Chauncey Judd – Part I

#Middlebury It Happened in Middlebury By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD Stories about Middlebury abound in the pages of history books, and most Middleburians know the chilling story of Chauncey ... Continue Reading →

MLT offers to purchase Nichols Road property

#Middlebury   By MARJORIE NEEDHAM The Middlebury Land Trust has offered to purchase the town’s 134-acre Nichols Road property for $225,000. Town attorney Dana D’Angelo ... Continue Reading →

Mosses brighten mid-winter days

#Middlebury By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY By February, I get pretty tired of the lack of color outside. My eyes long for green. I used to think that pretty much the only green we could ... Continue Reading →

Colorful sun catchers brighten winter days

#Middlebury #SunCatcher Make colorful window decorations to brighten your child’s bedroom during gloomy winter days. When the glue has dried, these sun catchers will have the ... Continue Reading →

Diamond Match Co. once located here

#Middlebury By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD Middlebury is matchless in many ways. Our hills embellish a rolling and picturesque landscape; Lake Quassapaug lends its beauty and provides great ... Continue Reading →

First Middlebury Capital Plan updates this week

#Middlebury #CapitalPlan By MARJORIE NEEDHAM Middlebury First Selectman Ed St. John will be joined by other town officials at Capital Plan Updates being offered Thursday, Jan 10, and ... Continue Reading →

Fenns share childhood memories

#Middlebury By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY It was the story of the horse and the summer storm that first reeled me in, told by Robert “Robin” Fenn and his sister, Ellen, during one of ... Continue Reading →

Homemade snow globes hold memories

#Middlebury #SnowGlobes There’s something magical about a snow globe. Who can resist shaking a liquid-filled decoration to watch it “snow”? I know families that collect objects ... Continue Reading →

Steinmanns developed Westview Heights subdivision

#Middlebury #WestviewHeights By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD Between 1900 and 1950, the population of Middlebury expanded from 736 residents in 1900 to 3,318 in 1950, a population increase ... Continue Reading →

Holidays bring ‘The Nutcracker’

#Middlebury #Nutcracker Brass City Ballet (BCB) will present its 22nd annual production of “The Nutcracker” Saturday, Dec, 15, at 5:30 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 16, at 2 p.m., at ... Continue Reading →