Region 15 Art Show Friday and Saturday

Last fall, Sarah Grousseau sat at Turtle Pond in Middlebury watching her son Maxime, a student at Middlebury Elementary School, do “en plein aire” painting with his morning ... Continue Reading →

Town budget hearing gets heated

By MARJORIE NEEDHAM When Middlebury Chief Financial Officer Larry Hutvagner posted slides showing town budget totals at the April 6 public hearing on the proposed 2015-2016 town budget, ... Continue Reading →

See “Hunger in America” movie April 22

Southbury Woodbury Interfaith Ministries (SWIM) will present the documen-tary “Hunger in America” Wednesday, April 22, at 7 p.m. at Southbury Town Hall in Room 205. This eye-opening ... Continue Reading →

Help track hummingbirds

Spring migration is underway, and the Audubon Center at Bent of the River invites birders and nature enthusiasts of all ages to help track the health of hummingbirds with Audubon’s ... Continue Reading →

Cactus and Succulent Show Saturday and Sunday

The 32nd Connecticut Cactus and Succulent Society show and sale will be this Saturday, April 11, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, April 12, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Naugatuck Valley ... Continue Reading →

Saw-whet Owl focus of Flanders Program

Thursday, April 9, at 7 p.m., naturalist and raptor researcher Larry Fischer will return to Flanders Nature Center and Land Trust to share an in-depth look at the Northern Saw-whet ... Continue Reading →

Holy Cross Crusader 5K April 18

Holy Cross High School will host its first-ever Crusader 5k and Kids Fun Run Saturday, April 18, at Holy Cross High School. The 5k race will begin at 10 a.m. The Kids Run (for ages ... Continue Reading →

Westover swim team raises Wounded Warrior funds

The Westover swim team raised $8,400 for the Wounded Warrior Project earlier this year. Lap by lap, 15 members of Westover’s varsity and junior varsity swim teams swam back and forth ... Continue Reading →

Arrow of Light awards given

Saturday, March 14, six Cub Scouts from Den 7 and Pack 15 were awarded the highest rank in Cub Scouting, “The Arrow of Light,” at a blue-and-gold banquet at the Crowne Plaza Hotel ... Continue Reading →

P&Z continues gas station, Plan of Conservation and Development hearings

  By TERRENCE S. MCAULIFFE The Middlebury Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) at its March 5 meeting continued public hearings on plans to replace the Shell Station on Middlebury ... Continue Reading →