Kent News Archives

Fall is the most beautiful time of year in New England. There aren't too many places where you can view the natural vibrant colors growing from the earth, or where you can look up at a tree and have the beauty take your breath away.

In the Northwest Hills are found some of the last major unfragmented forests in the state, making them highly valuable for conservation.

Rhode Island fell short of sharing in the luster of Sunday night's Emmy Awards. Family Guy, which was up for outstanding comedy series and whose executive producers include Rhode Island School of Design graduate Seth McFarlane and Rhode Island native Danny Smith, lost out to 30 Rock.

Under the Same Moon - Patricia Riggen's 2007 drama is about a Mexican boy who journeys to America to reunite with his mother.

Flu And Pneumonia Clinic Health Notes Submitted by Kent Clark on 2009-09-18.   The Visiting Nurse Association of Connecticut will sponsor a flu and pneumonia clinic at Arrow Pharmacy, 838 Farmington Ave., in Farmington, 860-676-0850, on Friday, October 9, from 2-4 p.m. The insurances accepted are Healthnet; Medicare Part B; ConnectiCare; Anthem ...

Anyone can see white-tailed deer on their land. On Skiff Mountain in Kent, you see black bear and bobcat.

Sept. 26 Genealogical Workshop Submitted by Alice Dahms on 2009-09-14.   The Sibbil Dwight Kent Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will sponsor a workshop to assist individuals starting a genealogical search or to continue to gather information about their ancestry, to be held in the training room of the Suffield Volunteer ...

This image, which I took for the artist Joy Brown in June is on the cover of the September, 2009 issue of Chronogram , an arts and culture magazine distributed in the Hudson Valley of New York .

School is back in session in the Kent School District, after teachers voted 94-percent in favor of ending their strike.

I love the smell of old wood. Really, really old wood. And I guess a covered bridge built in 1791 qualifies even though much of the original planks and floorboards were replaced by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1936.

Contract negotiators reached a tentative agreement Sunday night aimed at ending a teacher strike in Washington, the only such walkout in the nation, a union official said.

On what was scheduled to be the first day of school, students and teachers at Mill Creek Middle School never made it through the front door.

Drummer Joe Stillwell said he and his bandmates always wanted to play in a band, but living in South Carolina wasn't exactly the mecca of rock.