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Thursday, August 20, 2009

Calling all volunteers

The town and the Stratford Arts Commission are sponsoring a Summer Arts Festival and seek volunteers for the event from Aug, 28 to Aug. 30, Mayor James Miron said in a statement.
Volunteers will assist with reception, main stage support, parking management, staffing, and lighting.

“The Arts are such an important part of our community and I am pleased that we have the opportunity to host the Summer Arts Festival on the grounds of Stratford’s Shakespeare Theatre,” Miron said in the statement. “I would like to thank the Arts Commission for coordinating this year’s Festival. I encourage residents to volunteer so we can continue to make this event a success.”

Performances on the grounds of the American Festival (Shakespeare) Theatre will be:


Friday, August 28 at 8 PM -- Quickies in the Park, a collection of the original works of regional playwrights, by SquareWrights


Saturday, August 29 at 8 PM – Hamlet, by Shakesperience Productions


Sunday, August 30 at 2 PM -- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, by Shakesperience Productions


Sunday, August 30 at 8 PM – Hamlet, by Shakesperience Productions

As with previous years, the town helps to sponsor this Festival as a service to Stratford residents, the statement said Preceding each performance will be an art show organized by the Stratford Arts Guild. A donation of $10 is requested for admission.

To volunteer for the festival, callTown Planner Dave Killeen at 385-4017 or e-mail him atmailto:atdkilleen@townofstratford.com. Visit http://www.stratfordstage.org/ for complete schedule information for the festival.

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Jewelry store on Milford/Orange line robbed

ORANGE — Police are searching for the two men who made off with an undisclosed amount of jewelry in an armed robbery at Diamond Design jewelry store today on Boston Post Road.
Two men, both wearing masks and one holding a handgun, walked into the jewelry store at 500 Boston Post Road at 11:11 a.m., police said.
The pair sped off, heading east on the Boston Post Road in a red four-door BMW with a Connecticut license plate, police said.
There were no injuries and the robbery is under investigation.
Anyone with information about the robbery is asked to call investigators at the Orange Police Department at 891-2138.