WASHINGTON — On the same day the Connecticut Supreme Court issued a historic ruling allowing a lawsuit by victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting to move forward, Connecticut lawmakers introduced resolutions that aim to block the use of federal education grants to arm teachers.

TORRINGTON — Northwestern Connecticut Community College Cultural Planning Committee, the History Association and the Torrington Historical Society are jointly sponsoring a free concert of authentic Irish-American music of the Civil War era.

TORRINGTON — The Northwest Connecticut Arts Council is introducing an new thank-you program for donors who support the efforts of the non-profit organization in the region.

NEW HAVEN — Frank Harris III calls it simply “the 400th,” but he knows many will not know what he’s referring to.

TORRINGTON — Quick quiz: What do Russian dancers Mikhail Baryshnikov and Rudolf Nureyev, Russian ballerina Natalia Makarova and American ballerina Gelsey Kirkland all have in common with Torrington?

In honor of its first-year anniversary, New Brunswick Flea Market held a weekend celebration Feb. 23-24. The two day festivities included giveaways, door prizes, market-wide mystery sales, music by Juan DeGuzmanThe multi-vendor indoor flea market is open every Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m.…

WASHINGTON — It was a cold winter day, but construction workers were undeterred, bustling about Shepaug Valley High School in Washington in the initial stages of building a 52,000-square-foot Agriscience STEM center.

NEW PRESTON — Rebecca Christine’s Consignment Boutique is celebrating 10 years in business in April.

COLEBROOK — An escaped pig hogged Colebrook River Road Saturday evening until he was rescued by state police.

BETHLEHEM — inspired by her love of nature, and coupled with her passion for the bucolic life, Karyn Bonanno-Wright, owner and proprietor All-Wright Acres farm, presents the perfect setting for serenity and solitude.

TORRINGTON — A Litchfield woman who pleaded guilty to manslaughter and other charges in connection with an October 2016 accident that killed a Harwinton woman and injured five others, was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison.

TORRINGTON — KidsPlay Children’s Museum is holding its monthly Family Friday with the theme “Move and Groove” on Feb. 22. The Museum will be open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. with themed activities from 5 to 8 p.m.

SHARON — On Saturday, Feb. 16 at 2 p.m., the Sharon Historical Society & Museum will host a free public guided tour of their new three room exhibit entitled “Sharon Cures: Centuries of Medicine in One Small Town” with co-curators Marge Smith and Susan Shepard.

FALLS VILLAGE — The Friends of The David M. Hunt Library in Falls Village will hold its annual winter fundraiser, “A Midwinter’s Night in the Village,” at the library on Saturday, Feb. 16, 6-8 p.m.

NEW HAVEN — All young children will throw a temper tantrum from time to time. It’s a normal part of growing up, however upsetting it might be to both child and parents.

Retail stores change quickly right after Christmas, with employees stocking card racks and shelves with Valentine’s Day items.

Massaging hands, painting nails, clipping cuticles, waxing legs, extending lashes, exfoliating skin — the work is exceptionally intimate. Few industries put paying client and low-wage worker in physical contact like nail salons and spas.

KENT — Oscar Wilde once said, “Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man’s original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.”

LITCHFIELD — Open on the Litchfield green since June 2018, C.P. Farmhouse is mostly known for the colloquialism “Amish furniture,” but a recent visit on a minus temperature winter day belied that assumption.

TORRINGTON — Two properties built in the early 1900s are scheduled to be auctioned to the highest bidder on Feb. 19 to collect delinquent taxes.

SALISBURY — The excitement returns to Salisbury from Feb. 8 to 10, when the Salisbury Winter Sports Association hosts the 93rd annual Jumpfest, a three-day celebration and competition featuring the best junior ski jumpers in the eastern United States.

NEW MILFORD — The town is again trying to stop a controversial solar project on Candlewood Mountain, this time by asking the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to use a stricter permitting process.

WOODBURY — Led by professional artist Dita Carley, Flanders Nature Center & Land Trust is hosting a workshop on handmade collaged valentines. The class is being held on Saturday, Feb. 2 at 10 a.m.

WOODBURY — Woodbury artist Matt Wood recently visited Iceland and chronicled his journey of the varied and majestic terrain through photographs.

MORRIS — A large and lively crowd of cub scouts, mostly from Pack 28, and their supporters, lined up to present their unmanned, unpowered miniature cars made from a kit to assure uniformity, to official “inspectors” Nathan Meyer, who is also a Cub Scout den leader, and Mark Abbenante, a memb…

If you have a pain in the neck, you might want to consider whether you want to text about it.

WASHINGTON — Doctor of Oriental Medicine, Jampa Mackenzie Stewart of Valley Spirit and Wellness Center in Washington Depot, presents Tai Chi & Meditation an Introduction. This session will be Thursday, Jan. 24, at 6:30 p.m. at Gunn Memorial Library. Snow date Thursday, Jan. 31, at 6:30 p.m.

TORRINGTON — Torrington Savings Bank reopened their Main Office at 129 Main Street on Dec. 19, 2018 after the completion of an extensive building renovation — a particularly fitting project for the bank as they conclude 2018 celebrating their 150th year in business.

WASHINGTON — Louise van Tartwijk’s voice was pleasantly dancing in the air as she explained her current passion; telling the stories of women who played major roles in their communities and society in general down through the generations.

There isn’t a day when a specific food is not celebrated. National Bagel Day arrived earlier than expected this year thanks to Thomas’ Bagels, the largest producer of grocery store bagels in the U.S.

As seatbelts, car seats and other auto safety features have become common, the fatality rate for young people from car crashes has dropped significantly over the years.

Last year will likely turn out to have been an average year for Lyme disease infections in Connecticut, unlike in Maine, which experienced a dramatic decrease in 2018, possibly caused by a drought in that state.

NEW HAVEN — People who are prescribed opioids to reduce pain are at a greater risk of developing pneumonia, according to study led by researchers at Yale School of Medicine.

SALISBURY — When Peter McEachern bought a fixer-upper home on Farnum Road in Lakeville, in 2016, he didn’t know its hidden contents would prove to be the inspiration for an art exhibit and a lecture series.