Middlebury selectmen to consider budget audit, cashless system

BY TERRENCE S. MCAULIFFE Middlebury’s new Board of Selectmen (BoS) met for the second time Jan. 4. The meeting focused on procedural matters and was followed by an executive session ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Jan. 7, 2016

Emma Bovary Monica Ferrell I would have liked then for someone to touch me So I could know the purpose of this hardship. Black-eyed and impassive as a canyon, From the hive of my mind, ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Jan. 6, 2016

Sorcery Sandra Simonds I’m a witch who lost all her powers, then in place of my powers, I got the coiled beauty of seashells and sleeping infants. The coiled beauty of eardrums, ... Continue Reading →

Pomperaug girls hand coach Fortier 100th win

By KEN MORSE Somewhere among the X’s and O’s on coach Joe Fortier’s chalkboard, he found the magic that turns hard work into success. On Tuesday night at Pomperaug High School, ... Continue Reading →

PHS Boys’ Swimming and Diving – PHS versus Bethel

Pomperaug High School  vs. Bethel High School January 5, 2016, at Pomperaug High School Final Score: Pomperaug 96 – Bethel 83 200 Medley Relay – Pomperaug Jordan McDarren, ... Continue Reading →

Many good books to choose among

By DONNA HINE Some months it seems difficult to find good books to write about and others, like this one, it’s difficult to winnow down the choices to just five. I’m completely ... Continue Reading →

Middlebury Public Library January events

Brown Bag Book Discussion Group The Brown Bag Book Discussion Group will meet Wednesday, Jan. 6, at 12:30 p.m. for a discussion and tapas. New members are welcome. OverDrive App class Join ... Continue Reading →

EIDC discusses website plans

By TERRENCE S. MCAULIFFE The Middlebury Economic and Industrial Development Commission (EIDC) at its Nov. 24 meeting unanimously voted to not renew a yearly membership in the Connecticut ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Jan. 5, 2016

Letter Beginning with Two Lines by Czeslaw Milosz Matthew Olzmann You whom I could not save, Listen to me. Can we agree Kevlar backpacks shouldn’t be needed for children walking ... Continue Reading →

CC approves grocery store, crematory, salary increase

By TERRENCE S. MCAULIFFE The Middlebury Conservation Commission (CC) at its Nov. 24 meeting approved a septic tank at Tyler Cove and plans for a commercial building on Southford Road. ... Continue Reading →