https://www.067nexgen.com/aits daily 0.75 2025-12-19 https://www.067nexgen.com/aits/anime monthly 0.5 2025-12-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e3f0c9413b853b37234905/f2af8bf9-a03a-4edc-9ddd-a2d862123ae2/iStock-937528304.jpg Art In The Spotlight - Ever Evolving Anime - “One of the things my students want to learn the most is the ‘anime’ art style,” said Dylan Desmarais, Illustration Instructor at RPAC Art Center. “Drawing Anime is how I started, and it’s a great introduction to character design. https://www.067nexgen.com/aits/category/Beauty monthly 0.5 https://www.067nexgen.com/aits/category/Wellness monthly 0.5 https://www.067nexgen.com/aits/category/Fitness monthly 0.5 https://www.067nexgen.com/have-you-met daily 0.75 2025-12-19 https://www.067nexgen.com/have-you-met/hbi6agp6b00rus5l9dq7xih8kuvrzb monthly 0.5 2025-12-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e3f0c9413b853b37234905/674dc4aa-ef49-48c3-9517-3f3141eb4415/5355159245888311380.png Have You Met - Have You Met…Genee West For her commitment to supporting local Bethel businesses, West has been awarded with an official recognition from the Connecticut General Assembly thanking her for her commitment to supporting the Bethel Community and local businesses as well as a proclamation making January third “Genée West Day”. West has done an incredible job supporting her local community and plans to continue to do so. She says that “[she] was just the rock that went into the water and the community is the waves” and will continue with the Facebook group as long as she can. Genée addressed the issue that businesses from surrounding towns often try to post in the Facebook group, to which she gently reminds them it is for Bethel businesses only. She has had a number of moderators, but not many who have stayed on long due to other commitments, a problem she understands all too well. The entire town is eternally grateful to Genée and her hard work with Support Local- Bethel. She is loved and recognized in every business she goes into. Genée West is truly a benefactress to this town. • https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e3f0c9413b853b37234905/4586ebe2-b96c-496e-868e-2b3bd17d5062/westsmall.jpg Have You Met - Have You Met…Genee West With over eighteen thousand members in six years, the Facebook group “Support Local - Bethel, CT” has helped dozens of small businesses disseminate information about store hours, closing, and sales as well as allowing customers to post reviews. Started by Genée West, a Bethel resident of thirty years, in March of 2020, the Facebook group began with the pandemic. Having lived through the post 9/11 recession and seeing Bethel’s downtown suffer, West knew that the incoming pandemic would have the same effect on the now booming Greenwood Avenue commercial district, and sought to prevent that. Greenwood Avenue features a number of businesses, including a coffee shop, bookstore, ice cream parlor, barbershop, bakery, hairdresser, printer, lawyer, toy store, hardware store, as well as two churches and several pizza places. West described it as “living in a Norman Rockwell painting”. West majored in Marketing & Design at the Connecticut Institute of Art. She then worked as a designer for Pemberton Press. During her time with Pemberton, West worked on design for both books and magazine, enjoying working on both. After her time with Pemberton, Genée moved onto a different company, HEH Associates. She recounted how her department received an award from the Art Director’s Guild, and was invited to Windows on the World in the north tower of the World Trade Center for the ceremony on September 11th, 2001 at 7pm. Only one ticket was provided, and both her and the other person from her company refused to attend alone, so neither went. https://www.067nexgen.com/noted daily 0.75 2025-12-19 https://www.067nexgen.com/noted/all-dat monthly 0.5 2025-12-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e3f0c9413b853b37234905/5e8a37c7-ae4a-41c1-b83b-a10335aedea6/unnamed.png Noted - All DAT… Ray Leite DAT Program Coordinator CT State CC – Naugatuck Valley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e3f0c9413b853b37234905/ab5bbc93-1bbf-42b5-aafd-2cadd27a4170/IMG_20251027_201424949.jpg Noted - All DAT… Hidden among the 300+ degrees and certificates offered at the CT State Community College is a popular program referred to as Digital Arts Technology, aka DAT. This program offers students an opportunity to explore multiple facets of the creative field for digital artists. Focus areas include animation, audio, video, social media, web development, and graphics for both print and screen. Our team is passionate about the areas we practice and teach. We strive to include innovative ways to use and showcase the skills attained from consistently up-to-date curriculum. A high-tech classroom, professional audio production studio, variety of video and specialty image capturing equipment that students are encouraged to use, and access to industry standard software are ways we offer more for our students. And our most recent endeavor is making us DAT EXTRA! https://www.067nexgen.com/067-history daily 0.75 2025-12-19 https://www.067nexgen.com/067-history/all-aboard monthly 0.5 2025-12-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e3f0c9413b853b37234905/a987ed9b-0c12-40c3-bd46-6f36438764ae/g_inside3%281%29%281%29.jpg 067 History - All Aboard “The Danbury Railway Museum is best known for three things. We are the largest train museum in New England. We also house the only prototype for the first electric engine and all its related instruments. Getting this engine from Albany on a flatbed truck is a part of Danbury’s history,” says Barton. “Another fun fact about the museum,” continues Barton, “is that in 1950, Alfred Hitchcock came to town to direct Strangers on a Train. This psychological murder mystery included Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, and Robert Wagner. Hitchcock chose the location because of its unique architecture.” The Danbury Railway Museum is located at 120 White Street, behind the 38-foot Uncle Sam Statue from the Danbury Fair. This amazing piece of memorabilia was returned to Danbury after 35 years in Lake George. If you live in the area, you have probably passed the Danbury Railway Museum on many occasions but may not have stopped in. Put a visit on your to-do list for the future. The museum is open all year, Saturdays and Sundays from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. You will find the friendliest of volunteers, acquire new train knowledge, and gain respect for travel by rail. • https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e3f0c9413b853b37234905/ee2b8efd-7d56-4012-84be-df66731ea41c/g_Sam2.jpg 067 History - All Aboard Never underestimate the importance of a rail line to an area. Railroads were essential to the development of our area beginning in the mid-1800s. Before we had trains with engines, horses pulled the passenger and freight cars along cleared roadways that later became lined with rails. The construction of the Danbury railroad was partially responsible for the expansion of the hatting industry, the growth of the Danbury Fair, the placement of Western Connecticut State University, the development of the local technology industry, and increased populations. When not everyone had a car, people relied heavily on trains. Beginning in 1852, Danbury had a two-way train service to Norwalk once a day. By 1886, the Danbury line was absorbed into the Housatonic Line, and residents could go to New Milford and onto Pittsfield, MA. From Danbury, people could now go by train to both Boston and New York City in a third of the time. From 1870 to 1925, a four-mile railroad spur was constructed between Branchville Station and where Ridgefield Supply was located (a replica of the station is currently on site there). The line was mostly used for people traveling to elegant hotels and their summer estates. After a bad accident on this spur, the line was eliminated. Today, this spur is now a part of the Rails to Trails System. Early on, Wilton had four stations on the Norwalk line: Branchville/Gilbert and Bennett, Cannondale, Wilton Center, and South Wilton/Kent/Hopkins. The Branchville station is still in use, the others have either been demolished or have been renovated for different purposes. To better understand the role of railroads, visit the Danbury Railway Museum, located in the New Haven Railroad’s former Danbury Union Station. In addition to several exhibit rooms, you can also ride the train and be trained as an engineer for a short ride in the railyard. 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He laughed and shared stories behind each piece as he meandered through the cluttered chaos of his creations. https://www.067nexgen.com/shout-out daily 0.75 2025-12-19 https://www.067nexgen.com/shout-out/educating-and-empowering monthly 0.5 2025-12-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e3f0c9413b853b37234905/b61677d6-0bc8-43f6-9d29-0d0eb66a3d4b/iStock-1044482558.jpg Shout Out - Educating and Empowering - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.067nexgen.com/featuresjanfeb daily 0.75 2025-12-23 https://www.067nexgen.com/featuresjanfeb/ice-sculpting-artist-vs-the-elements monthly 0.5 2025-12-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e3f0c9413b853b37234905/ad6a8780-17af-4568-be3b-a34b62cb2f47/IceCarve.jpg Current Features - Ice Sculpting - Artist vs the Elements From Hot Kitchen to Cold Freezer Bill Covitz, owner of Ice Matters, began his artistic journey in an unlikely place: the kitchen. After years working as a private chef in France and Belgium, he went searching for a new way to channel his creativity—and found it in ice. Having taken a class called Garde Manger or “cold kitchen” in culinary school, Covitz allowed this interest to turn into a new passion by learning skills from professionals in the field, eventually owning his own business. As an accomplished sculptor, he was Grand Champion at the 2004 National Ice Carving Association’s Nationals, placing first on both days of the 2-day competition. In March of 2006, he placed second in the world at the World Ice Art Championships. The year 2014 marked Norway’s 200th year of independence, and Covitz replicated buildings in ice for the Norwegian government, as well as created the stage and ice instruments for the celebration. Since 2006, Covitz has returned annually to Norway to continue building functional ice instruments and perform what he calls “ice music”—a fusion of sound, sculpture, and spectacle. https://www.067nexgen.com/featuresjanfeb/hat-tricks-keep-danbury-hockey-tradition-alive monthly 0.5 2025-12-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e3f0c9413b853b37234905/6cbe9d2c-5f7e-4507-a817-5183015b8bb1/HatTricks_Mainlow.jpg Current Features - Hat Tricks Keep Danbury Hockey Tradition Alive - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e3f0c9413b853b37234905/d53c9dc2-071b-41f7-a677-aabd7c4738b1/1862c55e-2157-40eb-8b8e-b368fa6df530.png Current Features - Hat Tricks Keep Danbury Hockey Tradition Alive - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e3f0c9413b853b37234905/b339de0c-5ad5-4971-a2b3-42316db85fd6/HatTricks_sidelow.jpg Current Features - Hat Tricks Keep Danbury Hockey Tradition Alive - Make it stand out Last year, Galante served as a special advisor to the Hat Tricks, and that experience inspired him to come back in a more direct role. He says returning to professional hockey in such a major way has brought up a mix of emotions. “It’s definitely surreal,” he says. “It’s an honor. It’s very humbling to know people still think highly of me and my decision-making.” Hockey fans in Connecticut and beyond have been excited by Galante’s return to professional hockey, but there’s more to going to a Hat Tricks game than the game itself, says Doug Lattuca a broadcaster and director of communications for the Danbury Hat Tricks. Breaks in the game are filled with family-friendly activities such as the “Chick-fil-A Cow race,” “Todd Maserati Alpha Romeo of Danbury Chuck-a-Puck,” and “Peach Wave of Bethel Find the Yogurt.” There are loads of food and beverage concessions available, and the arena features The Axe Tricks Lounge, which offers local craft beer and is a popular post-game hangout for fans and players. This post-game player availability is another perk of coming to a Hat Tricks game, particularly for kids and die-hard fans of all ages. “After every game, our players come down and they sit at a table and they’ll take pictures and sign autographs,” Lattuca says. “Win, lose, or whatever may be, they’re down there every game to show love to the fans.” The price of attending a game, he adds, is also right. “There’s really not much that you can do for a family that’s under $20 a person nowadays.” As for what happens on the ice during the game, Galante is excited for some of the younger players he’s brought in this year, but stopped short of promising a return to as many fights as the Trashers were known for at their games. “The world is different. The sport is different. It’s not as rough and tumble as it used to be, but I do believe there’s a place for physicality,” Galante says. “A lot of people remember the Trashers for their hard-nosed style and the fights and everything else. That’s still part of hockey, maybe not as much as it once was, but it’s still part of it.” The game isn’t the only thing that has changed. “I definitely feel more pressure now than when I was a teenager,” Galante says. As an adult now, Galante feels a responsibility to give back to Danbury hockey fans who have given him so much and with whom he has grown up. “We have so many people that I know their families, I know their kids and grandkids,” he says. “Without the fans, the Trashers would have been nothing. Everyone always talks about what we’ve done for the fans, but what the fans have done personally for me, motivating me, energizing me—I feel a responsibility to help do my part, to put the best product on the ice for them.” • https://www.067nexgen.com/featuresjanfeb/the-truth-behind-the-headlines-a-guide-to-evaluating-news monthly 0.5 2025-12-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e3f0c9413b853b37234905/6ba0cbaa-1579-497c-8b4a-417431c21748/LOW_Screens.jpg Current Features - The Truth Behind the Headlines: A Guide to Evaluating News - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e3f0c9413b853b37234905/2ff51f8f-8fc7-46c2-b4a0-e79bc453cad3/iStock-91120566.jpg Current Features - The Truth Behind the Headlines: A Guide to Evaluating News Selection bias occurs when outlets choose which stories to highlight and which to ignore, shaping an incomplete picture of reality. Bias can influence how stories are presented—the same event can look completely different depending on the headline, images, and context. Even subtle word choices can signal bias: describing a political gathering as a “rally” versus a “mob” immediately changes the reader’s perspective. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e3f0c9413b853b37234905/7c67bf3f-8df8-4c65-9104-7e854052631e/LOWMouths.jpg Current Features - The Truth Behind the Headlines: A Guide to Evaluating News Building Media Literacy Habits While good media literacy takes practice, it’s beneficial. Learn to read news from different sources—left-leaning, right-leaning, and international outlets. Look to see how different perspectives cover the same story. Spotting bias doesn’t mean throwing out the whole article. Pay attention to word choices, what gets emphasized, and what gets left out. Compare multiple sources on important stories while asking yourself what each one includes or ignores. Overall, this matters because it helps us form our own opinions instead of adopting someone else’s. In a world full of competing narratives, knowing how to think critically about what you read is becoming an increasingly essential and important skill. • https://www.067nexgen.com/featuresjanfeb/for-the-love-of-wolves monthly 0.5 2025-12-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e3f0c9413b853b37234905/9bed60ea-d89d-4f84-acaf-1a9bbbd79aba/LOW_Red_wolves_family_snow.jpg Current Features - For The Love Of Wolves “Our community is so supportive,” said Howell. “We have the police and fire department always calling us if there is road kill to feed the wolves, but sometimes even the neighbors would drive up with deer roadkill in the back of their Subaru! Of course, you don’t need to do that in order to help. If you see roadkill in New York, call 914-763-2373 and someone will come pick it up for the wolves.” To see the wide diversity of programs, live cameras, conservation efforts, and donation opportunities, visit nywolf.org • https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e3f0c9413b853b37234905/89f3c453-1593-4be8-94e2-31a2f563cd55/amp_Wolf+Center-6.jpg Current Features - For The Love Of Wolves - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68e3f0c9413b853b37234905/25484b98-5947-4ea2-88fe-23928add5581/LOW_amp_Wolf+Center-33.jpg Current Features - For The Love Of Wolves - Make it stand out Mexican grey wolves were all but extinct in the wild due to over-hunting and conflict with humans, until in 1977 the US Fish and Wildlife Service, in collaboration with the Mexican government, embarked on a plan to conserve the species and launched a captive breeding program with the seven remaining known Mexican grey wolves. The service released the first captive-born Mexican grey wolves back into the wild in 1998. Today, there numbers are roughly 240 individuals in the wild. Red wolves have a similar history. They were considered biologically extinct in 1980 and were placed in captivity to eventually release them back into the wild beginning in 1987. The red wolves were part of a pilot program for releasing wolves into the wild, and after that there was the iconic release of timber wolves back into Yellowstone beginning in 1995. The pup cross-foster program also began with red wolves. It’s been court ordered for the re-introduction and recovery planning, and researchers are waiting to see what areas can provide the best habitat, tolerance, and policies for the recovery of the red wolf population. Currently, red wolves are only living in the Northeast area North Carolina. “Wolves are a political hot potato, but there has been a re-commitment from the government, and as a result the first known breeding pair in the wild noted for the first time in a while,” said Howell. “The Mexican grey wolf program releases captive-born animals only through the initiative called cross-fostering; when pups no older than 2 weeks old are brought out of the facility, then inserted into wild dens. It takes a lot of coordination, as US Fish and Wildlife Service and the state wildlife agencies have to find where the wild wolves are denning, and it’s a broad, vast wilderness. Then we have to hope the birth of the captive pups line up with the wild newborns.” In 2019, the WCC participated in this effort by releasing two pups, Hope and Crumbo, into the wild. They were pups of wolves that remain at the center; Trumpet, the mother, and her mate Lighthawk who was moved from Arizona after a conflict between his family and local cattle. “In 2018 or 2019, we had a total of 21 puppies at the facility,” said Howell. “These pups, beyond being adorable, represent the future of the recovery of their species. It gives me goosebumps to think of adults released into the wild. That’s really what it’s all about.” The red wolf is even more critically endangered. There are only 14 known individuals in the wild. 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