On two occasions in Winsted this week, meetings became an unlikely forum for public officials' family announcements.
At the opening of Tuesday night's meeting of the Board of Selectmen, member Lisa Smith used a bit of TV air time to wish a happy birthday to one of her sons, who was turning 17 that day. Other board members echoed her good wishes.
The following day, at the Gilbert School Corporation's meeting, Superintendent David Cressy told fellow members and onlookers that he had once again become a grandparent earlier in the day, which was met with a round of congratulations.