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Float a Blimp, Tee-Off, Enjoy Poetry and Music
This week in Suffield, create and float your own blimp at the New England Air Museum, enjoy area music offerings, and participate in the Suffield Rotary Golf Tournament.
I have been a resident of West Hartford for 15 years. I'm originally from Stamford, Conn., and I attended Westhill High School. I graduated from Duke University – where I met my husband – in 1983, with a degree in Political Science and Economics.
My first career was in the insurance industry, and I was a Vice President with national insurance broker Marsh & McLennan in their Washington, D.C. office when I took a “sabbatical” and moved to Connecticut in 1998.
I joined the publishing world in 1999 as a freelancer writer, and before Patch, I was editor of Living in West Hartford, Living in the Valley, and Living on the Shoreline magazines. I started working as the About Town columnist for West Hartford Patch even before the site launched.
My husband, Ted, is a West Hartford native (Kingswood-Oxford ’80), and he has often joked that within a few weeks of moving to town, I knew more people than he did. I have a daughter who is a senior at Conard and a son who is a freshman. I also have a bearded collie named Scarlett who is a constant companion in my home office.
I am an avid runner – owner of the car with the “RUN MOM” license plate. My kids are both athletes, and I can often be found cheering them on at soccer games, gymnastics meets, baseball games, basketball games, and track meets. I also enjoy reading and spending as much time as possible at the beach.
I look forward to hearing the ideas and opinions of my fellow West Hartford residents. I can be reached at Ronni.Newton@patch.com, 860-249-9624, or on Twitter @WHartfordPatch.
This week in Suffield, create and float your own blimp at the New England Air Museum, enjoy area music offerings, and participate in the Suffield Rotary Golf Tournament.
Take a look at what's ahead for meetings, events and more.
Take a look at what's ahead for meetings, events and more.
Officials have said they expect the report by September.
Officials have said they expect the report by September.
Officials have said they expect the report by September.
Backpacks don't have to just look good, they have to feel good too. Keep your child comfortable this school year by finding a quality backpack during back-to-school shopping.
Backpacks don't have to just look good, they have to feel good too. Keep your child comfortable this school year by finding a quality backpack during back-to-school shopping.
Backpacks don't have to just look good, they have to feel good too. Keep your child comfortable this school year by finding a quality backpack during back-to-school shopping.
A condenser leak threatened the polar mission, but stops at auto supply stores in Seattle fixed the problem and enabled the Nautilus to be the first to cross the North Pole.
A condenser leak threatened the polar mission, but stops at auto supply stores in Seattle fixed the problem and enabled the Nautilus to be the first to cross the North Pole.
A condenser leak threatened the polar mission, but stops at auto supply stores in Seattle fixed the problem and enabled the Nautilus to be the first to cross the North Pole.
Suffield's Boston Neck Bridge reopened to traffic Friday morning with a grand opening ceremony.
The team faces Branford for the best-of-three championship series this weekend.
The magazine questions how one of the richest states in the union got into so much of a financial mess. Answer: Politicians.
The magazine questions how one of the richest states in the union got into so much of a financial mess. Answer: Politicians.
The man whose family was brutally murdered in the infamous 2007 Cheshire home invasion is expected to have another child on Dec. 3.
The man whose family was brutally murdered in the infamous 2007 Cheshire home invasion is expected to have another child on Dec. 3.
The man whose family was brutally murdered in the infamous 2007 Cheshire home invasion is expected to have another child on Dec. 3.
The man whose family was brutally murdered in the infamous 2007 Cheshire home invasion is expected to have another child on Dec. 3.