Poem A Day – Feb. 9, 2017

#MIDDLEBURY Sea Garden Rosamond S. King Dead man’s fingers – short and still or waving spindles brain coral, mountain coral ground small – they would be pebbles if ... Continue Reading →

Great ways to celebrate Valentine’s Day

#MIDDLEBURY #VALENTINES (SPM Wire) Whether you’ve been happily married for years or are single and ready to mingle, Valentine’s Day is for everyone. Here are three different ways ... Continue Reading →

It Happened in Middlebury – Remembering Middlebury’s WW I veterans

#MIDDLEBURY #VETERANS #WWI By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD As a town of grateful citizens, we can never afford to forget any of our veterans. In addition, we should from time to time strive ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Feb. 8, 2017

#MIDDLEBURY Who Makes Love to Us After We Die Diana Marie Delgado I turn on the radio and hear horses, girls becoming women after tragedy. Talk about dreams! His heart was covered in ... Continue Reading →

PHS art students win awards

  #MIDDLEBURY #REGION15 #PHS By MARISSA MATOZZO “I am so proud of my students!” said Pomperaug High School’s (PHS) art teacher of 20 years, Florin Ion Firimita with a smile. ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Feb. 7, 2017

#MIDDLEBURY After Ch’u Yuan Ezra Pound I will get me to the wood Where the gods walk garlanded in wisteria, By the silver-blue flood move others with ivory cars. There come forth ... Continue Reading →

Get tax credit applications

#MIDDLEBURY #TAXCREDIT The Middlebury Assessor’s Office and the Middlebury Social Services Department began accepting applications for the elderly and totally disabled homeowner ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Feb. 6, 2017

#MIDDLEBURY Thoughts While Walking Maxwell Bodenheim A steel hush freezes the trees. It is my mind stretched to stiff lace, And draped on high wide thoughts. My soul is a large sallow ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Feb. 5, 2017

#MIDDLEBURY Let Them Not Say Jane Hirshfield Let them not say: we did not see it. We saw. Let them not say: we did not hear it. We heard. Let them not say: they did not taste it. We ... Continue Reading →

A Sporting View – ‘Any given Sunday’ rule applies to Patriots

#MIDDLEBURY #SPORTS By Mark Vasto The New England Patriots are the greatest franchise in modern football history. That statement is irrefutable. This will be the team’s ninth ... Continue Reading →