College assistance to town is morphing

Middlebury College officials are proposing to pare back on what have been two decades of annual payments to the town of Middlebury, while pivoting to investments like housing and entrepreneurship.

MIDDLEBURY — Where town-gown relations are concerned, a lot has happened during Laurie Patton’s four years as president of Middlebury College, and she’s perfectly happy to take an inventory of recent successes: •The percentage of students engaged in commu … (read more)