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  • Vergennes considers a second bond vote for sewer project

    Vergennes considers a second bond vote for sewer project

    City councilors and staff are considering a second bond vote after differing interpretations of one back in 2022.

  • Opinion Middlebury must commit to its environmental goals

    “The selectboard should send its Infrastructure Committee back to the drawing board”

  • Vergennes sewer project gets good news — a low bid

    Vergennes sewer project gets good news — a low bid

    VERGENNES — The Little City’s big wastewater treatment facility upgrade is going to cost less than previously expected. Because of this, Vergennes officials will be able to use…

  • Water tower, Exchange St. pathway top Midd. Project lists

    Water tower, Exchange St. pathway top Midd. Project lists

    Middlebury’s municipal water reserves will increase by 1.3 million gallons by early September, thanks to a new, massive storage tower that’s being completed on Chipman Hill.

  • Middlebury water, sewer rates surge

    Middlebury water, sewer rates surge

    Public works officials said the new rates are likely to add $75.42 to the average annual bill for in-town water users.

  • Legislative Report: Balance brings common sense

    Legislative Report: Balance brings common sense

    On Friday, the Vermont House of Representatives unanimously approved the final version of the landmark S.325 bill that reigns in the overreach of Act 181

  • Agri-Mark fined for Middlebury Cabot plant discharge violations

    The Agency of Natural Resource’s Department of Environmental Conservation fined Agri-Mark Inc. $60,000 for multiple violations of its pretreatment discharge permit at its dairy and whey processing facility…

  • Middlebury OKs $49.5M sewer bond

    Middlebury OKs $49.5M sewer bond

    Middlebury residents on Tuesday voted overwhelming in favor of three public works-related bond proposals, the centerpiece of which was a proposed $49.5 million upgrade of the town’s 24-year-old…

  • Editorial: A bargain at $49.5 million?

    Editorial: A bargain at $49.5 million?

    This Town Meeting, Middlebury residents will decide their largest bond vote ever: a $49.5 million makeover of its 25-year-old sewer plant. Built in 2000, the 20-year projected lifespan…

  • $49.5M sewer plant vote is coming

    $49.5M sewer plant vote is coming

    You flush your toilet, you move on, right? Well, people whose sewage ends up at Middlebury’s wastewater treatment plant are about to get a vivid reminder that there’s…