EIDC approves car wash design

#MIDDLEBURY By TERRENCE S. MCAULIFFE The Middlebury Economic and Industrial Development Commission (EIDC) at its Aug. 23 meeting unanimously approved a Straits Turnpike car wash design. ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Sept. 5, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY Endymion Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The rising moon has hid the stars; Her level rays, like golden bars, Lie on the landscape green, With shadows brown between. And silver ... Continue Reading →

A Sporting View – Fuhgeddaboutit

#MIDDLEBURY By Mark Vasto Here’s a conversation nobody really cares about: whether or not Alex Rodriguez deserves a plaque in the New York Yankees’ Memorial Park. A-rod, ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Sept. 4, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY Poem for Vows Matthew Zapruder (for E. and G.) Hello beautiful talented dark semi-optimists of June, from far off I send my hopes Brooklyn is sunny, and the ghost of Whitman ... Continue Reading →

Resilient seniors hope to turn Panthers around

#MIDDLEBURY #SOUTHBURY #PHS #PANTHERS By KEN MORSE Last year’s Pomperaug football season left a lasting impression on the players who weathered the storm. The Panthers went 0-10, ... Continue Reading →

Sports Quiz – Sept. 3, 2016

By Chris Richcreek Questions In 2015, Alex Rodriguez became the fourth major-league player to hit a home run as a teenager and as a 40-year-old. Name two of the other three to do it. Name ... Continue Reading →

It Happened in Middlebury – MVFD Part III

#MIDDLEBURY #MVFD By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD Two earlier articles covered the Middlebury Volunteer Fire Department prior to the department’s formation in 1941 and extending into the ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Sept. 3, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY Hothouse Raymond McDaniel A rose, rose. A violet, violet. A jade, jade. No. The architecture of each, a refusal. Rose is not rose nor violet violet nor jade jade. But each ... Continue Reading →

Spotlight on Middlebury Land Trust properties – September 2016

#MIDDLEBURY By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY The August photo was of Brookdale Farm, (also known as Fenn’s Farm). It was recognized by quite a few folks! Congratulations to Joyce Errichetti, ... Continue Reading →

Parade celebrates MVFD anniversary

#MIDDLEBURY #MVFD By MARISSA MATOZZO “It’s our 75th anniversary!” fireman Brian Proulx said with a smile as the Middlebury Volunteer Fire Department assembled for their Aug. ... Continue Reading →