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Photo by Caroline Burchfield
For several years, students at The Hotchkiss School in Lakeville have hosted a polar plunge to raise money for the Jane Lloyd Fund, which supports area residents who have cancer with their daily living expenses. Last year, COVID-19 forced the students to plunge remotely, all over the world.
SALISBURY — Diane Lloyd-Smith Hewat, long-standing Salisbury resident, died peacefully at home on March 26, 2021. She was 92.
SALISBURY — The town and education budget proposals are available on the town website, First Selectman Curtis Rand noted at the Monday, April 5, meeting of the Board of Selectmen.
Residents are invited to comment by email, letter or phone.
The Board of Finance will hold a public hearing on Zoom on Monday, April 19, 7:30 p.m.
Photo by Caroline Burchfield
The spring polar plunge in Lakeville has been an annual tradition for years, raising money for the Jane Lloyd Fund. Last year’s plunge was held remotely because of COVID-19; this year, students at The Hotchkiss School leapt back into the lake, on April 11.
SALISBURY — The Eastern seaboard and upper Midwest are particularly vulnerable to electric blackouts in the event of a massive electromagnetic storm, warned Jeffrey Love of the United States Geologic Survey in a Zoom talk sponsored by the Scoville Memorial Library on Saturday, April 10.
SALISBURY — Genealogist Bryna O’Sullivan gave a hands-on demonstration on how to use census records to trace one’s ancestors to an online audience on Saturday, April 3. The event was sponsored by the Scoville memorial Library.
A new trio of investors has taken charge of the race track at Lime Rock Park. They promise to protect the park-like setting that makes the race venue unique while expanding activities there. Photo by Lans Christensen
SALISBURY — Skip Barber has reached an agreement to sell a majority interest in the race track at Lime Rock Park (LRP) to a group of investors.
LAKEVILLE — Salisbury Bank and Trust’s new building at 33 Bissell St. in Lakeville is just about finished. Bank President Rick Cantele showed this reporter around the modern, light and airy building on Friday, April 2.
The site is the former home of The Lakeville Journal.
SALISBURY — The Board of Finance voted on Tuesday, March 23, to send the budget proposals from the Board of Education and Board of Selectmen to what in normal times would be a public hearing.
Photo by Patrick L. Sullivan
Molly Salisbury, children’s librarian at the Scoville Memorial Library, hid more Easter eggs on Saturday morning, March 27, after the first wave of children raced through the library grounds. Most towns did not have egg hunts this year because of the quarantine. Cornwall will host a scavenger hunt.
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