By the Way, July 9, 2026

“The Vermont Department of Libraries has awarded 148 public libraries — including 11 in Addison County — grants of $350 to support 2026 summer programming for children and teens. “

WHITING — Town meetings in Whiting are long and contentious in some years; but this year was not. On Tuesday evening, residents met for an hour and a quarter and OK’d town spending and elected the expected slate of municipal office holders. The town spend … (read more)

Here’s what to expect this Town Meeting Day in Whiting.

“Time to make hard choices” became the unofficial refrain of the first Otter Valley Unified Union school board meeting of 2026.

Brandon-area school officials spent much of Saturday addressing feedback and concerns regarding a proposal that would see the reconfiguration, and closure, of elementary schools in the district, including Otter Creek Academy (OCA) elementary schools in Le … (read more)

The Otter Valley Unified Union school board is exploring potential reconfiguration and closure of district elementary schools including Otter Creek Academy schools in Leicester and Whiting.

Two men who are well-known to police pleaded innocent to an alleged assault that took place in January.

Brothers Jimmy Ryan of Whiting and Randy Ryan of Orwell dueled to the first- and second-place finishes in the top feature at Devil’s Bowl Speedway on Saturday, a 30-lap Sunoco Sportsman Modified feature.

Garrett Law loves history, so it’s not surprising that when he decided to run a general store in his native state of Vermont, he turned up at a spot in Whiting that had been a store serving the community for most of that last 150 years.

The Vermont Department of Health strongly recommends limiting evening time outdoors in high-risk areas due to the threat of Eastern equine encephalitis. Vergennes, Whiting and Cornwall are at slightly higher risk.

Voters in the Brandon area on April 30 will get a second chance to approve a fiscal year 2025 spending plan for the Otter Valley Unified Union schools.

Aime Rene Page, 67, passed away Sunday, July 9, 2023, in Virginia. He was born in Middlebury, Vt., and raised on a farm in Whiting, Vt.

Brooke Bertrand of Whiting and Spencer White of Vergennes were recently chosen to receive Ray E. Davison scholarships from The Addison County Firefighters Association.

The nonprofit internet provider Maple Broadband began work in early October stringing fiber-optic lines that will bring high-speed service to up to 1,400 underserved or unserved households in portions of Cornwall, Leicester, Middlebury, Orwell, Salisbury, … (read more)

BRANDON — During the COVID-19 pandemic, youngsters have seen the brightness of their childhoods darkened by the specter of disease, uncertainty and the real-time fissuring of a society in which many have been taught to trust implicitly. New Rutland Northe … (read more)