KENT, Conn.—The Planning and Zoning Commission will meet in special session Thursday night, Aug. 20, to consider modification of a site plan for a large home built within the ridgeline […]
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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PZC ponders whether house construction would mar horizon line above Kent Hollow
Would a proposed two-lot subdivision on Beardsley Road mar the horizon line?
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Parking, traffic congestion consume PZC and Chamber’s deliberations
The public lodged complaints about signage and lack of traffic control.
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Four Kent students awarded scholarships
Foundation awards more than $600K this year.
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Selectmen decline to change wording of communication strategy draft
Officials will consult the local Sustainable CT team before deciding whether further revisions are needed.
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Ecologist describes how to love our forests back to health
Healing forests in a changing world was the topic Thursday of ecologist Ethan Tapper.
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More electors take advantage of early voting in Connecticut primaries
Towns in the Northwest Corner saw returns above average.
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Acclaimed ecologist to speak Thursday night at Town Hall
KENT, Conn.—Acclaimed forest ecologist, author and storyteller Ethan Tapper will speak Thursday evening, Aug. 13, at 7 p.m. in the town hall main meeting room or by Zoom. Forests are […]
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‘Zombie Prom’ is second annual Launchpad production
“Zombie Prom” premiered Off-Broadway at the Variety Arts Theatre in 1996.
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Master plan for Emery Park to be presented in September
The Parks & Rec Commission is to receive the Emery Park master plan next month.
