Addison County Independent

01/24/2025

A stream of about 80 vehicles proceeded northbound on Route 22A through Orwell around 8 a.m. Friday morning in honor of David “Chris” Maland, a U.S. Border Patrol agent who was killed in the line of duty on Monday. The convoy included first response vehicles of many kinds, including fire trucks, as well as civilian vehicles. A rescue helicopter flew above the procession. This show of support came after a motorcade of around 200 vehicles escorted Maland’s body as it was moved from the Chief Medical Examiner’s office in Burlington to a funeral home on Thursday.

Independent photo/Sean Dougherty

01/24/2025

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Click the link below or mail your entry to us at 58 Maple Street, Middlebury, VT 05753 by February 7th. Winners will be announced in the February 13th edition of the Addy Indy.

All submissions will be entered to win one of three local prize packages. Prize packages will be selected at random and mailed to each winner ❤

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01/23/2025

Bristol's Payton Jones, who suffered a cardiac arrest during a swim meet when she was 11, is among a group of Vermonters and organizations supporting legislation that would require schools and athletic events to have cardiac emergency response plans in place so they’re prepared to respond to such emergencies.

When it comes to responding to a cardiac arrest, Bristol resident Payton Jones knows firsthand how having the right people and resources nearby can mean the difference between life and death.

01/17/2025

Based on local service-providers’ data, there were 156 homeless people in Addison County last year, of which 41 were children. This data doesn’t include all unhoused people and doesn’t acknowledge those at risk of becoming homeless.

“The facts are discouraging,” said Heidi Lacey, executive director of the Charter House.

Frigid temperatures and the recent removal of Middlebury’s largest encampment behind the Ilsley Library has temporarily made homelessness more of an unseen problem in the county’s shire town. So where did the folks go?

01/16/2025

Vergennes officers worked with American Legion Post 14 to surprise the Tembreulls with a new flag after their former flag — which they had flown for six years in honor of Tracy Tembreull’s brother, a Purple Heart veteran who took his own life — was stolen from their Vergennes home on New Year’s Eve.

Vergennes Police Sergeant Adam O’Neill knew quickly on New Year’s Eve that the woman calling the station was upset. City homeowner Tracy Tembreull was reporting the theft of an item from her family’s South Maple Street front porch. It was an item that in one way could be replaced for just $30 ...

01/10/2025

What fun to see the Snowbowl in the 1950s!

01/07/2025

The post office will be closed this Thursday in observation of the National Day of Mourning for Jimmy Carter. If you normally get your paper in the mail, expect it a day later than usual this week.

01/01/2025

Happy New Year from the Independent and the Town of Middlebury!

12/18/2024

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12/11/2024

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12/06/2024

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12/05/2024

Our sports reporter saves his favorite photos of local sports action throughout the season to tell the story of the fall. Here are his picks.

Words can also only capture so much of what happens on the field and the trails and in the gym. That’s why we send Steve James and his cameras and lenses along.

12/03/2024

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12/03/2024

The Hot Chocolate Hut has landed. Come out for Midd Night Stroll this Thursday evening, or Very Merry Middlebury on Saturday morning, for a 25-cent cup with all the fixins.

📷: Sean Dougherty

11/25/2024

Now is the time to help out. HOPE needs food donations — in addition to holiday shop donations — now more than ever.

“Calls for food and other assistance rise during the third quarter of each year, and we will be challenged to meet them,” Jeanne Montross stated in an October letter to prospective donors. “Food prices, which rose during the pandemic, have remained very high, and so we will not only need to purchase more food, that food will now cost twice what it did just two years ago.”

Adding to the problem: There’s no longer a food donation bin at Middlebury’s Hannaford supermarket, though the Hare and the Dog liquor store next door has agreed to host one, according to Montross. She said food shelves like HOPE’s have fewer sources from which to harvest free provisions.

“We have to pay for more of what used to be available for free, and many items are just not available,” she said.

As the same time that Helping Overcome Poverty’s Effects (HOPE) is fielding a growing number of requests for food, clothing and other necessities, the Middlebury nonprofit is also readying its annual Holiday Shop and food boxes to ensure area folks in need have a joyful Thanksgiving and Christmas.

11/18/2024

*Internet and phone service has been restored.*

Our office is currently experiencing an internet and phone outage. We'll let you know when service is restored. Thank you for your patience.

11/14/2024

Middlebury firefighters, police and ambulance staff were dispatched to a house fire at 46 Washington St. at around 1:02 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 14.

First responders were called out around 1 a.m. to the blaze on Washington Street.

11/13/2024

Is that snow we see? Happy almost winter to all who celebrate.

📷: Jaime Cammack