These are the results for Southington High School’s varsity contests for Wednesday, Jan. 11. For more in-depth coverage, read next week’s Southington Observer. Wrestling: The Blue Knights remained undefeated in the CCC on the year with their fourth conference…
Constance “Connie” (Anderson) Rand, 80, of Southington, passed away peacefully with her family by her side on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 at the HOCC at New Britain General. Born September 17, 1936 in Oxbow, ME to the late Lester and…
Police are searching for a suspect in a robbery at Fleet gas station at 1611 Meriden Waterbury Tpk. in Southington on Tuesday, Jan. 10. The suspect is described as a heavy set Asian male, approximately 5’6” tall and 200…
Easter is fast approaching (April 16), and that means that registration is already underway for the Southington Community Services (SCS) Easter basket program. The program is open to children, from birth through high school senior. Easter baskets will be provided…
By JEN CARDINES STAFF WRITER HARTFORD—During the joint convention on opening day of the Connecticut General Assembly (CGA), Governor Dannel Malloy gave his 2017 State of the State address. The 2017-2019 legislative term is the beginning of the biennial budget…
By JEN CARDINES STAFF WRITER The Little Free Library (LFL) is a growing phenomenon that has reached destinations worldwide, the newest being right here in Southington. The 501 (c)(3) non-profit started as a free book box outside of a Wisconsin…
For nearly two decades I sat in classrooms that taught me about history, politics, and local government from a textbook or a PowerPoint. I wrote essays, I read the books, and I listened to lectures, but it seems that real…
By JEN CARDINES STAFF WRITER HARTFORD—After the ballot was officially cast, a crowd of state representatives chanted, “Joe, Joe, Joe!” as the new Speaker of the House Joe Aresimowicz entered the House Chambers on Wednesday, Jan. 4. Even though he…
By JEN CARDINES STAFF WRITER The Board of Education (BOE) is preparing the fiscal budget, which goes into effect on July 1, for the 2017-2018 school year. Workshops are scheduled for Tuesday Jan. 17 in the Hatton Elementary School media…
By BRIAN JENNINGS STAFF WRITER If bets were placed on the Lady Knight basketball team to upset Glastonbury, Las Vegas would have lost a lot of money. It wasn’t pretty, but Southington got the job done. “Even though the scoring…
The Blue Knight wrestling team earned their seventh win in their first dual meet on the road this season, as Southington outmuscled the Indians, 68-12, at Farmington on Wednesday, Jan. 4. The Knights had a 38-0 advantage over Farmington before…
By BRIAN JENNINGS STAFF WRITER The Warrior Knight ice hockey team broke their two-game losing streak with a 7-2 victory over Bolton-Coventry-RHAM-Rockville in their first home contest of the season on Wednesday, Jan. 4. Although the Warrior Knights recorded a…
By BRIAN JENNINGS STAFF WRITER Southington’s indoor track and field team currently has athletes qualified in 20 events—including relays—for the Class LL meet after completing just their fourth meet of the season. Almost all of those qualifications came when the…
By JEN CARDINES STAFF WRITER The Southington Town Council held a public hearing during their Jan. 9 meeting regarding proposed modifications to the town’s Code of Ethics, drafted by the ordinance committee. Councilor Cheryl Lounsbury stated that the modifications were…
By BRIAN JENNINGS STAFF WRITER The Blue Knight boys swimming and diving team dove into their season with a 94-70 win over Maloney-Platt at home on Friday, Jan. 6. Southington clinched the meet with three events remaining and came away…
By BRIAN JENNINGS STAFF WRITER After opening their season with three-straight losses, the Blue Knight basketball team earned their first win of the season, 41-36, in Glastonbury on Jan. 3. One of the major differences that Southington coach John Cessario…
On Saturday, Jan. 21, at 2 p.m., Robert Joseph Belletzkie will give a narrated video presentation on Plainville’s railroad history. He will focus on the station structures that served the town over the years, both on the Canal line, which…
By BRIAN JENNINGS STAFF WRITER University of Hartford head men’s soccer coach Tom Poitras was recently selected as a member of the Connecticut Soccer Hall of Fame’s 2017 induction class. Poitras currently holds a career coaching record of 244-148-58 (.607)…
Joseph Abagis, 52, of Port Orange, Fla., the beloved husband of Marie Breault Abagis, passed away on Monday, Jan. 2 after a brief illness. Joe was a former Southington resident and graduated with the Class of 1982. He was the…
Bloomfield police turned over a Moodus woman to Southington police on Jan. 6 to face charges of passing counterfeit checks at Webster Bank. Marsi Mirmina, 27, was charged with third degree larceny and third degree forgery. The warrant stems from an…
