From left, Southington High School DECA students Megan Mahon, Kayla Birmingham, Dan Borkowski, Ryan Case and Kyle M’Sadoques competed at the International Career Development Conference in Anaheim, Calif. Case and M’Sadoques attended the leadership conference, focusing on entrepreneurship, while Mahon,…
BY JEN CARDINES STAFF WRITER Huddled under umbrellas and raincoats, students at Alta at the Pyne Center—the alternative high school education program in Southington—met at YMCA Camp Sloper last week to give the pond some new inhabitants. The weather wasn’t…
The Southington Town-wide Effort to Promote Success (STEPS), the Southington Police Department and the Southington High School administration are sponsoring an information night to help families understand current drug trends, prevention efforts, and agencies that help with substance abuse. Anyone…
Local author and illustrator Bill Thomson recently visited a 3-year-old class at Plantsville Community Nursery School to answer questions about what an artist does. The visit was part of the school’s community helper program. Thomson is the author of a…
Registration for summer 2017 credit courses is in progress at Tunxis Community College in Farmington. For information on how to apply and register, contact the Admissions Office at (860) 773-1490 or visit tunxis.edu/apply. The school is offering approximately 140 traditional…
Kelley School students were hard at work creating these beautiful tote bags for the Department of Children and Family Services in New Britain. The efforts were done by the Art For A Cause club, which does monthly art projects to…
By JEN CARDINES STAFF WRITER Earlier this month, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced that 2016 graduation rates across the state increased for the sixth consecutive year, reaching a record high. According to his report, the national average was 83.2 percent…
By JEN CARDINES STAFF WRITER Southington UNICO named Alphonse D’Angelo as the 2016 Gold Medal Award recipient, the club’s most prestigious honor that has been awarded annually to a town resident since 1945. He will be honored during the Gold…
By JEN CARDINES STAFF WRITER This year marks the 50th annual Commencement exercises for Lincoln College of New England (LCNE). On Friday, May 12, the school formerly known as Briarwood College will honor its mid-century mark with 150 graduates receiving…
After 10 hard-fought qualification matches, Knightro took on some heavy damage at the FIRST Robotics international championship in St. Louis. The Southington robot swung during a rope climb and suffered a direct hit to its shooting turret. The damage was…
