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Salisbury Rotary Club honors intern scholarship winners at Lakeville Journal

FALLS VILLAGE — Each August the Salisbury Rotary Club holds its scholarship awards dinner, at which the club presents local college-bound students with $1,000 scholarships, as well as giving two $1,000 Back-To-School Awards for Vocational Education. 

In 2014 the Salisbury Rotary Club established an additional scholarship to be awarded each year —   the Robert Estabrook Internship Scholarship.

Robert Estabrook was the editorial page editor at The Washington Post and a foreign correspondent before becoming the publisher and editor of The Lakeville...

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Incoming principal sees positives as he gets to know Housatonic H.S.

Thu, 05/19/2011 - 11:05am
By
Patrick L. Sullivan
patricks@lakevillejournal.com

FALLS VILLAGE — Matthew J. Harnett, the incoming principal at Housatonic Valley Regional High School (HVRHS), said he is not worried about stepping into a job that has been the focal point of considerable controversy since August 2010.
That was when HVRHS Principal Gretchen Foster and Vice Principal Mary Ann Buchanan resigned — within a few days of each other and only a few weeks before the school year started.

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Old story on new roof: insurance wouldn’t pay

Thu, 05/19/2011 - 11:04am
By
Patrick L. Sullivan
patricks@lakevillejournal.com

FALLS VILLAGE — The roof over the platform in the rear of the former railroad depot in the center of town (now home to the Canaan-Falls Village Historical Society) has been rebuilt — no thanks to the insurance company.
Historical Society President Judy Jacobs said the new roof is just about finished — the contractors, Morck Brothers of Falls Village, are waiting for support beams to dry before painting.
The roof collapsed Feb. 9. Jacobs said the the tenant in the second floor apartment heard a loud noise and initially thought it was just snow sliding off the roof.

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‘A great and loyal friend’

Thu, 05/19/2011 - 11:03am
Jack Mahoney: March 13, 1938 - May 14, 2011
By
Patrick L. Sullivan
patricks@lakevillejournal.com

FALLS VILLAGE — This week, friends and colleagues shared their thoughts about Jack Mahoney, who died Saturday, May 14. (For a full obituary, turn to Page A10.)
“He was wonderful,” said Town Clerk Mary Palmer at Town Hall. “I think they should name the tennis courts after him.”
Mahoney, an avid tennis player and instructor, was instrumental in getting the tennis courts near Housatonic Valley Regional High School built.

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Towns adopt Region One budget for 2012

Thu, 05/12/2011 - 12:18pm
By
Patrick L. Sullivan
patricks@lakevillejournal.com

FALLS VILLAGE — The 2011-12 Region One budget passed by 40 votes in a referendum vote Tuesday, May 3.
The total for the six-town region, which includes Cornwall, Falls Village, Kent, North Canaan, Sharon and Salisbury, was 345 in favor and 305 opposed.
Three towns voted against the budget proposal — Falls Village (46 no votes to 29 yes votes), North Canaan (62-58) and Sharon (76-32).
The proposal was approved by voters in Cornwall (38 yes and 20 no), Kent (61-27) and Salisbury (117-74).

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Unexpected food, common ground in China

Thu, 05/12/2011 - 12:14pm
By
Patrick L. Sullivan
patricks@lakevillejournal.com

FALLS VILLAGE — Jacob Horowitz, a junior at Housatonic Valley Regional High School (HVRHS), said he learned that “if you accept that other people have other cultures,” then an American can get along just fine in China.
He was speaking about a two-week trip to China in April undertaken by 11 HVRHS students and teachers Lisa Carter (and her son) and Alan Lovejoy.
Carter thanked the trip’s sponsors, the Education Collaborative, the 21st Century Fund, the Region One Board of Education and “a generous parent without whom this trip would not be possible.”

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Housatonic student of the week – JONAH WHITESIDE

Thu, 05/12/2011 - 11:25am
By
Ian Strever, Assistant Principal

The Lakeville Journal congratulates the honorees of the student of the week program at Housatonic Valley Regional High School.
National Emergency Medical Services Week this year runs to May 21. Training begins early for emergency service volunteers, and a significant number of junior volunteers are students at Housatonic Valley Regional High School — including our student of the week, Jonah Whiteside.

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New meeting date to set mill rate

Thu, 05/12/2011 - 11:20am
By
Patrick L. Sullivan
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FALLS VILLAGE — The Board of Finance approved a supplemental appropriation of $1,100 for the Inland Wetlands Commission during the regular monthly meeting Monday, May 9.
The $1,100 is a donation received by the town for use by the commission for costs associated with their work on the proposed cell tower on Barnes Road.

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Budget vote to be May 19

Thu, 05/12/2011 - 11:18am
By
Patrick L. Sullivan
patricks@lakevillejournal.com

FALLS VILLAGE — The town meeting to vote on the proposed spending plans of the Board of Selectmen and the Board of Education is Thursday, May 19, 7 p.m. at the Lee H. Kellogg school.
Voters should be aware of changes made since the April 25 public hearing. The Board of Finance met May 2 to vote to present the spending plans to the town meeting, and reduced the school board’s bottom line by $24,000.
The second question on the agenda, then, is to appropriate up to $3,074,622 for education expenses — $1,361,078 for Region One, and $1,713,584 for Kellogg.

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Unexpected bounty: State offers STEAP funds

Thu, 05/12/2011 - 11:16am
By
Patrick L. Sullivan
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FALLS VILLAGE — The Board of Selectmen gave its tentative blessing at a meeting May 9 to three organizations that wish to apply for state grants.
First Selectman Pat Mechare said the state of Connecticut had released $20 million for Small Town Economic Assistance Program (STEAP) grants — to her surprise.
“I think the reason they released the money is it was already budgeted,” she said, adding she wasn’t optimistic about the program continuing, at least not at the same level of funding.

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Computers, old curiosities at recycling event

Thu, 05/12/2011 - 11:15am
By
Patrick L. Sullivan
patricks@lakevillejournal.com

FALLS VILLAGE — The turnout was steady midway through the electronics recycling drive at Housatonic Valley Regional High School Saturday, May 7.
Teacher Doug Weisman said in the first two years of the drive people brought in 25,000 pounds’ worth of obsolete and defunct computers and other electronics. This is the fourth year of the drive.
Area residents paid a small fee to dispose of their unwanted electronics. Funds raised were donated to the high school’s Peace Club.

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