Poem A Day – July 18, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY Spell to Locate the Unreachable Sarah Messer As no assistance could be expected of the ocean, I turned to the trumpeting tunnel of sky and rummaged the tops of plum birch ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – July 17, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY Lost Illusions Georgia Douglas Johnson Oh, for the veils of my far away youth, Shielding my heart from the blaze of the truth, Why did I stray from their shelter and grow Into ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – July 16, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY Experience Carl Sandburg This morning I looked at the map of the day And said to myself, “This is the way! This is the way I will go; Thus shall I range on the roads ... Continue Reading →

Connecticut 911 service experiencing outages

UPDATE: Saturday, July 16, 911 service was again available. However, we encourage readers to save the following telephone numbers to use in case of future 911 outages. #MIDDLEBURY residents ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – July 15, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY Dear Reader, Amy Gerstler Through what precinct of life’s forest are you hiking at this moment? Are you kicking up leaf litter or stabbed by brambles? Of what stuff ... Continue Reading →

Police arrest man for threatening juvenile

Middlebury Acting Police Chief Fran Dabbo reports that on Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at 10:28 p.m., Middlebury police officers responded to Forest Avenue (off Straits Turnpike) in response ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – July 14, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY Museum Keith Leonard I walked the three floors of the local antique store and imagined white plaques adorning each room – but unlike museums I could touch the displays, and ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – July 13, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY Dragged Mass Rick Barot What are we supposed to make of the granite block dragged across the dirt lot behind a tractor that has been instructed to build up a mound out of ... Continue Reading →

Helen Capozzi Obituary

#MIDDLEBURY Loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother Helen (Bubulas) Capozzi, 91, of Middlebury passed away peacefully Monday, July 11, 2016, at the Middlebury Convalescent ... Continue Reading →

Bear near Upper Whittemore Road in Middlebury

#MIDDLEBURY #BLACKBEAR Dr. W. Scott Peterson kindly sent us these two photos of a black bear he saw on Route 64 near Upper Whittemore Road in Middlebury Monday, July 11, at 7:45 a.m. ... Continue Reading →