The Kent Dispatch

11/10/2025

Cold weather and possible snow flurries tomorrow, Tuesday, Nov. 11. Dress warmly for the Veterans Day ceremony!

https://kentdispatch.org/halls-jennings-post-plans-veterans-day-ceremony/

Good Morning! We do have showers that will linger through at least the morning hours today before some brightening during the afternoon. UNSEASONABLY COLD air works in tonight and tomorrow, with a freeze expected all the way down to the shoreline. FIRST FLAKES are possible for your Veteran's Day as some flurries will likely fly through the region, best chance in the NW hills. Cool pattern ahead for the foreseeable future.

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11/09/2025

Family support was evident on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, at a ceremony to install Kent's newly elected officials. See today's cover story for more photos and remarks from Connecticut Lt. Governor Bysiewicz and new Kent First Selectman Eric Epstein.

https://kentdispatch.org/kent-connecticut-newly-elected-officers-installed-bysiewicz/

11/08/2025

Thirty-five artists from the region will be in their studios, as well as at the LOFT, Mallory Town Hall, the Sherman Senior Center and the Sherman JCC as part of the Open Studios Tour.

Sherman Artists

SHERMAN, Conn.—The Sherman Artists will hold their fifth annual Open Studios Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 6 and 7, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Sherman Artists Association members invite all […]

11/07/2025

The program is part of the ongoing series of the “People and Places of Kent” programs co-sponsored by the senior center and historical society.

KENT, Conn. — Kent Historical Society curator Marge Smith will lead a “Show and Tell” program at the Kent Senior Center on Wednesday, Nov. 19, at 11 a.m. The program […]

11/06/2025

A short business meeting will be followed by a guest speaker who will discuss her genealogical journey, plus info about a recent discovery about the grave of a Revolutionary War veteran that leads to a surprising reveal.

KENT, Conn.—Members of the Kent Historical Society are invited to participate in its annual meeting Sunday, Nov. 9, at 2 p.m. at the Kent Town Hall, 41 Kent Green Blvd. […]

11/06/2025

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11/06/2025

Kent’s portion of a grant will be used to build a new retaining wall at the transfer station and a handful of other things.

Connecticut DEEP has awarded $408,500 to Kent to expand its municipal solid waste recycling program.

11/06/2025

⏰After an hour-long wait while poll officials reconciled figures from the four voting machines and absentee ballots, they announced the new Board of Selectmen and other winners from Election Day.

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With few contested seats for municipal positions, Election Day results in Kent, CT, yielded few surprises Tuesday night.

11/04/2025

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11/04/2025

What a night! 🎃✨ Kent came alive on Halloween with families, friends, candy-collectors, and costume lovers everywhere. From trick-or-treating to Trunk or Treat to a costume contest - and a flash-mob of “Thriller." Check out the photos and more here.....

Hundreds thronged the street for the Kent C of C's town-wide holiday bash.

11/01/2025

🇺🇸A community Veterans Day ceremony is planned for 11/11.

The Halls-Jenning American Legion Post will host the Veterans Day observance

11/01/2025

ℹ The government shutdown is impacting 💲 for SNAP benefits. 🍞

The Town of Kent, CT Social Services & Senior Center director said, "I do think we will be one of few food banks that can confidently say we will be okay."

KENT, Conn.—Kent may be unusual among Connecticut towns in that its Social Services director, Samantha Hasenflue, is confident of her ability to help residents who will lose SNAP benefits Saturday, […]