Donate food Sunday, February 11

#MiddleburyCT #MVFD #MiddleburyFoodBank Middlebury Volunteer Fire Department members, the Ladies Auxiliary and the Junior Fire Department are sponsoring a food drive for the Middlebury ... Continue Reading →

Auxiliary celebrates 75th anniversary

#MiddleburyCT #MVFD #LadiesAuxiliary By MARJORIE NEEDHAM The Middlebury Volunteer Fire Department (MVFD) honored the MVFD Ladies Auxiliary’s 75 years of service to the department ... Continue Reading →

MVFD seeks volunteers

#MiddleburyCT #MVFD #EMTs #Firefighters By MARJORIE NEEDHAM After responding to a record number of calls last year (more than 1,400) the Middlebury Volunteer Fire Department (MVFD) ... Continue Reading →

Richard H. Nicol obituary

#Middlebury #Obituary Loving uncle and friend Richard H. Nicol, 78, of Middlebury passed away peacefully July 31, 2022, at Waterbury Hospital. Richard was born April 20, 1944, in Waterbury, ... Continue Reading →

Lawrence E. “Ed” Rockhill obituary

#Middlebury #MVFD Lawrence E. “Ed” Rockhill, 90, of Middlebury, husband of the late Dorothy E. (Selle) Rockhill, died peacefully on September 9, 2021, at Waterbury Hospital. Lawrence ... Continue Reading →

Three generations serve on MVFD

#Middlebury #MVFD By MARJORIE NEEDHAM Matt Dawes has joined his father, Kevin, and his grandfather, Bob, as a firefighter in the Middlebury Volunteer Fire Department (MVFD). He and ... Continue Reading →

COVID forces MVFD to change annual open house plans

#Middlebury #MVFD #COVID-19 The October issue of the Middlebury Bee-Intelligencer went to the printer September 30, 2020. In Upcoming Events on page 1, it listed the Middlebury Volunteer ... Continue Reading →

Luminarias, ornaments on sale

#MIDDLEBURY #LIONSCLUB #LUMINARIA #ORNAMENTS The Middlebury Lions Club is selling holiday luminaria bags and both the Lions Club and the Town of Middlebury are selling Christmas ornament. ... Continue Reading →

It Happened in Middlebury – MVFD Part III

#MIDDLEBURY #MVFD By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD Two earlier articles covered the Middlebury Volunteer Fire Department prior to the department’s formation in 1941 and extending into the ... Continue Reading →

It Happened in Middlebury – Early years in the MVFD

#MIDDLEBURY By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD Stymied by manpower losses during World War II, the Middlebury Volunteer Fire Department (MVFD) nevertheless continued to flourish and grow after ... Continue Reading →