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 →

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 →

Selectmen unveil new process

#MiddleburyCT #BoardofSelectmen By MARJORIE NEEDHAM Middlebury’s Board of Selectmen, with one member strongly dissenting, unveiled a new procedure for accepting resignations ... Continue Reading →

Trees adapt to winter

By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY Winter in Connecticut can be hard on everything that lives outdoors. There are many adaptations for animals (fur, burrow, hibernate), birds (some just go south, ... Continue Reading →

Woodbury makes trash reduction program permanent

#MiddleburyCT #WoodburyCT #TrashReductionProgram Following a successful yearlong pilot funded by the Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (CT DEEP), the ... Continue Reading →

Dems execute coup d’DTC

#MiddleburyCT #MDTC #Caucus By MARJORIE NEEDHAM Editor’s note: Due to the weather January 16, we did not attend the caucus. For this article, we interviewed Democrats from both ... Continue Reading →

DEEP hosts family event

#MiddleburyCT #NoChildLeftInside #DEEP (HARTFORD) — The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) continues its year-long celebration of the outdoors with ... Continue Reading →