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WestConn Is Planning A Five-Day Literary FestivalDANBURY - The WestConn Master of Fine Arts in Professional Writing Program will present the WestConn Summer Literary Festival from Monday, August 1, through Friday, August 5. There will be a literary reception and event at 7:30 each evening of the

2nd Annual Connecticut Historic Gardens Celebration Will Be July 10 Nine of the state's most beautiful and unique sites have joined to form Connecticut's Historic Gardens, a statewide collaboration that has already received the 2004 Award for Excellence in Travel Promotion from the state's t

Openings In Middlebury EventMIDDLEBURY - The Middlebury Volunteer Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary will be holding its annual craft fair on Saturday, November 5, from 10 am to 3 pm, at the firehouse, 65 Tucker Hill Road. Area artisans with handmade crafts are invited to participate. For further

Town Players of Newtown will perform David Lindsay-Abaire's Fuddy Meers this fall. Nine performances are scheduled for the weekends of September 2-24.In preparation for this, director Mary Poile is seeking backstage and tech help for the production. She has also scheduled auditions to fill the p

A Perfect God Arrives At TheLittle Theatre This WeekendThe elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha, queller of obstacles and reconciler of opposites, is the title character of Terrence McNally's A Perfect Ganesh, which will open at Town Players' Little Theatre in Newtown on July 1.

 'Write your congressman or woman. Tell them it is imperative they keep this [the Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program] research funded. Nobody else does this.' Breast Cancer Research: Entering An Era Of HopeBy Nancy K. Crevier"There is so much to be excited for," says Mar

11th Annual Tour Returns July 9-An Opportunity To Look Into Some OfNewtown's Historic Homes And GardensBy Shannon Hicks Newtown Historical Society will present its 11th Annual Historic Homes & Gardens Tour on Saturday, July 9.

The Tercentennial In Newtown SchoolsNewtown Schools have been celebrating the tercentennial of Newtown's founding in various ways throughout the 2004-2005 school year. Clockwise from top, at Head O' Meadow Elementary School, a pictorial time line graces the entire back wall of the cafeteria. P

Members of two Newtown fire companies and the Newtown Ambulance Corps participated in a two-day course in basic vehicular rescue last weekend at Hook and Ladder firehouse. ***

History In The Making: Faces Of NewtownAs Newtown continues to celebrate its 300th birthday, award-winning members of The Connecticut Society Of Portrait Artists (CSOPA) have been invited into an unprecedented project: A series of portraits honoring Newtown citizens of distinction, as nominated by