Online scammers eye holiday shoppers

#Middlebury #Seniors Holiday shopping online is one of our annual rituals, at least for a portion of the gifts we want to buy, but with COVID making in-person shopping too risky, a ... Continue Reading →

OIG is vets’ watchdog

#Middlebury #Veterans You have to admire the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General (VAOIG). If there’s something illegal going on, they will find it. In one ... Continue Reading →

Salome’s Stars – Week of October 26, 2020

#Middlebury #Horoscope ARIES (March 21 to April 19) You might be growing impatient with a situation that seems to resist efforts to resolve it. But staying with it raises the odds that ... Continue Reading →

Sports Quiz – October 23, 2020

#Middlebury #Sports Questions Name the race-car driver who won the 1996 Indianapolis 500 and the 2000 Indy Racing League season championship. What Chicago Cubs manager went on a profanity-laden ... Continue Reading →

COVID-19 Update – October 22, 2020 – 65,373 cases

#Middlebury #COVID19 #Coronavirus On Thursday, October 22, 2020, Connecticut state officials said on Wednesday, October 21, at 8:30 p.m., there were 65,373 COVID-19 cases in the state. ... Continue Reading →

Couch Theater – October 22, 2020

#Middlebury #DVD #Video #Movie There are those who would argue that today’s world is going to heck in a handbasket. I’ve always found it interesting when people complain ... Continue Reading →

Celebrity Extra – October 22, 2020

#Middlebury Q: With the recent death of Eddie Van Halen, it made me wonder how Ozzy Osbourne is doing. Didn’t he have some health issues a few years ago? – E.S. A: Singer and ... Continue Reading →

COVID-19 Update – October 21, 2020 – 64,871 cases

#Middlebury #COVID19 #Coronavirus On Wednesday, October 21, 2020, Connecticut state officials said on Tuesday, October 20, at 8:30 p.m., there were 64,871 COVID-19 cases in the state. ... Continue Reading →

How to pick a pumpkin to puree

#Middlebury #Pumpkin A large pile of bright orange pumpkins is my visual celebration of the beginning of fall. References to pumpkins date back many centuries. The name pumpkin originated ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – October 21, 2020

#Middlebury On Nov. 3, 1777, Gen. George Washington is informed that a conspiracy is afoot to discredit him with Congress and have him replaced by Gen. Horatio Gates. Major Gen. Thomas ... Continue Reading →