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 →

Arborist trims notable tree

#Middlebury #CucumberMagnolia By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY On a windy, blustery Arbor Day people from around the state came to Middlebury to care for a very special Connecticut Champion ... Continue Reading →

Straits/Park Road projects abound

#Middlebury By MARJORIE NEEDHAM One Straits Turnpike/Park Road area project can’t be missed. That’s the new Premier Subaru dealership under construction across from Middlebury ... Continue Reading →

Tribute honors two Middlebury heroes

#Middlebury #MemorialDay #VietnamWar Rusty Bona kindly shared this photo of a Memorial Day tribute to two sons of Middlebury who were killed in action serving our country. The tribute ... Continue Reading →

Memorial Day events return

#Middlebury #MemorialDay By MARJORIE NEEDHAM Last year, when May rolled around we were into the second month of COVID-19 restrictions, and almost all the town’s traditional Memorial ... Continue Reading →

Invasive plants damage the environment

By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY Around here, until recently we had a locally famous escapee, Buddy the Beefalo, since captured and moved to an animal sanctuary in Florida. His last minute ... Continue Reading →

Some critters sound similar

#Middlebury #MLT   By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY You probably recognize by sound or sight many animals, birds, reptiles and amphibians that live around our part of Connecticut. Or ... Continue Reading →