Inland Wetlands Commission ponders legal questions about applications

Inland Wetlands Commission ponders legal niceties about applications.

Merryall receives grant to continue Arts in Education initiative

The award is part of the foundation’s grant cycle.

Kent Center School graduates 23 eighth graders in evening ceremony

The KCS graduates were encouraged to embrace future opportunities.

Firefighters trip the light fantastic at annual ball

Revolutionary flare heats up Fireman’s Ball.

Housatonic Heritage writing retreat still has spaces

Participants connect science, nature, and personal history.

Warren Land Trust, NCLC acquire Tanner Farm Preserve

Flowing through the farm, Sucker Brook is the largest feeder to Lake Waramaug.

Edith Ackerman, 87, former Kent businesswoman

She and her husband were former owners of the Kent Laundromat.


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