The holiday season is upon us, and that means it's the season of giving, too.

The newly elected Board of Education got off to a rocky start Tuesday, Nov. 10, electing its leadership for the new term in a vote split along party lines.

HARTFORD - Jose Irizarry, of Terryville, was deployed Wednesday for the first time. Daniel Parreira, of Newington, was deployed for the second. Members of the Connecticut Army National Guard, these men are just two of the 700 Connecticut soldiers being sent to Iraq and Afghanistan in the single largest deployment of these troops since the Korean War.

In unanimous votes, the Town Council elected Republicans Donna Hemmann as mayor and John Console as deputy mayor on Monday, Nov. 9.

There's something for every budget at the Wethersfield Historical Society's ninth annual Antiques Show.