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Dublin Summer Program Navigates Immersive Cultural Learning
What would you do with a month abroad? In this case, 25 Champlain students decided to travel to Dublin, Ireland, for an intense, 6-credit program focusing on how communities, nations, and people make meaning through culture. Katie Johnson ʼ27, a Criminology & Criminal Justice major, called the program “an amazing experience and a fantastic way to give students a short test drive of what a semester abroad is like, while also allowing them to complete several core classes in a short amount of time.”
Whiteface Club sees fourth ace of season
LAKE PLACID | Tom Casarella came to Lake Placid from the west coast to visit family and stayed long enough to get his first career hole-in-one. His feat occurred Aug. 25 on the eighth hole of the Whiteface Club Golf Course. He used a seven iron from 154 yards. Casarella,...
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...
Furry fairgoers get a shearing
ESSEX JCT., Vt. (WCAX) - It was a shear delight for visitors at the Champlain Valley Fair Thursday at Livestock Barn. “I’ve got to see the sheep. I’m a weaver, so I got to keep track of all the wool,” said Mary Frye of Essex Junction. Professional...
New play 'Act 39' personalizes end-of-life patient choices
GREENSBORO, Vt. — A longtime member of Vermont's performing arts community is unveiling his latest work, which he described as deeply personal. Rob Mermin, the founder of Vermont's renowned Circus Smirkus youth circus troupe, is debuting a new play he wrote and directed, called "Act 39." "People will be...
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.
Vermont high school football: Live updates, scores, stats from Week 1
See below for live score updates during opening weekend of the 2024 Vermont high school football season, and check back later for final scores, stats and game details. The new gridiron campaign kicks off Thursday, with U-32 revisiting reigning Division II state champion North Country for a 6:30 p.m. start time. Then eight...
Editorial: Komesar’s second chapter brings culture, joy to us all
Lloyd Komesar received well-earned recognition at what was a fabulous 10th Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival. At both the opening night ceremony last Wednesday and the VTeddy Awards on Sunday night, the one-man, high-energy force behind the concept and launch of the festival received multiple standing ovations from a grateful and admiring audience.
Literary Icon Called “a True Son of New York” Dead at 83
The business and literary world is mourning the death of an industry titan. New York is home to some of America's greatest authors; such as Herman Melville, Edith Wharton, J.D. Salinger, Toni Morrison, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and James Baldwin. The latter was recently voted the state's favorite author of all...
Michael Costa named next president, CEO of Gifford Health Care
RANDOLPH, Vt. (WCAX) - Gifford Health Care will welcome a new president and CEO in October. The Randolph hospital has named Michael Costa to replace Dan Bennett when he retires. Costa is currently the CEO of Northern Counties Health Care in St. Johnsbury, a role he’s held since 2019. He...
Concerns surround Essex Junction’s GlobalFoundries after report of PFAS in wastewater
ESSEX JUNCTION — A Washington, D.C.-based coalition of environmental unions and other groups raised concerns Tuesday about the levels of toxic chemicals in wastewater from Essex Junction semiconductor facility GlobalFoundries. The facility regularly releases wastewater into the Winooski River. The coalition known as CHIPS Communities United stated in a...
Ratti-Bicknell to lead Tiger boys’ soccer
The new boys’ soccer coach at Middlebury Union High School knows away around the Lake Division, the league in which the Tigers compete during the regular season. 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.
Karl Lindholm: Barnes Boffey was a real person
My second night at Middlebury in the fall of 1963, with my little beanie on my head, I was roused from my bed after midnight and dispatched with the other freshman men to serenade the senior women from the lawn in front of Forest Hall. Freshman hazing required that we...
Keeseville's Tristan Laundree back for sophomore season with SUNY Plattsburgh men's soccer
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. — An AuSable Valley High School soccer standout is back on the college pitch for his second season. SUNY Plattsburgh men's soccer sophomore forward Tristan Laundree says he returns to the Cardinals stronger and ready to make some noise with the 16 other underclassmen on his team.
Man shot to death by police on I-95 bridge after killing woman in NH; 8-year-old found dead in car
A man who was fatally shot on the Interstate 95 bridge at the New Hampshire-Maine state line was connected to the killing of a woman in western New Hampshire overnight, and authorities said an 8-year-old was also found shot to death in the man's vehicle. The man was killed on...
New Lake Placid thrift shop, food pantry taking shape
LAKE PLACID — It’s not every day that one can watch a building take shape right before their eyes. On Thursday, Aug. 22, volunteers, donors and board members assembled in the parking lot outside the Shipman Youth Center to watch the new Thrive and Thrift building come together, piece by piece.
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