Poem A Day – Jan. 15, 2017

#MIDDLEBURY Biking to the George Washington Bridge Alicia Ostriker It sweeps away depression and today you can’t tell the heaped pin-white cherry blossoms abloom along Riverside ... Continue Reading →

Sports Quiz – Jan. 14, 2017

#MIDDLEBURY By Chris Richcreek Who was the first San Diego Padres player to hit for the cycle? How many no-hitters did Hall of Fame pitcher Tom Seaver toss during his career? When ... Continue Reading →

Winning Ways – How do you make people feel?

#MIDDLEBURY Insights for Constructive Living by Pat Iannuzzi We all regularly interact with other people in both social and work situations. From the moment we first meet someone, a ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Jan. 14, 2017

#MIDDLEBURY Now Robert Browning Out of your whole life give but a moment! All of your life that has gone before, All to come after it, – so you ignore, So you make perfect the ... Continue Reading →

Veterans Post – VA podcasts get a thumbs up

#MIDDLEBURY by Freddy Groves The Department of Veterans Affairs has launched a weekly podcast titled “This Week at VA” that includes benefit information and interviews with ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Jan. 13, 2017

#MIDDLEBURY Earthy Anecdotes Wallace Stevens Every time the bucks went clattering Over Oklahoma A firecat bristled in the way. Wherever they went, They went clattering, Until they swerved, In ... Continue Reading →

It Happened in Middlebury – Middlebury’s Religious Institutions – Part 2

#MIDDLEBURY By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD From the beginning, citizens living in the part of Waterbury that is now Middlebury were church goers. Religious societies had a central role in ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Jan. 12, 2017

#MIDDLEBURY Read Genesis Gerald Stern I was betrayed by Bohemia early in my life and left a run-down hotel with my eye swollen shut by an insect bite but got my revenge in France and ... Continue Reading →

Athanasia “Soula” Kotsaftis Obituary

#MIDDLEBURY #BROOKFIELD Loving mother and grandmother Mrs. Athanasia “Soula” (Aggelopoulos) Kotsaftis, 78, of Brookfield passed away peacefully at her home, surrounded by her loving ... Continue Reading →

Diversified Tax Tidbits – Medical expenses and your taxes

#MIDDLEBURY #TAXES by MARK A. BURNS As we start the new year, and with tax return season rapidly approaching, this might be a good time to address medical expenses and your tax return. First ... Continue Reading →