Greer Levy gets an autograph from Super Chicken during the Harlem Superstars Comedy Basketball Game last Saturday at New Milford High School.

WOODBURY-Helping businesses thrive, taking a concentrated look at the town's capital needs and developing better communication with Region 14 Board of Education officials are some of the priorities for Republican First Selectman-elect Gerald Stomski and Selectman-elect Barbara Perkinson.

NEW MILFORD-A capital campaign that began two years ago has already netted $45 million that has financed major capital improvements and will now be largely devoted to financial assistance and providing more resources for the Canterbury School's faculty, according to Bryan Kiefer, the director of finance and development for the prestigious prep school in New Milford.

KENT-Winter has yet to officially arrive, but the Kent Memorial Library is thinking spring. It has unveiled its topic for the ambitious lecture series it holds each spring, whetting appetites for another round of stimulating discussion.

WOODBURY-On Tuesday, Waterbury Superior Court Judge Richard Damiani extended the protective order that was issued against Woodbury resident Robert DeLuca, the son of former State Sen. Louis C. DeLuca.

ROXBURY-Sometimes, even the best laid plans need updating, including the town's overall plan for how Roxbury should grow and evolve.

LITCHFIELD-The Board of Selectmen, in its first meeting since being reconfigured in the Nov. 3 election, voted Tuesday to appoint a committee to begin interviewing for a new land-use administrator, a position previously held by Matt Speck.

KENT-Decades ago, Jacques Kaplan, a New York City furrier turned artists' agent, fell in love with Kent and had a vision of the little town as an art destination. Mr. Kaplan opened his own petite gallery, the Paris-New York-Kent Gallery, in a caboose near the old train station and, at a time in the town's history when many of its storefronts were empty, created the illusion of art being everywhere by filling store windows with the works of emerging artists.