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After two major floods, one Plainfield couple is wondering what comes next
Karen Meisner and Pär Winzell live in a home situated along the Winooski River in Plainfield. They experienced catastrophic flooding in July of 2023. This summer, they were nearly finished with cleanup, and then they were hit hard again. The Winooski became a lake around their home, and their kitchen filled with mud.
Bristol skatepark eyed for makeover
Community members in Bristol are moving forward with efforts to revamp the town’s skatepark and make the recreation area more accessible and inclusive for all users. We’re glad you’re interested in this valuable content! Please understand that in order for us to be able to fund reporters covering local news, we need your help! For full access to this story and all online content, please log in or subscribe to the Addison Independent.
Multi-million-dollar project Town Hall Theater will 'glow like a beacon' in Middlebury
MIDDLEBURY – The Town Hall Theater was a long time coming. Organizers including Douglas Anderson began talking in 1997 about turning the former Middlebury town hall into a space for the arts and other community events. The building finally welcomed the public in 2008, but the theater wasn’t perfect. “From the day we...
See history on display in Orwell this weekend
The Revolutionary War experience is brought to life at the annual “Soldiers Atop the Mount” living history weekend on Saturday, Aug. 31 and Sunday, Sept. 1, at the Mount Independence State Historic Site in Orwell. We’re glad you’re interested in this valuable content! Please understand that in order...
Selectboard votes to fix Spear Street flood damage with culverts instead of bridge
Replacing the Spear Street bridge over Muddy Hollow Brook is proving to be at least as difficult, expensive and time consuming as predicted immediately after Hurricane Beryl washed it away in early July — if not more so. A selectboard discussion about construction options that had been planned to...
Willowell is bringing back Walden program
As another school year gets underway, the Willowell Foundation is celebrating the start of several new and familiar outdoor education offerings in store for local youth — including a revived version of the well-loved Walden Project. We’re glad you’re interested in this valuable content! Please understand that in order...
WATCH: Rare Canada Lynx Spotted in Vermont Taking a Stroll Down the Road
The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department has confirmed that a Canada lynx was seen in Vermont for the first time in six years. A video taken by Gary Shattuck shows this rare wild cat that is native to most of New England but is endangered in Vermont and threatened nationally, casually walking down the side of a road in Rutland County.
Vermont’s Agricultural Hall of Fame inducts 2024 honorees at Champlain Valley Fair
ESSEX JUNCTION — Over two dozen tables filled the Champlain Valley Fair’s beer tent yesterday for an event not involving the bar: the Vermont Agricultural Hall of Fame induction ceremony. This celebration saw podium speeches, photo opportunities for award recipients and a special classic luncheon of chicken, cooked...
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