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Last week I attended a town hall meeting at the C.H. Booth Library hosted by Newtown's three state representatives, Mitch Bolinsky, Will Duff, and JP Sredzinski. When I got there I was given a handout called "2017 Major Issues from the Office of Legi...

The Newtown Kennel Club came under my radar for the first time as a staff reporter for The Newtown Bee. I was sent to cover the club's annual awards dinner on April 16, 1986, at the Hawley Manor Inn on Main Street. I wrote an article and bland headli...

There is nothing good about ticks. Here in Connecticut we live in the birthplace of Lyme disease. Just about everyone I know, and their dogs, have had Lyme disease, at least once, if not multiple times. I wish I had bought stock in Pfizer way back wh...

This past weekend marked the culmination of the 121st Devon Horse Show and Country Fair in Devon, Penns. This 11-day horse show "Where Champions Meet" bills itself as the oldest and largest all-breed horse show in the United States. During the 1890s ...

I've been reading a lot of books lately about new ways to hack into your biology or your sleep patterns to improve your health. The authors had used the words like "biohack" or "lifehack" as an allegory to hacking into your body as if it was a comput...

In three weeks, from June 5 to 11, The Upperville Colt & Horse Show - billed as the oldest horse show in the United States - will begin with a variety of rarely seen classes in the beautiful Virginia countryside. It began on a June day as a small col...

Every year I drive home in the afternoon from a dog show in Pennsylvania on Derby Day. Most years I'm able to get back to Connecticut in time to tune in to the Kentucky Derby, dubbed "The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports." Last week, I knew I woul...

For more than 20 years, on occasion, I've had to board my Norwegian Elkhounds at an area boarding kennel to attend a wedding, a funeral, or the very rare vacation where my husband and I travel together and decide not to bring the dogs (i.e., somethin...

Monday, May 1, marks the fourth annual National Purebred Dog Day (NPDD), which celebrates the heritage, diversity, and predictability of the purebred dog. The founder of the day, Puli breeder and dogknobit.com nationalpurebreddogday.comNPDD has gr...

Monday, May 1, marks the fourth annual National Purebred Dog Day (NPDD), which celebrates the heritage, diversity, and predictability of the purebred dog. The founder of the day, Puli breeder and dogknobit.com nationalpurebreddogday.comNPDD has gr...