It Happened in Middlebury – Chalk it up to history

By AGNES C. LUTES The beautiful Middlebury Historical Society building, originally Center School, has its original 1897 blackboards. By the time the school was built, large slate black ... Continue Reading →

Sports Quiz – March 6, 2016

Sports Quiz By CHRIS RICHCREEK Questions In 2015, pitcher Dillon Gee set a New York Mets record for lasting at least five innings in the most consecutive starts (51). Who had held ... Continue Reading →

Veterans Post – Choice needs fixes

Veterans Post by FREDDY GROVES The Choice program, designed to get quicker medical appointments for veterans at civilian doctors, is a big mess. Changes were made recently to driving ... Continue Reading →

Winning Ways – Learn to love feedback

Insights for Constructive Living by PAT IANNUZZI All of us tend to respond to some degree to the feedback our environment continually generates in response to our daily behaviors. ... Continue Reading →

Senior News Line – Helping seniors stay in their homes

SENIOR NEWS LINE by Matilda Charles Aging in place. Those are words dear to the hearts of many low-income seniors who fear having to move away from home when they need services. The ... Continue Reading →

New arrivals offer wide range of reading

Library Lines By DONNA HINE How does one actually put down a book written by Bill Bryson? Honestly, it is addictive! “The Road to Little Dribbling” (914.104 BRY) is just as funny ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – March 5, 2016

The River Ralph Waldo Emerson And I behold once more My old familiar haunts; here the blue river, The same blue wonder that my infant eye Admired, sage doubting whence the traveller ... Continue Reading →

Now here’s a tip

NOW HERE’S A TIP By JoAnn Derson “Shower hooks, the rings used to hang your shower curtain, also can be used in the coat closet to hang bags and such. You can install a ... Continue Reading →

Tremors aren’t always sign of Parkinson’s

TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH By Keith Roach M.D. DEAR DR. ROACH: I have been diagnosed with essential tremor. Propranolol 10 mg has not helped. Sometimes I can write and eat with no shaking, ... Continue Reading →