Moments in Time – May 11, 2022

#Middlebury On May 24, 1883, after 14 years and 27 deaths during construction, the Brooklyn Bridge in New York is opened, the largest suspension bridge ever built to that date. On ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – November 11, 2020

#Middlebury On Nov. 28, 1582, William Shakespeare, 18, and Anne Hathaway, 26, pay a 40-pound bond for their marriage license in Stratford-upon-Avon. Six months later, Anne gives birth ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – April 8, 2020

#Middlebury On April 23, 1564, the great English dramatist and poet William Shakespeare is born in Stratford-upon-Avon, the son of a leather trader and the town bailiff. At age 18 ... Continue Reading →

Poem A Day – April 29, 2016

#MIDDLEBURY To me, fair friend, you never can be old (Sonnet 104) William Shakespeare To me, fair friend, you never can be old, For as you were when first your eye I ey’d, Such ... Continue Reading →