The Southington youth summer theater play couldn’t have come at a better time. With outside temperatures approaching 100 degrees, the production of seventh and eighth graders offered locals an escape from the heat with this summer’s rendition of Disney’s “Frozen…
Curtains opened on the middle school drama club’s production of “Oliver” with three performances last week, above. The show continues this weekend with 7 p.m. performances at Kennedy Middle School in Plantsville on Thursday and Friday. Tickets are $5 for…
By SHERIDAN ROY STAFF WRITER Lights, camera, action! The DePaolo and Kennedy Middle School drama club is ready for the stage crew’s signal to cue the actors and actresses in for the Broadway musical, “Oliver.” A technical crew of approximately…
By KEVIN ROBERTS STAFF WRITER There were plenty of shots, smiles and sportsmanship on display inside the Walt Lozoski Gymnasium on March 19. High school and middle school basketball teams suited up for Southington’s seventh unified basketball tournament, and there…
Spring is the time for theater programs in Southington. The DePaolo and Kennedy Middle School Drama Club is gearing up for this year’s performances. Students from both schools are currently rehearsing for their April 4, 5, 6, 11 and 12…
On Feb. 8, the girls basketball teams from the John F. Kennedy and DePaolo middle schools met in the regular season finale. Kennedy won the game, 43-29, and finished the season undefeated. It was the first time that a Kennedy…
William “Coach Bibby” Haman , 67, of Plantsville, beloved husband of Gloria (Levesque) Haman for almost 50 years died Thursday, March 7th, 2019 at HOCC at New Britain General. He was born in Hartford on October 6, 1951 to the late…
The Kennedy Middle School girls volleyball team, above, raised $1,750 for the Sideout Foundation at their annual Dig Pink event during the fall season. Proceeds will benefit the Sideout Foundation’s support of the stage IV breast cancer community and their…
Local veteran Norm Giroux, right, reads a proclamation on behalf of American Legion Post 72 during a wreath presentation at Kennedy Middle School on Thursday, Nov. 15. Eighth grade students presented the wreaths to honor Southington’s World War I veterans.…
By SHERIDAN CYR STAFF WRITER Just one week before the Southington Blue Knights Marching Band heads into their state competition, BKMB hosted their biggest fundraiser event of the season: the annual Music of the Knight bash. “There’s been a really…
