

2019 Update #46
Silent Night(s) Highlights No construction Christmas Eve through New Year's Day Celebrating our volunteers For the first time since early August, including four long weekends, construction activity in downtown Middlebury will halt for an extended period. All work will cease Christmas Eve morning and then resume on Thursday, January 2. While the disruption of our downtown roads and parking subsided in December, construction has remained an active presence in and around the ra


2019 Update #45
Santa Comes to Town, The Final Blast The Highlights Four blasting weekends come to end No construction Christmas Eve through New Year’s Day Wednesday night I was driving home from a friend’s house in West Cornwall. Crossing the Main Street Bridge toward the Congregational Church I was struck by how beautiful our town can be. The downtown lamp posts were alight and hung with wreaths and a fresh snowfall reflected that light. For those of us who spend a lot of time downtown,


2019 Update #44
One More Blast, A Very Merry Middlebury The Highlights 2019 downtown utility work at an end Parking restored on Main Street and Merchants Row Support your local businesses and celebrate your community As the week draws to a close, so too do six weeks of disruption downtown. You probably became familiar with the scenario. Traffic on Main Street reduced to one lane. Merchants Row periodically closed to thru traffic. Sidewalks closed and torn up and pedestrians asked to make