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		<title>Watch the Middlebury budget hearing video</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[#MiddleburyCT #BoardOfFinance #2026-2027BudgetHearing As a service to those who couldn&#8217;t attend the April 7, 2026, Middlebury Board of Finance Budget Hearing, resident Terry McAuliffe of Tribury Media kindly videotaped the budget presentation. It should also prove helpful to those who attended the hearing but want to review the presentation. Watch the video here. Copies of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Join Earth Day events</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[#MiddleburyCT #EarthDay Earth Day 2026 arrived in Middlebury on April 22, 2026, as a cool (41 degrees) and rainy day. Fortunately, Earth Day celebrations are set for Friday, April 24, through Sunday, April 26. Join one or more of the following activities or just spend some time on your own doing Middlebury&#8217;s traditional Earth Day [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Arbor Day tree planting April 24</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:46:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[#MiddleburyCT #ArborDay #TreePlanting]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Give Local is underway!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:35:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[#MiddleburyCT #GiveLocal Give Local Starts Now! Dear Marjorie, Give Local Greater Waterbury and Litchfield Hills starts today at 7:00 a.m! For the next 36 hours, you can be a part of an incredible online community give-a-thon that supports over 350 amazing local nonprofits. Your gift—no matter the size—can lead to bonus dollars for your favorite organizations with [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>It&#8217;s baby animals time!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:10:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By JANINE SULLIVAN–WILEY Spring is baby animals time! And it is a time when many good-hearted folks find themselves in a quandary – in their gardens, or while hiking in a park or Middlebury Land Trust preserve, they come upon a tiny baby animal or bird and are overwhelmed by the need to do something [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Celebrate Spring Fishing Day Saturday, April 11</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:18:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[#MiddleburyCT #DEEP #FishingDay (HARTFORD) — The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) invites residents and families to participate in Spring Fishing Day Saturday, April 11. As part of the celebration, DEEP will host public trout stocking events across Connecticut, giving families and young anglers a unique opportunity to work alongside DEEP staff releasing [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Middlebury budget presentation tonight, April 7</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 10:47:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[#MiddleburyCT #MiddleburyBudget By MARJORIE NEEDHAM Tonight, Tuesday, April 7, at 6:30 p.m. in the Larkin Room at the Middlebury Public Library, the Board of Finance will present the proposed 2026-27 Middlebury town general fund and capital budgets to be voted on Wednesday, May 7, 2026. The general fund budget is $13.97 million, a 2.29% increase [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Purchase rain barrels, composters, more</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:44:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[#MiddleburyCT #NVCOG #Composter #RainBarrel The Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments (NVCOG) offers backyard composters, rain barrels, and related accessories at wholesale prices to residents of the Naugatuck Valley Region. Residents can pre-order at the NVCOG online store (bit.ly/NVCOGcompostersale) through Thursday, June 11, 2026, by 4:30 p.m. Please note that placing an order requires in-person pickup; [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Bruce Alan Meier obituary</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 19:20:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[#MiddleburyCT A cherished husband, father, grandfather and brother, Bruce Alan Meier, 87, of Middlebury, Conn., passed away peacefully at Vitus Healthcare at St. Mary’s Hospital on April 1, 2026. He was born on September 7, 1938, in Waterbury, Conn., to Raymond and Ruby Meier. Bruce was a graduate of Quinnipiac University and had a successful [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Build a chicken flock</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 20:44:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[#MiddleburyCT #Chickens (StatePoint) About 20 years ago, chickens – long a staple of farms and homesteads – began showing up in urban and suburban yards. They enabled city dwellers to source homegrown food, provided a touch of nature amid the urban jungle, and have continued to rise in popularity ever since. According to the American [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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