Poem A Day – May 23, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY Lesvos Christopher Bakken Fishermen out before dawn. None returned. I asked you why they left their nets behind, but you were looking out, across to Assos, and maybe didn’t ... Continue Reading →

Antonazzo fires no-hitter, sends Lady Panthers to SWC semis

#MIDDLEBURY #REGION15 By Ken Morse Special to the Middlebury Bee-Intelligencer The Pomperaug softball team began a post-season run in grand style with junior pitcher Ashley Antonazzo ... Continue Reading →

Panthers best Weston, head to SWC semifinals

#MIDDLEBURY #REGION15 By Ken Morse Special to the Middlebury Bee-Intelligencer The Pomperaug High School Panthers baseball team escaped with a 2-1 win over Weston Saturday in the South ... Continue Reading →

Lady Panthers, Panthers win first-round SWC games

#MIDDLEBURY #REGION15 Pomperaug High School’s softball team, the Lady Panthers, and its baseball team, the Panthers, both emerged victorious from their first-round games at the ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – May 22, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY Blue Sidney Wade The great blue song of the earth is sung in all the best venues – treetop, marsh, desert, shore – and on this spring day in the wetlands where, ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – May 21, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY From the Peninsula Ishion Hutchinson The old trees shake out medals at midday to the ship paused for a meteor’s blunting glimpse in the windy yellow of the water, partway ... Continue Reading →

DEEP seeks bear killer

#DEEP #WILDLIFE #BLACKBEAR The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is asking anyone with information on the person or people who killed a black bear ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – May 20, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY Mind-Body Problem Wayne Miller When I touch your arm and goosebumps lift, it’s your mind that surfaces there. When your iris tightens mechanically around your pupil, ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – May 19, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY I Hid my Love John Clare I hid my love when young till I Couldn’t bear the buzzing of a fly; I hid my love to my despite Till I could not bear to look at light: I ... Continue Reading →

Middlebury town budget passes

#MIDDLEBURY The Middlebury town budget passed May 18 with 382 voting for it and 336 voting against it. The total number of votes cast, 718, was a very small percentage of the more ... Continue Reading →