Pirates, princesses, cowboys and witches alike gathered on the Middlebury town green on the afternoon of Saturday, Oct. 30 to celebrate the third annual Halloween Spooktacular. The Better Middlebury Partnership, an organization dedicated to maintaining Middlebury’s vibrant local community, sponsored ...
The Office of Communications is working to establish a “Murmur” network on campus. Murmur, which originated in Toronto’s Kensington Market neighborhood in 2003, is a network of short recordings that tell personal stories about the buildings and sites in an area — in this case, on a college campus. Communications ...
PARIS — After two years of coping with the relentless stress we urban types experience surrounded by the physical beauty and placid countryside of Middlebury, I decided to relocate to what is seemingly the complete opposite end of the spectrum: the city of the sedentary café lifestyle. After almost ...
Following the G20 Summit meeting in South Korea, much speculation has been offered regarding the souring of relations between the American and Chinese governments. Though the Obama administration entered office with the widely acknowledged desire to strengthen ties with the rising superpower, officials ...
It would be an understatement to say that sports are a big part of life at the College. About 28 percent of the student body plays a varsity sport, and most others are involved in some type of club or intramural activity. It’s safe to say, then, that athletes have significant influence on many aspects ...
On Oct. 28, the Byers Studio of the Middlebury Town Hall Theater was transformed into a true cabaret setting: small, candlelit tables faced the front of the room where several instruments and three musicians awaited the arrival of Deb Brisson. The intimate atmosphere differed greatly from the festive ...
Spaghetti dinner Nov. 5, 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Looking for some home cooking? Tired of Ross and Proctor’s tofu? Come to the St. Ambrose Parish in Bristol for an Italian feast. The Knights of Columbus, a group at the Parish, are organizing the event. Adult tickets cost $8 and children under 12 get in ...
Eighty-six days ago, McDonalds, located at 280 Court Street off of Route 7, closed for renovation. Many were dismayed: the infamous late-night Big Mac and fries were no longer available to Middlebury students. Students can now rest easy, however, because McDonalds is up and running again. “It was ...
The Trail Around Middlebury (TAM) is a 16-mile foot and bike path that circles the town of Middlebury, linking several parks and protected areas. The trail is maintained by the Middlebury Area Land Trust (MALT), which has operated since 1987 with the “purpose of preserving key open and scenic lands ...
During his Ultraman Competition, a three-day event in Hawaii that includes a 6.2-mile swim, a 261.4-mile bike ride and a 52.4-mile run, Steve Hare listened to Yes, Rush, Def Leopard and Styx. Races like this are standard for Hare, who owns Vermont Sun Fitness Center with his wife Shelly. He continues ...
Bake and rummage sale Oct 29, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. and Oct 30, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. The Middlebury United Methodist Church has organized a rummage sale.From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Fri., there will be a bakesale in the upstairs kitchen and a rummage sale downstairs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The sale continues into ...
After 18 months of construction, the $16 million Cross Street Bridge above Otter Creek will open this Saturday, Oct. 30. Joe Colangelo, the assistant town manager, and Douglas Anderson, the executive director of the Town Hall Theater, have spent a significant amount of time preparing for the grand opening ...
Vermont’s ongoing budget problems have affected education due to the aging of the state’s population coupled with a decrease in the number of school-aged children.In 2000, around 150,000 Vermonters were under the age of 18. As of 2009, the number is approximately 120,000. My K-8 school had about ...
David Nienow, owner of Ramunto’s Pizza in downtown Middlebury, has worked in the food industry nearly his entire life. A native of Southern Wisconsin, Nienow got his first food service job as a dishwasher the same day that he received his driver’s license, and has worked in the industry ever since. Yet ...
Tim Edwards ’10, former co-captain of the most sucessful basketball team in Middlebury history, has recently signed an agreement to play for SB DJK Rosenheim Basketball Club in Rosenheim, Germany. Rosenheim competes in Germany’s Regionaliga 2. One of Middlebury’s most decorated basketball ...
The venerable ESPN show “E:60” had a distinctly Middlebury feel this week, as one of the episode’s 15-minute segments was dedicated to the well-known Middlebury athletics tradition of “Picking up Butch,” which refers to the 50-year-old ritual established by Roger Ralph ’63 in which members ...
The Communications Office has launched a new multimedia initiative to address the perennial problem of plates disappearing from the dining halls. Described as a “shame campaign” by Vice President for Administration Tim Spears, who oversees Dining Services and spearheaded the initiative, it has ...
The Staff Resources Committee (SRC) is continuing to grapple with the task of staff attrition and departmental streamlining as a result of the financial setbacks the College has suffered since the economic downturn in 2008. After the downturn began, the SRC recommended that the College decrease the ...
The Staff Resources Committee (SRC) is continuing to grapple with the task of staff attrition and departmental streamlining as a result of the financial setbacks the College has suffered since the economic downturn in 2008. After the downturn began, the SRC recommended that the College decrease the ...
Recently the Middlebury College Activities Board (MCAB) surveyed the student body in order to gather input on the status of social life at the College. Led by President Maria Perille ’10, MCAB released a questionnaire requesting input on the general quality of MCAB events for the first time in five ...