Ivoryton News

In an already tough budget year, Gov. M. Jodi Rell used her power to make $34 million in cuts from the state budget that do not need legislative approval.

In an already tough budget year, Gov. M. Jodi Rell used her authority Thursday to cut $34 million from the state budget.

STEAK frites and coq au vin. Calf's liver, sauteed sweetbreads, escarole salad with lardons.

From a press release provided by the Essex Park and Recreation Department: The Essex Department of Park and Recreation announced the completion of the Ivoryton Village Park Improvement Project this week.

Amy Forbes, Julia Kiley, Jackie Sidle, Mary Ann Piccolo and Elizabeth Talbot star in "Jerry's Girls" October 29, 2009 Jerry Herman 's musical "Jerry's Girls" begins Wednesday at the Ivoryton Playhouse and runs through Nov.

Essex is an old river front town is located near the foot of the Connecticut. It is next to Ivoryton where yesterday's post originated.

First there was the Tale of Two English Breakfasts and then there was the Tale of Two Eggs Benedict in Quebec.

ESSEX-- The suspect in a Saturday night shooting in Westbrook shot himself to death Sunday morning as a state trooper approached his parked vehicle on Main Street in the Ivoryton section.

Helen Keller might have become blind and deaf when she was 19 months old - due to an illness that might have been scarlet fever or meningitis - but she overcame that enormous obstacle and achieved a great deal.

Regional Submitted by CT Theatre Group on 2009-09-17.   CT Theatre Group Enjoy our Group Discount Rate on all advance ticket purchases at www.CTTheatreGroup.org or by calling 860-987-7888. The CT Theatre Group is proud to announce its upcoming events: MASTERWORKS SERIES: RACHMANINOFF PIANO CONCERTI with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra.

Parks & Recreation Submitted by Essex Park and Recreation on 2009-09-16.   The Nineth Annual Ivoryton Village Pumpkin Festival will be held Saturday, Oct.

Pottery Workshop with Hayne Bayless Submitted by The Arts Center at Killingworth on 2009-09-14.   Pottery Workshop with Hayne Bayless to be sponsored by the ARts Center at Killingworth at Sideways Studio, 56-A Pond Meadow Road, Ivoryton.

When she lived in Old Saybrook's brough of Fenwick, all Katharine Hepburn asked was to be able to keep to herself and for people around her not to make a fuss.

Lu Lupovich, co-owner of Southern Exposure, arranges a jewelry display in the store in Mystic.

After several years, millions of dollars and a few setbacks, the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center is ready for its close-up. At the center's open house Sunday, the public is invited to view the work put into turning the building known as Old Town Hall into the new performing arts center on Main Street.

Attilio Gino Emile Origlia, 64, of Essex, died on Aug. 24 at Middlesex Hospital in Middletown.

Ivoryton - The operating company of the famed Copper Beech Inn has filed for bankruptcy, but the restaurant and rooms remain open for business.

The Cappella Cantorum Men's Chorus will present "Fantabulous Favorites" on Sunday, Sept.13 at 3 p.m. in the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center, 300 Main Street, Old Saybrook.

The August afternoon at Ted Lane Field is so sweltering that people are walking behind the bleachers and standing under the two open showers fully clothed.

John Winthrop Middle School students Grace Carver and Paul Myers were recognized as top Scholar Leaders at the 2009 Connecticut Association of Schools Scholar Leader Banquet sponsored by the Connecticut and Western Massachusetts McDonald's Owner/Operator Association.