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Alex Echevarria from the Little Guild, with co-star Charlie the pit bull, appeared in Veden’s video. Photo submitted
FALLS VILLAGE — Eric Veden has released the 30th episode of his Falls Village series of videos.
Like the town he chronicles, Veden’s videos are idiosyncratic.
Episode 30 starts off with cell phone footage of a small child chasing ducks.
Darlene Kascak, the Education Director for the Institute of Native American Studies in Washington and a member of the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation, told traditional Mahican stories at the Isabella Freedman Center in Falls Village on Sunday, Oct. 8. Kascak demonstrated the length of the indigenous history on the land by unfurling a string of beads, with each bead representing 100 years. Photo submitted
FALLS VILLAGE — Staff, residents, guests, and members of the local community—many toting small children—gathered around a bonfire by the lakeshore of the Isabella Freedman Center on Sunday, Oct. 8, to listen to Darlene Kascak, a traditional Schaghticoke storyteller, share Mahican stories of the land.
Quizmaster Bruce Paddock led trivia night at Hunt Library on Thursday, Oct. 5. Photo by Patrick L. Sullivan
FALLS VILLAGE — There were some real stinkers in the trivia game at the David M. Hunt Library Thursday evening, Oct. 5
Not the players. The questions.
Such as:
“What did Felix Baumgartner do in 2012?”
Magician Justin Sight performed his inspiring show at HVRHS on Friday, Oct. 6. Photo by Patrick L. Sullivan
FALLS VILLAGE — Magician and inspirational speaker Justin Sight came to Housatonic Valley Regional High School Friday, Oct. 6. In between flummoxing students with impossible card tricks, he recounted how he overcame personal difficulties when he was in high school.
A new sign in the caboose warns would-be vandals. Photo by Patrick L. Sullivan
FALLS VILLAGE — Vandals broke windows at the caboose in downtown Falls Village again last week.
Judy Jacobs said vandalism has been an ongoing concern for years, but lately it seems to be worse.
“I’m really annoyed,” she said.
Photo by John Coston
FFVFD needs volunteers. To learn more, stop by the department headquarters at 188 Rte 7 in Falls Village or call (860) 824-5298.
Selectman Dave Barger read the call at the Thursday, Sept. 28 hearing on the sale of the town-owned former firehouse at 35 Railroad St. The sale and a related land swap and easement deal will go to a referendum vote on Nov. 7. Photo by Patrick L. Sullivan
FALLS VILLAGE — At a public hearing of the Board of Selectmen Thursday, Sept. 28, the selectmen said the plan to sell the town-owned former firehouse at 35 Railroad Street to James Gillispie for $300,000 will go to a referendum vote on Election Day, Nov. 7.
Consultant Glenn Chalder led the sometimes vigorous discussion of the draft Plan of Conservation and Development on Saturday, Sept. 30. Photo by Patrick L. Sullivan
FALLS VILLAGE — Housing and traffic dominated the discussion of the Planning and Zoning Commission’s draft of the 2024 Plan of Conservation and Development at a meeting at Lee H. Kellogg School Saturday, Sept. 30.
FALLS VILLAGE — The Planning and Zoning Commission’s subcommittee on parking in the village showed a proposal to create additional parking on Railroad Street to representatives of downtown businesses at a meeting Friday, Sept. 29.
FALLS VILLAGE —About 40 people gathered in the parking lot at Housatonic Valley Regional High School (HVRHS) Wednesday, Sept. 27, for the dedication of a small garden to the late Katie Gannett, who died Nov. 17, 2022.
The garden consists of dahlias, one of Gannett’s favorites.
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