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A Stitch in Time Fiber Arts Festival will take place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Expected are spinners, knitters, weavers, quilters and other artists at the Hale Homestead, 2299 South St., Coventry. Donations accepted.
300 Years of Coventry Quilts exhibit will take place from noon to 4 p.m. Sponsored by the Coventry Historical Society at the Strong-Porter Museum, 2382 South St., Coventry. View nearly 100 antique and new quilts in all phases of construction along a picturesque woodland path.
Universities, “must continue to strive to be places where young people discover and cultivate their independence and must themselves resist the trends of inequality that are tearing at the fabric of our country.” – Commencement speaker Michael S. Roth, president of Wesleyan University
Horrocks pointed to the Storrs Center project under construction in Mansfield, near the University of Connecticut, the first phase of which is expected to open this summer to make his point that residential development is economic development.
Mooyah offers beef, turkey, and veggie burgers, along with French fries and sweet potato fries. Fresh breads are baked onsite and burgers can even come wrapped in a lettuce leaf for the health conscious diner.
May 1 kicked off the three-month National Bike Challenge (www.nationalbikechallenge.org). Whether you bike daily or infrequently, for recreation or for transportation, we need you and all of your biking friends to sign up.
Downtown Main Street will be closed to traffic from 5 to 9 p.m., and the streets will be taken over by bands and other entertainers, food vendors of all kinds – from burgers to falafel – and tables with representatives of civic groups and other local organizations, as well as a variety of craftspeople and artists.
There also was discussion about a clause pertaining to mandatory arbitration between the involved parties.
The fire came within 50 feet of a fence where Mansfield Depot resident Megan Meikle’s three horses are kept, before it was discovered and extinguished.
After suffering a minor stroke Christmas morning, 86-year-old Prague returned to work in January 2012, but she is heeding the advice of her doctor, who is concerned about the level of stress campaigning entails.
