NEWINGTON - The Newington Human Services Ropes Course was abounding with activity Wednesday morning as boys and girls from Rocky Hill clamored up rock walls and nimbly poised on beams more than 20 feet high.

At his location on Constance Leigh Drive across from Market Square, Vladislav Beytan, prepares steamed hot dogs from his white van.

NEWINGTON - The Marine Corps League, Hardware City Detachment 781, based in New Britain, invited Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, to its charitable golf tournament at the Indian Hills Golf Club Tuesday for a "nonpolitical" visit.

Everyone, including the residents of Newington, has had to acknowledge the national recession in one way or another. The recession has been particularly hard for many unemployed residents.

Newington is a town filled with creative people, yet with few the avenues available in which to display their art, these talented individuals often go unnoticed. The Newington Senior and Disabled Center has taken a step in the right direction this month by recognizing lifelong artist Melanie Nelson Stoddard.

In his big friendly voice Bill Duma greets his customers as they stroll up the road to his stand. The patrons browse the selection of beans, peppers, cucumbers, and corn for sale.

It's Saturday, 5 p.m. Officer Ryan Deane, of the Newington Police Department, is on patrol, working the 3 to 11:30 p.m. shift. It's a quiet night as the Ford Interceptor drives up and down the Berlin Turnpike, patrolling District 304.

The Lucy Robbins Welles Library was filled with the sounds of rock and roll music and cheering teenagers last Friday night, Aug. 27, as teens from around Newington celebrated their successful completion of the "Make Waves" Teen Summer Reading program.

Students entering the Newington Public School System this year will take advantage of a new wave of technological and instructional reforms being undertaken throughout the district.