Diversified Tax Tidbits – President-elect Trump and taxes

#MIDDLEBURY #TAXES by Mark A. Burns With Donald Trump having won the election and with the Republican party controlling Congress, there is a good chance we will see some tax changes ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Dec. 10, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY Historic Flaws Bianca Stone I am going to the mountains where the alternating universe of autumn descends over you at an erotic squat. Out of that blank and meaningless ... Continue Reading →

A Sporting View – Boxing fans should keep their money in the bank

By Mark Vasto In the halcyon days of the 1970s and ’80s, a car company then called Datsun used to saturate the airwaves during televised sporting events. Famous for its sporty ... Continue Reading →

Sports Quiz – Dec. 9, 2016

By Chris Richcreek Questions Name the two Pittsburgh Pirates to have recorded 150 home runs and 150 steals. In 1973, the first year of the designated hitter, the American League set ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Dec. 9, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY Eros Ralph Waldo Emerson The sense of the world is short, – Long and various the report, – To love and be beloved; Men and gods have not outlearned it; And, ... Continue Reading →

Stock up on holiday cookies Saturday

#MIDDLEBURY #COOKIEWALK #MVFD The Middlebury Volunteer Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary Annual Holiday Cookie Walk will be Saturday, Dec. 10, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Middlebury ... Continue Reading →

Gingerbread Village on view through Saturday, Dec. 10

#MIDDLEBURY #GINGERBREADVILLAGE   There is still time to see the magical Gingerbread Village created by St. George’s Church in Middlebury each year. It is open today and ... Continue Reading →

Fill a bus food and pet food drive Saturday, Dec. 10

#MIDDLEBURY #SOUTHBURY #FOODBANK #ANIMALSHELTER First Student Bus Company’s 7th Annual Food and Pet Drive will be Saturday, Dec. 10, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., rain or shine, at ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Dec. 8, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY Lacquer Prints [By Messenger] Amy Lowell One night When there was a clear moon, I sat down To write a poem About maple trees. But the dazzle of moonlight In the ink Blinded ... Continue Reading →

Middlebury Police Department’s K9 Jay to get body armor

#MIDDLEBURY #K9 #POLICE Middlebury Police Department’s K9, Jay, will receive a bullet and stab protective vest thanks to a charitable donation from nonprofit organization Vested ... Continue Reading →