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Bethel town center at night during the winter. Text reads, "5th Annual Holiday Gift Guide 2024"
Poetry for Your Palate Fills Hearts, Tables, and Bellies at La Zingara
Poetry Corner

Poetry for Your Palate Fills Hearts, Tables, and Bellies at La Zingara

By
Hannah Lipman
June 23, 2026
A delicious night of poetry, food, and friendship. Poetry for Your Palate was a feast for the heart and soul.

Features

Make Music Day Brings Community Together Through the Power of Music
Featured Articles

Make Music Day Brings Community Together Through the Power of Music

By
Hannah Lipman
June 24, 2026
A beautiful day, talented musicians, and a community eager to listen made Make Music Day a memorable success.
Meeting of Minds: Bethel’s Molten Java Provides Setting for Book Collaboration
Featured Articles

Meeting of Minds: Bethel’s Molten Java Provides Setting for Book Collaboration

By
Rob Sample
June 12, 2026
Nature's Nooks - Painted Turtles
Nature's Nooks

Nature's Nooks - Painted Turtles

By
Don Warfield
June 10, 2026
Poetry Corner - Ekphrastic Poetry
Poetry Corner

Poetry Corner - Ekphrastic Poetry

By
Hannah Lipman
May 27, 2026
Nature's Nooks - The Blue Jay
Nature's Nooks

Nature's Nooks - The Blue Jay

By
Don Warfield
May 24, 2026
Bora Restaurant: A Bethel Standout
Bites of Bethel

Bora Restaurant: A Bethel Standout

By
Andrea Markel
March 30, 2026

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Winter sunset, PT Barnum Square, December 2024.

Joe Welfeld

Sunset, 2024

Green and pink aurora borealis over Bethel, CT

Genée West

Aurora Borealis over Bethel, 2024

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