- The Oneida Holistic Health Center in Marlborough will host a Meditation Group by Life Coach Torin Lee today from 6-7 p.m. Learn the benefits and techniques of meditation and go home feeling relaxed. This group meets each Tuesday. No reservation is required but please be prompt. The fee is $5.
- The boyfriend of Jini Barnum, the East Hampton woman who went missing last year and whose body was later found in a shallow grave in Glastonbury, was arrested Monday on a murder charge.
- The East Hampton Public Library is participating in “Take Your Child to the Library Day,” with daylong events for kids and families on Feb. 2, including a story, a bookmark design contest, a trivia contest and a scavenger hunt.
- State Sen. Art Linares is taking part in the hearings on gun control before the state legislature. Linares was recently appointed to take part in one of the subcommittees on a special task force that was named to look into gun control issues following the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings in Newtown.
- Did you know that the Portland Library has a used bookstore? Located next to the Mary Flood room, the Second Hand Prose Book Shop has mysteries, general fiction, non-fiction, romance, young adult and children’s used books, as well as used DVDs and videos. Many items are like new and new items arrive each week.
