Poem A Day – Aug. 29, 2016
#MIDDLEBURY
Sea Lily
H.D.
Reed,
slashed and torn
but doubly rich –
such great heads as yours
drift upon temple-steps,
but you are shattered
in the wind.
Myrtle-bark
is flecked ... Continue Reading →
See ‘African Queen’ movie in Newtown
#NEWTOWN #MOVIE
The Newtown Cultural Arts Commission will present John Huston’s “The African Queen” (1951) Thursday, Sept. 1, at 1 and 7 p.m. in Newtown’s Edmond ... Continue Reading →
Avoid contact, fish consumption from Quinnipiac River in Southington
#DEEP #SOUTHINGTON #QUINNIPIACRIVER
Following the release of a toxic chemical substance Wednesday from a plant near the Quinnipiac River in Southington, Connecticut’s Department ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Aug. 28, 2016
#MIDDLEBURY
Mutability
William Wordsworth
From low to high doth dissolution climb,
And sink from high to low, along a scale
Of awful notes, whose concord shall not fail;
A musical but ... Continue Reading →
MVFD anniversary parade today, Aug. 27; Route 64 closure
#MIDDLEBURY #MVFD #75THANNIVERSARY
The most exciting Middlebury event this month will likely be the Middlebury Volunteer Fire Department’s (MVFD) 75th Anniversary parade today, ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day, – Aug. 27, 2016
#MIDDLEBURY
Echolocation
Sally Bliumis-Dunn
The whales can’t hear each other calling
in the noise-cluttered sea: they beach themselves.
I saw one once – heaved onto the ... Continue Reading →
Burglar enters home while Middlebury residents sleep
#MIDDLEBURY #POLICE
Middlebury Police Chief Fran Dabbo reports one or more burglars entered an occupied Middlebury Road home during the early morning hours (between 4 and 5 a.m.) Friday, ... Continue Reading →
Last call for Woodbury Fall Festival vendors
#WOODBURY #FALLFESTIVAL
Vendors have until Friday, Sept. 2, to register for Woodbury’s Fall Festival Sunday, Oct. 2, from 2 to 6 p.m. Almost 5,000 people meandered down Main ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Aug. 26, 2016
#MIDDLEBURY
Why Eat Why Kill
Abraham Smith
how hunger boy
mercer must you
brain crane lay
over lap one
dream broom
person starved
down chaff
rain pencil
shaving ego
peck of
pimpled ... Continue Reading →
Middlebury Night at Quassy Aug. 26
#MIDDLEBURY #QUASSY
Today, Friday, Aug. 26, from 5 to 9:30 p.m., Middlebury residents will celebrate Middlebury Night at Quassy Amusement Park. The park is offering free rides for ... Continue Reading →
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