Washington News

Serendipity means a "happy accident" or "pleasant surprise"; specifically, the accident of finding something good or useful without looking for it.

The mood was still "somber" this week at Shepaug Valley High School in Washington as students and staff coped with the death of Roxbury resident Cody Montana , a 16-year-old junior, said Superintendent of Schools Bruce Storm on Wednesday.

Whether a simple bouquet of pink dahlias, a colorful array of hybrid roses and exotic ferns or a massive display of ambitious lilies and hydrangea, every floral arrangement by Chris Giftos makes you feel like you're somewhere special.

A When Will Gregory talks about his 9-month tour in Afghanistan as an embedded cultural advisor, the 26-year-old New Canaan native describes walking through desert sand, leery of land mines.

A few years ago, the West Hartford Art League started a new initiative to place art in places where it can be enjoyed by the public.