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Rows of Pak Choi, left, and lettuce grow harmoniously at Shortt’s Farm & Garden Center in Sandy Hook. Pak Choi is more commonly known as Bok Choy.  (Crevier photo)
Dorothy McCarty has lived in Newtown since 1995, is married to a man who she says can do anything, and is the mother of two children. Learn more about your neighbor in the July 9 Snapshot.  (Crevier photo)
Newtown resident and former history teacher Gordon Williams lectured on the life of Norman Rockwell on Wednesday, June 16, at a special “Norman Rockwell Day” celebration at Nunnawauk Meadows.  (Crevier photo)
Collectible Norman Rockwell plates, a village scene of the artist’s Arlington, Vt., studio, and a display of calendar artwork by Rockwell were set up in the Nunnawauk Meadows Community Room.  (Crevier photo)
A copy of the Thomas Beuchner Norman Rockwell Treasury set up in the Community Room provided Nunnawauk Meadows residents with the opportunity to browse the art of the popular mid-1900s artist.  (Crevier photo)
Dr Richard Fisher has lived in Newtown for 12 years with his wife, their two daughters, and an un-told number of fish. Learn more about this neighbor in the July 2 edition of Snapshot.  (Crevier photo)
From left, rare books expert John Renjilian, Janice Bernard, and Denise Kaiser show off the rich artwork of a children’s classic collectible. Shoppers at the annual book sale often find beautiful artwork an appealing feature of a collectible. A stack of rare Horatio Alger, Jr, books is stacked in front, along with an inscribed Magic School Bus book, a first edition Golden Book, and two L.M. Montgomery books that will be sold at the July Friends of the C.H. Booth Library Book Sale.  (Crevier photo)
Contractors are seeing more paperwork and record-keeping with the new EPA lead safe regulations that went into effect April 22 of this year, and one local contractor says that may translate into higher renovation costs for consumers.  (Crevier photo)
Mike Hurley holds a scrapbook and pigskin from his high school days. Mr Hurley will attend two big events this fall: his 50th Reunion of the United States Marine Corps Basic School Class 4-60, and his induction into the St Peter’s Preparatory School Football Hall of Fame in Jersey City, N.J., two places where he forged lasting friendships and learned lifelong lessons, he says.  (Crevier photo)
Rows of Pak Choi, left, and lettuce grow harmoniously at Shortt’s Farm & Garden Center in Sandy Hook. Pak Choi is more commonly known as Bok Choy. (Crevier photo)
Rows of Pak Choi, left, and lettuce grow harmoniously at Shortt’s Farm & Garden Center in Sandy Hook. Pak Choi is more commonly known as Bok Choy.  (Crevier photo)
Rows of Pak Choi, left, and lettuce grow harmoniously at Shortt’s Farm & Garden Center in Sandy Hook. Pak Choi is more commonly known as Bok Choy. (Crevier photo)
See photo in original gallery.