Hop Brook Pharmacy closes

By MARJORIE NEEDHAM Middlebury’s local drugstore, Hop Brook Pharmacy at 900 Straits Turnpike in Middlebury, suddenly closed its doors last Wednesday. This reporter learned of ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – March 15, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY March Evening Amy Lowell Blue through the window burns the twilight; Heavy, through trees, blows the warm south wind. Glistening, against the chill, gray sky light, Wet, ... Continue Reading →

DEEP says don’t spread ‘rock snot’

The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is warning anglers to take steps not to spread “rock snot,” a microorganism. It also announced that Diba ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – March 14, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY The Oak Letitia Elizabeth Landon . . . It is the last survivor of a race Strong in their forest-pride when I was young. I can remember when, for miles around, In place of ... Continue Reading →

Dog flu still a threat

PAW’S CORNER By SAM MAZZOTTA DEAR PAW’S CORNER: My shorthaired terrier, Blazer, became very ill just before Christmas and was diagnosed with dog flu. He’s doing much ... Continue Reading →

Sports Quiz – March 13, 2016

By CHRIS RICHCREEK Questions In 2015, Seattle’s Felix Hernandez became the fourth-youngest major-league pitcher to reach 2,000 strikeouts (29 years, 32 days). Who was younger? Name ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – March 13, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY On My Sober Anniversary Noelle Kocoty A plausible place, this sea of air. Somehow, the fragments of a later Time get pulled out of the memory. The earth surges up, the snow ... Continue Reading →

Panthers’ journey ends in quarterfinals

By  KEN MORSE Special to the Middlebury Bee Intelligencer #MIDDLEBURY #PHS The Pomperaug High School (PHS) boys’ basketball team entered uncharted waters this postseason as ... Continue Reading →

Set clocks an hour ahead

#MIDDLEBURY Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday, March 13, at 2 a.m. Don’t be late for Sunday events! Set your clocks ahead an hour when you go to bed Saturday night unless, of ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – March 12, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY Daymark Ossian Foley bend and kiss what you feel contingent of what is not right now paranoia the lands like you awful lot due to stress of weather the only place by which to ... Continue Reading →