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Decades before Newtown Police Department (NPD) K-9s Baro and Saint, there were at least five police dog names I found recently while scouring an old NPD scrapbook - Lion, Deacon, Lee, Bronson, and Thor. This weekend at the Western CT Police K-9 Chall...

Despite a brisk wind all day in the Catskill mountains, the HITS Saugerties $1 Million Grand Prix was fun to watch as the 40-plus horse and rider combinations tackled the demanding jumper course on September 10, in Saugerties, N.Y. So demanding was t...

September is a great time for horse lovers, whether you're into show jumping, dressage, Arabians, or donating for a good cause. The month kicks off with one of the richest purses in jumpers at the HITS Saugerties $1 Million Grand Prix in Saugerties, ...

I first fell in love with Heavy Horses as a teenager, and yes I'm talking about the 1978 Jethro Tull album. As it happened, around the same time, I rode my first draft horse cross, a Belgian buckskin jumper named Squire. And here I am decades later, ...

Dozens of active duty police, military, and transit K-9 dogs and handlers from around the region will compete for top dog awards at the 2017 Western Connecticut Police K-9 Challenge on Saturday, October 7, at the Second Company Governor's Horse Guard...

On a recent trip to the Barnum Museum in Bridgeport I was hoping to find lots of exhibits about the circus, horses in particular, to feed my equine appetite. Unfortunately, since the 2010 tornado that severely damaged the old red Barnum Institute of ...

Several readers felt my pain, and my dogs' annoyance, when I wrote about how bad ticks where this year in a recent column. I've pulled out some of the best comments and some really great anti-tick tactics for dog owners to give a try. These will come...

There is a sign above a speed limit sign at Fairfield Hills on Simpson Street I found perplexing. It states:PDFFirst I found this 2009 Park & Recreation meeting minutes in an archiveThis seems to be a vague overview of Ordinance #254 but doesn't give...

The Pony Express was a short-lived mail service that emerged in the 19th Century just before the Civil War as a way to unify a growing nation that now included California. The original name - The Central Overland California & Pikes Peak Express Compa...

The state budget didn't pass last week and Governor Dannel P. Malloy is in charge of the state's finances, including the Second Company Governor's Horse Guard (2GHG) located here in Newtown. It's future hangs in the balance, yet again, as it has for ...