News in Woodbridge & Bethany, CT

As the Woodbridge School Districts welcomes in the New Year, we are reflecting on many of the wonderful events that took place in 2022, and wanted to share them with the larger Woodbridge community. This past spring, teachers and students at Beecher Road School (BRS) continued to amaze us with thei

‍Achievements Caelan Watson Presents at Lasell University Career Readiness SymposiumNewton, MA - Caelan Watson, a Lasell University student from Bethany, presented at the institution’s annual Career Readiness Symposium. Watson presented their senior graphic design portfolio and shared the process

Like many outdoor pastimes, birdwatching has recently experienced a sharp increase in popularity due to the pandemic. One estimate puts the number of active “birders” in the United States at over 15 million in 2020. Locally, members of several organizations for bird enthusiasts have discovered that

The Land Trust is pleased and grateful to receive a donation of 49 acres of woodlands, streams and historic features that has been lovingly tended by the late Carlton Stahl and his wife, Irene Stahl. The 49 acres abut two Land Trust parcels along Briar Road in the Bethany Farms section of Bethany an

I recently heard an opinion suggesting that it is merely “an outspoken minority” which still seeks to protect the former Country Club of Woodbridge property from development. That assessment is far from the truth. What the speaker overlooked is the largely silent majority of residents who have com

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Martha Whitlock Freeman (Marcie), 78, died peacefully at her home in Essex on January 3, 2023 after a brief illness.Marcie was born in New Haven on November 30, 1944 to the late Martha and Reverdy Whitlock and lived her entire life in Connecticut. She grew up in Woodbridge, graduating from Amity Hi

Protests in Iran Author Roya Hakakian will speak about Women, Life and Liberty: Current Protests in Iran on Saturday, February 11. Born and raised in Tehran, she arrived in the U.S. in 1985. Her writing includes the memoir Journey from the Land of No: A Girlhood Caught in Revolutionary Iran and also

Pre-Passover Kosher Wine Tasting Thursday, March 23 at 7:00pm In the Library at CBJ. Join us for a fun opportunity to learn about, taste and purchase Kosher Wine from Israel in time for Pesach. RABBI NATAN MARGOLIT Sunday, March 26 at 10:00am at CBJIntegrating Jewish Wisdom and Ecological Thinking