Which dog to pick?
PAW’S CORNER By Sam Mazzotta
DEAR PAW’S CORNER: I’d like to adopt a dog that is family-friendly, one that my two kids can grow up with. A beautiful golden retriever is up ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – May 17, 2016
#MIDDLEBURY
Saturday
Margaret Ross
It was, it was explained to me,
a holiday to enter spring
while honoring the dead
and so its celebration was
a picnic in a cemetery. Flowers
and fruit ... Continue Reading →
Middlebury budget vote Wednesday, May 18
#MIDDLEBURY #BUDGET
By MARJORIE NEEDHAM
Middlebury voters will go to the polls again Wednesday, May 18, two weeks after the proposed 2016-2017 town budget was defeated by 11 votes. ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – May 16, 2016
#MIDDLEBURY
A fourteen-line poem on healing
Julie Carr
I cannot freeze sound
or collapse phantom scaffolding
I open one contradiction
after another. They call this “erotic intelligence”
or ... Continue Reading →
Are moving expenses deductible?
DIVERSIFIED TAX TIDBITS by Mark A. Burns
The end of the school year is approaching, and many families will be moving into new homes for various reasons, including corporate relocations. ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – May 15, 2016
#MIDDLEBURY
Care
Craig Santos Perez
My 16-month old daughter wakes from her nap
and cries. I pick her up, press her against my chest
and rub her back until my palm warms
like an old ... Continue Reading →
P&Z approves Middlebury crematory, funeral home
By TERRENCE S. MCAULIFFE
The Middlebury Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) at its May 5 meeting unanimously approved a site plan and an excavation and grading permit for a funeral ... Continue Reading →
ZBA OKs garage and porch, elects chairman
By TERRENCE S. MCAULIFFE
The Middlebury Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) at its May 4 meeting unanimously approved a garage at Tyler Cove and a porch on Nick Road. It also elected Ken ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – May 14, 2016
#MIDDLEBURY
The Burden
Sara Nicholson
I don’t know the Latin names of flowers.
I know that there are cities wherein stars
Will labor to appear in bursts of as
Or under, will command ... Continue Reading →
Free mental health first aid training May 28
Bethlehem, Conn. – In recognition of May as Mental Health Awareness Month, Bethlehem Ambulance Association is hosting free mental health first aid training Saturday, May 28, from ... Continue Reading →
