Poem A Day – Jan. 24, 2017
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This City
Eugenia Leigh
could use more seraphs.
Anything with wings, really –
a falcon, a swallowtail.
Ravenous for marvels, I slit open
a chrysalis. Inside,
no caterpillar ... Continue Reading →
BBB warns about work-at-home swindles
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CROMWELL, Conn. — The Connecticut Better Business Bureau is alerting consumers looking to supplement their income with work-at-home opportunities. These offers ... Continue Reading →
Middlebury P&Z amends setback, approves cottage expansion
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By TERRENCE S. MCAULIFFE
The Middlebury Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) at its Jan. 5 meeting unanimously approved an amendment to increase setbacks between the ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Jan. 23, 2017
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Foreclosing on that Peril
Julie Carr
I’ll keep explaining – because maybe you still don’t get it
Those children in California (substitute any state), dead ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Jan. 22, 2017
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Poetry
Marianne Moore
I, too, dislike it: there are things that are important beyond
all this fiddle.
Reading it, however, with a perfect contempt for it, one
discovers ... Continue Reading →
Gina McWeeney Obituary
#MIDDLEBURY #WATERTOWN
Retired T. Sendzimir executive
Mrs. Gina (DiBattista) McWeeney, 94, of Watertown departed life peacefully, surrounded by her loving family, on Thursday, Jan. ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Jan. 20, 2017
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The Room Is as We Left It
Marion Strobel
The room is as we left it
But mellowed to a heightened
Dignity.
The chairs
Have summer coverings
Of cobwebs,
The teakwood lamps ... Continue Reading →
Stretch your dollar at these vacation destinations in 2017
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(StatePoint) Getting more out of a vacation starts with finding ways to stretch your travel budget. To help, travel deals publisher Travelzoo recently unveiled ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Jan. 19, 2017
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Town Watches Them Take Alfonso
Ilya Kaminsky
Now each of us is
a witness stand:
Vasenka watches us watch four soldiers throw Alfonso Barabinski on the sidewalk.
We let them ... Continue Reading →
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