Volunteers clean gravestones

#Middelbury #Cemetery #Gravestones By Dr. ROBERT L. RAFFORD Visitors to Middlebury Cemetery on Cemetery Road may notice the oldest gravestones there have recently received some tender ... Continue Reading →

Preserve name honors Irene Walker

#Middlebury #MLT     By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY Irene Mabel Walker was an impressive woman, a really talented entrepreneur who was very generous in her final bequests. Middlebury ... Continue Reading →

New police chief takes charge

#Middlebury #Police   By MARJORIE NEEDHAM The Middlebury Police Department has a new acting police chief following former Chief Fran Dabbo’s August 20 retirement. Former ... Continue Reading →

Harris Whittemore Jr., aviation pioneer – Part I

#Middlebury #Whittemore By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD The Whittemore family has been a prodigious benefactor to Connecticut, especially throughout the Naugatuck Valley. John Howard Whittemore ... Continue Reading →

Middlebury helps those in need

#Middlebury #SocialServices #SeniorServices   By MARJORIE NEEDHAM Middlebury may be among the towns labeled “affluent,” and that might make people think it means no one in ... Continue Reading →

Family fun coming to Bronson Meadow

#Middlebury #MLT By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY For over 30 years now, the 6.3-acre field on the north side of route 188 near Pies and Pub – Bronson Meadow, a Middlebury Land (MLT) property ... Continue Reading →

Eateries enhance Middlebury dining

#Middlebury By MARJORIE NEEDHAM Three new eateries in town – Aldo’s Ristorante and Wine Bar, Uncle Willie’s Wood Smoked BBQ and The Local Gourmet – offer a variety ... Continue Reading →

Turtles need our help

#Middlebury #Turtles By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY Basking in the sun on a log, gliding beneath kayaks on Lake Quassapaug, or trying to cross a busy road, turtles are a special part of ... Continue Reading →

Scout project helps Safe Haven

#Middlebury #BoyScout #EagleScout Troop 6 in Middlebury, one of the first female Boy Scouts of America troops in Connecticut, is celebrating its first Eagle Scout Project. Maggie Bellemare ... Continue Reading →

Waterbury-Oxford Airport – Part III

#Middlebury #OxfordAirport   By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD The Terryville section of the town of Plymouth (1960 population 9,000), rests among the metropolitan titans of Waterbury ... Continue Reading →