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#MIDDLEBURY The Middlebury Bee-Intelligencer publishes obituaries and obituary photos of folks who have a connection to Middlebury. Some were residents when they died, some are relatives ... Continue Reading →

It Happened in Middlebury – Rochambeau’s Middlebury visit

#MIDDLEBURY By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD Some feel there can never be too much praise in this country for the Comte de Rochambeau and the French army under his command in 1781. They played ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – June 9, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY From Third Avenue On Djuna Barnes And now she walks on out turned feet Beside the litter in the street Or rolls beneath a dirty sheet Within the town. She does not stir ... Continue Reading →

VETERANS POST – Vets get jobs via Joining Forces

by Freddy Groves Veteran unemployment isn’t as high as it used to be, down to 5.8 percent in 2015 from a high of 12.2 percent in 2011. It’s likely the Joining Forces program ... Continue Reading →

DIVERSIFIED TAX TIDBITS – Turning your home into a rental property

by Mark A. Burns These days, more and more people who wish to sell their home cannot sell it for the price they want and so they fall back on Plan B – renting it out. Common questions ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – June 8, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY Pursuit Elizabeth Bradfield for Arctic Explorer Donald B. MacMillan Provincetown, September All summer, town kids pose at the edge of the pier named after you and leap. ... Continue Reading →

P&Z discusses Ridgewood construction dust

#MIDDLEBURY #TOLLBROTHERS By TERRENCE S. MCAULIFFE The Middlebury Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) at its June 2 meeting discussed continued complaints of dust caused by construction ... Continue Reading →

Strawberry Festival Wednesday, June 8

The first of three Middlebury fundraisers this month that involve food will be the Middlebury Congregational Church Strawberry Festival Wednesday, June 8, from 5 to 7:30 p.m. on the ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – June 7, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY Interval Marilyn Hacker Attention fraying in late afternoon light, soon day will be done, not the work incumbent on it – whatever that might have been – Gnarls ... Continue Reading →

Barbara Jean (Wyant) Thomas obituary

Daughter and brother in Middlebury Barbara Jean (Wyant) Thomas, 69, of Naugatuck, wife of Edward Thomas, passed away Saturday, June 4, 2016, at her home, surrounded by her family. Barbara ... Continue Reading →