Poem A Day – Jan. 15, 2016

Larrea Louise Mathias Moved the jackrabbit from the road, laid her under a bush. Land of little shade, we do what we can. One sport is crying while driving. Another the daffodil light. All ... Continue Reading →

P&Z considers gas station makeover

By TERRENCE S. MCAULIFFE The Middlebury Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) on Jan. 7 reviewed a site plan application by Mir Sabbir Ahmed D/B/A Sabbir Properties LLC of Terryville ... Continue Reading →

Donate to help dogs and cats this weekend

Middlebury Police Cadet Sgt. Jack Cronin is asking area residents to help our furry friends by donating items for dogs and cats Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 16 and 17, from 9 a.m. to ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Jan. 14, 2016

Degrets Anselm Berrigan drawn frogs appear to serve the exoskeletal goddess in full mollusk shrug, shelves built for dated wreck registers, cranial outbursts finely detailed, opening at ... Continue Reading →

Diana Riggs Genung Obituary

Woodbury resident, Taft School dorm parent Diana Riggs Genung died peacefully Jan. 11, 2016, surrounded by her family, at the Parlin House Hospice Residence in Wayland, Mass., following ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Jan. 13, 2016

Blue Vase Cynthia Zarin Because you like to sleep with curtains drawn, at dawn I rose and pulled the velvet tight. You stirred, then set your hand back on my hip, the bed a ship in ... Continue Reading →

Pomperaug wins the battle of the Panthers

By KEN MORSE Special to the Middlebury Bee Intelligencer The Pomperaug Panthers boys’ basketball team has been racking up games in the win column by comfortable margins. Last ... Continue Reading →

Sports Quiz – Jan. 12, 2016

SPORTS QUIZ By Chris Richcreek Questions When was the last time before 2015 that the Detroit Tigers started a season 6-0? Who had more stolen bases in his career: George Brett or ... Continue Reading →

Nonalcoholic fatty liver is increasingly common

TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH By Keith Roach, M.D. DEAR DR. ROACH: I am 59 years old and am having problems with my lower abdomen. After colonoscopy and ultrasound, my doctor called to say I ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Jan. 12, 2016

The Cry Paisley Rekdal A man can cry, all night, your back shaking against me as your mother sleeps, hooked to the drip to clear her kidneys from their muck of sleeping pills. Each ... Continue Reading →