Diet counselor coaches dieters

By MARJORIE NEEDHAM Carol Montano has been helping dieters lose weight and keep it off since she first came to Middlebury in 1979. At that time, her office was in the Middlebury Hamlet. ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Dec. 3, 2015

Endtime Anne Waldman Why cannot the ear be closed to its own destruction? – William Blake Won’t come alive ever yet or again? In the mind of Endtime it looks like this: ... Continue Reading →

Mediterranean diet makes brain younger

SENIOR NEWS LINE by Matilda Charles The Mediterranean diet has been in the news for years, but some of us aren’t sure if it offers any real benefits. Now we have a piece of the ... Continue Reading →

Middlebury Senior Center Events

Holiday closings The Middlebury Senior Center will be closed Friday, Dec. 25, for Christmas and Friday, Jan. 1, for New Year’s Day. How to buy a new computer Our computer expert, ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Dec. 2, 2015

Sinking into the Leopard Pillow Gillian Conoley I threw out everything that didn’t give me a spark and hung all the whites on the table. Greens and deep dirt browns and grays. The ... Continue Reading →

School Daze – New direction in reading

By Mrs. M. Greetings from School Daze! Last month I talked about the “new” math, but this month it’s all about the new direction in English language arts (ELA). The shift ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Dec. 1, 2015

A Nearly Perfect Morning Jessica Greenbaum It was a nearly perfect morning – bucolic, pastoral – so I found myself cataloguing my past humiliations. Really, there was no ... Continue Reading →