The Middlebury Fire Department and Battell Hose Company held their annual awards dinner last month at the VFW Post 7823 in Middlebury. The dinner was attended by current, former, and life members of ...

David Weinstock has been the shepherd of several poetry groups, including the Otter Creek Poetry Workshop, which has met every Thursday (except Thanksgiving) for the past 27 years.

Edgewater Gallery at the Falls in Middlebury opened “New Work for a New Year” in January, featuring new work from Victoria Blewer and Holly Friesen. Blewer’s art uses hand-colored and mixed-media ...

You realize,” says the student to his teacher, “I could have you killed.” In the crackling new drama by Dana Yeaton and Colston Merrell, the teacher is Aristotle and the student is none other than ...

A new exhibit is now on view at the Jackson Gallery in the lower level of Town Hall Theater in Middlebury. The show “Landscape Complexions: Paintings by H. Keith Wagner,” opened Jan. 17 and will be on ...

The sight of more than 100 area citizens braving sub-freezing temperatures on Middlebury’s Town Green to protest the most ...

This fall my sister drove up for a visit. The leaves were gorgeous. We took golden crisp walks in Lincoln and Bristol and ate heartily from our garden’s harvest.

In the winter, when I have a lot of time on my hands, I like to snoop in strangers’ homes. Vicariously, I mean.

After just reading the January 16 issue of the Addison Independent, I am struck by two articles. One is about the Middlebury Police Department letting people sleep on the floor of their station when ...

State officials unveiled the broad strokes of Gov. Phil Scott’s education proposal that includes sweeping changes like consolidating Vermont’s 52 school districts to just 5 and a new funding formula.

Trump and his MAGA representatives have started implementing Project 2025. They are already suggesting wacky goals like taking over Canada and Greenland.

For those wondering why the Los Angeles fires are so unstoppable, I recommend two riveting documentaries. A short PBS Weathered documentary: “Why the LA Fires are Almost Impossible to Stop” brings to ...