Lady Panthers signature win comes in frantic finish

By Ken Morse Special to the Middlebury Bee Intelligencer All season long, the Pomperaug girls basketball team has been looking for a signature win that would set them apart from the ... Continue Reading →

Panthers are leading by example

By KEN MORSE Special to the Middlebury Bee Intelligencer Playing on the road usually has its own set of circumstances to overcome, never mind an opponent that is fired up by the emotions ... Continue Reading →

Middlebury grand list up close to 1 percent

By MARJORIE NEEDHAM Middlebury’s 2015 grand list shows an almost one percent increase of $8.2 million compared to an increase of a solid 1 percent, or $9.4 million, in 2014. The ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Feb. 2, 2016

Accidental Blues Voice Anna Journey My ex-lover received it at seventeen skiing the steep slope at Wintergreen called Devil’s Elbow. The early snowmelt along the Blue Ridge had ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Feb. 1, 2016

Skit: Sun Ra Welcomes the Fallen Ruth Ellen Kocher Jupiter means anger. Sun Ra does not. Sun Ra dances the Cake Walk on Saturn’s pulpy eyes. If you believe that, I’ll tell ... Continue Reading →

The Middlebury Volunteer Fire Department’s early days

By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD On the occasion of its 75th anniversary, the Middlebury Historical Society salutes our Middlebury Volunteer Fire Department (MVFD). We are proud to remember ... Continue Reading →

Former Ford’s gas station goes before P&Z, EIDC

By TERRENCE S. MCAULIFFE The Middlebury Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) on Jan. 7 reviewed a site plan application by Mir Sabbir Ahmed D/B/A Sabbir Properties LLC of Terryville ... Continue Reading →

February Spotlight on Middlebury Land Trust properties

By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY Middlebury residents may not know about gems of land preserved in perpetuity by the Middlebury Land Trust (MLT). These interesting places – located all around ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Jan. 30, 2016

The Garden Lola Ridge Bountiful Givers, I look along the years And see the flowers you threw … Anemones And sprigs of gray Sparse heather of the rocks, Or a wild violet Or daisy ... Continue Reading →

Former Southbury Food Center owners to open Middlebury grocery store

By TERRENCE S. MCAULIFFE The names of the owners of the proposed Middlebury Fresh Market on Southford Road in Middlebury were made public for the first time at the Jan. 26 Middlebury ... Continue Reading →