Keep your pets safe during the holidays

#MiddleburyCT #Holidays #PoisonousFoods DEAR PAW’S CORNER: Last Thanksgiving, we had the scare of our life. Our little dog “Mamie” jumped onto the counter and ate ... Continue Reading →

Vintage Coca-Cola advertising is popular

#MiddleburyCT #CocaCola #Coke Thanksgiving will be here soon, and while the best organizers among us may already have everything in place, most of us are probably still working through ... Continue Reading →

Christmas tradition gets a modern twist

#Middlebury #Christmas It seems like I was just planning and preparing our Thanksgiving dinner and now Christmas is upon us. If you want to change things up a little for your Christmas ... Continue Reading →

Small holiday gatherings can still stress pets

#Middlebury #Pets #Holiday DEAR PAW’S CORNER: This year, we are only going to have a few family members over on Christmas Day. In past years, I’ve put our dog, cat and rabbit ... Continue Reading →

Christmas devil legendary German figure

#Middlebury #Antiques Krampus is a legendary German figure who visits children on Dec. 6 to find bad children, catch them with his very long tongue, beat them with sticks and take them ... Continue Reading →

Enjoy Christmas gift of faith and food

#Middlebury My father, Howard, was in the Air Force and my mother, Angeline, was a homemaker. They didn’t have a lot of money to buy Christmas presents for my three siblings or ... Continue Reading →

Somewhere in the Middle – December 2020

#Middlebury By BRIDGET HENRY Christmas was an incredibly magical time in my home. My parents, particularly my mom, went above and beyond to create what I believed to be the best holiday ... Continue Reading →

Send a letter to Santa

#Middlebury #Santa Happy Christmas Season from the North Pole! Santa’s Red Mailbox is now available on the Middlebury Town Green for his favorite residents to deposit their very ... Continue Reading →

Holiday celebrations hold dangers for pets

#Middlebury #Pets DEAR PAW’S CORNER: Please remind your readers to keep their pets away from Christmas decorations, wrapping paper and all the other shiny accoutrements of the ... Continue Reading →

Somewhere in the Middle – December 2019

#Middlebury #Christmas By BRIDGET HENRY Dear Larry, Although I have never met you and have absolutely no idea who you are, I have thought about you many times over the years. When you ... Continue Reading →