KENT—The Board of Selectmen has agreed to revitalize the Broadband Subcommittee that was originally formed in 2021 to “explore options, capabilities, and costs to bring broadband to all residents in Town, […]
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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Selectmen eye departmental debit cards
KENT—The Board of Selectmen has decided to explore the use of departmental debit cards. Selectman Lynn Mellis Worthington suggested during the board’s Jan. 24 meeting that department heads be issued debit […]
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Resident Trooper Andrew Fisher says farewell to Kent
KENT—For more than a decade, Resident Trooper Andrew Fisher was “truly what community policing was all about” in Kent, according to former First Selectman Jean Speck. Fisher was recently reassigned, […]
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Kent welcomes a taste of the Highlands
KENT—The Highlands of Scotland recently visited the Housatonic Highlands when the Chamber of Commerce and 45 on Main Coffee, Chocolate and Creamery joined forces to present a Robert Burns Supper. […]
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Author Mary Haverstick to speak at library
KENT—Author and director Mary Haverstick will speak about her latest book, “A Woman I Know,” Feb. 29 at 6:30 p.m. at Kent Memorial Library. Her book is the true story […]
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Hanson’s Memory Coins Preserve Precious Moments
KENT—Back in 1973, Jim Croce sang, “If I could save time in a bottle / the first thing that I’d like to do / Is to save every day till […]
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Drainage Presents Thorny Problem for IWC
KENT—The Inland Wetlands Commission were presented with a sticky problem at its Jan. 22 meeting and professed that it did not have an answer. Victoria Hamilton and John Slowik, owners […]
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Town Meetingfocuses on unused funds in Capital Plan
KENT—How long funds should be allowed to sit unused in the five-year Capital Plan was a recurring topic at a recent annual town meeting. The plan is amended annually to […]
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Kent Library Honors Late Board Member, Explorer Nargeolet
KENT—During the recent annual meeting for the Kent Memorial Library Association, a handsome illuminated globe was dedicated to the memory of Paul-Henri Nargeolet, an international oceanic explorer and Titanic expert […]
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‘Thoughtful’ Proposal for Invasives Removal Brought to IWC
KENT—The Inland Wetlands Commission heard a “thoughtful” proposal for the removal of invasives and replanting within a wetlands area near Cobble Brook during a recent meeting. The property, owned by […]