Kensington NewsLocal news for Kensington, CT continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Book Details History Of Berlin-Peck Memorial Library- July 16, 2008 Cathy Nelson has handled thousands of books since she began working at Berlin-Peck Memorial Library in 1975.But none told the back story about the town library - the work by Marjorie Moore, Blanche Delaney, the Peck family and the Hotchkiss sisters to create, maintain and improve it.So in 2002, Nelson, the assistant director, decided to write that book.This week, the first copies of the 200-page 'The Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - The People Behind the Name' went on display and sale at the...http://www.topix.net/city/kensington-ct/2008/07/book-details-history-of-berlin-peck-memori... History Shows Ber-lin Pronunciation Predates WW II- July 14, 2008 Scratch long-held theories about anti-German sentiment during World War I or World War II as the reasons this town's name is pronounced differently from the capital of Germany.If a newspaper story from 1918 is accurate, then it's likely that Berlin has always been pronounced BER-lin. And that means there's no truth to a persistent town legend that ber-LIN became BER-lin to distance itself from the German capital during wartime. The pronunciation issue surfaced July 5 in a Courant story about...http://www.topix.net/city/kensington-ct/2008/07/history-shows-ber-lin-pronunciation-predat... Middletown Race Day For Young And Old Alike- July 12, 2008 Jeannette Cyr ran her first marathon 27 years ago at the age of 46.Sixty-five marathons later, Cyr, 73, will be one of the oldest runners in Wednesday's annual road race in Middletown.'Just because you turn 70, that's not a reason to stop,' Cyr said about a sport she said lowers her blood pressure and clears her head. 'When you get home from running, you feel like you've accomplished something.'Though Wednesday's race is only a 5K, Cyr said she pushes herself harder in shorter races. Cyr, who...http://www.topix.net/city/kensington-ct/2008/07/middletown-race-day-for-young-and-old-alik... Crowds flock to airport market- July 6, 2008 STORMVILLE - The airport here is off limits this weekend to planes due to the 600 vendors showing their wares along the runway.http://www.topix.net/city/kensington-ct/2008/07/crowds-flock-to-airport-market?fromrss=1 New Agency Called Economic Tool- July 2, 2008 The Berlin Redevelopment Agency created Tuesday by a town council vote will give the town an excellent economic tool to pursue bonds and government funds for development projects, Mayor Adam Salina said.The agency, which will have the seven-person council as its members, will immediately begin work on seeking $550,000 to help clean up contamination at the long-vacant Sherwood Tool factory, which a developer hopes to buy and renovate into 86 condominiums.The money would come from a state...http://www.topix.net/city/kensington-ct/2008/07/new-agency-called-economic-tool?fromrss=1 |