The Town Players of Newtown is staging its first full production since the local onset of the pandemic last year: a lovely performance of the moving and enlightening "The Elephant Man."

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It was a bit chilly for the middle of summer, but a very happy gathering nonetheless when a few members of Friends of Counted Embroidery-Laurel Chapter recently conducted a very informal meeting at Fairfield Hills.

The C.H. Booth Library hosted a virtual program about pet professions, for ages 12 to 18, that was presented by the Connecticut Humane Society on August 5.

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Best Friends Animal Society, a leading animal welfare organization based in Kanab, Utah, announced earlier this summer that Connecticut ranks fifth in the country for shelter pet lifesaving based on its annual report.

Panacea will be returning to Dickinson Park for this year’s Labor Day weekend concert, this time with a special food drive also planned.

Creative Music Center, 701 Main Street, hosted a summer jazz camp that concluded July 30 with a public outdoor performance featuring its students.