Clippings: Hate running? Hop on a bike instead

As a collegiate swimmer, my body is not designed for exercise on dry land. Doing strenuous activity while supporting my own body weight? No thank you!  Bee Ecekls, an intern at the Addison Independent, got into cycling this summer. This past spring, after my swimming season had ended, I (very naively) attempted to add running to my post-season workout plan in hopes of taking a small break from the rigorous training schedule (which was becoming a bit tedious) that I had been subjected to all year. Feeling pr … (read more)

VUHS students have painted a Vermont landscape mural on St. Paul’s Episcopal Church.

Discussion of a possible new boundary line between Panton and Vergennes raised questions about services, taxes, property values, and impact to residents.

Festivities include a street dance, live music, pancake breakfast, fun run, free horse and wagon rides, and a bubble pit for kids.

New teachers, staffers and administrators are gearing up for the new school year, which begins Aug. 27. New Addison Northwest School District employees. Photo: Gabe Hamilton Teachers new to the Addison Northwest School District were in Vergennes for orien … (read more)

Police and other officials responded to a one-car accident on Main Street.

 The Turning Point Center of Addison County is about to expand and renovate its newly acquired headquarters at 79 Court St. in Middlebury.

For 25 years, the Ladies’ Rally has been the single largest fundraiser for the historic Vergennes Opera House. Funds from this year’s rally, coming up on Sept. 7, is more important than ever.

Genevieve Smyth is rehabilitating the long-vacant, historic building in downtown Vergennes to provide affordable housing for individuals exiting homelessness.

Vergennes police late last week arrested a New Haven man and cited him for false pretenses and grand larceny involving a case at Rockers Pizza.

Master Kellie Thomas’s Taekwondo KICKS class in Middlebury is serving students ages 3 to 74. In addition to learning martial arts, they learn a lot about themselves and others.

“There’s nothing more satisfying or gratifying than having people be like, ‘I feel so much better … I feel like I could do more, that I could stretch more, that I could live better.’”

For more than 25 years, the North American Steamboat Association (NASBA) has been gathering in Otter Creek for their annual steamboat meet-up in Vergennes, with River’s Edge in Ferrisburgh as their elected homebase.

On July 21, Vergennes police apprehended a Bristol man after Vermont State Police reported a vehicle driving erratically on Route 7 in Ferrisburgh. City police caught up with the vehicle at the park-and-ride in Ferrisburgh.

Now, after five years of success in Vergennes, Hays will soon leave the Bixby due to positive personal reasons.