Falls Village

FALLS VILLAGE — In the summer of 2022 Jenny Law returned to her Scottish roots and hiked the entire West Highland Way from just outside Glasgow some 94 miles to Fort William.

Law told the story and showed copious photographs at the David M. Hunt Library on Friday, Sept. 22.

FALLS VILLAGE — There will be a public hearing on the sale of the former firehouse on Thursday, Sept. 28, 7 p.m. at the Senior Center.

The building at 35 Railroad St. served as the home of the Falls Village Volunteer Fire Department from 1924 until the opening of the Emergency Services Center on Route 7 in September 2017.

FALLS VILLAGE — Michelle McGuire Hansen was appointed town treasurer and bookkeeper by the Board of Selectman at their regular monthly meeting Monday, Sept. 11.

Hansen will take over from the retiring Linda Paviol  on an interim basis on Nov. 8. There will be a three-month probationary period.

FALLS VILLAGE — Ellery “Woods” Sinclair led a Housatonic Heritage hike at the American chestnut grove on Undermountain Road in Falls Village on Sunday, Sept. 17. About 17 people attended, including Fred Baldwin, who prudently brought a folding chair.

FALLS VILLAGE  — Parents and children came to the Lee H. Kellogg School for an open house and picnic on Wednesday, Sept. 6.

Parent Tim Adams chatted with Spanish teacher Mark Vogel, and art teacher Patricia Bunk had one student searching for last year’s portfolio.

FALLS VILLAGE   — An enthusiastic group of children learned how to weave on a v-shaped, maple branch frame with yarn, flowers and other natural materials at the David M. Hunt Library on Saturday, Sept. 9.

FALLS VILLAGE  — Army veteran Brian Ohler of North Canaan was wounded three times between 2001 and 2013. He told the story of his service in Iraq and Afghanistan, and of his recovery from brain injury, at the South Canaan Meeting House Tuesday, Sept. 5.