has risen to $321,100 (+61.7%). Local media Waterbury Republican-American – A Waterbury-based independent daily newspaper serving Barkhamsted, Beacon Falls, Bethlehem, Bridgewater, Burlington, Canaan, Cheshire, Colebrook, Cornwall, Falls Village, Goshen, Harwinton, Kent, Litchfield, Middlebury, Morris, Naugatuck, New Hartford, New Milford, Norfolk, Oxford, Plymouth, Prospect, Roxbury, Salisbury, Seymour, Sharon, Southbury, Southington, Thomaston, Torrington, Warren, Washington, Waterbury, Watertown, Wolcott, Woodbury, Winsted Voices – A Southbury-based newspaper serving Southbury, Middlebury, Oxford, Seymour, Naugatuck, Woodbury, Bethlehem, New Preston, Washington, Washington Depot, Roxbury, Bridgewater, Monroe, Sandy Hook, and Newtown. Middlebury Bee-Intelligencer – A Middlebury-based independent newspaper. Notable people William Hawkins Abbott (1819–1901), born in Middlebury, pioneering petroleum refiner and businessman Shane Bannon (1989–present), Former NFL Running Back Mike Borkowski (1973–present), professional race car driver Naum Gabo (1890–1977), world-famous modernist sculptor, the founder of Constructivism in Moscow in 1919, lived in Middlebury beginning in 1953 Grant Goodeve (1976–present), actor A. W. Haydon (1906–1982), American inventor lived in Middlebury from 1965 to his death in 1982 John G. Rowland (2006–present), former Connecticut Governor who resigned and pleaded guilty in federal court to a one-count with conspiracy to commit honest services mail fraud and tax fraud Katie Stevens (1992–present), American Idol contestant Culture and notable features Josiah Bronson House, built in 1738 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 Quassy Amusement Park, (1908–present), one of the nation's oldest amusement parks in continuous operation Pictures References External links Towns in New Haven County, Connecticut Towns in the New York metropolitan area Towns in Connecticut