Action on the Temporary Access Road; TBM Ready for Round 2 On Wednesday evening the newly built temporary access road that runs alongside Otter Creek between Water Street and the Battell Block parking lot got its first serious workout as our Middlebury Fire Department conducted a training exercise designed to test its ability to quickly deploy in the event of a fire or other emergency in the Battell building. Chief David Shaw, Assistant Chief Pat Shaw, and a dozen members of

Into the Great Wide Open After a journey of 30 days and some 140 feet, the Tunnel Boring Machine emerged into daylight in Riverfront Park at mid-day Thursday, completing the first of three planned tunnels that will comprise the new drainage system for central downtown. The TBM averaged between 1 and 2 feet an hour cutting through solid rock (the case for most of the journey), somewhat less when making its way through a seam that mixed dirt and rock. It will now be transported

Saluting Our All-Volunteer Army; We Pass the 100’ Mark Since January, members of our community have volunteered more than 2,400 hours as part of an all-in effort to manage our town through the Rail & Bridge Project. That was one of the takeaways from a nearly hour-long sit-down earlier this week between Neighbors Together and Governor Scott, a frank discussion that spoke to the value of the community’s partnership with the state of Vermont while acknowledging the short-term h

80 Feet Out; The Governor Comes to Town Hope you enjoyed the Labor Day holiday weekend and weathered our early September mini-heat wave. Hard to believe we’ll see the 40s at night this coming weekend. Earlier this week I had an opportunity to sit down with John Flowers at The Addy Indy to review what we’ve achieved during the first six months of construction and to take a look at the months ahead. You can read the story that John wrote based on that interview in Thursday’s