I was a little worried about two weeks ago, as the events for New Year’s Eve started to pour in. Actually, it was more like where is everything? Seriously, I was thinking that The Grinch decided to steal NYE instead of Christmas. But over the las…

To quote the legendary Andy Williams, “It’s the most wonderful time of the year”. Regardless of your beliefs, it’s a time of celebration. A time when memories that last a lifetime are forged. A time to forget all the trials and tribulat…

Please join AM 1220 WQUN, VNA Community Healthcare Community Outreach, Quinnipiac Bank and Trust Company and the Hamden’s Miller Senior Center as they team up to organize the Hamden Senior Holiday Gift Run. One of the goals of the HSHGR is to collect…

With Christmas right at our door, many of us are going to be out and about hitting all those house parties, and then off to out favorite watering hole to catch some of the best bands playing out. The police will be out in force, just doing their job, s…

You know what I’m referring to in the title above. Most Christmas carols are cheerful balls of fluff that give you the mental warm fuzzies. But for every “White Christmas” and “Joy to the World” there’s a clunker that assaults your ears and…

The one thing that really is unique to Connecticut is it’s diversity. Just get off any of the highways and you can end up in the metropolitan areas of New Haven, Hartford, or rural New England boroughs and towns such as Lyme. That’s what ma…

Last December’s win-win situation for the Shoreline Soup Kitchen & Pantries (SSK&P) started with 2 cds and a dream. A team of generous musicians sang for the soup kitchen’s suppers to the tune of over 50,000 meals – all from the 2009 benefit concert’s proceeds & matching funds. Besides enjoying an evening of music and [...]

The really cool thing about Social Media is how people find each other. Not just old friends and family, but new connections. Yesterday was a perfect example. I had just finished up my article, so I clicked on Facebook, and there was a new friend reque…

Like everyone else, I have a routine every morning. It all starts with coffee and firing up the laptop. I check the Twitter feed, my Hotmail account, and then onto Facebook. Yesterday was no different. I get to my wall, and there was a rather “subtle…

This has come together fast and furious in the last two weeks over a cup of coffee and now it’s time to tell you all about it. We can all work together to put food on the table for so many struggling families in Connecticut and help save a long time dairy farm at the [...]

Four Barrel Billy is dedicated to American roots rock n’ roll with songs that run the gamut from traditional rockabilly and surf to 60’s cool and hipster lounge tunes all with tight vocal arrangements for a big sound.! A 3 piece Rockabilly, 50’s …

Mission Statement: The primary objective of Funk Brokers, Inc. is to inject the songs you know with bodacious amounts of groove, funk, soul, vibe, feel, and spicy special sauce.  Agents of the FBI pledge to protect you from stale, note-for-note rendit…

The Cobalt Rhythm Kings — the only Connecticut blues band fronted by two native Chicagoans — are steeped in the jazzy jump blues of Louis Jordan, Big Joe Turner and Wynonie Harris; the cool West Coast blues of William Clark, Rod Piazza and …

The Clinton Chamber of Commerce, in conjunction with several civic organizations, will host the 15th annual Christmas in Clinton on Sunday, December 5. Most activities run from 2 to 6 p.m. A wide variety of activities is being planned. Small animals from Clark’s Farm petting zoo will be enclosed in a fenced area in front [...]

Downtown New Haven comes alive this holiday season with brilliant holiday window displays, award winning shopping, and free family-friendly events. Visit Downtown to see why the viewers of NBC30 voted New Haven as Connecticut’s Best Holiday Shopping …