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State Settlements With Reinsurance Firms Top $4.25 MillionHARTFORD (AP) — Connecticut’s attorney general announced a settlement with two insurance companies January 31 over accusations they conspired to inflate insurance and reinsurance costs. Attorney General George Jepsen announced a $4.25 m...Read Full Article

Writers and musicians have proclaimed the beneficial effects of music for centuries, and more recently psychiatric professionals are singing the same tune. Music therapy has become a mainstay in Bridgeport Hospital’s adult and geriatric psychiatry units. It is also part of collaborative efforts...Read Full Article

Occupation: I’m a freelance photographer. Usually I do travel and wildlife photos, and occasionally, weddings.Family: My wife is Aimee. We’ve been married about 1½ years. I have two brothers and three sisters, and my father, Richard, lives in Southbury. My grandparents, Fred and Ann Seman, we...Read Full Article

‘Mhòr And More’ More Than A Trail Guide By Nancy K. Crevier...Read Full Article

*** The Newtown United Methodist Church will fill with joyous strains of organ music this Sunday, slightly subdued in deference to the Lenten season, but definitely uplifting. Organist Sue Klein will play worship music she has been perfecting since February 24 when the new Allen digital computer o...Read Full Article

Due to the two-day storm that hit Newtown February 1-2, the kickoff party originally scheduled for February 3 has been postponed to Thursday, March 3. It will still begin at 7 pm in the Newtown Middle School cafeteria....Read Full Article

Job Market Support Program At C.H. Booth LibraryOn Thursday, March 3, at 3 pm, Newtown career consultant and clinical social worker Cheryl Schwartz will visit the CH Booth Library to provide important information on understanding the current job market, including methods of the job search and self...Read Full Article

WEST REDDING — The Bald Eagle was considered extirpated from Connecticut by the mid-1950s. As breeding populations in eastern Canada and northern Maine began to recover in the late 1970s, migrant Bald Eagles began to appear in the state during the winter months on open rivers and at hydroelectri...Read Full Article

Women’s Center Needs Volunteers DANBURY — The Women’s Center is screening candidates for the spring dual Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Certification program....Read Full Article

New Bladder Cancer Support Group FormingFARMINGTON — Recognizing that bladder cancer can be a lonely journey for patients and families, the University of Connecticut Health Center is offering the region’s first bladder cancer support group....Read Full Article

The mission of RVNA is to provide exceptional home and community health care services, support public health and safety and promote the highest quality of life in western Connecticut. “With this drop-in site, we are further conveying our commitment to the residents of Southbury and neighboring...Read Full Article

Monthly Diabetes Support Group MeetingBRIDGEPORT — St Vincent’s Medical Center and Animas Corporation, a Johnson & Johnson Company, are co-sponsoring a new monthly Diabetes Support Group at the hospital. Participants will learn important information regarding coping with diabetes and impro...Read Full Article

A Helping Hand For FAITH Food PantryFAITH Food Pantry recently received a sizeable financial donation from Stop & Shop in Sand Hill Plaza....Read Full Article

St Rose Students Learn About ‘The Bard’Nat Angstrom and Mike Racioppa from Shakespeare Productions in Waterbury asked St Rose of Lima Students on Thursday, February 10, what they know about William Shakespeare.He was “an actor and a playwright who wrote over 30 plays,” said Mr Angstrom aft...Read Full Article

Love, Knishes & Antique DishesSOUTHBURY — Do you have dreams of finding a valuable treasure amongst all the stuff you’ve collected or inherited over the years? Perhaps you will when antique dealer Wayne Mattox of Woodbury hosts an Antiques Road Show-type event at the Wednesday, March 2 Lov...Read Full Article

New Masonicare Medical Director Orchestrates Well-Being For Elderly PatientsBy Nancy K. Crevier...Read Full Article

‘Hundred Dresses:’ Bullying Is Not PrettyWATERBURY — The very successful Turn Up The Volume play reading series at Seven Angels Theatre continues on Tuesday, March 1, at 7 pm, with The Hundred Dresses by Mary Hall Surface, based on the book by Eleanor Estes. The new script discusses the very...Read Full Article

Finance Board Responds To Council On Audit LetterBy John VoketAlthough the Newtown Board of Education this week returned to the practice of reviewing financial reports and approving budget transfers, the Board of Finance responded to a management letter issued by town auditors regarding the school...Read Full Article

Final Competition Names Top Poetry Out Loud StudentsBy Eliza Hallabeck“Welcome to our fourth annual Poetry Out Loud final. Give the poets a big round of applause,” said Newtown High School teacher Lee Keylock before an audience of students, family members, and judges on Tuesday, February 15....Read Full Article

Bond Agency Point On Fund Balance Is ‘Shot Across Our Bow’By John VoketWhile the Town of Newtown completed another successful bond offering this week, the meeting local officials had with two rating agencies generated what was perceived as a written warning to local officials that continued us...Read Full Article