Poem A Day – July 18, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY Spell to Locate the Unreachable Sarah Messer As no assistance could be expected of the ocean, I turned to the trumpeting tunnel of sky and rummaged the tops of plum birch ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – July 17, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY Lost Illusions Georgia Douglas Johnson Oh, for the veils of my far away youth, Shielding my heart from the blaze of the truth, Why did I stray from their shelter and grow Into ... Continue Reading →

Connecticut 911 service experiencing outages

UPDATE: Saturday, July 16, 911 service was again available. However, we encourage readers to save the following telephone numbers to use in case of future 911 outages. #MIDDLEBURY residents ... Continue Reading →

Police arrest man for threatening juvenile

Middlebury Acting Police Chief Fran Dabbo reports that on Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at 10:28 p.m., Middlebury police officers responded to Forest Avenue (off Straits Turnpike) in response ... Continue Reading →

Helen Capozzi Obituary

#MIDDLEBURY Loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother Helen (Bubulas) Capozzi, 91, of Middlebury passed away peacefully Monday, July 11, 2016, at the Middlebury Convalescent ... Continue Reading →

Bear near Upper Whittemore Road in Middlebury

#MIDDLEBURY #BLACKBEAR Dr. W. Scott Peterson kindly sent us these two photos of a black bear he saw on Route 64 near Upper Whittemore Road in Middlebury Monday, July 11, at 7:45 a.m. ... Continue Reading →

Diversified Tax Tidbits – Turning your home into a rental property – Part 2

#MIDDLEBURY by Mark A. Burns In last month’s column, we discussed some of the basic issues related to turning your personal residence into a rental property. This month we will ... Continue Reading →

Middlebury KoC presents check for church repairs

#MIDDLEBURY The Middlebury Knights of Columbus Council No. 3992 (KoC) presented a $3,019.44 check to the Rev. Dennis J. Vincenzo on July 5, 2016, at St. John of the Cross Church in ... Continue Reading →

Veterans Post – Vets get good news on PTSD

#MIDDLEBURY by Freddy Groves A clinical trial has shown that adding just one care component can improve outcomes for those with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The component ... Continue Reading →

Richard P. Barton Obituary

Richard P. Barton, 84, of Naugatuck, husband of Florence (Furs) Barton, passed away at St. Mary’s Hospital on Tuesday, July 5, 2016. He was born in Waterbury, Conn., on June 17, 1932, ... Continue Reading →