Crunch! Mmmmmm! Cookies!

by John Stratton

OK, here we go: Samoas! Trefoils! Do-Si-Dos! Tagalongs!  But Wait, There’s More!

But you already know them all…Girl Scout Cookies!  Yes, it’s that time again.

Eight flavors and 47,300 girls can’t be wrong. And that’s just in Connecticut, as Girl Scout troops do their annual fundraising for a myriad projects to improve [...]

Blonde Ale Helps to Bring Misquamicut Beach Back

Blonde Ale’s new logo tells a Sandy story.

by John Stratton

Every tasty sip will put some of Sandy’s sand back in place—on the beach where it belongs.

Grey Sail Brewing of Rhode Island is introducing a new beer to show its support of the Bring Back the Beach fundraising effort of the Greater [...]

Old Lyme Cadet Marches in Inaugural Parade

A formation from Virginia Military Institute passes the reviewing stand at the White House. (photo by Petty Officer Bryan Niegel)

Mark D. Judy of Old Lyme marched in the Inaugural Parade in Washington, D.C. on January 21 as a member of the Corps of Cadets of Virginia Military Institute. VMI, with an enrollment of [...]

WineFest’s Tenth Delights All

Bruce “Two-Dogs” Bozsum

by John Stratton

What’s not to like?   Great wines and beers, great food, great friends old and new. And a tenth anniversary swirl and glow in the air in the Uncas Ballroom at Mohegan Sun…which means lots to see and enjoy.

That’s 32—count ‘em 32—celebrity chefs, vintners, brewmasters. And about 900 [...]