Vermont’s small-town character gives residents the unique opportunity to discuss key issues with their community through its annual tradition of Town Meeting Day. Vermonters gathered in their respective towns across the state to convene on topics like municipal and school budgets, as well as selectboard ...
Homeward Bound is Addison Country’s only animal shelter, serving over 1,200 animals annually. The shelter’s mission is “to be a community-centered shelter that supports the human-animal bond through compassionate care, adoption, education, and advocacy,” according to its website. And volunteers, ...
Nikki Bowdish has provided the town of Middlebury with cakes, cookies and other treats from her home-based bakery, Thistle and Honey, since the fall of 2019. While Bowdish currently takes orders for pickup and local delivery in addition to custom cake services for weddings, she aspires to eventually ...
Driving along Route 7 between Burlington and Middlebury, it is almost certain that passers-by will notice a quaint, two-story yellow building that houses Shelburne Charlotte Hinesburg Interfaith Projects, also known as SCHIP.
Meg Mott, a Putney, Vt. based town meeting moderator, is coming to Middlebury’s Ilsley Public Library to speak about reproductive rights politics. The event, titled “How to Trust The People With Reproductive Rights,” will take place over the course of three separate days: March 9, March 16 and ...
In the three years since its opening, Nadia Dole’s Vergennes Laundry, a wood-fired bakery and épicerie, has expanded its food menu and retail offerings as well as launched a dinner series, with future plans for community-based events.
In a modern twist on old-fashioned salons, the Up for Discussion lecture series, hosted by the Vermont Book Shop and taking place at Town Hall Theater, aims to create a space for open community conversation this spring. The series, originally an idea hatched by Vermont Book Shop owner Becky Dayton, ...
The most extensive documentation of same-sex couples in America lives right in the town of Middlebury at the Henry Sheldon Museum. The museum holds archives of the relationship between Sylvia Drake and Charity Bryant, one of the earliest documented lesbian couples, when they lived in Weybridge, Vt. ...
Vermont resident and cocktail professional Sam Nelis is working to realize his full vision of the Specs Café: a café by day and cocktail bar by night, with an associated retail space for local beverages along with café and bar equipment. The Winooski, Vt. space opened as a café in December 2023, ...
Music, art and food filled Edgewater Gallery in downtown Middlebury during its second Musical Brunch. The gallery hosted community members along with some current and upcoming artists on display at the gallery on Feb. 10 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Liz Lebeau sang at the event, accompanied on classical ...
Eva Vekos, the state attorney for Addison County, has been charged with a DUI after showing up at a Bridport, Vt. crime scene impaired.
Adventure Dinner and Atria Collective, formerly known as WomenSafe, hosted their annual Galentine’s Day Celebration, a culmination of a long standing partnership that raises funds for Atria Collective. Sixteen women-owned businesses set up shop at Vergennes Opera on Feb. 17 from 5 to 8 p.m. Any gender ...
If you take a look at the dorm room walls of Middlebury students, chances are you might see some of John Vincent’s colorful letterpress work. Vincent founded Revolutionary Press, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit printing press, in 2010, and aims to spread radical and revolutionary ideas. Since 2016, Revolutionary ...
In establishing Downhill Bread, Brooks Bezamat evolved his bread and pastry business, from an at-home baking operation based out of his Lincoln, Vt. kitchen to a full-time endeavor with a commercial kitchen on Main Street in Bristol. Bezamat serves bread and pastries three days a week in addition to ...
Smoke and Lola’s opened in Bristol, Vt. on Dec. 9, 2023 as the newest café in town, serving up breakfast, lunch and free soup five days a week.
The Vermont Maple Sugar Makers’ Association appeared before the Vermont State Legislature requesting direct funding and support on Friday, Jan. 12. The nonprofit organization aims to promote and protect Vermont’s maple sugaring industry, the largest maple industry in the country by a factor of more ...
On the steps of the Vermont statehouse, former Middlebury College employee and Middlebury Union Middle School administrator Esther Charlestin announced the launch of her gubernatorial campaign. Delivering the announcement on Friday, Jan. 5, Charleston became the first Democrat to throw their name in ...
A local yoga studio launched a Yoga Equity Project in an effort to address the disparities in access to yoga education. The program actively encourages and financially supports Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) in attending yoga classes at the Otter Creek Yoga Studio.
As the days grow colder and the daylight hours shorten, everyone must find winter-friendly ways to spend their time. From hitting the snow to ski or snowshoe to indoor options such as knitting or reading by the fire, Middlebury College staff have a whole host of activities in their winter routine.
The Lionel train exhibit, an annual tradition at the Henry Sheldon Museum, recently celebrated the 30th anniversary of its holiday train display. Residents of Middlebury and surrounding towns along with students, faculty and staff from the college visited the exhibit, which featured a three-level two-track ...