Last week I took advantage of Middlebury’s new e-bike lending library and borrowed a bright orange RadWagon cargo bike with electric assist for three days. It was so much fun. And completely free. The lending library is a collaboration between Local Motion, Middlebury Safe Routes and Frog Hollow Bikes, and it is running through the […]
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Here are some options — new and old — for enjoying a meal with kids outside in Addison County.
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I want to pay tribute to a local program that helps make reading a very special, daily event for many families with young children: Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. Since 2007, Addison County Readers has worked with the Imagination Library to send more than 150,000 books to Addison County’s newest little residents. I recently learned that
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*This has been postponed due to forecasted rain. Stay tuned for a new date!* The Addison County Parent/Child Center is throwing another drive-in movie fundraiser! Come see the ’80s classic The Goonies in the parking lot of Woodchuck Cider in Middlebury at sundown on Thursday, July 8. The PCC is suggesting a donation of $25 a vehicle.
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Walking through the Bristol woods this summer, hikers may find themselves straying into a story. In a collaboration between the Bristol Recreation Club and the Lawrence Memorial Library called Bristol StoryWalk, four different children’s books will accompany explorers along various sections of the Bristol Trail Network throughout the summer. Bristol Recreation Club intern Jenny Sogin
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Did you know you can hang out as long as you want inside Ilsley Public Library again?! Since the start of this month, the library (which also got a snappy new website) has been open to unlimited visitors from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. While you’re there, you should sign up for
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Looking for inspiration for outdoor fun? How about making a nature bracelet? Or a caterpillar snack? Or spelling you name in flowers? These awesome, simple ideas come courtesy of Lis Duckworth, a Middlebury-based educator who works collaboratively with an occupational therapist, Nicole Gordon, to empower and equip nature-based early learning educators and families to successfully
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Oh how we’ve missed getting together for storytime! We went to the Bixby Library‘s outdoor storytime on Wednesday morning, and it was so fun. Children’s librarian DeAnna Lippman, who had been Zooming her sessions for months, started back up in person, at the bandstand on the Vergennes green, earlier this month. She meets every Wednesday
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Want to sign your kid up for gymnastics, or swimming lessons, or even golf this summer? Check out this year’s Summer Activity Guide from Middlebury Parks & Rec. And here are some highlights: The free summer meal program, Middlebury Nourishes, is back in person this summer at the entrance to the Memorial Sports Center: Monday
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