5 steps to take to prep your home for winter weather

#MIDDLEBURY #WINTER #WEATHERIZE #FROST #FREEZE (StatePoint) This winter, stay ahead of frost and freezing temperatures by taking some easy steps to get your home ready for the cold ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Nov. 27, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY Lunchtime with Woodwinds Alli Warren I wish I could write a song to make the world yield to this rushing lapping what starts tonguing what parts any possible other world ... Continue Reading →

A Sporting View – Hope you’re happy now, Chicago

#MIDDLEBURY By Mark Vasto We all hope you’re happy now, Chicago. The World Series championship … I mean, that’s just great for you, Chicago, except for one little ... Continue Reading →

Sports Quiz – Nov. 26, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY By Chris Richcreek Questions In 2015, pitcher Zack Greinke became the third Los Angeles Dodgers right-handed pitcher in the modern era to have six straight starts without ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Nov. 26, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY Song as Abridged Thesis of George Perkin Marsh’s Man & Nature Major Jackson (Poem on the Occasion of the Centenary of the National Park Service) The pendulous ... Continue Reading →

Panthers lose Thanksgiving Eve game to Notre Dame

#POMPERAUG #MIDDLEBURY #POMP_CHEER #POMPJUNGLE_16 By Ken Morse – Special to the Middlebury Bee-Intelligencer The Pomperaug Panthers were stunned when Notre Dame of Fairfield ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Nov. 25, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY Wildfire Moon (Summer, L.A. 2016) Carol Muske-Dukes for Bill Handley Pale ash falls from the sky. On the lanai, a child finger-paints a big red sun, twin to the one that ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Nov. 23, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY Hermes of the Ways H.D. I The hard sand breaks, And the grains of it Are clear as wine. Far off over the leagues of it, The wind, Playing on the wide shore, Piles little ... Continue Reading →

A Sporting View – Sports world flaws to address

#MIDDLEBURY By Mark Vasto With everyone racking their brains about the perceived problem of shrinking NFL TV ratings, we now get to shift our focus to the flawed NCAA playoff rankings. ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Nov. 22, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY Ode to Psyche John Keats O Goddess! hear these tuneless numbers, wrung By sweet enforcement and remembrance dear, And pardon that thy secrets should be sung Even into thine ... Continue Reading →