Poem A Day – Feb. 6, 2017

#MIDDLEBURY Thoughts While Walking Maxwell Bodenheim A steel hush freezes the trees. It is my mind stretched to stiff lace, And draped on high wide thoughts. My soul is a large sallow ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Feb. 5, 2017

#MIDDLEBURY Let Them Not Say Jane Hirshfield Let them not say: we did not see it. We saw. Let them not say: we did not hear it. We heard. Let them not say: they did not taste it. We ... Continue Reading →

A Sporting View – ‘Any given Sunday’ rule applies to Patriots

#MIDDLEBURY #SPORTS By Mark Vasto The New England Patriots are the greatest franchise in modern football history. That statement is irrefutable. This will be the team’s ninth ... Continue Reading →

Sports Quiz – Feb. 4, 2017

#MIDDLEBURY #SPORTS By Chris Richcreek Questions How many times has a major-league team won a best-of-five playoff series after losing the first two games at home? In 2015, the Chicago ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Feb. 4, 2017

#MIDDLEBURY Cachexia Max Ritvo Today I woke up in my body and wasn’t that body anymore. It’s more like my dog – for the most part obedient, warming to me when I slip ... Continue Reading →

Middlebury Police aid in Arizona arrest, local arrest

#MIDDLEBURY #POLICE Middlebury Police Chief Fran Dabbo said a threat directed toward President Trump led to the arrest of a Yuma, Arizona, man on an unrelated charge. On Feb. 1, Middlebury ... Continue Reading →

Tour Land Trust properties from your car

    #MIDDLEBURY By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY Previous Spotlight articles highlighted the beauty and active outdoor use of properties conserved by the Middlebury Land Trust (MLT) ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Feb. 3, 2017

#MIDDLEBURY Resurrection Sally Wen Mao In the autumn I moved to New York, I recognized her face all over the subway stations – pearls around her throat, she poses for her immigration ... Continue Reading →

Don’t become income tax fraud victim

#MIDDLEBURY #INCOMETAX The Connecticut Better Business Bureau recommends taxpayers file their 2016 returns as quickly as possible to avoid becoming victims of income tax return fraud. ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Feb. 2, 2017

#MIDDLEBURY from “[the old soiled carpet of the wish to be Anais]” Wayne Koestenbaum writing on the bruised body and seeing into the bruise’s locked backyard, not psychoanalyzing ... Continue Reading →