Vote March 27 on bonding, property sale

#Middlebury #Vote By MARJORIE NEEDHAM The polls will be open Wednesday, March 27, from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Shepardson Community Center at 1172 Whittemore Road in Middlebury so voters ... Continue Reading →

MLT offers to purchase Nichols Road property

#Middlebury   By MARJORIE NEEDHAM The Middlebury Land Trust has offered to purchase the town’s 134-acre Nichols Road property for $225,000. Town attorney Dana D’Angelo ... Continue Reading →

Mosses brighten mid-winter days

#Middlebury By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY By February, I get pretty tired of the lack of color outside. My eyes long for green. I used to think that pretty much the only green we could ... Continue Reading →

Fenns share childhood memories

#Middlebury By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY It was the story of the horse and the summer storm that first reeled me in, told by Robert “Robin” Fenn and his sister, Ellen, during one of ... Continue Reading →

MLT property has unique features

#Middlebury By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY Mother Nature intervened with the first nor’easter of the season, postponing the public introduction to the newest Middlebury Land Trust (MLT) ... Continue Reading →

Learn how to geocache

#Middlebury #MLT #Geocache By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY It’s October, most of the birds have gone South, and the woods and trails have become much quieter. So what exciting things hide ... Continue Reading →

Tour Brookdale Farm

#Middlebury By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY This year’s annual farm tour of Brookdale Farm (Fenn Farm) will be Saturday, Sept. 22, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m with a rain date of Saturday, ... Continue Reading →

Eagle Scout projects benefit land trust properties

#Middlebury By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY The Middlebury Land Trust (MLT) and Boy Scouts who are seeking or completing Eagle Scout projects have proven to be of mutual benefit. This month, ... Continue Reading →

Birds abound on MLT holdings

#Middlebury By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY This column has considered large and small wildlife and even ticks but hasn’t yet considered birds. It’s time to change that! I’m not a great ... Continue Reading →

MLT offers two June hikes

#Middlebury #MiddleburyLandTrust By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY June is a wonderful month for so many reasons: graduations, weddings … and two hiking opportunities with the Middlebury ... Continue Reading →