Poem A Day – Oct. 12, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY For Joe Sandra Simonds Locked in the beauty of the pearl, far from frail, these people who claim to love us still they don’t give up much, do they, sealed? To eradicate ... Continue Reading →

Dr. Manouchehr F. Nezhad obituary

#MIDDLEBURY Beloved husband, father and grandfather Dr. Manouchehr F. “Michael” Nezhad, 87, passed away peacefully, with his family by his side, on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016, at Waterbury ... Continue Reading →

Rescue to hold benefit dinner

#MIDDLEBURY #SOUTHBURY #PETRESCUE By MARJORIE NEEDHAM The group running the Cat Adoption Center in Southbury is operating under a new name – Whiskers Pet Rescue – and they will ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Oct. 11, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY A Musical Paul Laurence Dunbar Outside the rain upon the street, The sky all grim of hue, Inside, the music – painful sweet, And yet I heard but you. As is a thrilling ... Continue Reading →

Patrick James “Ricky” Bona Obituary

#MIDDLEBURY Retired Middlebury police chief and beloved husband and father Mr. Patrick James “Ricky” Bona, 64, of Middlebury passed away unexpectedly Saturday Oct. 8, 2016, at ... Continue Reading →

Senior News Line – Why hospitals need seniors-only wards

#MIDDLEBURY by Matilda Charles Supposedly we go to the hospital to get better. Too often, however, we come out in much worse condition than when we went in. Kaiser Health News has written ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Oct. 10, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY In Particular Djuna Barnes What loin-cloth, what rag of wrong Unpriced? What turn of body, what of lust Undiced? So we’ve worshipped you a little More than Christ. About ... Continue Reading →

It Happened in Middlebury – Fenn family has long history here

By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD The Fenn family has lived in Middlebury since the late 1700s, when Samuel (ca. 1766-1852) and Concurrence (Miles) (ca. 1770-1848) Fenn bought property on the ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Oct. 9, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY Someone Joseph O. Legaspi Somewhere someone rises far earlier than you before the faintest glimmer blues the darkest dark wakens without alarm without body roused by the ... Continue Reading →

Scholarship foundation seeks donations

#MIDDLEBURY #SOUTHBURY Middlebury and Southbury residents recently received a letter from the Southbury-Middlebury Scholarship Foundation (SMSF) asking them to contribute funds to ... Continue Reading →