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Thirty to 40 residents recently spent part of their Sunday afternoon celebrating a major milestone for the community’s newest digital news source, www.kentgtd.org.

A crowd of Kent Good Times Dispatch supporters, family, and friends helped ring in the first anniversary of publishing the GTD at an Oct. 13 celebration held at Kent Town Hall.

Platters of sandwiches, cheeses, and cookies were served, along with a variety of celebratory beverages.

Andrea Schoeny, president of Kent News, Inc., the nonprofit publisher of the GTD, thanked the public for supporting the launch and first year of the publication, and then turned it over to Karen Chase, who served as the board’s founding president and recently retired from the board.

Karen Chase, left, who recently retired from the nonprofit Kent News, Inc. Board of Directors, greets longtime friend Halsted Lovig at KNI’s party Oct. 13 to mark the first anniversary of publication of the Kent Good Times Dispatch.
Event guests were given name tags by Kent News, Inc. President Andrea Schoeny, right.
State Representative Maria Horn (D-64th), left, whose district serves Kent, chats with Halsted Lovig at the party.
The Kent Good Times Dispatch produced an election handout and had them available for the public at the event.
Longtime journalist and Kent News, Inc. board member John Schoen, of Warren, left, discusses today’s publishing landscape with Justin Potter, of Kent, who is running for State Senate for the 30th district, which covers Kent.
Party guests were acknowledged as KGTD supporters.
About 30 to 40 residents and friends of the GTD attended the festivities held at Kent Town Hall.
Kariny Amorim, a member of the Kent News, Inc. Board of Directors, left, and Karen Chase, who recently retired from the board, chat during the two-hour event.
Andrea Schoeny, right, president of Kent News, Inc., the nonprofit publisher of The Kent Good Times Dispatch, introduces and extends her thanks to recently retired board president Karen Chase for her dedication to bring a news source back to town.
Karen Chase balances her heartfelt thanks to the public for their support in bringing a news source back to town with a few jokes.

State Representative Maria Horn (D-64th), left, presents to retired board member Karen Chase a citation from the State of Connecticut marking the first anniversary of the contemporary Kent Good Times Dispatch.

A citation from the State of Connecticut General Assembly was presented to the Kent News, Inc. board, recognizing its members in bringing an independent news source back to town.

Photography by Deborah Rose

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Deborah Rose
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Deborah Rose is a lifelong writer, photographer, poet and award-winning journalist. As vice president of Kent News, Inc. she brings us more than 25 years in community journalism and, as a lifelong New Milford resident, extensive knowledge of the Northwest Corner region. Many may recognize her from her years working at The Spectrum publication. Today, Deborah is the editor, writer and photographer for the Town of New Milford’s tourism and community website, NewMilfordNow.

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