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St. John presents Middlebury Capital Plan

#MIDDLEBURY By MARJORIE NEEDHAM Middlebury First Selectman Edward B. St. John on Tuesday night gave the first of several planned public presentations of the proposed capital plan he ... Continue Reading →

Spotlight on Middlebury Land Trust properties – July 2016

#MIDDLEBURY By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY The July mystery location is shown in the photo with this article. As before, email your best guess for the location to mbisubmit@gmail.com, and ... Continue Reading →

EIDC considers winery, approves Benson Woods design

#MIDDLEBURY By TERRENCE S. MCAULIFFE The Middlebury Economic and Industrial Development Commission (EIDC) at its June 28 meeting discussed the possible economic benefit of a proposed ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – July 1, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY Breaking Spring Matt Hart seems like a good way to say I spent all last week feeling helpless and talking about it in terms of not being Why can’t compassion change ... Continue Reading →

Lock your vehicles!

#MIDDLEBURY Middlebury’s Acting Police Chief Fran Dabbo said Saturday night, June 25, into Sunday morning, June 26, cars and trucks were broken into in the Brookside subdivision ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – June 30, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY Animal Prudence Kathy Fagan Mice drink the rainwater before dying by the poison we set in the cupboard for them. They come for the birdseed, and winter is so grey here the ... Continue Reading →

LPOS discusses status in unofficial meeting

#MIDDLEBURY By TERRENCE S. MCAULIFFE The Middlebury Land Preservation and Open Space Acquisition Committee (LPOS) on Wednesday, June 1, did not hold an official meeting, but did update ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – June 27, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY Coventry Lake Bruce Cohen My closest friend emigrated West, petrified To hop a jet back home; I exist in an equally isolated East where fish are oblivious to their own Water, ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – June 26, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY A Fold of Sun Magdalena Zurawski We decided I should go alone on foot. I would find him in the pharmacy. If he said ‘In the head of God all propositions have existed always,’ ... Continue Reading →