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Biz Buzz Submitted by Philip E. Worley on 2009-07-01.   Philip E. Worley Kim Ciccarello, left, Tom Mango and Scott Nardozzi, The First National Bank of Litchfield, chatting with Dennis Cardello, Collinsville Savings Society during a previous "Business after Hours" at Ben & Jerry's. The Canton Chamber of Commerce "Business after Hours" ...

Spiegel over at CT Food has another interesting post, this one about a dairy farm where "every cow in our barn is a lady." Of course it's "artisan" milk for rich folks in Litchfield County, but still.

LITCHFIELD, Conn. - Connecticut police have arrested a Torrington teen, accusing him of selling marijuana and packing it in a Chicken McNugget box.

The state is negotiating an agreement with a regional Subway restaurant franchiser to run the lucrative highway plazas, ending long-running contracts with Mobil Oil and McDonald's. The Department of Transportation is in talks with a company called Doctor's Associates-Paul Landino, said Judd Everhart, DOT spokesman.

Attention, brides-to-be: Save money by saying "I do" to a bargain-priced gown. Stylez for the Aisle bridal shop in East Windsor holds a sample sale today, Friday and Saturday.

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Robert Pattinson's pretty hip was grazed by an oncoming cab as he tried to escape starstruck fans outside the Strand.

The Litchfield Jazz Festival is proud to announce a series of 19 free concerts throughout the month of July Jazz Around Kent Presented by the Litchfield Jazz Festival.

Harriet Beecher Stowe's most memorable contribution to society was her book, "Uncle Tom's Cabin." The responses to Stowe's work were so powerfully divisive that Abraham Lincoln upon meeting her said, "So you're the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war." "The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds ...

In the only-in-Kent department. A phony Indian is claiming that the state can't go after him for possessing pot on the Schaghticoke reservation along the Housatonic River in Kent.

Rock Hall , a four-room B&B in Colebrook, CT, is now open for its first summer season, and it's a great New England getaway for fans of Florida, architecture, or just an unusual story.

The General Assembly Wednesday night unanimously passed a watered down ban on wild animals that only targets large primates.

Connecticut state police say a black bear was shot by a trooper after it had been injured in a highway accident in Litchfield.

Connecticut's Criminal Justice Commission has reappointed chief prosecutors for five counties.

Auctions can be pretty unpredictable, but when 400-plus lots of antiques and paintings go on the block Saturday at Nadeau's Auction Gallery in Windsor, there's one outcome auctioneer Ed Nadeau confidently foresees: "It will be better than it was last fall." Those months were a blow for the antiques trade in Connecticut.

How often have we heard that often, the best things in life come in small packages? Winvian, one of Connecticut's newest resort-spa developments to land on the map proves the point while providing an excellent honeymoon destination.

Lauren Lipton has been busy lately - the former Wall Street Journal staff writer is now working part-time as the fashion, beauty and lifestyle editor of ForbesWoman , but relaunches come with plenty of extra work... on top of which, she's out doing promotional work for her second novel, Mating Rituals of the North American WASP .

Radio executive Jennifer Parsons is the new chair of the Connecticut Broadcasters Association, replacing Jon Hitchcock, who has taken a position out of state.

Last year it was gas prices, this year's it's the economy, so Governor Jodi Rell is promoting "Staycations" in Connecticut.