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Pieter Lefferts read from his book on Earth Day. Photo by Patrick L. Sullivan
FALLS VILLAGE — Artist and author Pieter Lefferts read an excerpt from his book “What the Kek Kek Saw” at an Earth Day event at the David M. Hunt Library Saturday, April 22.
The reading came toward the end of an exhibition in the library of Lefferts’ art.
Hayden Bachman Photo by Patrick L. Sullivan
FALLS VILLAGE — Hayden Bachman is the Litchfield County Superintendents Award winner from the Lee H. Kellogg School.
Asked why she was picked, she said it was a combination of “good grades and I help out a lot,” especially in the lunchroom setup. Bachman said her favorite subjects are English and science.
Zoey Greenbaum from Kent and Linus Barnes of Sharon are the winners of the Superintendent’s Award from Housatonic Valley Regional High School for the 2022-23 school year. (See more student awards on town pages.) Photo by Riley Klein
FALLS VILLAGE — Housatonic Valley Regional High School has announced that Linus Barnes and Zoey Greenbaum are this year’s winners of the Litchfield County Superintendents Award. Barnes and Greenbaum are both set to graduate later this year and were given the award for their devotion to the community.
FALLS VILLAGE — The Region One budget referendum is Tuesday, May 2, with voting from noon to 8 p.m. in the town halls of the six Region One towns: Cornwall, Falls Village, Kent, North Canaan, Salisbury and Sharon.
The proposed spending plan budgets $8,631,818 for Housatonic Valley Regional High School, an increase of $200,562 (2.38%).
The Rhoades family had an unwelcome visitor Saturday, April 15, in the form of a hungry bear, which broke in and helped itself from the refrigerator. Photo by Sandy Rhoades
FALLS VILLAGE — The Rhoades family had an unwelcome visitor Saturday afternoon, April 15.
Sandy Rhoades said around 2:45 p.m. he and his wife Elizabeth, heard a sound from the kitchen that they assumed was their Michael, who is visiting from Wisconsin, where he works as a biologist for the National Park Service.
FALLS VILLAGE — After a presentation from Bruce Bennett of the Housatonic Herbicide Working Group, the Board of Selectmen unanimously voted to join the HHWG at the board’s Monday, April 10 regular meeting.
Dan Carr and Marleen Van Gulick run Beavertides Farm in Falls Village, with bees, goats, and grass-fed cattle. Carr soon will begin teaching a beekeeper training course. Photo by Mike Cobb
FALLS VILLAGE — When Beekeeper Dan Carr talks about beekeeping in one of his courses, he typically covers the anatomy and social structure of honey bees as well as the basics of starting and managing a hive.
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Cub Scout Pack 22 held its annual Pinewood Derby race at Housatonic Valley Regional High School on March 25. The derby featured 53 custom cars created and raced by scouts, families, and businesses. Trophies were given out for the top three racers in each category based on their speed down the 40-foot track.
FALLS VILLAGE — At the regular meeting Monday, April 10, the Board of Finance voted down a motion to recommend to town meeting a deal with Frontier Communications to extend fiber optic access to about 60 addresses in town for $350,000.
Frontier is in the process of building a statewide fiber optic network.
FALLS VILLAGE — The Region One Board of Education, at its regular monthly meeting April 3 (on Zoom) announced the hiring of Jessica Bate for the position of Library Media Specialist at Housatonic Valley Regional High School, starting July 1. She will replace the Vance Cannon, who is retiring.
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