Volume 29, Number 13
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Friday, March 31, 2023
Life of service Middlefield leader to be remembered Town Times report
A Celebration of Life honoring the memory of former Middlefield First Selectman Ed Bailey will be held Sunday, April 23, 2 p.m., at Peckham Park. Bailey died Bailey Dec. 8, 2021 not long after being reelected to a new term. The 66year-old had served as first selectman since 2015. Scouts from Middlefield/Durham Pack 33, with help from the Brewster Elementary School community, collected hundreds of boxes of cereal for people in need. In all, 418 boxes were donated to the Middlefield and Durham food pantries and to Amazing Grace in Middletown. Contributed photos
See Bailey, A8
Lending a hand Rockfall girl raises funds in support of ‘Walter Project’ By Nicole Zappone Town Times
Back in December of 2020, while grabbing a hot chocolate at Starbucks with her mom, Lillian McMinn noticed a homeless man. The young girl from Rockfall was taken aback. She wanted to help him. Lillian, who just happened to be celebrating her birthday that day, and her mother, Rachel Spinks, asked the man if he wanted some food. See Walter Project, A8