LIFE

When Cromwell LIFE was preparing to publish its first edition 13 years ago, we contacted municipal leaders to get a sense of the community.

Students at Company ‘N Tempo Music, Theatre & Dance Centre are diligently rehearsing for upcoming performances of the Broadway musical “Newsies.” It’s a Tony Award-winning stage musical based upon real-life events.

Bad weather forced a change in plans but the volunteers who worked for two years to revive the dormant Cromwell Riverport Festival are looking at the positive rather than the negative. They bought the event back to life.

Anna Irene Anderson was born on Nov. 2, 1893, to Ida Peterson and Peter Anderson, who had moved to Cromwell from Sweden in 1886 to work for A.N. Pierson. She was the second oldest of nine children and the eldest daughter.

Dan Gagne enjoys sports. So, it was a natural evolution that led him to enter the field of recreation as a career.

Step up to the counter at the new Bot and Brew in Cromwell and you will be greeted and invited to place an order. That’s not unusual for a coffee shop.

Peter Colaccino originally thought that his career would be in the criminal justice field. Then he had a change of heart.

The goal today is the same as the goal that was established when the Cromwell Childrens Coalition was created nine years ago.