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Tuesday, May 7, 2024

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1a.-Town-Hall-Color

Direct Democracy, Previewed: This Year’s Town Meeting Day

MIDDLEBURY – In the 1800s, Middlebury residents faced a problem: pig protocol. Should local pigs be allowed to freely roam the streets? Would it be more beneficial to keep all of them fenced in? Unable to come to a conclusion, those residents did the same thing Vermonters will do next month: they ...


4d.-Two-Friends-Color

Onlookers Ogle Owls at Annual Quechee Festival

QUECHEE – Last weekend, birding enthusiasts and amateurs alike congregated in the Eastern Vermont village of Quechee for the fourth annual Owl Festival, hosted at the Vermont Institute of Natural Science (VINS).  Hundreds of attendees — college students, older couples, families with owl-costumed ...


3a.-Charter-House-Doug-Sinclair-Color

Middlebury Shelters Grapple with Increased Demand, Facing Harsh Weather

MIDDLEBURY - Homelessness in Vermont is sometimes hidden within the state’s signature rolling green hills and idyllic pastures. Though the issue may not be as obvious or prevalent in Vermont as in urban centers across the country, it is nonetheless a serious and growing problem. The Vermont Coalition ...


The Setonian

Vermont’s Budding Industry: Next State to Tax & Regulate Cannabis?

For those Vermonters advocating for a tax-and-regulate cannabis market, new legislation moving through both the House and the Senate could herald welcome changes. A bill proposed by Representative Sam Young (D-Greensboro) on Friday, Feb. 8, would progressively implement a commercial marijuana market ...


4a.-ACT-Teens-and-Boat-Color

Addison Central Teens Learn Boat Building

MIDDLEBURY - For many Middlebury families, February break often serves as a time to spend time with loved ones or enjoy winter sports. Rather than heading to the Snow Bowl or Sugar Bush, however, some Middlebury area teens chose to spend their break working  on something that won’t become useful  ...