Hebron author writes about how families try to steal from the elderly

Family members used a false diagnosis to try to commit Ella Winter to an Alzheimer’s facility and have themselves named as guardians of her assets.

Family members used a false diagnosis to try to commit Ella Winter to an Alzheimer’s facility and have themselves named as guardians of her assets.

This enormously popular festival normally draws thousands of people not only from around the state, but from as far as Massachusetts, Rhode Island and even that state famous for its own maple syrup, Vermont.

The Fantasticks will perform at 8 p.m. Windham Theatre Guild, 779 Main St., Willimantic. Tickets are $18 for adults, $15 for students/seniors and $10 for children under 12. All University of Connecticut, Eastern Connecticut State University and Quinebaug Valley Community College students pay the new discounted price of $10. Group discounts are also available. Also, [...]

Painters, sculptors, potters, woodcarvers and writers will be at the Douglas Library.

The market is open every Saturday morning from 9 a.m. to noon until the end of October.

St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 30 Church Street (Rt. 85), Hebron, holds an Oktoberfest community dinner Saturday, October 17th 5 to 7 p.m. featuring a homemade German dinner featuring bratwurst, red cabbage cooked $12 for adults, $6 for children ages 6 – 12 and free for children 5 and under. Contact: 228-3244.

Proceeds from this and upcoming dances will fund town signs that read “Welcome to Columbia: We proudly support our agricultural heritage.”

Here are some events that should encourage you to get out and about and enjoy a day trip to some of the surrounding towns.

Classic Brass, a band that performs British-style brass band music, will perform at 2:30 p.m. on Oct. 3 in Shafer Auditorium at Eastern Connecticut State University. Eastern’s Performing Arts Department will sponsor the event. The public is invited. Admission is free.
Classic Brass will perform brass band transcriptions of pieces by George Gershwin, Gustav Holst and [...]

According to his “Official Oughtabiography,” Arlo Guthrie was born in Brooklyn with a guitar in one hand and a harmonica in the other. Now The Guthrie Family Rides Again, bringing peace, love and social commentary to the Jorgensen Cabaret stage at 8 pm, Friday and Saturday, October 9 and 10.
Arlo Guthrie grew up surrounded by [...]