Winsted, CT

Marcelline Morris performed with the African drumming Group Ajali at Simsbury Public Library on February 10. Photo Robin Gourd. More ...      Steve McNeil competed in the Eastern States Ski Jumping Championships on Satre Hill in Salisbury on February 10. More ... My Dad Was Always There By Nancy Augustine, Simsbury      I was about 7 years old when I first watched news footage of civil rights demonstrators being beaten, tear-gassed and arrested. Being white and living in Simsbury, one would think I would be far removed from the violence before me. But Mom kept shushing my siblings and me as we huddled in front of t... More ... Keeping Abreast with John Ashcroft By Nicole Chardenet, Bristol      Yes, children, you can tell it’s a Republican administration in the White House. First of all, they’re wasting the taxpayers’ money (yet again!)—and, second of all, it’s all about sex (isn’t it always?). There’s a tempest in a bra cup heating up in Washington, DC: Lady Justice has been busted for in... More ... The New Flower Children By David R. Zukerman, NYC and Winsted      Thousands of people rallied against the World Economic Forum in New York City on Saturday, February 2. They assembled in Columbus Circle, at the southwest corner of Central Park on 59th Street (across from the AOL-Time Warner building under construction), walked through the park to Fifth Avenue and ... More ...      Gerald Hector performed with Ajail, an African drumming group at the Simsbury Library on February, 10. Photo/Robin Gourd. More ...      Child Entertainer Keith Johnson and Josh Leary make slime during "Science Isn't Always Pretty" sponsored by the Goshen Public Library on February 9, Photo Robin Gourd. More ...