MONROE – Maltose Express, retailers of wine making and home brew supplies, will host a wine tasting series in their Monroe headquarters beginning this month.
Wine educator Jon Haight (Wineunwrapped.com) will be the series ‘tour guide’ through three of the world’s best wine regions. Wines from Spain will open the series on February 24. The second [...]
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Wine Tasting Series Set to Begin
February 2011Trumbull Students Inspired to Recycle
June 2010
TRUMBULL – Elementary school students, representing seven schools, were challenged at the beginning of the school year by Sun Products Corporation of Wilton, to collect enough plastic containers so as to win a ‘park bench’ for their respective schools, made from their recycled plastic. The result of the students’ efforts was the collection of 24,800 [...]
County Flood Damage Appeal Successful
June 2010County Flood Damage Appeal Successful
The state of Connecticut has successfully appealed the recent denial by the Obama Administration for ‘Individual Assistance’ as a result of March 12 to May 17 storms and floods.
Governor M. Jodi Rell is urging all County residents who sustained damage to their residences and/or small businesses to apply for Federal [...]
Flagpole Restoration Underway
June 2010NEWTOWN – One of the most famous of Newtown landmarks, the flagpole, is currently being restored by the Valley Restoration of Torrington. The 100 foot metal pole, which replaced its wood predecessor on January 23, 1950, will be sanded, repainted and its ropes replaced. The ball-styled finial that sits on the pole’s top will also [...]
Jazz Ambassadors Coming to Stratford
June 2010
STRATFORD – Boothe Memorial Park will be the setting for a free concert performed by the U.S. Army Jazz Ambassadors Friday, July 2.
Since its formation in 1969, the internationally acclaimed ensemble has performed at several of the world’s largest jazz festivals including the Newport and Toronto Jazz Festivals, and North Sea Jazz festival in Holland.
Many [...]
50th Annual Fairfield County Horse Show Scheduled
May 2010BETHEL – Celebrating its 50th year, the 2010 4-H Spring Benefit Horse Show has been scheduled foR Sunday, May 16 at the UConn Cooperative Extension System grounds on Route 6, Stony Hill Road, in Bethel.
The Open Schooling show will feature divisions in English, Equitation, Hunt Seat, Western and Trail. New this year, a Working Ranch [...]
County Flood Damage Appeal Seeks Damage Reports
May 2010As a result of the denial by President Barak Obama for Individual Assistance for five counties due to March floods in Connecticut, including Fairfield County, Governor M. Jodi Rell has requested losses by residents be filed with the state’s Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
Following the denial, the governor directed this department to prepare [...]
Budget Redux
May 2010Voters in Monroe and Newtown head to the polls – again – in an effort to get a 2010 budget to pass.
In Monroe, First Selectman Steve Vavrack slashed an additional $610,000 from the last failed budget, shaving it to a lean $76.7 million.
This will be the town’s third attempt to pass the budget. The initial [...]
Fuel Cell Generator Site to be Relocated
May 2010TRUMBULL – The voices of concerned residents have been heard loud and clear by FuelCell Energy, Inc in regard to their plans to locate a 3.4 megawatt generator on Huntington Turnpike, in the Nichols section of the town.
Trumbull’s state delegation, Representatives T.R. Rowe (R-134) and Tony Hwang (R-134) and Senator Anthony Musto (D- 22), announced [...]
Bank Pledges Funds to Library
January 2010BETHEL – Bethel Public Library has announced that it has received a pledge of $35,000 to the Library’s Capital Campaign from Newtown Savings Bank. The Bethel library is currently raising funds to complete the addition started in 2005 and to restore the Seelye House. The pledge will sponsor the Circulation Desk at the library.
The total [...]
