Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Joseph A. Pennell graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.
Pennell is the son of Mary Ellen Pennell of Danbury Quarter Road, Winsted.
He is a 2003 graduate of The Gilbert School, Winsted. He earned a bachelor's degree in 2010 from Central Connecticut State University, New Britain.

Learn how to raise the most beloved insect in North America, the Monarch butterfly.  Beardsley and Memorial Library, 40 Munro Place, Winsted, on Saturday, Aug. 11, at 11 a.m. has asked Mary-Elin Renzullo, a Monarch butterfly enthusiast, to educate patrons on how the Monarch grows from an egg to a strikingly colorful butterfly. Call 860-379-6043 to register for the program.

This program is free and open to the public.

The Beardsley and Memorial Library serves the towns of Barkhamsted, Colebrook and Winchester.

Ashley Cruz sings to Roger LaRue at the Winsted Senior Center's "indoor picnic" July 13. Photo courtesy of Ellen Schroeder