Poem A Day – April 13, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY Pastoral William Carlos Williams The little sparrows Hop ingenuously About the pavement Quarreling With sharp voices Over those things That interest them. But we who are ... Continue Reading →

Antonazzo 1 hits Danbury; timely hitting carries Panthers

By KEN MORSE Special to the Middlebury Bee Intelligencer #MIDDLEBURY #REGION15 The spring season finally got under way in spite of Mother Nature’s attempt to curtail even more ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – April 12, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY Mid-Day H.D. The light beats upon me. I am startled – a split leaf crackles on the paved floor – I am anguished – defeated. A slight wind shakes the seed-pods ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – April 11, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY Ota Benga at Edankraal Yusef Komunyakaa Maybe it was hog-killing time when he arrived in Lynchburg, Virginia, several lifetimes behind him, the old smell of the monkey house at ... Continue Reading →

Peter Ernest Smith Obituary

Brother of Marilee Dabkowski Peter Ernest Smith, 55, of Lebanon, Conn., passed away March 5, 2016, at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford after a courageous battle with a long illness. He ... Continue Reading →

Marlene C. Kasidas Obituary

  Loving wife, mother and grandmother Mrs. Marlene C. (Charette) Kasidas, 74, of Watertown passed away Thursday, April 7, at Waterbury Hospital after a six-month courageous battle ... Continue Reading →

Khalil A. Bashawaty Obituary

  Mr. Khalil Abdullah Bashawaty, 76, of Middlebury passed away April 5, 2016 at Waterbury Hospital. Khalil Bashawaty was born in Deddeh, El-Koura, Lebanon on April 9, 1939, to ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – April 9, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY The neighbor’s buddy watching my screen through the window francine j. harris Because the tube is turned to the window, the neighbor’s buddy coughs a cough of ... Continue Reading →

Pomperaug laxmen unload on Stratford

By KEN MORSE – Special to the #MIDDLEBURY Bee-Intelligencer #REGION15 The rivalry between the Pomperaug and Stratford boys’ lacrosse teams was evident right from the first ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – April 8, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY Blind Boone’s Apparitions Tyehimba Jess John William Boone (1864-1927) world-renowned Ragtime pianist. C my motto for life – merit, not sympathy, wins – my ... Continue Reading →