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Plenty of Bids for Goodspeed Actors' Housing Project: Behind the Curtain | Frank Rizzo
Well, the economy is good for something. I hear that Goodspeed Musicals received more bids than it anticipated for its $5.5 million actors' housing project.
"Emmet" Meets Ayn Rand? Second Thoughts About "Emmet Otter": Behind the Curtain | Frank Rizzo
In writing this week about the return engagement of "Jim Henson's Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas" at the Goodspeed Operas House in East Haddam made me go back to my original review ro recall the pleasures of last year's premiere production.
Marlborough: Tri-Town Wreaths Across America Campaign To Honor Veterans
Submitted by Linda Wallace on 2009-11-04.   The "Wreaths Across America" ceremony this year will be conducted on Saturday, Dec.
Grants Awarded To Support Public Safety Initiatives
Middletown is one of 28 Connecticut communities to be awarded federal stimulus grants for public safety and crime prevention needs.
AWARD: 2010 Artists in Residence Program at the Artists' Enclave at I-Park
Application Deadline: January 11, 2010 I-Park announces its tenth season hosting The Artists' Enclave.
Second School Shut Down Amid Flu Concerns
When 145 students, or 40 percent school population, at Keigwin Middle School called out sick, the Middletown School District decided the best course of action was to shut down the school for the rest of the week.
Org to break ground on housing project
Goodspeed Musicals, a non-profit legit company in East Haddam, Conn., will begin construction in December on a $5.5 million actor housing project, including what it calls "an Olympic Village-style community for actors." Ambitious project could serve as a model for thesp amenities at other regionals.
East Haddam: Brazillian-American Youth Leaders Address Earth Charter Group
Submitted by Richard A. Watson on 2009-10-26.   The Earth Charter Community of the Lower Valley monthly meeting on Nov.
Cool Schools: Nathan Hale High - Cool Schools News Story - WFSB Hartford
D az In Hartford; Wroblewski In Madison
Junot Diaz , who won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle award for fiction for "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao," will speak and take questions Friday at 6 p.m. in the atrium of the Hartford Public Library.
Hebron: H1N1 Flu Vaccination Clinics
H1N1 Flu Vaccination Clinics Health Notes Submitted by Chatham Health District on 2009-10-21.   The Chatham Health District has received a limited amount of the nasal mist H1N1 flu vaccine and will begin holding vaccination clinics.
A Funny Thing Happened, With Heller, Scherer, Gutzi, Chandler and More, Opens at Goodspeed
Adam Heller is Pseudolus, and John Scherer is his slapstick sidekick, Hysterium, in Goodspeed Musicals' new production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, opening Oct.
Goodspeed gears up for trio of tuners
Goodspeed Musicals will offer three major titles next year, two of which the long-standing tuner stable will be reviving for the first time.
Comcast Offers Grant Funding, Scholarship Opportunities
The Old Lyme Area Cable Advisory Council has notified First Selectmen and School Superintendents in the Towns of East Haddam, Haddam Neck, Lyme, Old Lyme and Salem of a grant funding opportunity.
On Your Side: Electronic Stability Control
Electronic Stability Control is a new feature on many automobiles. It's designed to help drivers stay in control when they need to swerve or brake suddenly.
Alpha Travel is long gone from a strip mall in Colchester, and so is the money authorities say Deborah Long took from ten customers.
Submitted by Nathan Hale Ray High School Project Graduation 2010 on 2009-10-06.   Dan LaRosa, "America's funniest hypnotist", will perform at Nathan Hale-Ray High School Auditorium, East Haddam, November 13, at 7 pm.
East Haddam: East Haddam Students n Natonal Merit Scholarship Program
School Stuff Submitted by Linda D. Dadona on 2009-10-05.   Nathan Hale-Ray High School students Lauren Ciarci,Zachary Fanslau and Alex Rubin have been named commended students in the 2010 National Merit Scholarship Program.
3 Spectacular Views In Southern Connecticut
It could be the line from God Bless America "From the mountains, to the prairies, To the oceans, white with foam." Maybe for me that's the reason a view is not a view unless the ocean can be seen in it.
Eightmile River Receives More Support
The Eightmile River Wild and Scenic Coordinating Committee has hired Patricia Young to serve as the principal contact for the committee and the watershed communities of Colchester , Salem, Lyme and East Haddam .