P&Z discusses Bristol Road house, illegal signs

By TERRENCE S. MCAULIFFE The Middlebury Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) on Dec. 3 informally discussed construction of a second house on a Bristol Road lot. It also set the ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Jan. 4, 2016

My Doubt Jane Hirshfield I wake, doubt, beside you, like a curtain half-open. I dress doubting, like a cup undecided if it has been dropped. I eat doubting, work doubting, go out to ... Continue Reading →

New Board of Selectmen meets

By MARJORIE NEEDHAM Middlebury’s new Board of Selectmen (BoS) met for the first time on Dec. 21, approximately two weeks after they were sworn in by Town Clerk Edith Salisbury. ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Jan. 3, 2016

The Answer Carl Sandburg You have spoken the answer. A child searches far sometimes Into the red dust On a dark rose leaf And so you have gone far For the answer is: Silence. In the ... Continue Reading →

For Rent

APARTMENT FOR RENT – Derby. First Floor, Five Rooms. Residential home. Porch, Off-street parking, Newly remodeled. Appliances plus washer/dryer. No pets; no smoking. $1200/month ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Jan. 2, 2016

January William Carlos Williams Again I reply to the triple winds running chromatic fifths of derision outside my window: Play louder. You will not succeed. I am bound more to my sentences the ... Continue Reading →

John N. Calabrese Sr. Obituary

Founder and owner of Calabrese Bros. LLC Mr. John N. Calabrese Sr., 87, of Middlebury, passed away Friday, Jan. 1, 2016, at Waterbury Hospital surrounded by his loving family after ... Continue Reading →

Karen Lynn Manna Obituary

Beloved daughter, sister and friend Karen Lynn Manna, 51, of Middlebury, passed away peacefully Wednesday, Dec, 30, 2015, at Waterbury Hospital with her loving family by her side. Karen ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Jan. 1, 2016

The Leash Ada Limon After the birthing of bombs of forks and fear, the frantic automatic weapons unleashed, the spray of bullets into a crowd holding hands, that brute sky opening in ... Continue Reading →