Fence posts dot the forest

#MiddleburyCT #MiddleburyLandTrust #TuttleWoods By JANINE SULLIVAN–WILEY A recent Middlebury Land Trust (MLT) hike went through the Tuttle Woods preserve. Keen observation brought ... 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 →

Eradicate a foliar felon

#MiddleburyCT #MiddleburyLandTrust #Knotweed By JANINE SULLIVAN–WILEY You may have seen them proliferating along roadsides, streams and rivers, the foliar felons called by an innocent-sounding ... Continue Reading →

Blessing Bags help the homeless

#MiddleburyCT #Homeless #BlessingBags By MARJORIE NEEDHAM St. George’s Episcopal Church parishioners and their priest spent the morning May 11 filling “Blessing Bags” ... Continue Reading →

Learn how to take a hike

#MiddleburyCT #MiddleburyLandTrust #Hiking By JANINE SULLIVAN–WILEY May is a beautiful month. The blitz of flowering that began in April continues, and the woods are filled with ... Continue Reading →

Dinova’s Four Corners closes

#MiddleburyCT #Dinovas By MARJORIE NEEDHAM Dinova’s Four Corners Grocery Store served Middlebury for 83 years. On April 10, 2024, it announced it was permanently closing and ... 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 →

Middlebury grocery store to close permanently

#MiddleburyCT #FourCorners Facebook began buzzing April 9 with news that Middlebury’s only grocery store – Dinova’s Four Corners Grocery Store –would be closing. Was ... Continue Reading →

Grow native; buy local

#MiddleburyCT #NativePlants #BuyLocal By JANINE SULLIVAN–WILEY There is a strong emphasis now on growing native plants for their benefit to birds, bees, butterflies, insects in general, ... Continue Reading →

Know our local foxes

#MiddleburyCT #Foxes By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY Middlebury is home to two foxes: the red fox and the gray fox. Most people are familiar with the former, and may not ever have known that ... Continue Reading →