Have you been watching the progress in downtown Middlebury this summer? The most intense part of the big rail-tunnel project is almost complete, and to celebrate, the town of Middlebury, the Vermont Agency of Transportation and Kubricky Construction are organizing a socially-distanced ceremonial opening, set for this Friday, Sept. 18. Here’s the scoop, according to […]
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Know a kid who could benefit from one-on-one mentoring this fall? Lucky for you, Middlebury College is offering its Community Friends program, which matches Addison County 6- to 12-year-olds with trained college students. The program was started in 1960 and is currently in its 61st year of operation. After getting matched with a student, mentees begin to
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The town of Cornwall has a fun new outdoor challenge for folks of all ages through the month of September. Have you ever tried letterboxing? It’s kind of like a scavenger hunt, but with a twist. Eight small, waterproof boxes have been hidden all over Cornwall. To find them, hop over to the town’s website
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What will Halloween look like in 2020? For more than a decade, families in Middlebury have looked forward to Spooktacular, a downtown festival with costumes, games and a trick-or-treating parade, usually held the Sunday before Halloween. We can’t gather that way this year because of the pandemic. But that doesn’t mean we should give up
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The Addison County Child Care Directors group is working with folks from the Makery at the Hannaford Career Center to provide masks for kids in their programs. The need is great, according to Darla Senecal of Building Bright Futures: More than 1500 masks have been requested. To fill these requests, the volunteer sewing team is
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Angela Scavo, a Middlebury mother of two and breastfeeding peer counselor, is offering virtual La Leche League meetings on the first Wednesday of every month at 10 a.m., and a virtual mama group every fourth Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. Both of these are on Zoom. Email Angela for links and more info. “Zoom is probably my least favorite way
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Here’s a fun way to get outside with your kids during the last few weeks of summer: The Bristol Conservation Commission has created two nature-themed bingo boards for families to complete together. You’ll find a printable PDF of the Backyard BINGO board here. There is also a Bird BINGO board — geared toward older kids
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Help the Addison County Parent/Child Center celebrate its 40th year by coming out to a pop-up drive-in movie event in the parking lot of Woodchuck Cider in Middlebury on Thursday, August 20. The movie, Night at the Museum, starts at 9 p.m., but come early for a tailgate picnic (here’s a list of local restaurants
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How are preschools approaching returning to school during the pandemic this fall? “We are going to spend the first six to eight weeks outdoors, since transmission of COVID-19 is lower in outdoor spaces,” Ashley Bessette, program director of Evergreen Preschool in Vergennes, told the Addison Independent last week. In addition to their routine activities, she
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