Spotlight on Middlebury Land Trust properties – April

By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY Each month, this column features a gem of land preserved in perpetuity by the Middlebury Land Trust (MLT). We also publish a picture of a mystery location ... Continue Reading →

Middlebury 2016-2017 budget hearing tonight

By MARJORIE NEEDHAM #MIDDLEBURY Tuesday, April 5, taxpayers can attend the Middlebury town budget public hearing, which will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the fire house at 65 Tucker Hill ... Continue Reading →

LPOS posts bid notice for Fenn Farm barn roof

#MIDDLEBURY By TERRENCE S. MCAULIFFE The Middlebury Land Preservation and Open Space Acquisition Committee (LPOS) at its March 2 meeting updated members on the status of Fenn Farm ... Continue Reading →

Hop Brook Pharmacy closes

By MARJORIE NEEDHAM Middlebury’s local drugstore, Hop Brook Pharmacy at 900 Straits Turnpike in Middlebury, suddenly closed its doors last Wednesday. This reporter learned of ... Continue Reading →

Set clocks an hour ahead

#MIDDLEBURY Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday, March 13, at 2 a.m. Don’t be late for Sunday events! Set your clocks ahead an hour when you go to bed Saturday night unless, of ... Continue Reading →

Middlebury St. Patrick’s Day Dinner Tonight

The Middlebury Knights of Columbus St. Patrick’s Day Dinner is tonight, Wednesday, March 9, from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at Shepardson Community Center Auditorium at 1172 Whittemore Road ... Continue Reading →

Selectmen offer dog park land

By MARJORIE NEEDHAM The Middlebury Board of Selectmen, at its Feb. 16 meeting, suggested the Middlebury Dog Park Committee might find a home for the dog park on some town-owned property ... Continue Reading →

It Happened in Middlebury – Chalk it up to history

By AGNES C. LUTES The beautiful Middlebury Historical Society building, originally Center School, has its original 1897 blackboards. By the time the school was built, large slate black ... Continue Reading →

EIDC approves gas station renovation, receives streetscape bids

By TERRENCE S. MCAULIFFE The Middlebury Economic and Industrial Development Commission (EIDC) at its March 1 special meeting unanimously approved, with conditions, the appearance of ... Continue Reading →

Botsford requests 2.86-percent budget increase

By MARJORIE NEEDHAM Region 15 Superintendent of Schools Regina Botsford on Monday night presented to the Board of Education (BoE) a proposed 2016-2017 budget of $67.1 million, a 2.86-percent ... Continue Reading →