Sports Quiz – December 20, 2024

#MiddleburyCT #Sports Questions  Name the Miami Dolphins wide receiver who caught the final touchdown pass of quarterback Dan Marino’s NFL career in January 2000. Quinn Buckner ... Continue Reading →

Sports Quiz – December 13, 2024

#MiddleburyCT #Sports Questions What businessman is the founder, chairman and CEO of Monumental Sports & Entertainment, which owns the NBA’s Washington Wizards, the NHL’s ... Continue Reading →

Sports Quiz – December 6, 2024

#MiddleburyCT #Sports Questions Name the socially conscious international street soccer tournament that was first played in Graz, Austria, in 2003. What nonprofit organization, dedicated ... Continue Reading →

Tranquillity Farm sold pot pies

#MiddleburyCT #TranquillityFarm By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD Part I of II – Middlebury’s famous Tranquillity Farm produced lasting effects far and wide. It fed Middleburians and tens ... Continue Reading →

Woodbury woman among the best postal card photographers

#MiddleburyCT #PicturePostalCard #WoodburyCT This postal card produced about 1904-1908 shows s Harriet Louise Ford photograph of “Lover’s Rock” at Lake Quassapaug. ... Continue Reading →

Little people’s village may be destroyed

#MiddleburyCT #LittlePeoplesVillage By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD More than any other historical site in Middlebury, one fabled plot of land holds a mysterious landmark. Since my appointment ... Continue Reading →

Monument will honor Rochambeau

#MiddleburyCT #Rochambeau By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD When the Pasko family of Middlebury recently toured the museum in the Middlebury Historical Society’s building, we pointed out ... Continue Reading →

The Saga of Bessie Webster – Part V

By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD Part V of V – By November 1913, the fates of Bessie Wakefield and James Plew had been sealed by the court: death by hanging. Suffragists from across the ... Continue Reading →

The Saga of Bessie Webster – Part IV

#MiddleburyCT #BessieWebster #Wakefield By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD Part IV of V – As the investigation into the murder of William O. Wakefield continued, the evidence against James ... Continue Reading →

The Saga of Bessie Webster – Part III

#MiddleburyCT #BessieWebster #Wakefield By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD Part III of V – The April 1913 move from Middlebury to South Street in Bristol for Bessie (Webster) Wakefield and ... Continue Reading →