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Jan 10 2023

Be Part Of Middlebury College Student Research (And Earn Cash)

Middlebury College students in Professor Marcia L. Collaer’s psychology class this January are conducting a fully online, paid research study investigating visual reasoning in children aged 4 to 12 years. They are looking for parents and their children to participate together. The results of the study will be used to understand the developmental trajectory of […]

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Jan 5 2023

Winter Outings To Combat Cabin Fever

The calendar is bare bones right after the holidays, so in lieu of sharing specific events and activities this weekend, I decided to round up some of my family’s favorite winter outings. Road trip to the Burlington area for: ECHO, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain Petra Cliffs Climbing Center & Mountaineering School Monkey Do Indoor

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Nov 29 2022

Meet Santa, Eight Ways

Santa is magical; that’s how he can be at the Holiday Stroll in Vergennes and Very Merry Middlebury simultaneously on Saturday, Dec. 3. You’ll find him with Mrs. Claus in Middlebury’s Triangle Park from 9-11 a.m.; reading at a special story time at the Bixby Library at 10:30 a.m.; and posing for photos at the Vergennes Opera House that

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Nov 23 2022

What To Do Thanksgiving Weekend (Plus Holiday Happenings!)

Feeling stir crazy? Here are a few things going on Thanksgiving weekend (and read on for all the holiday happenings coming up in December.

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Nov 17 2022

Time For The Sheldon Museum Trains

Every year a team of volunteer engineers sets up an incredible toy train display at the Sheldon Museum in Middlebury just in time for the holidays. This year’s display opens Thanksgiving weekend: Friday and Saturday, November 25 & 26, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Here’s a description from the museum: The elaborate Lionel train layout at the

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Nov 9 2022

Learn To Figure Skate In Middlebury

Want to learn to figure skate? Middlebury Figure Skating offers classes for children ages 5-18, starting in November and ending with the big Ice Show in February. Registration is open now. Lessons are on Sunday mornings at Middlebury College’s Chip Kenyon ‘85 Arena. All kids are grouped according to ability and coached at the level

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Nov 7 2022

It’s Space Week In Middlebury!

Update: Astronaut Stephen Oswald will join the Town Hall Theater event via Zoom instead of in person. Want to meet a real astronaut? This is your week. Town Hall Theater, The Vermont Bookshop, Ilsley Library, and the Marquis Theater have partnered to bring the far reaches of the universe to you, from November 7-12. The

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Oct 25 2022

Help rebuild a local literacy program

Everybody Wins! mentors are needed at Mary Hogan School for the 2022-2023 school year. Do you have an hour a week to share with a 3rd or 4th grade child in your community? Do you love children and books? Everybody Wins! Vermont would love to hear from you. Everybody Wins! is working to rebuild the

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Oct 19 2022

Halloween Happenings

My 5-year-old keeps asking me if Halloween is just one day. I mean, technically, yes: It’s October 31. But she must be picking up on a deeper truth: That the joy of Halloween begins the day the 10-foot skeletons and front-yard graveyards appear, which in our neighborhood is October 1. This year the 31st falls

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