Restaurants get COVID relief grants

MIDDLEBURY — Congregational Church of Middlebury pastor Andy Nagy-Benson knows what it’s like to lead a donation drive. Asking folks to give money, even for super-worthy causes, can be challenging — particularly during a pandemic. But Pastor Andy recently got a chance to give away some money himself — through a new nonprofit cause called Table 21. In all, 19 ailing restaurants and farms in the Middlebury area received grants ranging from $10,000 to $25,000. They’ll use those resources to eat into shortfalls … (read more)

Found pennies come from heaven That’s what my grandpa told me. He said Angels tossed them down Oh, how I loved that story! So goes the Charles Mashburn poem, a cute ode to found money. The Congregational Church of Middlebury is living its own version of t … (read more)