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Stay safe at petting zoos

A petting zoo can be an entertaining place to spend a sunny spring afternoon surrounded by adorable animals. While being family-friendly, there is of course some risk. But only a few rules must be followed for petting zoos to be safe as well as fun.

Zoonotic diseases, such as rabies and E. coli, are those that can be transmitted from animals to people. They are most easily spread through direct contact with infected animals.

Young children, pregnant women and people with weakened immune systems are most susceptible to these types of disease.

According to the Centers...

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Fire engulfs Falls Village home

Mon, 05/20/2013 - 2:01pm
By
Karen Bartomioli
karenb@lakevillejournal.com

FALLS VILLAGE — Fire departments from across the Tri-state area were dispatched Thursday afternoon, May 16, to 22 Prospect St. in the center of town, where a large, historic home burned.
The fire was reported at about 1:45 p.m. at the home of Tracy and Mary Atwood. The fire appeared to have been started when Tracy Atwood was heating paint for removal at a second-story section at the rear of the home.

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Fire engulfs Falls Village home

Thu, 05/16/2013 - 5:05pm
By
Karen Bartomioli

FALLS VILLAGE — Fire departments from across the Tri-state area were dispatched Thursday afternoon, May 16, to 22 Prospect St. in the center of town, where a large, historic home burned.

Becket Harney dances his way to Mr. Housatonic title

Thu, 05/16/2013 - 10:04am

FALLS VILLAGE — Becket Harney of Lakeville won the Mr. Housatonic contest at Housatonic Valley Regional High School Friday evening, May 10.
The popular student’s smooth moves on the dance floor contributed to his victory — whether waltzing with his escort, Patricia McGuire, or leading a trio of dancers with contest host Jordan Long and fellow student Sam Bradway.
Matt Matsudaira staged a remarkable version of a martial arts movie fight — complete with slow motion (and accompanying slow-motion sound effects ad-libbed by Long).

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Award-winning video boosts ag-ed

Thu, 05/16/2013 - 10:02am
By
Patrick L. Sullivan
patricks@lakevillejournal.com

FALLS VILLAGE — Agricultural education students at Housatonic Valley Regional High School (HVRHS) have won a national contest with a short video about how agricultural education makes students career- and college-ready.
The award from the National Association of Agricutural Educators was announced last month.
The video will be featured at the organization’s convention in Las Vegas in December, and the ag-ed program at HVRHS will receive a cash prize.

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Dates set for budget votes

Thu, 05/16/2013 - 10:01am
By
Patrick L. Sullivan
patricks@lakevillejournal.com

FALLS VILLAGE — The Board of Finance (BOF) recommended amounts for municipal and education spending for the 2013-14 fiscal year and the Board of Selectmen picked Thursday, May 30, 7 p.m. at the Lee H. Kellogg School for the annual town meeting.
The call for the meeting will have the recommendations for town government spending ($1,593,978, an increase of 1.89 percent) and the Kellogg school ($1,826,377, an increase of 2.4 percent).
Also on the call: several requests from various departments and from the selectmen to use unexpended funds from the current fiscal year, which ends June 30.

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Region One budget downed, 587-351

Thu, 05/16/2013 - 9:29am
School board will meet May 20
By
Patrick L. Sullivan
patricks@lakevillejournal.com

FALLS VILLAGE — The proposed Region One School District budget failed at a referendum vote May 7, 587-351.
The only town in the school district to support the budget proposal was Kent, which voted in favor, 59-43.
The other five towns voted the budget down: Cornwall (72-57); Falls Village (94-16); North Canaan (123-80); Salisbury (171-94); and Sharon (84-45).
It was the second straight year the Region One budget proposal failed on the first vote.

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Secretary sues Region One superintendent

Thu, 05/16/2013 - 9:23am
By
Patrick L. Sullivan
patricks@lakevillejournal.com

FALLS VILLAGE — Lucille Paige, an executive secretary in the Region One School District’s Central Office and the clerk for the Region One Board of Education, filed a lawsuit against Region One Superintendent Patricia Chamberlain on April 30.
The lawsuit claims that Chamberlain wrongfully disciplined Paige for exercising her free speech rights; that Chamberlain engaged in “retaliatory discipline” against Paige for cooperating with an investigation sponsored by the Region One board; and that Chamberlain committed assault and battery on Paige.
Neither Paige nor Chamberlain would comment.

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Past support for Region One school budgets

Thu, 05/16/2013 - 9:14am
By
Patrick L. Sullivan
patricks@lakevillejournal.com

FALLS VILLAGE — Although the Region One budget did not pass on the first try in 2012 or this year, it had passed without much fuss in recent years.
In fact, from 2005 to 2010, the budget passed by sizeable majorities. In 2005, it passed with 72 percent of the vote; in 2006, by 76 percent; 75 percent in 2007; 71 percent in 2008; 69 percent in 2009; and 77 percent in 2010.
That changed dramatically in 2011, when the budget proposal passed by just 40 votes, 345-305 (53 percent).

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Three HVRHS students head for Ivy League schools in September

Thu, 05/09/2013 - 10:43am
By
Patrick L. Sullivan
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FALLS VILLAGE — Not one but three members of the class of 2013 at Housatonic Valley Regional High School are headed to Ivy League schools. They are Matt Matsudaira (Harvard), Becket Harney (Cornell) and Monica Chin (Brown).
Matsudaira said he aimed high in the college application process. “I took a shot at it, but I didn’t think I’d get in.”
He said he is interested in studying international relations as it relates to ecology.
He is the son of Yoshihiro and Rachel Matsudaira of Cornwall.

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Strong opposition to cell tower

Thu, 05/09/2013 - 10:42am
By
Patrick L. Sullivan
patricks@lakevillejournal.com

FALLS VILLAGE — Town residents voiced almost unanimous opposition to a revised proposal from AT&T for a cell phone tower on Cobble Hill during a Connecticut Siting Council hearing at the Lee. H. Kellogg School on Tuesday, April 30.

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