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 →

Tax Collector opts to retire

#MiddleburyCT #TaxCollector By MARJORIE NEEDHAM Middlebury Tax Collector Brenda Carter was due to be reelected this November, but her name won’t be on the ballot. Instead, she ... Continue Reading →

Shift to native garden species

#MiddleburyCT #NativePlants By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY At the recent Middlebury Land Trust Sunflower Days event, several people said they want to shift the plantings at their homes to ... Continue Reading →

EDC sees Southford Park building renderings

#MiddleburyCT #SouthfordPark Southford Park representatives presented artist’s renderings of the proposed project’s two buildings to the Middlebury Economic Development ... Continue Reading →

Pies & Pub celebrates 12 years

#MiddleburyCT #Pies&Pub By MARJORIE NEEDHAM When Pies & Pints (as it was initially called) opened in the former Perrotti’s Pizza in 2011, it opened in an already popular ... Continue Reading →

P&Z to hold Southford Road project hearings

#MiddleburyCT #SouthfordPark #P&Z   By MARJORIE NEEDHAM Following the August 3, 2023, Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) meeting, Drubber Associates on August 23 finalized ... Continue Reading →

Commercial sprawl threatens historic district

By MICHAEL C. DOOLING Middlebury has a reputation of being a charming New England town with a traditional Green, vintage buildings and houses, and as having a nationally recognized ... Continue Reading →

Visitor shares thoughts

By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY This summer my husband and I had the wonderful opportunity to have our eldest grandchild, Nico, stay with us for 5 ½ weeks. Her father (our son) and his family ... Continue Reading →

Nonprofit moves to Middlebury

#MiddleburyCT #Veterans #MakeAHomeCT   By MARJORIE NEEDHAM Make A Home Foundation, a nonprofit that serves homeless veterans and those in crisis, quietly moved to Middlebury in ... Continue Reading →

Thieves steal mail

By MARJORIE NEEDHAM Thieves have struck the big blue mailbox out front of the Middlebury Post Office at least twice this year, first over Memorial Day weekend and then again the third ... Continue Reading →