Collinsville resident Stephen Emirzian believes that many might not be fully aware of the full extent of Connecticut’s ties to the film and media industry and just how much this small state has to offer when it comes to infrastructure, economics, talent, small town charm, industrial heritage and easy access to a variety of nature’s bounty.

Pastor Brian (full title: Rev. Dr. Brian R. Rajcok, PhD), the lead pastor at St. Matthew Lutheran Church on Lovely Street in Avon, thinks psychedelics can be a pathway to the divine. “Psychedelics have been used for thousands of years for spiritual purposes,” he says. “It’s not just a discovery from the ‘60s. It goes back to the peyote ceremony, the ayahuasca ceremonies. And what can indigenous spiritualities teach Western people? That’s something I think could be really va

Many of us pass beneath the bridge nicknamed “Big Bird” so routinely that its presence has become almost invisible—at least a few times each week, and often more. If you have a child attending Union School or Farmington High School, stop for groceries at Stop & Shop, or conduct business at Town Hall, you may cross under it several times in a single day. Yet even in the familiarity of daily travel, it still draws the eye. We glance at its rust-colored sidewalls and faded lette

In recent years, Simsbury Public Library has greatly expanded its outreach and now, thanks to the initiative of a local middle schooler, a Little Free Food Pantry is open at the facility.

Like many towns, Simsbury hosted a public reading of the Declaration of Independence on July 8, marking 250 years since the first public readings of the document. The document had been approved by Congress on July 4 of 1776. It is believed that most of those who signed it did so on Aug. 2 of that year.

The warm, sunny early evening of June 20 at Simsbury Meadows Performing Arts Center proved to be the perfect setting for the fourth Annual Juneteenth Celebration. The free event and largest of its kind in the Farmington Valley was supported by four local towns that banded together, Avon, Farmington, Granby and Simsbury. The towns were represented by tents set up by their local libraries.