In 1984, the U.S. Congress passed the National Minimum Drinking Age Act, raising the drinking age from 18 to 21 after a rise in both binge drinking and highway accidents related to alcohol served as evidence that legitimate reform was necessary. In accordance with this change, Congress enacted a provision ...
As Valentine’s Day approaches, campus couples will frantically try to make reservations at the same restaurants located in downtown Middlebury. However, if you think that your dinner date options are limited to the Storm Café or Fire & Ice, just venture 25 minutes north of the College to downtown ...
Community Bridge game Feb. 11, 2 – 4 p.m. Brush up on your bridge skills with local game fanatics at the Ilsley Public Library. Visit http://www.7notrump.wordpress.com or call Gisela at (802) 462-3373 for more information. MALT open house Feb. 11, 4 – 8 p.m. The Middlebury Area Land Trust and ...
Open Mic Night Jan. 22, 7:30 p.m. Talents of all kinds are welcome at the monthly Carol’s Hungry Mind open mic. Bring an instrument, spoken word art or any other performance you want to share with a crowd. Sign-ups for time slots begin at 7:30 p.m. Button Up Middlebury Jan. 23, 8:30 a.m. - 12 ...
Nestled five miles down a dirt road in the Moosalamoo National Recreation Area, the Blueberry Hill Ski Touring Center offers visitors ultimate solitude and breathtaking mountain views. With about 46 miles of trails of varying difficulty and terrain, Blueberry Hill is one of the most renowned cross-country ...
Just over three weeks ago on a foggy December night in Shoreham, Vt., volunteer firefighter Peter Coe was driving with his family when he saw a car stuck in a ditch. He pulled over to the side of the road and began to extricate a person from the car. At that moment, a truck driver in a Chevrolet pickup ...
Drop-in Bridge Jan. 14, 2 – 4 p.m. Looking for a new bridge partner, or just a chance to improve your bridge game? Join Gisela Palmer, local bridge expert, at the Ilsley Public Library for an informal celebration of a much-loved card game. More information is available at (802) 462-3373. Verbal ...
Average temperatures in the Burlington area were 26 degrees below freezing on Sunday. Gerry Hartley and his wife Cathy spent the day outside on Lake Champlain ice fishing. “I prefer the solitude of winter fishing,” Hartley insisted, in spite of temperatures. “It’s peaceful out there; the ice ...
Middlebury is home to an array of unique shops and restaurants, but for several years now it has been missing a small-town staple: the candy shop. Stephanie and Andy Jackson would like to change that, not with just any old confectionary — with chocolate. The new owners and operators of Middlebury ...
Here’s what I love about Middlebury, Vt., in no particular order: The mountains — skiing, hiking...heck, just looking at them. I have lived in the Champlain valley, framed by mountains, for 20 years and I have yet to get sick of them. My family — Gang’s all here! I never met a relative I didn’t ...
1/5 Many Vermonters are taking advantage of the winter months to test their homes for radon, a colorless, odorless gas. The gas is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the United States and is responsible for over 20,000 deaths each year. The gas is most easily detected in the winter. 1/11 Vermont ...
Years from now, when Middlebury’s current population of six- and seven-year-olds looks back on its first reading triumphs, first-grade teachers and patient parents may get less credit than one furry individual who does not even read. Meet Shoopie, the four-year-old Newfoundland therapy dog who has ...
Sharon MacNair realized her animal loving nature as a teenager, thanks to a fuzzy duckling friend, Daisy. She watched Daisy hatch and quickly developed a mother-daughter relationship with her. “She even walked me to the school bus in the morning,” MacNair said. A pivotal moment in MacNair’s ...
Moonlit Alpacas holiday open house Dec. 3 – Dec. 6, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Don’t miss the Moonlit Alpacas Holiday Farm Weekend. Meet the alpacas, take a farm tour and enjoy an introduction to the fiber arts at 2170 Rte. 125 just a few miles west of the College Organic Garden. Bring the whole family ...
Jen Anderson wakes up every weekday at 2 a.m. to begin work at 4:00 a.m. as leader of custodial team 7 at the College. The three members of team 7 clean and maintain Hillcrest, the Robert A. Jones ’59 House, Sunderland, Chellis House, Farrell House and Gifford Hall. The Sisyphean task of the custodians ...
Do you believe in Santa Claus? Thanks to Cliff Douglas, the children of Vermont do. He has been preserving the magic of Christmas, and sporting the big red suit and white beard, since he was in the eighth grade in Rochester, Vt. Fifty-two years later, he no longer needs the red suit for kids to pick ...
Starting off the holiday season with international flair, the Middlebury Baptist Church held its annual Ten Thousand Villages Craft Sale the weekend before Thanksgiving. Holiday shoppers were able to get a head start on purchasing gifts at the craft sale on Friday, Nov. 20 and Saturday, Nov. 21. Held ...
I always get especially sentimental around the holidays. Perhaps it’s how they don’t change. In my family, the month of December means skiing, cookies, a Christmas tree and my mother’s nutcracker collection parading across the mantel in our living room. There are things about the holidays that ...
If the proposal is not greatly altered by outside suggestions, there will be three new expansions, one to the Middlebury Shuttle, another to the Tri-Town Shuttle and the last to the Burlington Link on Saturdays. The goals are to expand services to areas that are not currently covered and to simplify ...
Energy Solutions Co-op coffee hour Nov. 20, 9 –11 a.m. Join Middlebury town Energy Coordinator Laura Asermily and drop by Carol’s Hungry Mind on Friday to ask about the Middlebury Co-op’s renewable energy efforts and offers. Feel free to share your ideas for the Co-op and any feedback on our ...