Voters affirm St. Stephen’s natural gas easement

Middlebury residents on Tuesday voted 416-185 to affirm a June 25 selectboard decision to give Vermont Gas Systems a free easement to funnel natural gas to St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church.

Middlebury residents next Tuesday, Oct. 1, will have a chance to either affirm or reject their town selectboard’s decision to grant Vermont Gas a free land easement to extend its natural gas pipes to St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church at 3 Main St.

A special town vote will be held on Oct. 1 regarding the Vermont Gas easement to supply St. Stephen’s Church with natural gas. A “yes” vote means that St. Stephen’s will have the option to connect to natural gas.

Middlebury voters have the chance to decide whether to approve an easement agreement that gives Vermont Gas Systems (VGS) use of town land for $1, or reject the agreement so the selectboard can renegotiate the easement and receive fair market value for th … (read more)

The Middlebury selectboard recently approved an easement across the Middlebury town green to be conveyed to Vermont Gas Systems so they can use it to build out additional fossil fuel infrastructure.

A yes vote on the Vermont Gas easement decision would support the selectboard’s decision and provide options for St. Stephen’s church.

Middlebury residents on Oct. 1 will have a chance to either affirm, or reject, their town selectboard’s prior decision to grant Vermont Gas a free land easement to funnel natural gas service to St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church at 3 Main St.

St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, on the green in Middlebury, will host a free choir camp on Saturday, Aug. 24, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. led by by Robert Ludwig, who has devoted his career to working with young singing voices.

We are pleased, honored, and proud to announce that this year’s St. Stephen’s Peasant Market grossed over $38,000 on Saturday, July 6, a $13,000 increase from last year.

Every year St. Stephen’s church raises thousands of dollars for area non-profits and social service organizations with its Peasant Market. The big yard sale is Saturday morning.

The Middlebury selectboard on Tuesday agreed to grant an easement through the town green to allow Vermont Gas Systems to install a natural gas service line that will serve St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church.

St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church officials recently made what they thought was a pro-forma request to the selectboard for an easement across the town green for a natural gas service line to feed their 200-year-old place of worship off Main Street.

This year’s edition of St. Stephen’s Peasant Market runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, July 6. It seems like all of Addison County gathers on the Middlebury Town Green right before the bell rings at 9 a.m. sharp on the first Saturday of July for the … (read more)

Almost every summer since 1947, the people of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church on the Green in downtown Middlebury have staged huge yard that covers a large part of the lawn and gazebo and, except for during the pandemic, reached into the church basement an … (read more)

St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church — on the green in Middlebury — would like the community to know that we offer a variety of spaces to nonprofits at no charge.