Local Wayback Burgers restaurants will be giving away free milkshakes for the first day of summer, Thursday, June 21, starting at 10:30 a.m., according to a press release. “While any day is a good day for a hand-dipped-to-order milkshake,…
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Imagine Nation giving free admission to Blue Star families through Labor Day
Imagine Nation, A Museum Early Learning Center is pleased to participate in the ninth annual Blue Star Museums, a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and more than 2,000 museums across…
UNICO celebrates Southington High School’s top 25 and Italian honor society
By SHERIDAN CYR STAFF WRITER Southington High School’s top 25 graduating students, and six National Italian Honor Society inductees, were recognized and celebrated amongst school administration and staff, friends, family members and town officials during the Southington chapter of UNICO…
Local contestants do well at Miss CT pageant
By MIKE CHAIKEN EDITIONS EDITOR Local representatives at the Miss Connecticut Scholarship Pageant this weekend acquitted themselves well. The new Miss Connecticut is Bridget Oei of Hebron and the new Miss Connecticut’s Outstanding Teen is Morgan Mancini of Wolcott. Oei…
Comedian Sarah Tiana works the podcasts to bring the funny to you
By MIKE CHAIKEN EDITIONS EDITOR Podcasts are the new frontier of comedy. And comedian Sarah Tiana has planted her flag twice in this performance universe. Tiana, who is coming to Connecticut this coming week, can be found on the podcasts…
CyberKnights honored at Town Council meeting
By SHERIDAN CYR STAFF WRITER The Southington High School robotics team, FIRST Team 195 CyberKnights, placed third out of 3,600 teams worldwide in the FIRST Robotics world championship. The team also took home the state championship, New England district championship,…
PARC offers Camp Trumbull for students with special needs
PLAINVILLE – Students with special needs who are in grades 1 to 12 are invited to attend Camp Trumbull, a program of PARC. The summer program is offered Mondays through Thursdays, July 2 to Aug. 1, 11 a.m. to 4…
Organizations earn grants from Barnes Memorial Trust
By SHERIDAN CYR STAFF WRITER The Main Street Community Foundation distributed $200,000 awarded from the Bradley Henry Barnes & Leila Upson Barnes Memorial Trust to three Southington organizations working to improve the health and wellbeing of the community. “The organizations…
Plantsville walk-through: Car crashes, sidewalks, parking problems, and closures
By SHERIDAN CYR STAFF WRITER The Southington Chamber of Commerce and the Town of Southington joined together for the annual Plantsville walk-through last week on a sunny Friday morning, engaging local business owners and picking their brains to find out…
Former teacher honored at Kennedy
On Tuesday, June 5, students and teachers joined with town officials and family members to honor former Kennedy Middle School teacher Joe Cippolini with the unveiling of a memorial statue in the school’s courtyard. Cipollini was a teacher at Kennedy…