While the weather outside is dreary, it’s high time to get ready for the first major race on the CT shoreline for the season with the 18th Annual Madison Exchange Leprechaun 5-Miler on March 21, 2010!!!  The Madison Exchange Club, (the people who bring you the Madison Independence Day Parade), is a community service organization [...]

Members of the New Haven music community have put together a stellar lineup of donated talent for an all-star benefit for New Haven-area guitarist bandleader Travis Moody to take place on Sunday, Feb. 21 from 3 p.m. to 1 a.m. at CAFE NINE, 200 Crown St. in New Haven.
The benefit will [...]

The cold gray shades of winter are about to be blown away with a blast of color and steamy heat. On the evening of Saturday, Feb. 20, the fourth annual Samba Rio benefit in Chester, CT, will keep winter at bay and transport you to an unforgettable night of Brazilian music and dance, culture, and [...]

Connecticut Sports Foundation needs help to assist cancer patients
When a patient is diagnosed with cancer, the effect can be overwhelming. Not only is there the emotional impact, but medical bills and living expenses quickly add up. That’s where there Connecticut Sports Foundation Against Cancer (CSF) can help by providing grants to patients with cancer who [...]

Last week, tragedy struck the site, and many of our friends. Aimee Twyford’s brother , Billy, my good friend Travis Moody, and his brother Rory were injured in a job related accident. There injuries were severe, but at this time, things are looking better, and that’s great. But,even with good news such as this, [...]

This article has no humor, no pictures, nothing but a plea for help.
Even before the earthquake, Haiti was one of the poorest countries in the hemisphere. 80% unemployment, people living on a dollar a day, rampant crime and corruption. A standard of living as bad as anywhere in the world. A history of disasters and [...]

The Children’s Museum of Southeastern Connecticut’s (CMSECT) invites the public to its popular fundraiser, the 10th annual Fairy Tale Ball, on Saturday, Jan. 23, at Sonalysts Studios in Waterford, 7 p.m.-midnight.

Tickets for the Fairy Tale Ball, which support CMSECT’s education programs, exhibits and operations, are $125 per person (including open bar) and are available by [...]

The Connecticut Chapter of the American Red Cross will be honoring men, women and youth from across Connecticut whose extraordinary acts of courage and kindness make them local heroes. We will salute them during March, 2010 at our Community Heroes Breakfast Celebrations. ( March is Red Cross Month).  There will be four Hero Breakfast Celebrations:
March [...]

The first fundraising concert at the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center in Old Saybrook on December 11th, 2009, to benefit the Shoreline Soup Kitchen and Pantries was an unqualified success: ticket sales for the concert plus a donation from the Madison Rotary came to a total of $6,788.00 – which was then doubled by the [...]

Students at Brown Middle School in Madison have captured the spirit of the holidays with their “With Cranes We Care” project. The children have undertaken the enormous task of folding one thousand origami cranes which are now available for purchase during the holiday shopping season.  The students decided that all the money collected from the [...]

With 2009 practically staring at our backs, the mood is thankful yet reflective.  And in the spirit of the season, Lauren Agnelli and Dave Rave want to share an hour of their finest songs that bring “Tidings of Comfort and Joy” – including several special, original holiday songs.
Performing Songwriters individually and as a duo, Agnelli [...]

A spectacular one-day shopping event hosted by the Shoreline Arts Alliance.Meet Anthony Venetucci and designer Michael Brinckerhoff, browse through beautiful rooms of home furnishings, accessories, specialty gifts, original art by Lisa R. Fatone and 15 area artists in THE GALLERY OF FINE ART @ VENETUCCI HOME; fashion jewelry,unique garden items, and enjoy and light refreshments [...]

The holiday season is upon us: the season of giving, the season of light.  Do you have all you need?  Be thankful; some don’t.  However, you can help the Shoreline Soup Kitchen and Pantries continue to fill a very real need this December and get a great few hours of entertainment, thanks to the generous [...]

Main Street and More, Madison merchants, will host a Happy Hour Thursday Dec. 3rd. from 5-8p.m.to support the Madison Food Pantry.  A Madison Chamber of Commerce member has teamed up with Shoreline Out and About to plan a Thursday night Happy Hour.
The evening will benefit the Shoreline Food Pantries and is a perfect compliment for [...]

Take some time Thursday, December 3rd to join the Youth Continuum at the Wine Press, 118 Quinnipiac Avenue in North Haven for a Wine Tasting and Wine Making Tour.
The Youth Continuum is an agency dedicated to helping homeless or at-risk youth as they come into adulthood, providing housing, life skills training, and outreach programs for [...]