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This is one fire the Deep River Fire Department does not want to put out. It is the fire cooking the chicken at the fire department barbecue on Saturday, Oct. 5, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the firehouse on Union Street. Tickets are available at the door.

What does Chris Shane have in common with Frank Sinatra? Well, just like “Ol' Blue Eyes,” Chris likes doing things his way. Thus, we have the timing of this story.

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...

Marilyn Alverio thought she was a poor student when she attended school in New Britain in the late ’60s and early ’70s, and her grades supported that conclusion. She was in the bottom quarter of her c...

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.