Are you looking for an opportunity to be more involved with community events while having fun at the same time? The Apple Harvest festival is looking for Apple Harvest hostesses for this fall’s festival. Applicants must be Southington residents going…
By JEN CARDINES STAFF WRITER It may only be January, but the Apple Harvest Festival (AHF) supervisory committee has already taken strides to make the 2017 festival a crowd pleaser. At their first meeting of the year on Jan. 19,…
By JEN CARDINES STAFF WRITER Thousands swarmed the downtown area for the second weekend of the Apple Harvest Festival (AHF) for the craft fair, good eats, carnival rides, and live entertainment. The AHF team was fighting the weather again, but…
By JEN CARDINES STAFF WRITER After the parade, entertainment shows, and contests, don’t be fooled. There’s still much more to come for the second weekend of the Apple Harvest Festival (AHF) as more than 60 vendors descend upon the town…
By BRIAN JENNINGS STAFF WRITER Weather looked very gloomy and similar to the grey skies and clouds that loomed over Columbus Boulevard last year, but a wet pavement was all that the 37th annual Southington Apple Harvest Road Races on…
By JOHN GORALSKI EDITOR Anthony Angelillo Jr., or “A.J.” as he’s known in the family, almost knocked his grandmother to the ground as she walked in the front door last Wednesday. As soon as he saw, the elementary school student…
By JEN CARDINES STAFF WRITER Under a cloudy and drizzling sky, food from various cultures was served, carnival rides were in motion, and the line for the Zion Lutheran Church apple fritter booth was endless. Fighting the weather forecast, the…
Southington Fire Department Co. 3 captured the coveted bed race title on Saturday, Oct. 1. The “Apple Flyer” completed the Apple Harvest Festival course in 24.53 seconds to take the 2016 championship. The bed also won “Most Original.” We can…
The Blue Knights were featured in the Apple Harvest Parade on Sunday, Oct. 2, and their “Rise of the Machine” competition show can be seen during halftime at the SHS football games this season. After moving up to the largest…
The Southington Police Department weren’t just working the parade. They were in it. Southington’s highest officers walked the route with D.A.R.E. From left, Capt. Lowell DePalma, Capt. William Palmieri, and Chief John Daly. Photo by JOHN GORALSKI
