LIFE

According to police Chief Marshall Porter the average person will experience two or three traumatic events over a lifetime. Police officers on average will experience three every six months on average. “And over a 30-year career, it's 180 traumatic events,” he said during the department’s annual awards ceremony May 14. “The job can go from routine to dangerous in a split second. They respond to traumatic scenes, violent deaths, mental health crises, serious crashes and every

For years, Superintendent Alan B. Bookman has spent part of a May board of education meeting lauding the careers of educators taking their final bows and heading off into retirement. This May was different. In addition to saying goodbye to a dozen teachers and administrators, Bookman himself will retire after 55 years in education.

The first person I met while navigating Berlin’s Ragged Mountain was a trail runner that I marveled at because I was struggling just leisurely hiking the traprock ridges and boulders. The second person was a man sitting on top of the mountain silently taking in the views.

On April 23, the Glastonbury Holocaust Remembrance Project hosted its third annual Holocaust Remembrance Evening, bringing together nearly 500 community members for a powerful night of reflection, education, and unity.

The third annual Glastonbury Pride, a day fostering equity, inclusion and celebration for the LGBTQIA+ community in town and beyond, will take place June 14.

1 Teen Hangout for teens in grades 7–12 from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Welles-Turner Memorial Library. The Teen Room will have Nintendo Switch as well as coloring and board games. Snacks provided. Drop-in. No registration required. 1 The Web They Wove: Women & their Wardrobes during New England’s Revolution, 6:30 p.m. at Welles-Turner Memorial Library. No charge, but reservations are required at 860-652-7720 or wtmlib.info. 2 Cozy Crafters Club, 10 a.m. at Welles-Tu

After decades of proposals for a 13-acre parcel in North Glastonbury, it appears a plan to build five, three-to-four-story apartment buildings with a total of 266 units has some staying power as the town plan and zoning commission approved it earlier this month.

Excellence Across Our Schools: A sampling of some recent student awards: