SNAP (food stamps) screening Nov. 19
Appointments are still available for the next free private social service screenings for food stamps to help any Connecticut resident facing difficult times. Screenings will be done ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Nov. 12, 2015
My Dissent and My Love Are Woven Inside Me
Wendy Xu
I commune with the text by way of railing against the text
The molecular processes of you are never finished
I move through ... Continue Reading →
We salute our Veterans!
On Veterans Day 2015, we salute
All our Veterans who served our country and kept us safe from harm
All those currently serving our country, who will be our Veterans of the future
All ... Continue Reading →
Author B.A. Shapiro to speak, sign books
The Southbury Public Library will host author B.A. Shapiro Tuesday, Nov. 17, at 2 p.m. in the Kingsley room as part of the Lu Burke Literary Series. Shapiro will talk about her new ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Nov. 10, 2015
Passage
Thomas Dooley
And there was evening, humid
with lightning, when my father
fell to the earth like summer hail,
scattered. I gathered
my mother, we threw in
a handful of pebbles. ... Continue Reading →
Iwo Jima Memorial to hold Veterans Day ceremony
The Iwo Jima Memorial Historical Foundation will hold a Veterans Day ceremony at the National Iwo Jima Memorial on the Newington/New Britain town line Wednesday, Nov. 11, at 11 a.m. ... Continue Reading →
New books are mix of nonfiction and fiction
By DONNA HINE
Kaitlin Roig-DeBellis’s “Choosing Hope: Moving Forward from Life’s Darkest Hours” (371.7 ROI) is a difficult book to read. Written by the teacher whose room ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Nov. 9, 2015
Ceremonial
Eduardo C. Corral
Delirious,
touch-starved,
I pinch a mole
on my skin, pull it
off, like a bead –
I pinch & pull until
I am holding
a black rosary. Prayer
will ... Continue Reading →
Sports Quiz – Nov. 8, 2015
By CHRIS RICHCREEK
In 2014, Detroit’s Victor Martinez became the third A.L. player in history to have a season of 30-plus homers and less than 50 strikeouts at age 35 or older. ... Continue Reading →
Poem A Day – Nov. 8, 2015
Altitude
Lola Ridge
I wonder
how it would be here with you,
where the wind
that has shaken off its dust in low valleys
touches one cleanly,
as with a new-washed hand,
and pain
is as ... Continue Reading →
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