For towns

Get your town's week in front of the people who live there

The Quiet Corner Brief gathers what's happening across northeastern Connecticut into one page, out every Monday. Town halls, libraries, churches and community groups can send us their meetings, programs and events — free, and reviewed before anything is published.

Hand this to your board

A one-page summary you can print, email or bring to a meeting.

Download the one-pager (PDF)

Why this helps your town

Your notices reach people who never check the town website

Agendas, hearings, recycling changes and closures get posted where only the people already looking will find them. Here they land next to the things residents read for fun.

One place instead of scattered Facebook posts

A program announced in a group on Tuesday is buried by Thursday. The Brief gathers the week in one page that stays put and stays findable.

Your town gets its own page

Every town has a page listing its events, markets, businesses and notices — a page that shows up in search when someone looks for what's happening there.

It costs nothing and takes a few minutes

No account, no fee, no software. Fill in a form, or send a press kit with photos and a flyer attached.

What we publish

Selectmen, board and commission meetings, agendas and public notices
Library programs, story times, talks and book sales
Farmers markets, farm stands and seasonal food events
Family events, fairs, festivals and kids' programs
Music, theatre, art shows and open mics
Senior lunches, bingo, community meals and clothing closets
Outdoors — trail days, walks, clean-ups, races and club events
Bakeries, including home-based bakers, and other small local makers

How it works, in three steps

1
You send it
Use the form that fits — a full event press kit with photos and a flyer, a repeating weekly item, a short town update, or just a question.
2
We check it
A real person reads every submission, confirms the date, time and place, and marks anything we couldn't verify rather than guessing.
3
It goes live Monday
Approved items appear in that week's issue, on your town's page, and in the events list. Nothing is published without review.

Your town's page

Every town we cover has its own page with that town's events, markets, businesses, notices and a month-by-month calendar. Open yours and see what's already there.

Send us something

Send an event press kitThe full picture: date, time, place, description, photos with the credit line you want printed, and a flyer or PDF.Add an ongoing eventRepeating things — a weekly market, bingo night, community meal or open hours.Send photosPhotographs of your town, professional or amateur. We credit every photo we use.Add a listingA business, service, market or organization for the local directory.Just ask us somethingA direct message to the Brief about a submission, an event, photos or sponsorship.

An honest note

The Brief is new and growing. We're not going to quote you audience numbers we haven't earned yet. What we can promise is that everything you send is read by a person, checked before it's published, kept accurate, and corrected quickly when we get something wrong — and that it will sit somewhere residents can actually find it.

Questions? Email thepride@bigcatmarketinggroup.com or message us here.