KENT—It is the last weekend for the Kent Quilters third annual Quilt Walk. The quilts will be on display through Saturday at merchants around town. Maps are available throughout 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.
Posted inArchive
A New Addition at the KGTD
KENT—The Kent Good Times Dispatch has a new future editor. Felicity Hope Balassone-Schoeny, an eight-pound baby girl, was born Tuesday, Oct. 24, to Kent News, Inc., board member Andrea Schoeny […]
Posted inArchive
Warren Summit Presses Need for Affordable Housing in Region
KENT—A Housing Affordability Summit was held this week at the Warren Town Hall, sponsored by the Litchfield County Center for Housing Opportunity (LCCHO). It was attended by different housing organizations representing 15 towns […]
Posted inArchive
To Be Free, or Not to Be Free?—That is the Question
KENT—The Conservation Commission recently had a feisty discussion about planting street trees in the village center and whether the trees would be installed on private property without cost to the […]
Posted inArchive
Young Artists at House of Books
KENT—The House of Books and the Kent Historical Society will sponsor a “Places of Kent Young Artist Landscape Competition” in the gallery above the House of Books, 10 North Main […]
Posted inArchive
Good Gallery Plans Gala Weekend
KENT—The Good Gallery will have a gala weekend on Oct. 21 and 22 as it opens a new exhibition by Robert Lenz on Saturday, followed by a concert by The […]
Posted inArchive
Halloween Candy Drive
KENT—A Halloween Candy Drive is underway to help the village homes and businesses that are visited on Oct. 31 by hundreds of ghoulies, ghosties and long-leggedy beasties. Those wishing to […]
Posted inArchive
PZC Ponders Meeting Protocols
KENT—The Planning and Zoning Commission, which under the press of business coming before it already meets twice a month, spent some time last week discussing how those meetings will be […]
Posted inArchive
Candidates Debate Town Issues
KENT—In a 90-minute debate last Friday evening Kent’s three candidates for first selectman stated their cases for election. The debate was sponsored by Kent News, Inc. Democrat Lynn Mellis Worthington, […]
Posted inArchive
Garden Club Installs More Benches in Town Center
KENT—Never let it be said that Kent is unwelcoming. A well-known destination town for day-trippers, it makes its visitors comfortable while they peruse the town’s shops and art galleries. Visitors […]
