KENT, Conn.—Margaret (Byard) Stearns passed away peacefully July 21, 2025, in Southbury. She was surrounded by her family. She was 89. Born on March 1, 1936, in New York City […]
Monthly Archives: July 2025
Posted inLocal
Emery Park Summit hikes are twice weekly
KENT, Conn.—The Emery Park Summit Hiking Club has expanded its schedule, with hikes now planned on Tuesdays and Saturdays. The Tuesday group, led by Parks and Recreation Director Matt Busse, […]
Posted inLocal
Baked items sought for Sacred Heart Sale
KENT, Conn.—Sacred Heart Church is looking for donations of home baked goods for its table at the Sharon Arts and Crafts Festival on the Green Saturday, Aug. 2, from 10 […]
Posted inObituaries, Weddings & Births
Scott Drew Thornton, 68, had worked in Kent
SHARON, Conn.—Scott Drew Thornton, 68, of Sharon, passed away on Friday, July 18, 2025, at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., after a long and heroic battle with cancer. […]
Posted inLocal
NCLC Receives $1,648,000 in conservancy grants
KENT, Conn.—Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy (NCLC) has received three significant grant awards to support the acquisition and permanent protection of three properties totaling 5,425 acres. A $1.3 million grant through […]
Posted inFeatured
Town meeting okays three burning ordinance changes
KENT, Conn.—It took only 16 minutes for a handful of townspeople to repeal and replace three ordinances relating to the Fire Marshal’s Department Friday, July 11. The ordinances changed provisions […]
Posted inLocal
News Roundup: solar panels, trooper report, Motoriot site plan
ARB okays solar panels for church KENT, Conn.—The Architectural Review Board made short work Monday, July 14, of approving a new solar panel array planned for the parish house at […]
Posted inLocal
Lake vote absentee ballots available
KENT, Conn.—Absentee ballots for the July 31 referendum to ban artificial wake generation on Lake Waramaug are now available at the town clerk’s office. Absentee ballots are issued in-person only […]
Posted inNews From Nearby Towns
Cornwall rummage sale set for July 19-21
CORNWALL, Conn.—The Cornwall Women’s Society will hold its annual rummage sale this weekend, Saturday, Sunday and Monday, July 19-21, at four locations—the Mohawk Ski Lodge, on the Cornwall Village Green, […]
