Middlebury to swear in police chief tonight

#MIDDLEBURY #POLICE The Middlebury Police Commission invites the public to attend the swearing-in ceremony for its new chief, Fran Dabbo. Dabbo will be sworn in today, Monday, Nov. ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Nov. 14, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY Psalm Paisley Rekdal Too soon, perhaps, for fruit. And the broad branches, ice-sheathed early, may bear none. But still the woman waits, with her ladder and sack, for something ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Nov. 13, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY from “Mount Carmel and the Blood of Parnassus” Anais Duplan Let us enter this again. In the context of this paragraph, we are hurtling backward through space, ... Continue Reading →

A Sporting View – Fixing Baseball Hall of Fame omissions

#MIDDLEBURY By Mark Vasto The Baseball Writers of America Association (BBWAA) have fixed a few glaring Hall of Fame omissions over the past several years. The inclusion of Mike Piazza, ... Continue Reading →

Sports Quiz – Nov. 12, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY By Chris Richcreek When was the last time the Pittsburgh Pirates played in the World Series? How many players have hit 200 or more home runs for the Chicago White Sox? New ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Nov. 12, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY Weir Farm Marilyn Nelson National Historic Site, Connecticut Not vistas, but a home-sized landscape, beloved rooms storied, painted, lived. A farm bought with a painting and ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Nov. 11, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY Coldness in Love D.H. Lawrence And you remember, in the afternoon The sea and the sky went grey, as if there had sunk A flocculent dust on the floor of the world: the festoon Of ... Continue Reading →

How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes! ~ Maya Angelou Share this:TwitterFacebook Continue Reading →

Veterans Day 2016

#MIDDLEBURY This Veterans Day we thank all the service men and women who have kept our country free. We owe you an enormous debt of gratitude, and we want you to know we appreciate ... Continue Reading →

P&Z tables car wash decision, looks at senior housing regulations

#MIDDLEBURY By TERRENCE S. MCAULIFFE The Middlebury Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) at its Nov. 3 meeting closed a public hearing on a Straits Turnpike car wash but tabled ... Continue Reading →