Morning Photo: Village scenes

Bigger than a hamlet, smaller than a town … SUMMIT COUNTY — There are always some semantics involved when it comes to determining what, exactly, a village is. The dictionary is not much help, most often describing a village as “bigger than a hamlet, smaller than a town.” Can anyone name an actual “hamlet,” please? [...]

Meriden photographer makes Connecticut mag's 40 under 40

Posted: Friday, January 20, 2012 10:00 pm | Updated: 11:22 am, Sat Jan 21, 2012. MERIDEN - In Marisa Balletti-Lavoie's case, sassiness isn't necessarily a bad thing.

Happy Birthday Charles Dickens

Today’s the day. All the 2012 hype around the bicentenary of Charles Dickens is centred on 7 February, exactly 200 years since the great man was born in Portsmouth. If we needed proof of the cultural significance of this birthday (and we don’t), Dickens — and one of his books, Great Expectations — is trending on Twitter. Events of all kinds are marking the occasion. On the ‘official’ side of ...

Laumann receives Service Above Self Award

Lynn Laumann of Waconia became the first recipient of the Waconia-West Carver Rotary Club's Service Above Self Award during the club's Gourmet Wine Dinner held Jan. 21.

Esquire's John Mariani says cooking isn't art

Tuesday, on Esquire 's Eat Like A Man (whatever that means) food blog, Esquire food scribe John Mariani published the article "Is Cooking Ever An Art?" , to which my arts editor brain offered the knee-jerk response, "Well, sure." Mariani, on the other hand, says No. Effing.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]