PHS Boys’ Swimming and Diving – PHS versus Bethel

Pomperaug High School  vs. Bethel High School January 5, 2016, at Pomperaug High School Final Score: Pomperaug 96 – Bethel 83 200 Medley Relay – Pomperaug Jordan McDarren, ... Continue Reading →

Many good books to choose among

By DONNA HINE Some months it seems difficult to find good books to write about and others, like this one, it’s difficult to winnow down the choices to just five. I’m completely ... Continue Reading →

Middlebury Public Library January events

Brown Bag Book Discussion Group The Brown Bag Book Discussion Group will meet Wednesday, Jan. 6, at 12:30 p.m. for a discussion and tapas. New members are welcome. OverDrive App class Join ... Continue Reading →

EIDC discusses website plans

By TERRENCE S. MCAULIFFE The Middlebury Economic and Industrial Development Commission (EIDC) at its Nov. 24 meeting unanimously voted to not renew a yearly membership in the Connecticut ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Jan. 5, 2016

Letter Beginning with Two Lines by Czeslaw Milosz Matthew Olzmann You whom I could not save, Listen to me. Can we agree Kevlar backpacks shouldn’t be needed for children walking ... Continue Reading →

CC approves grocery store, crematory, salary increase

By TERRENCE S. MCAULIFFE The Middlebury Conservation Commission (CC) at its Nov. 24 meeting approved a septic tank at Tyler Cove and plans for a commercial building on Southford Road. ... Continue Reading →

P&Z discusses Bristol Road house, illegal signs

By TERRENCE S. MCAULIFFE The Middlebury Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) on Dec. 3 informally discussed construction of a second house on a Bristol Road lot. It also set the ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Jan. 4, 2016

My Doubt Jane Hirshfield I wake, doubt, beside you, like a curtain half-open. I dress doubting, like a cup undecided if it has been dropped. I eat doubting, work doubting, go out to ... Continue Reading →

New Board of Selectmen meets

By MARJORIE NEEDHAM Middlebury’s new Board of Selectmen (BoS) met for the first time on Dec. 21, approximately two weeks after they were sworn in by Town Clerk Edith Salisbury. ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Jan. 3, 2016

The Answer Carl Sandburg You have spoken the answer. A child searches far sometimes Into the red dust On a dark rose leaf And so you have gone far For the answer is: Silence. In the ... Continue Reading →