BBQ IN REVIEW: The One-Eyed Pig

by Nick Doniger
from Sizzle Grove

Nick's One-Eyed Pig dinner.

Who says Northerners can't barbecue? That's slowly becoming our mantra here at Sizzle Grove, as we develop our own Connecticut barbecue recipes and visit awesome establishments in the Connecticut and New York areas. Recently we had a chance to visit Newtown, Connecticut's The One-Eyed Pig, previously a blue collar bar which, since July 2010, has been transformed into a great barbecue joint.

Part of the 365 Project
by Vincent James Pia

AUGUST 28, 2010 - AN EMPTY SEAT BY THE WINDOW

The 365 Project is a documentary challenge in which the photographer shares an image for each day of the year.

These are photographs selected from Danbury resident Vincent James Pia's August album.

by Samantha Tata

Skater: Matt Metcalf Photographer: Michael Andrus

AFTER 10 YEARS OF BRAINSTORMING, planning, fundraising and location scouting, Newtown, Connecticut will have refuge for displaced skateboarders in a new skate park set to open this fall.

In her two years as Newtown Parks and Recreation Director, Amy Mangold recognized the need for a skate park and made the project a specific goal of her administration.

“The skaters in Newtown have had no facility to participate and were always getting chased out of areas for skating,” Mangold said.  She said it was one of her desires as director to incorporate these alternative styles of activity into traditional programming.