The first annual Chester Air and Land Festival will be held on Saturday, Oct. 1, at the Chester Airport, featuring antique and classic cars, airplanes, antique tractors and a tractor-pull competition. Gates open at 10 a.m. for the family-oriented festival, which runs to 4 p.m. Admission is only $7 for adults and only $4 for [...]

You know that you can go to Moe’s Southwest Grill on Whitney Ave New Haven for awesome burritos and everything Southwest. But did you know that Moe’s also Caters? Either for pick up or delivery. Taco’s, Burritoes, salad bar and more. All you have to do is call. or order online. Catering services in New [...]

I have always thought that the ability to dance across the floor like Fred Astaire, and especially Gene Kelly was always a cool thing. For our parents and grandparents, it was part of their social skill set. Somewhere along the way, it became less so, and I can’t understand that one. I have been known [...]

The Friday Night Live Music Coffeehouse Series starts this fall at the newly opened Songbird Café in Old Lyme, CT. The live music series features local homegrown emerging talent in conjunction with Bring Our Music Back, Inc. The Friday Night Coffeehouses will be from 7-9pm throughout the fall in the charming, unique “pied-a-terre” styled Songbird [...]

A committee of more than 20 library supporters, lead by Branford residents Heather Brooke and Tracy Hanson,  have been busy casting spells, brewing potions, and performing charms to transform the James Blackstone Memorial Library into the magical world of Harry Potter for a wickedly fun Hogwarts Halloween weekend that will delight witches and wizards of [...]

It’s that time of year again,  and New England loves Halloween. Got the Salem thing going on, and when every town has a haunted house, or really creepy cemetery, it just adds to the fun. So I am going to see what I can do to find as many Halloween things as I possibly can. [...]

When you think Halloween costumes and makeup the first place you think of is Characters and Costumes in Guilford. And if it’s not, then it probably should be. You will find all the retail costumes, makeup, and accessories that you need for that totally awesome costume. But what if you have a costume party or [...]

You are invited to participate in Guilford’s 2nd Annual  Days of Caring Community Food Drive Saturday, September 24, 2011 to benefit the Guilford Food Bank. Here’s how you can help: On Saturday, September 24, 2011 hang nonperishable items in a bag from your mailbox by 9:00 a.m. The Guilford Post Office Letter Carriers ( in [...]

When it comes to anything wood, be it firewood, timber harvesting, or land clearing, New England Forest Products is the company to call. The Bartlett Family has been doing it for generations. Firewood can be  bought, green, seasoned or in log truck loads. Personally, I would prefer the truck load. There is nothing like cutting [...]

Star Fish Market is a store of many pleasant surprises as I discovered the other day. Now many of you think, what can a seafood market due that would be different than any other seafood store. Let’s start with one of my favorite things in the world. Tuna. Not just any tune either. How about [...]

So, what’s up with this? And what the Hell is a “Moodus Noises” ? That’s pretty much has been the question for centuries. Since before the town of Moodus was settled in 1662 (and originally called by some Machemoodus or Place of Noises) it was inhabited by various Algonquin tribes most notably the Wangunk, and [...]

It’s that time of year again. Actually That time of year again plus 2 months. This year, Steve and I agreed that it would be better to move the event back two months. Reason being is for the past two years, the last week of July was just unbearably hot. There are lots of terms [...]

“Farm-to-Chef Week is a great opportunity for people to try a wide assortment of agricultural products grown and raised by Connecticut’s finest farmers and prepared by some of the state’s foremost chefs,” said state Agriculture Commissioner Steven K. Reviczky. “These special Farm-to-Chef menus feature Connecticut Grown ingredients in every dish and spotlight the farms that [...]

Larry Stevens, an accomplished NJ-NY singer-songwriter, has spent the last decade in the NY metro area and in Nashville, TN, performing and writing with some of the world’s best songwriters and musicians. Most recently, Stevens had the honor of sharing the stage with Huey Lewis & The News, Kenny Loggins, Todd Rundgren, and Foreigner at [...]

As many of you may have figured, I grew up in Guilford, so the Fair has always been something special to me. Just like your hometown fair or carnival is to you. So many fond memories are created at events such as these. Both growing up, and then bringing your own kids to create those [...]