures simple moments in poetry
As the title implies, the featured collection gives readers Margolis’s understanding of what it means to be happy. However, by no means should this indicate that every single…
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Students age 65-plus learn new languages at Midd
This summer, Joan Johnson found herself studying for academic courses for the first time since she graduated from Cornell University in 1965.
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WomenSafe to host burlesque fundraiser
Although “WomenSafe” and “burlesque” may read as an oxymoron at first, the Middlebury organization, which advocates for and supports victims of domestic abuse, is leveraging the recently reclaimed…
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Fancy fried foods featured at Field Days
Tammy Shattuck introduced Field Days fairgoers to her fried pies at her treat’s debut at the event. Cassandra Wagner was selling fried cheese curds with just one more…
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Artist paints natural landscape creeping up side of a silo
The Middlebury College Recycling Center silo is getting a new look that could be an example for other abandoned farm storage structures in Vermont.
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Demo Derby is a friends and family affair
After motor enthusiasts waited an extra day for the popular Demolition Derby at Field Days, Moriah Sullivan Hebert opened by singing the National Anthem then got in her…
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4-H kids borrow cows so they can show at the fair
For the second year in a row, Jonathan Chamberlin’s daughter, Paige, 9, was able to show animals at the Addison County Field Days Fair through the same 4-H…
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Middlebury College opens school in Taiwan
Three and a half years after Middlebury College abandoned in-person Mandarin Chinese language instruction in China due to COVID-19, the college is preparing again to educate language students…
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Niche club at fair unites button enthusiasts across Vermont
On Tuesday, Verd Mont Button Club member Sheri Ross, 73, enthusiastically showed off a collection of small, big and beautiful buttons displayed on pillows that the Verd Mont…
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Businesses band together for flood relief
Within Sparrow Art Supply’s perch above the Otter Creek in downtown Middlebury, a strand of homemade postcards is hung above a small table set up with their blank…
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Abortion access continues to decline in the U.S.
Middlebury College Economics Professor Caitlin Knowles Myers is applying economic statistical modeling techniques to data on abortion access in order to calculate how the number of people who…
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Peak tick season is bad; could be worse
Middlebury College Biology Professor David Allen has been studying the county’s tick population since 2016. Although the deer tick is a non-invasive species to North America, it didn’t…