For the last 41 years, Vermont state senator Bill Doyle (R) has distributed a survey to Vermonters asking them about some of the most pressing issues facing the state. This year marks the 42nd edition of the “Doyle Poll.” Despite Doyle’s credentials as a long-time political science professor ...
The average age of a Peace Corps volunteer, according to the organization, is 28, and only seven percent of the volunteers are over the age of 50. But that didn’t stop Middlebury resident Paul Viko from setting off for Moldova, a small Eastern European country nestled between Romania and Ukraine, ...
February 15 marked the beginning of an effort to replace the historic Main Street and Merchants Row bridges in downtown Middlebury. Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. (VHB) an engineering consulting firm that, according to its website, works to provide “multidisciplinary planning, design, engineering ...
Vermont’s House of Representatives judiciary committee recently passed a controversial piece of legislation called Bill H.200 in an effort to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana, which would change the manner in which persons found to be in possession of marijuana will be prosecuted. This legislation ...
On March 22, a number of Middlebury residents attended a public service board meeting to debate the construction of a proposed natural gas pipeline that will run underneath Addison County. This plan — which involves the construction of a natural gas pipeline from Chittenden County down through ...
Officials, coaches, corresponding staff and one hundred forty-eight racers traveled across the country to Middlebury this year for the NCAA Skiing Championships. Of course, with this influx of visitors also came an astounding boom in business for the Middlebury community. Andrew Gardner, Middlebury’s ...
This winter term, Jeff Dobronyi ’13 and Oliver Sutro ’14 lived every Middlebury student’s dream: they spent nearly every day at the Snow Bowl. These avid skiers weren’t simply there for fun, or even for work (although Dobronyi is on Ski Patrol and Sutro works at the Snow School). Both were ...
On Wed Feb. 27 the highly debated bill that would impose an excise tax on sugar-sweetened beverages was approved by the Vermont State House Health Care Committee with a vote of 7-4. The bill was first proposed in December by lead sponsor Rep. Dave Sharpe of Bristol with the support of the Alliance ...
On Saturday, March 9, more than 5,000 chili enthusiasts from across the state and across the country flooded downtown Middlebury for the fifth annual Vermont Chili Festival. The Chili Festival, which has been ranked as one of Vermont’s top 10 winter events by the Vermont Chamber of ...
On Saturday, March 9th, Middlebury hosted the fifth annual Vermont Chili Festival. Main Street was crowded with stalls, people, and even pigs as visitors went through hundreds of cups of chili and tried to pick a favorite. Other highlights of the day included face painting, ascending a firetruck's ...
As film-lovers and celebrity-followers alike settled in for the three-and-a-half hour Academy Awards ceremony last Sunday evening, big name actors and directors were on everyone’s minds — from Quentin Tarantino to Daniel Day-Lewis to the lovable Jennifer Lawrence. However, by the end of the night, ...
On Wednesday Feb. 20 Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant released a statement saying that it will be conducting its 30th refueling since its opening in 1972. The refueling will happen this spring and require the plant to shut down for several weeks. “[The refueling process] is basically a ...
On Thursday, Feb. 28, a group of 50 gathered at the American Legion in Middlebury, Vt. to connect with the Vermont Right to Know GMO coalition, a group that is campaigning to require the labeling of all food derived from genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in the state. Representatives from ...
Montpelier, Vt. — This past Saturday, more than 300 Vermonters gathered at the statehouse in Montpelier to protest recent attempts by Vermont legislators to impose stricter gun control measures in the state. These proposed regulations — prompted in part by the recent Newtown, Conn. tragedy ...
After 40 years in the library business, Director of Middlebury’s Ilsley Public Library David Clark will be retiring next month. Clark noted that he is “lucky because he has really enjoyed his work … other people get into careers that might have been fun at first, but eventually lose interest.” ...
Over the past few years, the Snow Bowl has gone through some dramatic renovations, both in facilities and policy. Though the unpredictable weather during this current ski season has required skiers and boarders to adapt to a variety of snow conditions, the weather now is providing excellent conditions ...
Montpelier, Vt. – Last Thursday, the Vermont state Senate passed a bill by a margin of 22-8 to allow Vermont physicians to help terminally-ill patients take lethal dosages of prescription drugs. Passage of the bill came only after many hours of debate in a deeply divided senatorial chamber. ...
Coming up this weekend on Sunday, Feb. 24, a local poverty-fighting organization called HOPE will host the fundraiser “Ski and Ride for HOPE” at the Snowbowl and the Rikert Nordic Center in Middlebury, Vt. The Middlebury Campus interviewed Sue Byers, the vice-chair of the board for the organization, ...
Despite the immense benefits of solar energy — it can be used to generate electricity for domestic, commercial or industrial purposes — recent developments in the solar energy industry are a concern for many residents of Charlotte, Vt. The Vermont Public Service Board (PSB) recently approved ...
With super storms like Hurricane Sandy and winter storm Nemo, it is easy to overlook some of the smallest creatures that are affected by more subtle differences that climate change brings. The Bicknell’s thrush, a medium-sized bird virtually identical to the grey-cheeked thrush, is one such victim, ...