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Village Fair Days packs 'em in|Mayor says it showcases New Milford's best

NEW MILFORD — Near the booth for Primo Deli, which has a Hispanic eatery on Bridge Street, about 10 martial artists from Hong's Olympic Taekwondo Academy, which has a center on Danbury Road, showed little regard for the ominous weather as they hollered and cracked wood with their heads.

 

Trying to tame Steele Brook|Consultants considering widening the stream

WATERTOWN — The preliminary results are in on a study of options for mitigating flooding along Steele Brook.

 

Don't expect Bill Clinton to catalog the china for the next 4 years

PHILADELPHIA — Abigail Fillmore selected books for the White House library. Caroline Harrison cataloged the china. Harriet Lane Johnston (niece of lifelong bachelor James Buchanan) fussed over seating arrangements for state dinners.

 

Tourists avoiding California's wildfire zones

BIG SUR, Calif. — Lodge managers and cafe owners along California's dramatic Big Sur coast were looking at a summer of jittery guests and cancelled bookings after fire officials warned that crews will likely be battling a wildfire raging in steep, forested ridges just to the north for another month.

 

Birthday boy finds Waldo, wins top prize in Kent contest

KENT — Levi Houck of Kent had a pretty special 7th birthday on Saturday when he took home the top prize in the House of Books' "Where's Waldo" contest.

 

Volunteers knock out 600 pies in preparation for Goshen Blueberry Festival

GOSHEN — Volunteers working with machine-like precision on Saturday made 600 unbaked pies for the Church of Christ Congregational's upcoming Blueberry Festival.

 

Walker's women's walk stops for lunch|In 8th year, target is still spousal abuse

WATERBURY— A community activist rallied a group of residents to come together Saturday in what they called a show of sisterhood, strength and empowerment. Vernail Walker, along with her organization The Battered Women Safe Territory Opportunity to Progress, held its 8th Domestic Violence Walk. About 10 people joined Walker for the event, which wasn't a walk this year but a lunch and events at New Opportunities Inc. on North Elm Street.

 

Don't expect Bill Clinton to catalog the china

PHILADELPHIA — Abigail Fillmore selected books for the White House library. Caroline Harrison cataloged the china. Harriet Lane Johnston (niece of lifelong bachelor James Buchanan) fussed over seating arrangements for state dinners.

 

Living Here: Going green|We're hoping for a new grassroots movement

Now that the hoorah of the political conventions is over, let me tell you about our own grassroots movement.

 

Today in History, July 31

Today in History
Today is Sunday, July 31, the 213th day of 2016. There are 153 days left in the year.

 

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