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HVRHS marketing firm seeks new students

FALLS VILLAGE — The Region One Board of Education voted to hire the One Eleven Group to create a marketing campaign for Housatonic Valley Regional High School (HVRHS). The discussion  and action was part of the board’s regular monthly meeting Monday, June 3.

The vote was unanimous, with John Sanders of Cornwall abstaining because he is married to the chief executive officer of the One Eleven Group, Janet Carlson, and is the chief operating officer.

The contract is for one year and for $13,000.

Carlson gave a presentation to the board that focused on...

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Falls Village

May the circle be unbroken

Thu, 12/15/2011 - 10:27am
Crafting a holiday wreath
By
Brian Saccardi and Patrick L. Sullivan

FALLS VILLAGE — A wreath is only as good as its foundation — which in the case of wreaths made on production night by the FFA, is a wire coat hanger, twisted into a circular shape.
Housatonic Valley Regional High School’s FFA students and alumni schedule two annual production nights each winter. Community members meet in the agricultural education rooms at the high school to create garlands, wreaths and other festive decorations, which are then sold on campus.

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Selectmen ready for winter and 2012

Thu, 12/15/2011 - 10:23am
By
Patrick L. Sullivan
patricks@lakevillejournal.com

FALLS VILLAGE — The Board of Selectmen made a series of appointments to town boards and commissions during the regular monthly meeting Monday, Dec. 12.
Tom Scott and Greg Bidou were reappointed as regular members to the Planning and Zoning Commission for five-year terms ending in December 2016. Ruth Skovron and Stephen Koshland were reappointed as regular members for five-year terms ending in May 2016. Vincent Inconiglios was reappointed as an alternate to a five-year term ending in May 2016.

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Tree bright

Thu, 12/15/2011 - 10:22am

Candles, carols and a Christmas tree lighting — plus Santa on a firetruck — were the features of the annual tree lighting on the town Green Sunday, Dec. 4. After the outdoor festivities, everyone adjourned upstairs to the Senior Center for hot drinks.

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Police seek help in IDing victims of fatal crash

Thu, 12/15/2011 - 9:25am
By
Karen Bartomioli
karenb@lakevillejournal.com

FALLS VILLAGE — A fiery motor vehicle crash Monday, Dec. 12, on Route 63 left two people dead. As of Tuesday morning, police had still not been able to identify the victims.

Just before 1 p.m. that day, volunteer firefighters from Falls Village and Cornwall were dispatched to the scene. A 1995 Buick Regal had gone off the road near the intersection of Cobble Road. It crashed into a utility pole and caught fire.

Both occupants were pronounced dead at the scene. The car and any identification on the victims were destroyed by the fire.

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New contracts, health-care plan for Region One staff

Thu, 12/15/2011 - 9:24am
By
Patrick L. Sullivan
patricks@lakevillejournal.com

FALLS VILLAGE — Region One School District teachers have a new three-year contract that includes a 5.75 percent pay raise and an agreement to use the high-deductible plan as the base plan for health insurance.
The contract was ironed out in mediation Nov. 15, ratified by the teachers Nov. 29 and by the board Dec. 5, according to Region One Business Manager Sam Herrick.
It covers 89.2 full-time equivalent teachers at Housatonic Valley Regional High School, plus Pupil Services specialists and Title I teachers regionwide.

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Boughs and wire

Thu, 12/15/2011 - 9:20am

Ricky Boardman was in charge of shaping wire coat hangers into perfect circles for wreaths during an FFA workshop last week.

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Greens to go

Wed, 12/07/2011 - 4:57pm
Shop FFA for trees, wreaths
By
Brian Saccardi, Reporter, Housatonic Valley FFA Chapter

FALLS VILLAGE — The Housatonic Valley FFA annual holiday sales are now open every day from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. until Dec. 23. Students are selling wreaths (some of which are hand-tied), poinsettias, roping, Christmas trees, boxwood trees, kissing balls, garland, potted plants, floral centerpieces and Cabot cheese.
In addition, the FFA alumni are selling amaryllis.
Customers can select from a variety of fir and spruce trees. Special orders are taken for specialty wreaths, trees and floral pieces.

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A lovely day for a walking tour of historic houses

Wed, 12/07/2011 - 4:38pm
By
Patrick L. Sullivan
patricks@lakevillejournal.com

FALLS VILLAGE — Perfect weather and lovely old architecture combined to make a succesful house tour last Sunday to benefit the Canaan-Falls Village Historical Society.
Judy Jacobs and Elizabeth Clark offered an introduction to the tour at P.D. Walsh’s Country Store. Ticket holders then took a self-guided tour of five houses, all within walking distance of the center of town.
One, at 55 Belden St., was built around 1730 by Peter Hogoboom, one of the original Dutch settlers who founded the area in 1722. The property is currently owned by Sergei and Zoe Fedorjaczenko.

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It’s been a STEAP learning curve for town selectmen

Wed, 12/07/2011 - 4:38pm
By
Patrick L. Sullivan
patricks@lakevillejournal.com

FALLS VILLAGE — A look at the agendas of the monthly meetings of the Board of Selectmen this year reveals that certain items are usually present: vacancies on town boards or commissions, reports from regional entities such as the Northwestern Connecticut Council of Governments, and updates on Small Town Economic Assistance Program (STEAP) grants.

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Housatonic student of the week

Wed, 12/07/2011 - 4:36pm
By
Ian Strever, Assistant Principal

The Lakeville Journal congratulates the honorees of the student of the week program at Housatonic Valley Regional High School. This week’s student portrait was taken by HVRHS 11th-grader Caroline Sullivan.
Students today grow up in a very different environment than they did even a decade ago. Global recessions, terrorism, and all manner of international issues have necessitated a more expansive understanding of the world. While this can be daunting, for the right student, it can spell opportunity.

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