Summer’s End, A New Home for Bundle The kids have headed back to school and our Summer is slowly yielding to Fall. The downtown construction project, too, has its own rhythm and predictable patterns. Like last year’s drainage system project, this year’s work in the rail corridor has become a methodical, day-by-day execution of the construction plan. Let’s catch up on the last week of August and look ahead to the first week of September. Your Weekly Construction Update This w

Drilling Takes Time Off as Film Festival Arrives Even construction activity took a back seat this week to the Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival, which got underway on Wednesday with Kids & Family Day at the Marquis Theater and continues at various venues around town through Sunday evening. For a full rundown of the films being shown, see here. For a full rundown of this week’s construction and a look ahead to next week, read on. Your Weekly Construction Update This week Mai

Third Annual Block Party Brings Community Together Downtown It was a highlight of the year downtown. A perfect summer evening and a pedestrian-only Main Street brimming with the ingredients of a good time brought hundreds of locals and visitors downtown Wednesday to celebrate all that is best about our town. Organized by Neighbors Together and its partner the Better Middlebury Partnership—and “organized” doesn’t do justice to the amount of work that went into planning this ev

Reflective Vest Alert, Downtown Block Party On Deck A small army of yellow and orange reflective vests descended on downtown this week, signaling the onset, once again, of construction. The first week played out pretty much as planned. Let’s review what we accomplished and what’s ahead. Your Weekly Construction Update Maine Drilling & Blasting mobilized its drilling rig and steel minipiles in Triangle Park on Monday and Tuesday and then started drilling the first of 333 min

Round 3, Ban the Bump Our third year of construction gets underway Monday so let’s begin with a rundown on next week’s scheduled activities. Your Weekly Construction Update As I’ve been reporting, Maine Drilling & Blasting will begin mobilizing its drilling rigs and steel minipiles in Triangle Park on Monday and then start drilling minipiles in the rail corridor below Triangle Park either that afternoon or on Tuesday. Because construction vehicles will once again be entering