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Lynn Pasquerella, provost at the University of Hartford for the past 18 months, has been named president of her alma mater, Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Mass.

Fitness, it has been pointed out, is good. Which is why the 19th annual Walktober is a perfect segue into the world of fitness.

Just before noon on Saturday, 11 kayakers and two canoeists paddled ashore at a small beach at the Avery Point campus of the University of Connecticut to finish an eight-week journey through the Thames River watershed, having braved car ferries, rolling waves and the dwarfing backdrop of the industries that flank the riverbank on the last leg of ...

For families, tourists and art enthusiasts striving to find culture -- for free -- kick off the summer a variety of venues, thanks to your Bank of America card.

One of my favorite column journeys was walking the length of Buck Brook, which flowed from the highlands of Meshomasic Mountain in Portland to the town's reservoir.