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Sheldon Museum’s “Fashion in Historic Middlebury” exhibit narrates town’s nineteenth-century fashion scene

By Madeleine Kaptein | September 21, 2023

The Henry Sheldon Museum — Middlebury’s community museum dedicated to preserving the town’s history — opened a new exhibit this month. “From Homespun to Couture: Fashion in Historic Middlebury” displays an eclectic collection of local 19th-century fashion-related artifacts, from opinionated ...

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Local nonprofit Addison Housing Works hosts annual fundraiser

By Cole Chaudhari | September 21, 2023

Aiming to address the issue of affordable housing, Addison Housing Works held its annual fundraising event, Addison Housing Rocks in the town of Middlebury last Friday, Sept. 15. 

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Liv, Love, Local: Coffee

By Olivia Mueller | September 14, 2023

It is 8 a.m. on a Friday morning and the town of Middlebury is just waking up and making the pilgrimage to Royal Oak.

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Middlebury Natural Foods Co-Op embraces the fall season

By Madeleine Kaptein | September 14, 2023

The locally- adored Middlebury Natural Foods Co-Op is busy preparing for its fall season — meeting with the nonprofit’s member-owners, facilitating the annual September Eat Local Challenge, bringing in the new fall produce and holding a variety of cooking and herbalism classes are all on the agenda.  ...

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Civic organization brings community engagement to Middlebury in the summer and beyond

By Mandy Berghela | September 14, 2023

From lively festivals to summer markets and outdoor adventures, there are many engaging activities to find off campus in the town of Middlebury. The Better Middlebury Partnership is a civic organization nearly four decades old that works to plan events in the town of Middlebury throughout the year.  ...

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Town of Middlebury recovers from summer flooding

By Emily Hogan | September 14, 2023

The town of Middlebury received six inches of rain in a two-and-a-half hour period on the evening of Thursday, Aug. 3, an occurrence which Emmalee Cherington, the Town of Middlebury’s director of public works planning, referred to as a “1000-year event.”

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Food, Music, Arts Festivals — Summer Events in Addison County

By Local Editor Team | May 11, 2023

As the semester winds down and we look ahead to the summer, many Middlebury students will stay in Middlebury to do research, pursue internships, work on campus or maybe just bask in the sweet Vermont sun. Pooling together our collective summer experiences in Vermont and some online research, here is ...

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MUHS Principal resigns after investigation of allegedly fabricated interviews

By Maggie Reynolds | May 11, 2023

Middlebury Union High School Principal Justin Campbell sent a brief letter to the school community on Jan. 23 announcing his resignation from the job. “After much contemplation, many conversations with family and some deep introspection, I have decided to resign my position,” Campbell’s letter ...

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May brings comedy, music, film to Town Hall Theater

By Anne Thompson | May 4, 2023

As the curtain falls on the spring semester, a variety of shows and performers are coming to Town Hall Theater in downtown Middlebury. Highlights include “Small Mouth Sounds,” a comedy play performed by the Middlebury Acting Company, and a concert from The Grift, a band founded by two Middlebury ...

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The secret of creemee culture: A deep dive into Vermont's signature frozen treat

By Asa Stone | May 4, 2023

Picture this: It is 3 p.m. on a Friday afternoon in May, and you're sprawled out on McCullough lawn with your friends. Classes are done for the week, and you are discussing weekend plans. It is one of those rare, but amazing, days when the clouds disappear, and the temperature creeps up to 70 degrees. ...

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Little Free Libraries bring reading, community bonding to Middlebury

By Charlie Fisch | April 27, 2023

Fueled by a love of books, Middlebury resident Amy Graham installed a small box on a post outside of her home in summer 2018. Behind the hinged door is a rotating selection of books, all of which are available for the community to borrow for free.

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Middlebury Money stimulates the economy, keeps dollars local

By Maggie Reynolds | April 27, 2023

Middlebury Money offers college students and community members a chance to support the Middlebury economy by keeping their dollars local. 

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Preparing to open for the season, Sheldon Museum makes changes to leadership structure

By Martin Chen | April 27, 2023

The Sheldon Museum, the oldest community-based museum in the nation, is experimenting with a new leadership structure by choosing to not fill the role of Executive Director. The community has been waiting for the response of the museum’s board since former Executive Director Stephanie Skenyon resigned ...

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Student-run on-campus bar offers an alternative to limited nightlife in town

By Mandy Berghela | April 27, 2023

For the first time in several years, Middlebury students gathered at an on-campus, student-run bar on Thursday, April 13 on the first floor of the Mahaney Arts Center. 

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