PHOTOS: Bethel Memorial Day Parade Was Spectacular!
The highlight of the parade this year was the 200-year-old hand-pumped fire engine “Old Forgotten,” displayed on a trailer by the Bethel Fire Department, a […]
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Seven Facts About Memorial Day That You Might Not Know
Why we observe Memorial Day Report by Paula Antolini May 22, 2015 5:09PM EDT Seven Facts About Memorial Day That You Might Not Know Memorial […]
Got a Worn American Flag in Need of Retirement? Here are the Drop-Off Locations; Bethel: May 22-June 11
Come by and drop off flags that will be retired in an honorable manner. This event is free of charge and open to the public. […]
Senator McLachlan Touts Alternative Budget to Help Vets, Hospitals, Needy Residents
Senator McLachlan said the plan, a Blueprint for Prosperity, is balanced, under the state’s constitutional spending cap, restores vital social service programs for the neediest […]
Durbin, Murphy, Cartwright Introduce Legislation to Meet Demand for High-Quality Prosthetic Care for Veterans
Today’s legislative package is divided into two bills, the “Wounded Warrior Workforce Enhancement Act” and the “Wounded Warrior Research Enhancement Act,” to improve orthotics and […]
Gov. Malloy: Connecticut Receives $700K to Combat Veteran Homelessness
“To build an economy for the future, we need to make smart choices on housing. Our nation’s veterans, whether they are just returning home or […]
War Veterans: Blumenthal Introduces Toxic Exposure Research Act of 2015
“When service members raise their right hand, they willingly risk life and limb to defend their country. However, few probably ever contemplate that this noble […]
Senate Democrats Poised to Pass Student-Friendly Legislation, Aiding Victims of Sexual Assault and Helping Student Veterans on UConn Storrs College Campus; ‘SAFE Nurses’ and ‘OASIS’
Two bills designed to help Connecticut college students are poised to be passed in the state Senate today: making special sexual assault nurses available for […]
At Senators’ Request, Pentagon Agrees to Return to Families the Remains of Sailors Killed at Pearl Harbor
After more than a year-long effort led by U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), U.S. Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.), U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and U.S. […]
Female Spies in the Civil War at the Bethel Public Library, April 27
Meet some remarkable women at the Bethel Public Library on Monday April 27 in a fascinating program, Female Spies in the Civil War, at 7:00 […]
Art Young & the American Soldier, Gallery Exhibition, Bethel Historical Society, April 19
Of all the causes that Art Young leant his name to, one of his strongest outcries was against the way veterans were treated upon their […]
New Program ‘We Honor Veterans’ at Regional Hospice and Home Care to Host Training Sessions for New Volunteers
Their new program “We Honor Veterans,” will match the Veteran volunteers with Veterans in the care of the hospice. They will be hosting Training Sessions […]
Boucher: The Families of Our Veterans Should Not Have to Worry
Boucher: “The families of deceased military should not have to worry that their loved ones are being slighted because of the administrations poor budgeting. To […]
Blumenthal, Murphy, Delauro Encourage CT Veterans To Apply For Warrior-Scholar Project ‘Academic Boot Camps’
National Endowment for the Humanities Grant Enables Program that Started in Connecticut to Expand to 11 Schools Nationwide Report by Paula Antolini March 23, 2015 […]
UPDATED: 7 marines, 4 Soldiers Missing in Military Helicopter Crash in Florida
The Marines are part of a special operations group based at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, and the soldiers are from a Hammond, Louisiana-based National […]
Honoring Women and Their Accomplishments on International Women’s Day, March 8
View timeline from 1775 to 2015 of what women have achieved through the years. Report by Paula Antolini March 8, 2015 3:11PM EDT Above photo: […]