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Allan Appel hopes there is truth in the old adage that, “The pen is mightier than the sword.” This is why Allan, along with Melanie Greenhouse, has organized an afternoon of poetry by Israeli and Pal...

Allan Appel hopes there is truth in the old adage that, “The pen is mightier than the sword.” This is why Allan and Melanie Greenhouse are bringing an afternoon of poetry by Palestinian and Israeli po...

Zip06.com If you are an avid video game player, you will recognize the big, square figures in front of Laurel Hill Cemetery in Chester.

The Chester Historical Society has done it again. The organization has won another Award of Merit from the Connecticut League of Museums, marking the third time that the society has been recognized with this distinction.

Zip06.com It all started with a flyer from Middlesex Health that came in Beth Judd's mail.

Jill Lundberg: It’s A Project Jill Lundberg knows a project when she sees one. After all, professionally she is a project manager. But one of the projects she is working on at the moment has nothing ...

What links singer Taylor Swift, the vocalist whose every move is chronicled in the media, with the upcoming Essex Historical Society (EHS) Holiday House Tour? Given Swift's immense following, a devoted fan might say that she is linked to everything, but there is a genuine, honest-to-goodness connection—as tenuous as it may be.

You've heard jokes before. Knock-knock jokes, dad jokes. But do you know tuba jokes? Try this one. How do you fix a broken tuba? With a tuba glue.

Mihae Lee will do something for the upcoming Essex Winter Series (EWS) concerts which she will never do again: She will greet the audience from the podium onstage. That is because Mihae is retiring from the EWS, and this will be her last run as its artistic director.

Dave Putnam has had trouble with retirement. He tried it once. It didn't last. After a career of over 35 years in the field of recreation, the last 17 as Parks and Recreation Director in East Lyme, he thought he had called it quits.