March Spotlight on Middlebury Land Trust Properties

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 →

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 →

Power plant financial benefits disputed

By MARJORIE NEEDHAM The Stop Towantic Power Coalition spokesman, Paul Coward of Oxford, said at a press conference Monday that the proposed Oxford power plant will bring much less ... 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 →

Bereavement group to start March 3

Finding the New Normal: Life After Loss Bereavement Group for Adults will meet Thursday, March 3, from 3:30 to 4:45 p.m. at the Jewish Federation of Western Connecticut at 444 Main ... Continue Reading →

Teachers’ Union says ask wealthy to pay more

HARTFORD, Conn.—The American Federation of Teachers and AFT Connecticut issued a press release this morning calling on Gov. Dannel Malloy and the state legislature to ask the richest ... Continue Reading →

Webster Bank offers 24/7 customer service

Webster Bank announced Feb. 11, 2016, that its Customer Care Center (C3) in Wallingford, Conn., is now on a 24-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week schedule. Previously, the C3 was open ... Continue Reading →

P&Z approves new Middlebury grocery store

By TERRENCE S. MCAULIFFE The Middlebury Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) on Feb. 4 unanimously approved a grocery store to be built on Southford Road. It will be built across ... Continue Reading →

Middlebury offices close for holidays

Middlebury Town Hall, the Middlebury Public Library, Shepardson Community Center and the Transfer Station will be closed Friday, Feb. 12, for Lincoln’s Birthday and Monday, Feb. ... Continue Reading →

Middlebury Police investigate Yale Avenue crash

Middlebury’s Acting Police Chief Francis Dabbo said Thursday a Sunday, Jan. 31, motor vehicle accident in which a pickup truck traveling down Yale Avenue crashed into a car parked ... Continue Reading →