Has Your Business Been Damaged by the Drought?
The SBA has declared the counties of Fairfield, Hartford, Litchfield, Middlesex, New Haven, New London, Tolland and Windham Connecticut as disaster areas. As such, its Economic Injury Disaster Loan program is available to eligible farm-related and nonfarm-related businesses that suffered financial losses as a direct result of the drought. The loan can be up to two million dollars, […]
Award for Advocacy
Congratulations to Rev. Michel Belt and Rev. Catherine Zall who were awarded the William Crawford Distinguished Service award Thursday night. They were recognized for their tireless work advocating for homeless people. The reception took place at Foxwoods Resort Casino. Belt (at right) is the former rector of St. James Episcopal Church of New London. He turned his church’s parish hall to a 50-bed […]
Sunday 1pm farmers market at Lapsley Orchard in Pomfret
Sunday, August 23 was a farmer’s market at Lapsley Orchard. Lapsley Orchard has a useful graphic at What’s Fresh showing what they are selling at the moment. Something I didn’t know was that Lapsley is more than an apple orchard. They grow a long list of vegetables, as you will see at the above link.
Figure Skaters from Lisbon make it to the World ISI Recreational Championships in Chicago
The figure skaters are Jenna Banwell, Madison Minski, Jasmin Barrows, Lauren Griffin, Lily Haghpassand, Sage Muenzner and Sophia Rakoven. They range in age from 9 to 16 years old. These high achieving skaters hail from the Borissova Skating Camps and Imperial Skating Academy, founded in 2012 in Lisbon by Yulia Borissova. Great job, girls!
Trapped groundhog freed from baseball net at Norwich Little League field
A groundhog was trapped in a soccer net on Thursday, but local people freed it. It’s good to see this sort of thing.
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