Sports Quiz 081514

By CHRIS RICHCREEK Questions Name the major-league team with the longest playoff drought entering the 2014 season. Which of these Astro teammates led the National League in runs scored ... Continue Reading →

Ballet open house Saturday

Brass City Ballet (BCB) will start its 29th season with an open house Saturday, Aug. 16, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at its studio at 1255 Middlebury Road (The Hamlet) in Middlebury. The ... Continue Reading →

Falls Avenue Senior Center – Aug. 13 to 20, 2014

Falls Avenue Senior Center events for area adults 55 and older follow. Most require reservations, which can be made by calling 860-945-5250. Please speak with a staff member when calling ... Continue Reading →

New food guidelines reveal cancer risk

by MATILDA CHARLES It used to be much simpler to know what to eat. Remember the Basic Seven food groups we ate as children? That became the Basic Four. Then, for years, we followed ... Continue Reading →

Middlebury Senior Center – Aug. 13 to 20, 2014

Ask a therapist Tuesday, Aug. 19, at 10:30 a.m., a physical therapist from Beacon Brook Rehab in Naugatuck will discuss neck injuries and exercises and answer questions. Computer ... Continue Reading →

Foley wins Middlebury

Winners of the most Middlebury Republican votes in today’s Republican primary were Foley for governor, Bacchiochi for lieutenant governor and McLaughlin for comptroller. The ... Continue Reading →

Claire McRae

MIDDLEBURY – Claire McRae, 76, passed away peacefully Saturday at Waterbury Hospital in the presence of her family. Mrs. McRae was born Nov. 16, 1937, and grew up in Watertown, ... Continue Reading →

Sweating buckets, fructose absorption

By KEITH ROACH, M.D. DEAR DR. ROACH: I hope you can help me. I am 67 years old and have been sweating profusely from my head for about six years. I believe it is secondary hyperhidrosis. ... Continue Reading →

Sports Quiz August 2014

By CHRIS RICHCREEK Questions 1. In 2013, Boston’s David Ortiz set a record for most career hits by a designated hitter. Who had held the mark? 2. Between 1958 and 1978, four New ... Continue Reading →

Sports Quiz 062714

By CHRIS RICHCREEK Questions 1. Who was the first Boston Red Sox player to have three seasons of 50 or more stolen bases? 2. When was the last time before 2013 (Chris Tillman) that ... Continue Reading →