Middlebury P&Z approves crematorium regulation

By TERRENCE S. MCAULIFFE The Middlebury Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) on Nov. 5 unanimously approved a zoning regulations update allowing crematoriums. It also approved an ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Nov 17, 2015

Man in Flight Betsy Andrews My father, lungs a-warble, spreads his arms on the nursing home bed, swoops low over rough, unfamiliar terrain. The hospice nurse ticks off procedures. My ... Continue Reading →

Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence. ~ Erma Bombeck Share this: Share ... Continue Reading →

Middlebury Lions Turkey Dinner Wednesday

This year’s Middlebury Lions Club Annual Turkey Dinner is Wednesday, Nov. 18, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Shepardson Community Center at 1172 Middlebury Road in Middlebury. Enjoy a ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Nov. 16, 2015

Our Portrait Exceeds Us Alli Warren There is a burning star and there is a gift of choice at least sometimes once something will come from the world, it just appears from nowhere making ... Continue Reading →

School Daze – It really is ‘new’ math

by Mrs. M. Greetings! Well parents, we used to joke about math being “new math” but I’m here to tell you it really is “new” math! The math your child is learning is so ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Nov. 15, 2015

Autumn Henry Wadsworth Longfellow With what a glory comes and goes the year! The buds of spring, those beautiful harbingers Of sunny skies and cloudless times, enjoy Life’s newness, ... Continue Reading →

Dealing with disappointment

by PAT IANNUZZI Disappointment often results when our expectations are not realized, especially if those expectations are deeply held and highly desired. It happens to all of us, and ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – Nov. 14, 2015

Morning Joy Claude McKay At night the wide and level stretch of wold, Which at high noon had basked in quiet gold, Far as the eye could see was ghostly white; Dark was the night save ... Continue Reading →

ZBA continues Kissawaug Road public hearing

By TERRENCE S. MCAULIFFE The Middlebury Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) at its Nov. 4 meeting voted to continue a public hearing for a property subdivision at 269 Kissawaug Road. Owner ... Continue Reading →