Winsted, CT

Remember Mother Mother's Day will soon be here, By A. Palaski, Torrington      A day that is special every year. More ... Fighting for Non-Commercial TV By the Board of Directors, Planet Cable Access      If you are now enjoying meaningful, uninterrupted community access television in your area, understand that you are being served because it is your legal right as a cable subscriber to have community access. You should also be grateful that a commitment has been made to you by your cable provider to... More ... Board Members Submitted for Sharon Area Community Health Foundation      Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation has submitted thirteen names to Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal to present to the Litchfield Superior Court for approval as the founding Board of the Sharon Area Community Health Foundation (SACHF). The submission is the culmination of a two-mon... More ... Gay Rights and Wrongs By William T. Barrante, Watertown      The Judiciary Committee of the Connecticut General Assembly, in March 2002, voted down bills that would authorize marriage between two people of the same sex ("same-sex marriage") and that would, as an alternative, establish a right for gay couples to enter into a "civil union" similar to that in Ve... More ... Spencer Needs a Companion By Ursula B. G. Kilner, Salisbury      Spencer, the nursing home cat whose adventures have appeared in The Voice [March 15], has developed a knowledge of the Geer Memorial elevator, which can whisk him to the first floor from "his" third floor. The attraction on the first floor is a lady cat named Lucky. I hasten to add that both Spencer... More ... You Know You Are Getting Older When … You know you are getting older when … By Judy Keifer, Litchfield      You and your husband buy new, extra-wide daily pill containers. Heaven forbid you ever get them mixed up; you both would be dead within minutes! More ... The Treasures of Childhood By Florence Vining Thomen, East Canaan      In those far-off days of my country childhood, there were many little pleasures that still come to mind as I miss those early experiences. Do the youngsters of today, the city-bred ones, know such innocent joy? More ...