Litchfield County News

Day and night, winter and summer, Washington Depot's G.W. Tavern packs them in. Locals, visitors and tourists driving around the Litchfield Hills seek out the place for several reasons.

On May 11, Western Connecticut Bird Club President and Newtown resident Larry Fischer photographed these two bald eagle chicks, nearly full grown, in a nest located on private property.

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.

Kent Memorial Library is selling tickets for its 2009 car raffle, with the prize being a 2001 red convertible Porsche Boxster with camel leather upholstery.

In 2009 it looks like there will be a lot of things to do at Torrington's Warner Theatre starting on June 13th.

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.

A kayaker stranded on the rocks in the Farmington River was pulled to shore by the rope rescue team of the Pleasant Valley and Riverton fire departments on Tuesday afternoon.

Linda Archer enjoys a walk in the Bee Brook area alongside the Shepaug River with her dog Dexter.

Legislation that would have banned a long list of wild and potentially dangerous animals as pets has failed in the General Assembly this year because lawmakers from Litchfield County want to protect a family-owned farm that has several elephants.

" Ray Durand of Brookfield has been named senior mortgage officer with Fairfield County Bank.

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.

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 .

Spring has finally sprung here in Litchfield County, Connecticut, and the warm, sunnyweather has once again ushered in a bumper crop of dandelions.

The last time poet/writer and painter Davyne Verstandig of Washington had two weeks of uninterrupted time alone was some 40 years ago.

All About Jazz members are invited to enter The Litchfield Jazz Festival giveaway which includes free roundtrip airfare for two courtesy of Continental Airlines , a 2-night stay at the Starbuck Inn B&B in Kent, and a 3-day tent pass! We'll select one winner at the conclusion of the contest on July 3rd.

Teens Emma Lowenberg of Redding and Clarissa Burch of New Milford have been named county finalists in an annual young writers contest for their prose.

The median single-family house price in Connecticut plunged 18 percent in March, the sixth consecutive month of double-digit, year-over-year price declines.

I remember my American history teacher, in freshman year of high school, writing on one of my papers that I should be a writer.

Just blogged about this. Thanks for pointing me that way since I had not yet had a chance to look at today's Courant.