Poem A Day – Oct. 18, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY Before a Painting James Weldon Johnson I knew not who had wrought with skill so fine What I beheld; nor by what laws of art He had created life and love and heart On canvas, ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Oct. 17, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY Lost Carl Sandburg Desolate and lone All night long on the lake Where fog trails and mist creeps, The whistle of a boat Calls and cries unendingly, Like some lost child In ... Continue Reading →

Panthers’ comeback falls short to Stratford

#MIDDLEBURY #SOUTHBURY #PHS #GONG!_PANTHERS By Ken Morse – Special to the Middlebury Bee Intelligencer The Pomperaug football team was happy to be at home for the first time ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Oct. 16, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY Hot Springs Davis McCombs after Robert Francis’s “Silent Poem” rain storm rock pore flow path earth crust thrust fault drip slope trough dam blue ooze tile ... Continue Reading →

Sports Quiz – Oct. 15, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY By Chris Richcreek Name the last team before the Toronto Blue Jays in 2015 to have two winning streaks of at least 11 games in the same season? In 2015, Texas pitcher Yovani ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Oct. 15, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY You Are a Dark Body Natalie Scenters-Zapico of water with a bed of rock barely visible from your surface. You are the only dark body of water in a desert littered with bleeding ... Continue Reading →

Clyde O’Bar Sr. Obituary

Clyde O’Bar Sr. of Woodbury, Conn., passed away at his home, surrounded by his loving family, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016, after a long battle with cancer. He was born Aug. 22, 1943, in ... Continue Reading →

Rev. George Ziezulewicz Obituary

Killingworth, Conn.— The Rev. George Ziezulewicz, 81, passed away peacefully with his family around him, laughing and sharing memories of our lives together on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016, ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Oct. 14, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY Dead Deer David Groff Bolt, thwarted vault, late brake, gasp of impact, temblor of thud – the beast drops on the blade of hood, ribs rip from their roots, hearts seize, the ... Continue Reading →

Get prepped for winter

#MIDDLEBURY   (Family Features) The onset and arrival of colder temperatures means it’s time once again to brace yourself – and your home – for everything that winter weather ... Continue Reading →