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Mountaineer Experience brings classmates together
FALLS VILLAGE — Housatonic Valley Regional High School’s halls are still occupied with students, despite summer vacation. The Summer Mountaineer Experience is a free two week long camp for rising 6th through 9th graders in Region One. Running for the first time in 2021, it was designed to re-establish a sense of self and community through outdoor activities.
Dog dumped in woods hit by car on Route 44
A dog that was dumped in the woods is recovering after being hit by a car on Route 44. Burlington and Canton Animal Control said a terrier mix that is approximately one-year-old was found in the woods near the intersection of Route 44 and Sterling Drive on the Farmington River side.
Torrington officials increase patrols as number of dogs left in hot cars spikes
TORRINGTON, Conn. — An increase in the number of dogs being left in hot cars is concerning dog lovers and city officials in Torrington alike. “How [are] you going to do that? Imagine you sitting in that car,” said dog owner, Edward Seger of Torrington. During the recent...
Burlington dog pound urges people to adopt as shelter reaches capacity
Three dogs are up for adoption in Burlington as the town’s dog pound is at full capacity. “Our numbers have probably doubled in the last two years. I wouldn’t say that we’ve ever been full to capacity like we are right now,” said animal control officer Katherine Meskun.
Dog abandonment a ‘growing problem' as five dogs dumped in CT communities
People dumping animals is becoming a growing issue statewide, with several cases occurring just this week. In Canton, a one-year-old terrier was dumped in a crate along Route 44. He escaped his crate and ran into traffic, suffering a head injury when hit by a car. He had to undergo...
Planning & Zoning Approves “Art Studio” Amendment to Regulations
The public hearing on a proposed amendment to Goshen’s Zoning Regulations Article 3, Section 3.3.2 and to add a new section 3.3.2.10 was continued from May’s Planning and Zoning Commission (PZC). This amendment would allow people to apply for special permit applications for art studios in town. After a brief reintroduction of the proposed amendment by Torrington Attorney Brian McCormick, PZC Secretary Cynthia Barrett read a letter from the Northwest Hills Council of Governments (NHCOG) in response to a referral request from the commission last week. “Referral comment by Rista Malanca, AICP, the Northest Hills Council of Governments Director of Community and Economic Development,” Barrett read. “...The Northwest Hills Council of Governments staff finds the proposed amendment does not have any apparent conflicts with the Northwest Hills Plan of Conservation and Development or any inter-municipal impacts.”
From the kitchen of Barbara Beach
Sheffield— I have several recipes copied onto several kinds of pieces of paper in a file system in my kitchen. They say things like “pie,” “cakes,” “red meat,” or “pasta.” Tucked into my files is a little brown notebook of recipes that I recorded from my 9th grade home economics cooking class at North Junior High School in Pittsfield. My mother kept it for years and then included some of her favorite recipes. It is all tattered and stained now but it holds treasures of memories. My recipe for Calico Beans (baked beans with a twist) is written on the back of a big envelope, scribbled down after enjoying them at a friend’s house twenty-two years ago. If, heaven forbid, this house was ever on fire, I would run and grab my recipe files… and then my family photos.
BITS & BYTES: Robert Hartwell at The Mahaiwe; Imani Winds at Norfolk Chamber Music Festival; Rizo at Ancram Center for the Arts; Natty & The Woes at Race Brook Lodge; Lee Chamber presents Cheyenne Renee; Jewish Federation presents Mark Oppenheimer; LitNet at New Marlborough Meeting House; Adult swim clinic at BCC
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center presents ‘Coming Home: The Tour,’ with Robert Hartwell. Great Barrington— On Saturday, July 20th from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center presents ‘Coming Home: The Tour,’ a private screening and celebration of Robert Hartwell’s new home renovation TV series, “Breaking New Ground” on HBO Max.
Cornwall Days planned for Aug. 9-11
CORNWALL—Cornwall Days will be held Aug. 9-11 this year with live music, the Rose Algrant Art Show, family events and a Taste of Cornwall. The Algrant show opens Friday afternoon, 2-6 p.m., at Cornwall Consolidated School, and continues Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, 10 a.m. until noon.
Sharon Playhouse to present “The Prom”
SHARON—Sharon Playhouse will unveil its second production of the season, The Prom, July 26. The play, a hit on Broadway, stars two-time Tony Award-nominee Kate Baldwin (“Hello, Dolly!,” “Finian’s Rainbow”) as Dee Dee Allen, one of four eccentric Broadway stars in desperate need of a career reboot.
Cornwall labrador maimed in bear attack
CORNWALL — An eight-year-old black labrador retriever named Charlie was mauled by a bear in his yard on the evening of Wednesday, July 17. Phyllis Nauts, his owner, said she did not hear or see the fight and only realized what had happened when Charlie came inside for mealtime.
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