Pies & Pub celebrates 12 years

#MiddleburyCT #Pies&Pub By MARJORIE NEEDHAM When Pies & Pints (as it was initially called) opened in the former Perrotti’s Pizza in 2011, it opened in an already popular ... Continue Reading →

P&Z to hold Southford Road project hearings

#MiddleburyCT #SouthfordPark #P&Z   By MARJORIE NEEDHAM Following the August 3, 2023, Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) meeting, Drubber Associates on August 23 finalized ... Continue Reading →

Commercial sprawl threatens historic district

By MICHAEL C. DOOLING Middlebury has a reputation of being a charming New England town with a traditional Green, vintage buildings and houses, and as having a nationally recognized ... Continue Reading →

Visitor shares thoughts

By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY This summer my husband and I had the wonderful opportunity to have our eldest grandchild, Nico, stay with us for 5 ½ weeks. Her father (our son) and his family ... Continue Reading →

Nonprofit moves to Middlebury

#MiddleburyCT #Veterans #MakeAHomeCT   By MARJORIE NEEDHAM Make A Home Foundation, a nonprofit that serves homeless veterans and those in crisis, quietly moved to Middlebury in ... Continue Reading →

Thieves steal mail

By MARJORIE NEEDHAM Thieves have struck the big blue mailbox out front of the Middlebury Post Office at least twice this year, first over Memorial Day weekend and then again the third ... Continue Reading →

The Saga of Bessie Webster – Part IV

#MiddleburyCT #BessieWebster #Wakefield By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD Part IV of V – As the investigation into the murder of William O. Wakefield continued, the evidence against James ... Continue Reading →

Trash reduction program launched July 1

#MiddleburyCT #TrashReduction #FoodScraps By MARJORIE NEEDHAM Middlebury’s “Cut The Trash In Half” program launched July 1. In preparation for the launch, WasteZero employees ... Continue Reading →

The Saga of Bessie Webster – Part III

#MiddleburyCT #BessieWebster #Wakefield By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD Part III of V – The April 1913 move from Middlebury to South Street in Bristol for Bessie (Webster) Wakefield and ... Continue Reading →

Baby wildlife best left alone

#MiddleburyCT #BabyWildlife By JANINE SULLIVAN-WILEY Many animal mothers leave their young in what they see as a protected spot while they go off to forage. If you find and remove ... Continue Reading →