By SHERIDAN ROY STAFF WRITER You can’t smell the iconic apple fritters yet, but it won’t be long before the sweet and familiar aroma makes its way through downtown Southington during the 2019 Apple Harvest Festival. Thousands of people will…
The Apple Harvest Festival committee is looking for student volunteers to be official hosts or hostesses for the 2019 festival. Applicants must be Southington residents entering their junior or senior year of high school this fall who have a passion…
The Southington-Cheshire Community YMCA (SCCYMCA) announced the t-shirt design contest for the 40th Apple Harvest Festival road races is underway. This year, there are two design categories: Apple Harvest road race shirt and Little Fritter Fun Run shirt. The winner…
Organizers of the 2019 Apple Harvest Festival are seeking sponsors for the 51st festival, planned for the weekends of Oct. 4 to 6 and Oct. 11 to 13. “Southington’s annual Apple Harvest Festival is one of the largest events held…
By SHERIDAN ROY STAFF WRITER The Apple Harvest Festival committee announced at the Jan. 14 Town Council meeting that the 50th anniversary festival brought in a profit of $13,725. Altogether, the total revenue for the festival was $271,356, which was…
Andrew P. Dignazio, 76, of Southington, passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 27, 2019 at the Summit at Plantsville. He had been the loving husband of Jean (Pollender) Dignazio for nearly 50 years. Born in New Britain on November 3,…
Carl J. Sokolowski, 89, passed away peacefully at his home on Thursday, December, 6, 2018. Carl Sokolowski was born to first generation Polish immigrants Carl W. Sokolowski and Agnes (Lewandowski) Sokolowski in Albion, NY. When Carl was four years old,…
By SHERIDAN ROY STAFF WRITER The numbers are only preliminary, but the Apple Harvest Festival supervisory committee is looking at a potential profit of about $16,740 from the 50th anniversary festival. The final numbers won’t be in until their December…
By SHERIDAN CYR STAFF WRITER Week two of the Apple Harvest Festival came to a close on Sunday after a pair of jam-packed, three-day weekends of entertainment, sprinkled with history and nostalgia to celebrate 50 successful years of the festival,…
Linda Hettrick, right, of Quinnipiac Valley Alpacas, shows Erin and Avery Martin a photo book with pictures of her pet alpacas at the Apple Harvest Festival last Saturday. The 50th Apple Harvest Festival concluded last weekend with a craft fair…
