OK, the turkey is non-negotiable at Thanksgiving, but feel free to jazz up your holiday table with side dishes either new or retooled for 2009.

Holidays can be a hassle for everyone, even the pros. The difference is the pros all have worked out little tricks -- what the French call trucs -- to make feasts like Thanksgiving a little saner.

In the vast vegetable gardens around the Still River Cafe in Eastford, the crop of beets is in.

Today, at 11:14 a.m., State Police at Troop D were notified of a bank robbery at the New Alliance Bank located on Route 198 in Eastford.

BY MATT SANDERSON VILLAGER STAFF WRITER EASTFORD, Conn. - Two men remain at large after an attempted bank robbery this morning, Friday, Oct.

Barns have been a part of the Connecticut landscape ever since colonists started planting seeds and raising farm animals.

Barns have been a part of the Connecticut landscape ever since colonists started planting seeds and raising farm animals.

Barns have been a part of the Connecticut landscape ever since colonists started planting seeds and raising farm animals.

As Pratt & Whitney announced this week the potential for pink slips, another aerospace company in Connecticut announced it's expanding.

Phone : 974-9988 Web : www.stillrivercafe.com Hours : Dinner - Friday, 6 to 9 p.m., and Saturday, 5 to 9 p.m.; lunch - Sunday, noon to 2 p.m. Reservations : Recommended Parking : Plenty of space next to the barn Credit cards : Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover Prices : Expensive, 4-course prix fixe dinner $39 Pluses : Beautiful country ...

Clubs & Organizations Submitted by Cindy Sebrell on 2009-06-30.   The Regional Community YMCA, a branch of the YMCA of Greater Hartford, welcomes Christine Rivers as the new program coordinator for the Northeast community.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN TOLLAND COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MANSFIELD... WESTERN WINDHAM COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WILLIMANTIC... * UNTIL 830 PM EDT * AT 738 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ...

Tasty variations on lobster include these dishes offered at the Still River Cafe in Eastford: from left, lobster bisque, corn-jus-poached lobster, and lobster fritters atop pea carpaccio and lemongrass aioli.

A lobster dish offered at Still River Cafe in Eastford, which consists of lobster bisque, corn jus poached lobster and lobster fritters on top of pea carpaccio and lemongrass aioli.