Poem A Day – Jan. 20, 2017

#MIDDLEBURY The Room Is as We Left It Marion Strobel The room is as we left it But mellowed to a heightened Dignity. The chairs Have summer coverings Of cobwebs, The teakwood lamps ... Continue Reading →

Stretch your dollar at these vacation destinations in 2017

#MIDDLEBURY #VACATION (StatePoint) Getting more out of a vacation starts with finding ways to stretch your travel budget. To help, travel deals publisher Travelzoo recently unveiled ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Jan. 19, 2017

#MIDDLEBURY Town Watches Them Take Alfonso Ilya Kaminsky Now each of us is a witness stand: Vasenka watches us watch four soldiers throw Alfonso Barabinski on the sidewalk. We let them ... Continue Reading →

Middlebury police, K-9 assist with Watertown assault

#MIDDLEBURY #POLICE #HERITAGEVILLAGE Middlebury Police Chief Fran Dabbo reported that Monday, Jan. 16, at approximately 11 p.m., officers from the Middlebury and Watertown Police Departments responded ... Continue Reading →

Elenore L. Marroni Obituary

#MIDDLEBURY #NAUGATUCK Elenore L. Marroni, 78, of Naugatuck passed away at St. Mary’s Hospital Vitas on Wednesday, Jan. 11. Elenore was born in Naugatuck, Conn., on March 8, 1938. ... Continue Reading →

Golden Technologies – Look forward and backward in January

#MIDDLEBURY By JUSTIN GOLDEN The ancient Roman God Janus is depicted as having two faces, one facing forward and the other backward. He looked to the future as well as the past. The ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Jan 18, 2017

#MIDDLEBURY The Time Machine Laura Kasischke My mother begged me: Please, please, study stenography … Without it I would have no future, and this is the future that was lost in ... Continue Reading →

Police warn of credit/debit card fraud

#MIDDLEBURY #POLICE #FRAUD Middlebury Police Chief Fran Dabbo said over the past three weeks the Middlebury Police Department has received several complaints of victims having their ... Continue Reading →

Now here’s a tip – Jan. 17, 2017

#MIDDLEBURY By JoAnn Derson Create your own “on this day in history” calendar, just for your family. Purchase a large wall calendar each year dedicated to memories. Start with ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Jan. 17, 2017

#MIDDLEBURY Poem for My Son in the Car Jennifer K. Sweeney The wipers sweep two overlapping hills on the glass, we are quiet against the squeaky metronome as we often are before the ... Continue Reading →