Winsted, CT

A Journey of Despair and Hope By Audrey Blondin, Litchfield      The first thing you notice is the smell. As you drive down Broadway, past Times Square, heading south towards lower Manhattan, the lights and the traffic, people, sights and sounds beckon you to roll down your car window. As you lean out the window to drink in the essence of the city, your nose crin... More ... And Goodwill Towards Man By Shaw Izikson, Winsted      While a heavy snowfall was blanketing most of Maine last winter, I looked outside my apartment window to see in the parking lot an elderly man lying on the ground next to a car. He was looking very frail and broken as he continuously tried to get up from his fall. I ran outside and slowly helped him... More ... Mizpah — Part II      By Pauli Jayné, Winsted More ... Mizpah — Part II      By Pauli Jayné, Winsted More ... America’s Bill of Rights — An Unfinished Story By Community Lawyer Charlene LaVoie, Winsted      December 15 marked the 210th anniversary of the adoption of the first Ten Amendments, also known as the Bill of Rights, into the United States Constitution. More ... In the Public Interest Attorney General Ashcroft Is Out of Control By Ralph Nader, Washington, DC      Good law enforcement officials know that their success depends heavily on retaining the confidence of their communities. Blunderbuss police methods which ignore citizen rights and single out racial, ethnic and religious minorities for unfair and discriminatory treatment risk losing the public suppor... More ... Take Time Out The Balance in Life By Florence Vining Thomen, East Canaan      If any of you readers follow Tiger Woods as he wins and wins on the golf course, do you know his philosophy? He says that when he's not playing, he is taking time to rest, but when he is playing in a golf game, it is time to put all his energy into that. Pretty fine thinking. Right? More ...