Following are the Community Calendar listings for today in New Hartford, CT:

Thursday, March 11, 2010:

• New Hartford Senior Center activities: at Senior Center, Town Hall, 530 Main St., New Hartford. Activities: Line dancing at 9:30 a.m.; Fitness at 10:45 a.m. ($2.50 per person, per class, includes a fitness card which is stamped for every class attended; Bingoat 12:45 p.m.; Yoga at 4:00 p.m. For more information please call Jean Barnicoat at 860-379-3980 between 8:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., Mondays through Thursdays.
• Board of Selectmen Special Meeting: at 5:00 p.m. at the Town Hall, 530 Main Street, New Hartford. For the agenda for this meeting please see our Community Calendar.
• Thursday Night Gather With Friends at Passiflora: Publishing Salon: withwith publisher Jo Ann Deck and special guest Terry Walters, bestselling author of CLEAN FOOD. Event starts at 7:00 p.m., preceded by a chef’s choice organic dinner from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. For more information, please visit Passiflora’s website.
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…NHGrapevine…

“Is it safe to say that the majority of regional districts are K-12?”

First Selectman Dan Jerram asked Superintendent Clint Montgomery last night at the Regional #7 Board of Ed meeting during that Board’s discussion of regionalization of the elementary schools of the Region #7 school districts. To which Clint replied: “Absolutely: this is an unusual design. There is duplication.” The Board decided they will vote on whether to undertake a regionalization study after the budget process is completed.

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One of the seniors helping out at the St. Patrick's Day dinner at the Senior Center yesterday evening, March 10. Photo: Maria Moore

The young people who helped out at the St. Patrick's Day dinner congregated around the sheet cake provided by Valerie Manor, Torrington, under the watchful eye of Senior Center Director Jean Barnicoat (in the background). Photo: Maria Moore

Over 80 seniors attended the St. Patrick's Day dinner at the Senior Center. The successful annual dinner is funded jointly by the Commission on Aging and the Senior Center, with diners making a donation. Photo: Maria Moore