MIDDLEBURY — When a town the size of Middlebury schedules a “community celebration,” organizers have good cause to be ecstatic if 5 percent of the total 8,180 residents show up.
When the town of Whiting organizes a community shindig, chances are decent all 400 residents will be able to make an appearance. And since a town only fetes its 250th birthday once, planners of Whiting’s birthday bash are hoping to see all of their neighbors this Saturday, Sept. 7, for a variety of events for what promises to be a spirited semiquincentennial bash.