Selectmen vote to ask townspeople whether to sell or keep the ancient building.
Author Archives: Kathryn Boughton
Kathryn Boughton has been editor of the Kent Dispatch since its digital reincarnation in October 2023 as a nonprofit online publication. A native of Canaan, Conn., Kathryn has been a regional journalist for more than 50 years, having been employed by both the Lakeville Journal and Litchfield County Times as managing editor. While with the LCT, she was also editor of the former print Kent Good Times Dispatch from 2005 until 2009.
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Architectural Review Board weighs church’s bid for nighttime lighting
KENT, Conn.—The balance of safety, esthetics and environment came into play recently as the Architectural Review Board looked at an application from St. Andrews Church to install lighting to illuminate […]
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Sewer District grapples with how to pay for capital projects
Estimates are on the horizon.
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Committee will look into signage regulations
How far should enforcement of existing rules go in the interim?
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Capricorn Trio to perform Mozart, Haydn and Fauré
A reception will follow the Roxbury concert.
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Officials release name of man killed in St. John’s Ledges fall
Officials have released the name of the 30-year-old man killed Thursday in a rock-climbing fall.
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25 years later, Kent pauses to remember 9/11
About 50 residents joined town officials, clergy and first responders Friday in commemorating 9/11.
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Sarah Parsons, 72, was born in Kent
Had worked as a registered nurse.
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Parks & Rec ponders ways to reward young workers while conforming to selectmen’s demands
Officials explore pay options that reward young workers while meeting budget constraints.
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Kent will remember 9/11 victims Friday at townhall
The service will blend “reflection, community solidarity and hopeful remembrance.”
