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From left, Seila Mosquera-Bruno, Rob Michalik, Curtis Rand, Maria Horn, Peter Halle, Tim Waldron, and Tom Arcari all grabbed shovels to break ground. Photo by Maud Doyle

Salisbury breaks ground at Sarum Village housing

September 27, 2023

SALISBURY — The Salisbury Housing Committee Inc. hosted a small groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of Sarum Village III, ten new units of affordable housing on Cobble Road in Salisbury, on Friday, Sept. 22.

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‘Forever wild’ in mysterious Dark Hollow loop

September 27, 2023

LAKEVILLE — Dark Hollow in Lakeville is “175 acres of preserved land with a country road in the middle. Period.”

That was Tom Key’s assessment of the land owned by the Salisbury Association Land Trust during a Housatonic Heritage walk on a drizzly Saturday morning, Sept. 23.

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Housatonic students raise funds for travel abroad

September 27, 2023

SALISBURY — The tent on the Green at the White Hart was packed on Friday, Sept. 22 as Northwest Corner community members joined together to support the fifth annual Wine Dinner and Auction. The sold-out event raised funds to support the Housatonic Valley Regional High School International Travel Club.

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Aquatic specialist JD Hannon shows a sample of hydrilla which had been growing in East Twin Lake. Photo by Debra A. Aleksinas

Hydrilla scare prompts boat ban at Lakeville Lake

September 27, 2023

SALISBURY — In response to the rising threat from an invasive aquatic species, hydrilla verticillata, the town has issued a moratorium on boating at Lakeville Lake.

“We are shutting the launch at the Grove for the rest of the year,” Salisbury First Selectman Curtis Rand reported on Monday, Sept. 25.

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‘A lot of unknowns’ surround hydrilla battle

September 27, 2023

SALISBURY — A rusty antique tractor with attached trailer blocked entry to the privately-owned boat launch at O’Hara’s Landing Marina on East Twin Lake early Tuesday morning, Sept. 19.

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The housing panel, from left, Steve Rosenberg, Jocelyn Ayer, Gordon Ridgway, and Michael Polemis. Photo by Maud Doyle

Forum dissects ‘crisis-level need’ for affordable housing in region

September 27, 2023

SALISBURY — Both affordable housing and conservation initiatives require land, rely on local financial and social support, and are necessary for a healthy, thriving community.

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Photo by Maud Doyle

Supporting Haitian Health Partners

September 20, 2023

President of Hispañola Health Partners, Peter Halle, and Louise Lindenmeyr, HHP’s founder, threw a party on Sept. 17 at Lindenmeyr’s Salisbury home to fund-raise for HHP’s partner clinic, Centre de Santé Union de Grand-Gosier, run by an all Haitian staff in southwestern Haiti.

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Touring Trinity Lime Rock’s past and present

September 20, 2023

LAKEVILLE — At a Housatonic Heritage Walk on Saturday, Sept. 16, Geoffrey Brown framed a tour of Trinity Episcopal Church with an unusual invitation: Could attendees discover the ways in which patron William Barnum, baron of the iron industry and Senator from Connecticut, “made economies” in the construction of the church?

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The blue sections on this map show the search areas in the shallow portion of East Twin Lake. The red circles are the locations where hydrilla plant groupings were found. Northeast Aquatic Research maintains a GPS database of the locations, from which a treatment plan can be built and given to the herbicide applicator. Photo from Northeast Aquatic Research

Aggressive strain of hydrilla at East Twin Lake a growing concern

September 20, 2023

SALISBURY — The results of an emergency herbicide treatment on Tuesday, Sept. 19 of a four-acre area of East Twin Lake near the marina to control hydrilla’s spread won’t be known for several weeks, but state and lake officials are hopeful it will help keep the highly invasive weed in check.

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Hydrilla treatment at Twin Lakes

September 13, 2023

Hydrilla verticilatta, also known as water thyme, has been found in Twin Lakes. Four acres of the lake near the marina will undergo emergency treatment beginning on Tuesday, Sept. 19.

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Salisbury breaks ground at Sarum Village housing

‘Forever wild’ in mysterious Dark Hollow loop

Housatonic students raise funds for travel abroad

Hydrilla scare prompts boat ban at Lakeville Lake

‘A lot of unknowns’ surround hydrilla battle

Forum dissects ‘crisis-level need’ for affordable housing in region

Supporting Haitian Health Partners

Touring Trinity Lime Rock’s past and present

Aggressive strain of hydrilla at East Twin Lake a growing concern

Hydrilla treatment at Twin Lakes

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