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Remembering and honoring lives lost, on Sept. 11

Lives lost in 2001 and in the ensuing years-long war on terror were honored during a 24-hour long Patriot Day ceremony held at St. Martin of Tours in North Canaan. 

The event was once again organized by the Knights of Columbus and member Nick DeAngelis, as has been the case since the first ceremony at the Route 7 site in 2008.

“This is the 10th time the service has been 24 hours long,” DeAngelis said on Wednesday morning, Sept. 11, standing outside the tent erected each year on the lawn in front of the church. He said as far as he knows this is the only...

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Learn the ins and outs of the theater through summer internship

Wed, 06/05/2019 - 9:24am
By
Carol Kneeland

ANCRAM — Stage struck opera enthusiasts and others interested in helping nonprofit organizations obtain funding have great opportunity to gain valuable experience while supporting the well known Ancram Opera House. 

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In appreciation: Robert ‘Bullet’ Sherwood (1946-2019): A man of many talents

Wed, 06/05/2019 - 8:25am
By
Cynthia Hochswender

You didn’t have to be a Salisbury native to know who Robert “Bullet” Sherwood was. You only had to be paying just a little bit of attention to realize that there was a big, gruff, bearded guy with piercing blue eyes directing traffic at pretty much every car accident or fire in the area and at every marquee event in town, like the Fall Festival for example. 

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Farmers look for creative ways around mud

Wed, 06/05/2019 - 8:10am
By
Janna Siller

This past April was the second wettest on record in Connecticut. Farmers of all stripes have been contending with saturated land, unseasonably cool soil temperatures and wet leaves.
According to University of  Connecticut (UConn) Extension educator Shuresh Ghimere, “Planting has been delayed because growers could not get in with their equipment. Farmers across the state have been experiencing soil erosion and compaction on fields and access roads due to high rainfall. Plant growth has been slow.” 

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District voters cast ballots for school budget vote and BOE members

Wed, 05/29/2019 - 9:21am
By
Kaitlin Lyle
kaitlinl@millertonnews.com

HARLEM VALLEY — The blustery weather brought a strong showing of Harlem Valley voters to the polls last Tuesday, May 21, to cast their ballots in the annual school district budget vote and Board of Education (BOE) elections. 
Webutuck
Open from noon to 9 p.m., the North East (Webutuck) Central School District organized its annual school budget vote in the Webutuck High School gymnasium.

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Bear aggressive with state trooper

Wed, 05/29/2019 - 8:38am

Photographer Scott Whalen snapped this very intimate photo of a large black bear on a warm early evening on Monday, May 20, in Lime Rock. 
While bears are becoming an increasingly common sight in the Northwest Corner, remember not to step too close for a photo or any other kind of interaction (long lenses are recommended for photos).
A bear attack was reported by the State Police at Troop L on that same day (May 20 at about 1:30 p.m.) in Burlington, which is just east of Torrington. 

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What the federal Farm Bill has to do with our dinner

Wed, 05/29/2019 - 8:29am
By
Janna Siller

What was affordable at the grocery store this week? Was there a farmers market nearby? If so, what mix of the market’s vendors were able to keep their businesses afloat this year? And could you afford to buy what they were selling? 
What ends up on our plates has a lot to do with a big piece of federal legislation called the Farm Bill. 

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Sketching out the Sharon Playhouse

Wed, 05/29/2019 - 8:23am
By
Bernard A. Drew

Guernsey LePelley (1910-1990) was the Northwest Corner’s busiest cartoonist in the 1950s, providing the Christian Science Monitor with two drawings a day.
“We moved to Sharon in 1940 because we liked it,” LePelley told The Lakeville Journal in a story appearing June 8, 1950. That was a compliment to the town, considering the LePelleys had lived at one time or another in Cambridge, Mass., Highland Park,Ill., Los Angeles, Dallas and Venice, Fla. The LePelleys also lived in Salisbury before building a cottage in Sharon.

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Save Craryville wants to limit fueling positions at proposed gas station

Wed, 05/22/2019 - 9:32am
By
Kaitlin Lyle
kaitlinl@millertonnews.com

COPAKE — As part of their ongoing opposition to GRJH, Inc.’s proposal for a gas station in the hamlet of Craryville, members of the Save Craryville coalition have voiced concerns about the project over the last few months, from storm-water management and on-site wastewater disposal in February to local water contamination in April. At the recent Copake Planning Board meeting on Thursday, May 2, David Gordon, an environmental and land use attorney, represented Save Craryville and its request to reduce the number of fueling positions from 12 to six.

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Horsepower fuels Full Circus Farm

Wed, 05/22/2019 - 9:11am
By
Janna Siller

This is part five in a series of articles on Community Supported Agriculture (CSAs) in the Tri-state region. To find the first four articles, go to www.tricornernews.com.
 

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Schedules for Memorial Day ceremonies

Wed, 05/22/2019 - 8:14am

Schedules for ceremonies
Memorial Day observances will be held throughout the region on Monday, May 27. 
Cornwall
Virginia Gold will lead a ceremony to decorate the graves of veterans of all wars at 9 a.m., at The North Cornwall Cemetery on Rattlesnake Road in West Cornwall. She represents the fifth generation of her family to lead participants since her great-great-grandfather began the practice in 1868. Those attending are encouraged to bring their own flowers.

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