Area residents are preparing for the January 8 US Postal Service rate increase, the first in four years, by supplementing their 37 cent stamps with two cent s...
Senior services for Newtown seniors are available at the Multi-Purpose Building on Riverside Road in Sandy Hook. The Senior Center is under the auspices of The ...
Police Mitten Tree Project
PProves Successful
During the holiday season, approximately 80 new hats, scarves, and pairs of mittens were donated by the public to...
Whistle Blowing In The Wind––
The Last Phantom Train Through Botsford Station
By Dottie Evans
Few people know it, but there is a long-un...
Occupation: Currently I’m employed by the Department of Correction in the Parole and Community Service Division in Waterbury. I’ve b...
And It’s Not Just The Sports Car—
Middle Age Stresses Approached Differently By Men And Women
By Nancy K. Crevier
From middle age onward...
Reed Students Research Countries Around The World And Present Their Findings
By Susan Coney
Two teachers from Reed Intermediate School — Gina Swanso...
Quilt Guild To Hold Meeting
And Pot Luck Supper
RIDGEFIELD — The Nutmeg Quilters Guild will hold its next monthly meeting at Ridgefield Recreation C...
Bits & Pieces
By Kim J. Harmon
Isn’t college basketball in December kind of silly?
My brother is a University of Connecticut men’s ...
Film Series At Library Will Feature Indie Features
This winter C.H. Booth Library will be showing award winning independent foreign films that rarely make it to...
Lamont Directs Flags To Half-Staff Friday In Honor Of Former US Senator Joseph LiebermanGovernor Ned Lamont is directing US and state flags in Connecticut to be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset tomorrow as a mark of solemn respect for the memory and longstanding service of former US Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, who died Wednesday. HARTFORD — Governor Ned Lamont today announced that as a mark of solemn respect for the memory and longstanding service of former US Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, who died Wednesday, March 27, he is directing US and state flags in Connecticut lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset on the day of the former senator’s funeral, which has been scheduled for Friday, March 29.Accordingly, since no flag should fly higher than the US flag, all other flags, including state, municipal, corporate, or otherwise, should also be lowered during this same duration of time.The funeral service will be held at Congregation Agudath Sholom in Stamford.Lieberman, who nearly won the vice presidency on the Democratic ticket with Al Gore in the disputed 2000 election and who almost became Republican John McCain’s running mate eight years later, died in New York City on Wednesday due to complications from a fall, according to a statement issued by his family. He was 82.Lieberman and his wife, Hadassah, have four children.