Historical Society values family stories

#MIDDLEBURY It Happened in Middlebury By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD A television program that aired from 1958 to 1963 used to conclude with a narrator saying, “There are eight million ... Continue Reading →

EIDC hears Connecticut Yankee Winery proposal

#MIDDLEBURY By TERRENCE S. MCAULIFFE The Middlebury Economic and Industrial Development Commission (EIDC) at its July 26 meeting heard a business proposal for a winery on town-owned ... Continue Reading →

It Happened in Middlebury – Rochambeau’s Middlebury visit

#MIDDLEBURY By DR. ROBERT L. RAFFORD Some feel there can never be too much praise in this country for the Comte de Rochambeau and the French army under his command in 1781. They played ... Continue Reading →

Another look at Delia Bronson

It Happened in Middlebury By AGNES C. LUTES It was with great trepidation I ascended the stairs to the Middlebury Public Library. My grammar school self was sure what was waiting inside ... Continue Reading →

It Happened in Middlebury – Chalk it up to history

By AGNES C. LUTES The beautiful Middlebury Historical Society building, originally Center School, has its original 1897 blackboards. By the time the school was built, large slate black ... Continue Reading →

For whom did the Middlebury Historical Society bell toll?

It Happened in Middlebury by AGNES LUTES The Middlebury Historical Society building’s best-kept secret may be the original bronze bell hanging in the cupola. It was installed ... Continue Reading →