Poem A Day – Aug. 23, 2016
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On Being Told I Look Like FLOTUS, New Year’s Eve Party 2014
January Gill O’Neil
Deep in my biceps I know it’s a complement, just as
I know this is an all-black-people-look-alike ... Continue Reading →
Some clothing, footwear are tax free this week
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Sunday, Aug. 21, through Saturday, Aug. 27, is the one week out of the year when the state of Connecticut does not collect sales tax on certain clothing and ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Aug. 22, 2016
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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 – Aug. 21, 2016
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Moments of Vision
Thomas Hardy
That mirror
Which makes of men a transparency,
Who holds that mirror
And bids us such a breast-bared spectacle see
Of you and me?
That mirror
Whose ... Continue Reading →
DEEP closes river fishing areas
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Warm temperatures and low stream flows impacting fish
Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) announced Aug. 19 portions ... Continue Reading →
Middlebury Police arrest door knockers
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Middlebury Acting Police Chief Fran Dabbo reports the department was called to the Acme Drive area Wednesday, Aug. 17, at 9:32 p.m. because two adult males were ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Aug. 20, 2016
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The Calm
John Donne
Our storm is past, and that storm’s tyrannous rage,
A stupid calm, but nothing it, doth ‘suage.
The fable is inverted, and far more
A block ... Continue Reading →
P&Z questions daycare plans, larger sign at lawyers’ offices
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By TERRENCE S. MCAULIFFE
The Middlebury Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) at its Aug. 4 meeting continued a public hearing for a daycare facility at the Crossroads ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Aug, 19, 2016
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Name That Tune
Jennifer L. Knox
Lately my 84-year-old mother’s been
hearing noises: a party in the street below
her bedroom window – gruff men cursing,
a woman’s ... Continue Reading →
LPOS discusses Fenn Farm matters, shows Brookdale Farm sign
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By TERRENCE S. MCAULIFFE
The Middlebury Land Preservation and Open Space Acquisition Committee (LPOS) at its Aug. 3 meeting updated members on Fenn Farm projects, revealed ... Continue Reading →
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