Former Ford’s gas station goes before P&Z, EIDC

By TERRENCE S. MCAULIFFE The Middlebury Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) on Jan. 7 reviewed a site plan application by Mir Sabbir Ahmed D/B/A Sabbir Properties LLC of Terryville ... Continue Reading →

February Spotlight on Middlebury Land Trust properties

By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY Middlebury residents may not know about gems of land preserved in perpetuity by the Middlebury Land Trust (MLT). These interesting places – located all around ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Jan. 30, 2016

The Garden Lola Ridge Bountiful Givers, I look along the years And see the flowers you threw … Anemones And sprigs of gray Sparse heather of the rocks, Or a wild violet Or daisy ... Continue Reading →

Former Southbury Food Center owners to open Middlebury grocery store

By TERRENCE S. MCAULIFFE The names of the owners of the proposed Middlebury Fresh Market on Southford Road in Middlebury were made public for the first time at the Jan. 26 Middlebury ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Jan. 29, 2016

Alexandr Blok David St. John One snowy night I was smiled upon by Russian gods & found myself at dinner opposite The Moscow scholars a married couple – he only the world’s ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Jan. 28, 2016

I Have This Way of Being Jamaal May I have this, and this isn’t a mouth full of the names of odd flowers I’ve grown in secret. I know none of these by name but have this ... Continue Reading →

Panthers’ weapons overwhelm opponents

By KEN MORSE Special to the Middlebury Bee-Intelligencer Opponents are finding that the Pomperaug boys basketball team just has too many weapons to contend with. Normally a coach can ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Jan. 27, 2016

Hill Behind Finn’s House, Val Verde, January Iris Cushing How to get around it isn’t clear. A thicket hedged across the road, a high curve mass of tumbleweeds. Wind draws ... Continue Reading →

Lady Panthers gearing up for challenge

By KEN MORSE Special to the Middlebury Bee-Intelligencer The Pomperaug girls’ basketball team is gearing up for the challenge as they head down the stretch of the season. With ... Continue Reading →

ZBA denies subdivision, accepts porch expansion for review

By TERRENCE S. MCAULIFFE The Middlebury Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) at its Jan. 6 meeting denied a property subdivision on Kissewaug Road and accepted an application for a porch extension ... Continue Reading →