TUESDAY, JUNE 21 SOUTHINGTON LONG ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE TOUR. Held by Cruz’in Congos. Two hour tour of Long Island Sound’s eight historic lighthouses about a Sea Jet Catamaran. Local experts will provide information. (860) 628-8982. mersm@cox.net SATURDAY, JUNE 25 SOUTHINGTON BARNES…
ONGOING SOUTHINGTON AL-ANON. Sundays, 4 to 5:30 p.m. First Congregational Church, 114 Main St., Southington. Park in left lot, go through double doors. Meeting in Room 203. Families and friends of alcoholics welcome. AL-ANON. Wednesdays 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.…
JUNE 27-JULY 1 SOUTHINGTON ELEMENTARY BASKETBALL DAY CAMP. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. For boys and girls third through seventh grade. New England Baptist College, 1505 West St., Southington. Lunch provided. NewEnglandBaptistCollege.com (860) 621-6701. THURSDAY, JULY 28 SOUTHINGTON BABYSITTING CERTIFICATION…
TUESDAY, JUNE 28 SOUTHINGTON FREE BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENING. 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., at Calendar House, 388 Pleasant St. Presented by HHC Senior Services. DIGITAL PHOTO CLUB. 1 p.m. at Calendar House, 388 Pleasant St. Discover state-of-the-art digital photography techniques…
TUESDAY, JUNE 28 SOUTHINGTON ORCHARD VALLEY GARDEN CLUB. 9:45 a.m. at the American Legion hall, 66 Main st. An “Ask the Master Gardener” Program will be presented. Guests are welcome. $3 donation requested. For more info, call (860) 628-6975.
Police have made an arrest for the attempted robbery at Liberty Bank in Southington. On June 10, Dennis Dean, 45, last known to live in Southington, was taken into custody at Bristol Superior Court. The warrant alleges that on April 16, at…
Officers were dispatched to the area of Pinecrest Drive on a report of a disturbance involving a gun, and Tyler Smith, 19, of 35 Pinecrest Drive in Southington was arrested even though the weapon turned out to be a facsimile.…
Shaun M. Geary, 34, of Waterbury, passed away on June 11, 2016, after a brief illness, at Yale New Haven Hospital. He was born in New Haven on October 17, 1981. Shaun graduated from Crosby High School in Waterbury in…
Eversource has announced that there will be a planned power outage in Southington for a conversion that will take place on Monday, June 13, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. (Rain date is Tuesday, June 14, from 9 a.m. to…
A friend asked me to describe Blue Man Group. I kind of stumbled on that one. It’s a concert, I said. Actually, it’s performance. It’s music. It’s comedy. It’s improv. It’s a theatrical event. It’s art. It’s messy. None of…
To the editor: One of the most precious gifts we pass onto our children is our faith. We are fortunate to have Southington Catholic School providing education from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. I had the privilege of being educated in…
To the editor: A caucus of Republican voters unanimously selected John Fusco as the party’s endorsed candidate in this November’s election for the 81st House District in the General Assembly. “It’s time that Southington had a representative in Hartford that…
To the editor: I am writing in reference to Ryan Rogers May 27 article in this paper advising of his running for the state senate against Sen. Joe Markley (R). Rogers spent a bit of his time criticizing Markley, for…
On Friday, June 10, Southington High School graduated 490 locals at a commencement ceremony at Southington High School for the Class of 2016. The following is a list of graduates (*High Honors, +Honors): *Michael Robert Aberizk; *Andrew John Ackerman; *Steven…
Christopher Philip Darling, 67, of Southington passed away on Thursday, June 9, 2016 at the HCC at New Britain General after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. He was the loving husband of Jayne (LeHerissier) Darling. Born September 23, 1948…
John J. Rossi, Jr. 79 of Englewood, FL, formerly from Southington, died Sunday, May 15, 2016. He was born June 7, 1936 in Meriden. He was the son of the late Emma (Mercaldi) and John Rossi, Sr. John was a…
By LISA CAPOBIANCO STAFF WRITER As this Saturday marks Connecticut Open House Day, Bristol is celebrating the “magic’ of its museums. Five Bristol museums are participating in the first-ever “Museum Magic” event, which was created by the Bristol’s Museum Director’s…
By JOHN GORALSKIEDITOR Professional painters exploded into the Gura Building last Saturday like a cluster of spiders scrambling to build a web. They spilled into every room, blanketing the floors with drop cloths and paint buckets. Some were climbing ladders, armed…
By TAYLOR HARTZSTAFF WRITER Nearly 40-years ago, Southington resident John Atashian went to a Pink Floyd concert on Long Island and decided to bring along his camera to capture a few memories from the show. Since then, he has been attending…
By JOHN GORALSKIEDITOR Three operators wait patiently by their keyboards, surrounded by an array of monitors and television screens, in a darkened room at Southington Police Department headquarters. Suddenly, a phone symbol flashes onto one of the screens and the three…
