LIFE

Matthew Fletcher was born to play baseball. As a child, he circled the bases a lot, moving from town to town including Stamford, Trumbull, Fairfield – and Glastonbury twice – until coming to Wethersfield in 2015.

Flowers are the gift that keeps on giving. So, it’s only natural for an employee of the Greater Hartford Gives Foundation (formerly the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving) to find a volunteer outlet in hopes of doing the same.

Mill Woods is the largest and most heavily used park in town. It hosts a wide variety of activities including a public swimming pond, hiking trails, bocce court, skate park, tennis courts, picnic pavilion, playscape and dog park.

Jennifer Miller of West Hartford was hired at the onset of the current academic year to fill the vacancy for an assistant superintendent of schools. She speaks with enthusiasm about her new job and the quality of the Wethersfield Public Schools.

by Sarah Barr Staff Writer On certain days certain times of the year, we pause and reflect. A memory. A moment. A milestone. Often, a photo is all that we have, a cherished keepsake. Songs have been written about these times. Photographers live through them and for them. Michael Leonhard of Michael Leonhard Photography in Old Wethersfield is one such artist. “Photography has been a part of me my entire life,” is how his personal photo album unfolds. “My mother passed away wh

Amber and Banner were celebrities for a day at Corpus Christi School in Wethersfield. An assembly of excited students met the two dogs that are trained to serve people with disabilities including former military personnel who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder.

Nick Frasco is an artist who loves to create. But he also understands the business aspect of being a professional artist and the need to market one’s work. Put the two together and you have a combination of art, performance and live music scheduled for May 2 at the Keeney Memorial Cultural Center. Plumrose will be the musical guest.

Before you know it, the Wethersfield High School Marching Band could be strutting its stuff in the emperor’s new clothes. Perhaps that’s a slight exaggeration. But the 66-year-old musical organization could be losing points in competitions because the 13-year-old uniforms are dinged and damaged and showing their age.