Local Girls Receive Highest National Girl Scout Honor

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(l-r) Rebecca Borton, Chester, Melissa Chmielewski, East Lyme, Mallory Guillemette, Bozrah, Katie Lamb, Lebanon, Christine Wengloski, Lebanon, and Antonina Williams, Groton, all earn their Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest award a girl can earn in Girl Scouting. An award with national standards, the Girl [...]

“Pirates of Penzance” a Musical Treasure at Middletown High’s New Center for the Performing Arts

by Don Church & Tony Schillaci – Critics On The Aisle™

Kathleen Thompson as Mabel and Bill Sorensen as Frederic in the CGSS Production of "Pirates Of Penzance".

One must-see musical theater event in Connecticut is the annual Connecticut Gilbert & Sullivan Society (CGSS) production that keeps alive the [...]

Mystic Whaler

(l-r) Amy O’Connor and Ed Dean give a toast in honor of their 23rd wedding anniversary.

by Ed Dean photos by Alexis Ann

“Marriages performed by the Captain are valid only for the duration of the voyage.” So reads a sign aboard the Mystic Whaler, a windjammer owned and captained by John [...]

Gillette Castle Hosts Wine Tasting

story & photo by Tony Schillaci and Don Church

On a perfect autumn October afternoon and evening, 375 Friends of Gillette Castle gathered on the promenades, terraces and paths surrounding the castle for a fundraising wine-tasting event, “Into The Woods.”  The Friends is a non-profit, all-volunteer group “to help with restoration and preservation [...]