Broadcast blues: DJ loses bet, pants

NEWINGTON — If your work commute brought you down the Berlin Turnpike anytime between 7 and 8:45 a.m. Tuesday, hope you had your camera ready.

Green thumbs clamor for spots in community gardens

Since the late ’70s they were located near West Meadow Cemetery behind the town Parks and Recreation Department. When the cemetery expanded six or seven years ago, Newington’s Community Gardens were relocated to their current site behind the Deming-Young farmhouse on Church Street. For the upcoming 2012 season, spots need to be reserved by the end of March.

Silk City Chorus offering unique Valentine’s Day gifts

Come Feb. 13, stores across America will be filled with panicky men searching through impersonal cards, pushing one another aside for the remaining boxes of heart-shaped chocolates or perusing aimlessly for some other rose-tinted, sappy way of showing love and appreciation to their wives, and girlfriends.