ACLU addresses election day registration

#MIDDLEBURY #ELECTION The ACLU has issued an email saying those wishing to register on Election Day may register as long as they are in line by 8 p.m. The Connecticut secretary of the ... Continue Reading →

EIDC approves car wash design

#MIDDLEBURY By TERRENCE S. MCAULIFFE The Middlebury Economic and Industrial Development Commission (EIDC) at its Aug. 23 meeting unanimously approved a Straits Turnpike car wash design. ... 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 →

Budget cuts affect state campgrounds, parks

#MIDDLEBURY #DEEP Due to a General Fund budget cut of $10 million effective July 1, Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is reducing operating expenses ... 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 →

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 →

Presidential primary vote Tuesday, April 26

#MIDDLEBURY The polls will be open in Middlebury Tuesday, April 26, from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. for the presidential primaries. Both districts and both parties will vote at Shepardson Community ... Continue Reading →

Local businesses oppose Malloy bill

By MARJORIE NEEDHAM Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy is describing his liquor store bill, Governor’s Bill No. 14, as a benefit for the consumer. Local package store owners say the ... Continue Reading →

Man pleads guilty to capturing, killing hawks in Stamford

  Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Honora Gordon, Special Agent in Charge of the Northeast Region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, ... Continue Reading →

P&Z to review Southford Road grocery store

By TERRENCE S. MCAULIFFE The Middlebury Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) on Jan. 7 scheduled public hearings for Thursday, Feb. 4, for site plan approval, excavation and grading ... Continue Reading →