Town clerk retires

#Middlebury By MARJORIE NEEDHAM A familiar face will be missing from Middlebury Town Hall Jan. 1, 2020. Longtime Middlebury Town Clerk Edith Salisbury’s retirement starts that ... Continue Reading →

Volunteers give precious gift

#Middlebury #Volunteers By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY What precious gift cannot be wrapped or tied with ribbon, stuffed into Santa’s sack or put under the tree? The gift of time. It can ... Continue Reading →

‘The Nutcracker’ adds performance

#Middlebury #BCB In addition to its usual full-length performances of the holiday classic, “The Nutcracker,” this year, for the first time, Brass City Ballet (BCB) will present ... Continue Reading →

The Middlebury Green – Part I

#Middlebury By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD In New England, the town green holds a prominent place as the geographical and cultural center of most towns. The Middlebury Green is “one of ... Continue Reading →

Winter birds brighten our days

#Middlebury #Birds By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY My husband and I had a more exciting vacation than expected when we were in Ecuador in October. The “you better be ready for anything” ... Continue Reading →

Police, assessor look for violators

#Middlebury #Police #Assessor By MARJORIE NEEDHAM For different reasons, both Middlebury Police and the Middlebury Assessor are interested in finding motor vehicles that are not properly ... Continue Reading →

MVFD observes Fire Prevention Month

#Middlebury #MVFD By MARJORIE NEEDHAM The Middlebury Volunteer Fire Department (MVFD) is observing National Fire Prevention Month this October with two free public events and with ... Continue Reading →

Trains once traveled here – Part II

#Middlebury #Trains By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD In 1863, the Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad purchased the Hartford, Providence and Fishkill Railroad, establishing for the first time ... Continue Reading →

October brings awesome fall foliage

#Middlebury #FallFoliage By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY Pumpkin spice everything. Halloween. And eye-popping, jaw-dropping beauty delivered free to your doorstep every day. That’s October ... Continue Reading →

Trains once traveled here – Part I of II

#Middlebury #HopBrook By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD When David Carusello looks back on his boyhood growing up in Waterbury’s Town Plot, some of his fondest memories center on his ... Continue Reading →