Bridgewater News

Jewelry designer Alexis Gopal, of Bridgewater, Conn. is photographed in her home , Thursday, April 25, 2013.

There was a brush fire in progress at 6 p.m. Wednesday off Rocky Mountain Road. Firefighters from six area departments -- Washington, Southbury, Woodbury, Roxbury, Bridgewater and Brookfield -- were at the scene.

Repeat embezzler Deborah Wilmot of Bridgewater will serve the next five and a half years in prison on another f irs t-degree larceny charge.

Clara D'Amico, 6, brushes a pony named Peggy during the Horse Tales Literacy Project at Trowbridge Farm in Bridgewater, Conn.

Samuel Schultz, Skidmore College senior, won first place and $20,000 at the school's April 12 business competition.