The 2018 Apple Harvest Festival will be held on the town green over two weekends. Weekend One: Friday, Sept. 28, 5 to 9 p.m.; Saturday, Sept. 29, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Sunday, Sept. 30, noon to 7 p.m. Weekend…
By SHERIDAN CYR STAFF WRITER The annual Apple Harvest Festival puts Southington on the map as the place to be during the fall fair season. This year, the town will be celebrating the 50th annual Apple Harvest Festival, and officials…
By SHERIDAN CYR STAFF WRITER The Apple Harvest Festival Committee faced some setbacks in starting to plan for the upcoming AHF, but town officials are continuing to work through the ongoing reporting procedure issues as plans begin for the 40th…
He won’t officially step into the role of Town Manager until February, but we are already starting to see Mark Sciota’s stamp on the Town of Southington. It was wildly apparent at the Jan. 3 public works committee meeting. Town…
By SHERIDAN CYR STAFF WRITER The Town Council at their Jan. 8 meeting announced that the Apple Harvest Festival 2017 financial report entered into the record in November was reported incorrectly. Councilors said that they are currently working toward a…
By SHERIDAN CYR STAFF WRITER As it turns out, celebrations about the Apple Harvest Festival’s profits might have been premature. At the Jan. 8 council meeting, the Apple Harvest Festival Committee reported that the previously shared financial report for the…
By SHERIDAN CYR STAFF WRITER The official 49th Apple Harvest Festival finance report was presented to the Town Council on Tuesday, Nov. 28. Officials cheered the $15,000 net profit as the town’s signature event rebounded from a loss in 2016.…
By SHERIDAN CYR STAFF WRITER The annual Apple Harvest Festival craft fair set up shop in the Bank of America parking lot for Saturday and Sunday. The second week of the festival added more than 50 tents to the festival…
By SHERIDAN CYR STAFF WRITER The first weekend of the 49th Apple Harvest Festival kicked off Friday night on the Town Green at the main stage with live music and some announcements from members of the many committees that make…
By SHERIDAN CYR STAFF WRITER The Festival’s annual Apple Pie and Apple Fritter Eating contests always draw a crowd, and this year was no different. No contestants walked away clean, or hungry. Pie Eating Contests Winners of the age seven…