Middlebury veterans’ ceremony Saturday

Saturday, Nov. 7, Wendell Deer With Horns, a Native American veteran, will return to Middlebury’s town green for a ceremony honoring veterans. Deer With Horns will erect a tipi ... Continue Reading →

Isidore “Izzy” Ellin Obituary

Mr. Isidore “Izzy” Ellin, 79, of Middlebury, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015, at his home. Izzy was born June 20, 1936, in Israel and emigrated as a young child. ... Continue Reading →

State Police charge suspect with murder in Tower Road death

State Police detectives from Western District Major Crime (WDMC) on Wednesday, Nov. 4, arrested Steven E. Brockett, 44, of Waterbury in the homicide of Isidore Ellin, 79, of 41 Tower ... Continue Reading →

Autopsy confirms Tower Road homicide

An autopsy performed Wednesday, Nov. 4, by the Office of the Chief States Medical Examiner on the body found at 41 Tower Road Tuesday positively identified the body as the owner of ... Continue Reading →

Middlebury Police Chief leaving

By MARJORIE NEEDHAM Middlebury Police Chief James Viadero, 56, said Wednesday, “I’m not going anywhere right now.” But that doesn’t mean he will stay in Middlebury. ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Nov. 4, 2015

Poem Suzanne Stein There’s always room for another rose in the garden, Rosanna Arquette said to her sister Patricia This driver, making the commute an anxious scene, bus going ... Continue Reading →

Middlebury’s Board of Finance gains two new members

#Middlebury Republican Board of Finance candidates Rita Smith and Dawn Calabrese were the top vote-getters at the Nov. 3 election with 1,203 and 1,355 votes, respectively. The Democratic-endorsed ... Continue Reading →

St. John, Strobel, McCormack get most votes

#Middlebury’s incumbent First Selectman Edward B. St. John won 1,230 votes Nov. 3 while incumbent Selectman Elaine Strobel garnered 1,227 votes. First selectman candidate Michael ... Continue Reading →

Ford’s Gas Station to become a Citgo

Ford’s gas station at 550 Middlebury Road in Middlebury was sold Friday, Oct. 30, to Sabbir Properties LLC of Terryville, Conn. Their A.N.Z. Petroleum Company will open a Citgo ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Nov. 3, 2015

After the Disaster Katie Peterson A picnic in the sequoias, light filtered into planes, and the canopy cut through. Fire raged in that place one month ago. Since I’d been there, I’d ... Continue Reading →