Poem A Day – Jan. 10, 2016
Moth Moon
Florence Ripley Mastin
Moth Moon, a-flutter in the lilac tree,
With pollen of the white stars on thy wings,
Oh! would I shared thy flight, thy fantasy,
The aimless beauty ... Continue Reading →
Singing, music help with dementia
SENIOR NEWS LINE by Matilda Charles
Researchers revealed a year ago that singing could greatly help Parkinson’s disease patients with breathing, speaking and memory. Now researchers ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Jan. 9, 2016
Limitations
Henrietta Cordelia Ray
The subtlest strain a great musician weaves,
Cannot attain in rhythmic harmony
To music in his soul. May it not be
Celestial lyres send hints to him? ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Jan. 8, 2016
Fog
Vi Khi Nao
the sun drops his knee on fog
a diurnal genuflection that
explains the lack of clarity in the prayer’s thought
when god prays to himself
using the fog’s opaque ... Continue Reading →
Firefighter reports deer may have survived ice ordeal
By MARJORIE NEEDHAM
We left the scene of the doe stranded on the ice at Long Meadow Pond in Middlebury Jan. 7 because it was our understanding she had a broken leg and would be put ... Continue Reading →
MVFD responds to animal rescue call
By MARJORIE NEEDHAM
The Middlebury Volunteer Fire Department (MVFD) responded to an animal rescue call on Lake Shore Drive Thursday, Jan. 7, around 10:30 a.m. When they arrived, they ... Continue Reading →
Middlebury selectmen to consider budget audit, cashless system
BY TERRENCE S. MCAULIFFE
Middlebury’s new Board of Selectmen (BoS) met for the second time Jan. 4. The meeting focused on procedural matters and was followed by an executive session ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Jan. 7, 2016
Emma Bovary
Monica Ferrell
I would have liked then for someone to touch me
So I could know the purpose of this hardship.
Black-eyed and impassive as a canyon,
From the hive of my mind, ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Jan. 6, 2016
Sorcery
Sandra Simonds
I’m a witch who lost all her powers, then
in place of my powers, I got the coiled beauty
of seashells and sleeping infants. The coiled
beauty of eardrums, ... Continue Reading →
Pomperaug girls hand coach Fortier 100th win
By KEN MORSE
Somewhere among the X’s and O’s on coach Joe Fortier’s chalkboard, he found the magic that turns hard work into success. On Tuesday night at Pomperaug High School, ... Continue Reading →
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