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Fire engulfs Falls Village home

FALLS VILLAGE — Fire departments from across the Tri-state area were dispatched Thursday afternoon, May 16, to 22 Prospect St. in the center of town, where a large, historic home burned.

The fire was reported at about 1:45 p.m. at the home of Tracy and Mary Atwood. The fire appeared to have been started when Tracy Atwood was heating paint for removal at a second-story section at the rear of the home.

By 2:30 p.m., it had broken through the roof. Despite the efforts of dozens of firefighters, flames continued to erupt anew. By 9 p.m., the fire was out and the house was in the...

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2013 Region One budget drops 1%

Wed, 03/27/2013 - 3:51pm
But teachers are cut
By
Patrick L. Sullivan

The proposed budget for the 2013-14 year for the Region One School District is down 1 full percentage point from the current budget and includes teacher layoffs at Housatonic Valley Regional High School (HVRHS).
The proposed spending plan will be presented to taxpayers at a public hearing Wednesday, April 3, at 7 p.m. at the high school.
The Region One Board of Education will meet immediately after the public hearing. The budget proposal can be changed at this point, either up or down.

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Last day of school June 19 (so far)

Wed, 03/27/2013 - 3:50pm
By
Patrick L. Sullivan

It’s been a fairly snowy winter, but now that it’s officially spring, parents are wondering about all those snow days and how they will affect their summer plans.
So when is the last day of school for Region One?
Superintendent Patricia Chamberlain said Monday, March 25, that the school district had used seven “weather days” thus far.
So right now the last day of school is June 19.
Dates for graduation ceremonies have not been set yet.
— Patrick L. Sullivan

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Mmm, the rich smell of maple steam

Thu, 03/21/2013 - 10:17am
By
Patrick L. Sullivan
patricks@lakevillejournal.com

NORFOLK — Jody Bronson and Russell Russ were loading firewood into the maple sugar apparatus Friday afternoon, March 15, at the Great Mountain Forest (GMF) facility on the Norfolk side of the 6,000-plus acre forest in Falls Village and Norfolk.
A group of children from the D.M. Hunt Library had just left. Russ said, “It’s like what they say about submarines: close quarters.”
“Especially with 40 kids in here,” said Bronson.
Steam was coming off the bubbling sap, and the entire building — and the surrounding area outside — was full of the rich smell.

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For AFS students, snow, art are new, lockers ‘cool’

Thu, 03/21/2013 - 10:16am
By
Patrick L. Sullivan
patricks@lakevillejournal.com

FALLS VILLAGE — Marta Fornari said movies prepared her for attending an American high school.
Marta, 17, from Milan, Italy, and an American Field Service (AFS) exchange student at Housatonic Valley Regional High School (HVRHS), said films depicting life in American high schools were accurate.
“Lockers, the cafeteria — it may be normal for you but for us they are very cool,” said the junior during an interview in the HVRHS cafeteria Thursday, March 7.

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‘Fiddler on the Roof’ sells out at HVRHS

Thu, 03/21/2013 - 10:12am
By
Patrick L. Sullivan
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Dispute arises with finance board over Board of Ed’s spending plan

Thu, 03/21/2013 - 10:09am
By
Patrick L. Sullivan
patricks@lakevillejournal.com

FALLS VILLAGE — The Board of Finance approved a motion to recommend a 2 percent increase in spending for the Lee H. Kellogg School for 2013-14, and then tabled the motion until their next meeting.
The motion, by Lou Timolat, called for the board to recommend to town meeting a spending plan that includes $1,810,000 for Kellogg.
The Board of Education’s proposed spending plan, discussed with the finance board earlier this month, calls for a 5.8 percent increase for a total of $1,886,334.
The difference between the two figures is $76,334.

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Rich man

Thu, 03/21/2013 - 9:13am

Efraim Hermes was Tevye in the Housatonic Musical Theater Society’s production of “Fiddler on the Roof” last weekend at Housatonic Valley Regional High School. The shows sold out.
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Perfecting ‘Peter Pan’ for Children’s Theater performance

Thu, 03/14/2013 - 10:01am

Lanny Mitchell showed the cast how he wanted them to move during a rehearsal of “Peter Pan” Saturday, March 9, at the Senior Center. The Falls Village Children’s Theater production runs April 5 to 7 at Housatonic Valley Regional High School.

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Decrease in school spending planned

Thu, 03/14/2013 - 10:01am
Down 3.5 percent
By
Patrick L. Sullivan
patricks@lakevillejournal.com

FALLS VILLAGE — The Board of Education presented a proposed spending plan for 2013-14 to the Board of Finance Monday, March 11, that calls for an overall drop of $108,001(3.5 percent) in total education spending.
The Region One assessment for 2013-14 is $1,128,847, down from $1,340,156. That is a drop of $211,309, or 15.8 percent.
The proposed spending plan for the Lee H. Kellogg School (LHK) is up $103,308 (5.8 percent), for a total of $1,886,334.
Total proposed spending for education is $3,015,181.

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Meeting the father of American conservation

Thu, 03/14/2013 - 10:00am
By
Patrick L. Sullivan
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NORFOLK — Paul Barten, executive director of the Great Mountain Forest in Falls Village and Norfolk, spoke at the Norfolk Library Saturday, March 2, on George Perkins Marsh, considered the founder of American conservation.
Barten joked at the beginning that he was pleased to welcome himself, as the scheduled speaker — a National Park Service employee — was unable to make the trip because government travel had been cut by the “sequester.”

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