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Cosplay Event at Lake Compounce’s Haunted Graveyard this weekend
The Haunted Graveyard at Lake Compounce opens for its 25th season on Oct. 2 and is celebrating this momentous year by hosting its first ever Cosplay Event. The Cosplay Event will allow participants to...
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Cosplay Event at Lake Compounce’s Haunted Graveyard this weekend
The Haunted Graveyard at Lake Compounce opens for its 25th season on Oct. 2 and is celebrating this momentous year by hosting its first ever Cosplay Event. The Cosplay Event will allow participants to...
View ArticleViolent crimes drop nearly 10 percent in Connecticut in 2014
Document Viewer By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) _ Violent crime in Connecticut dropped nearly 10 percent in 2014 over the previous year, among the largest decreases in the...
View ArticleViolent crimes drop nearly 10 percent in Connecticut in 2014
Document Viewer By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) _ Violent crime in Connecticut dropped nearly 10 percent in 2014 over the previous year, among the largest decreases in the...
View ArticleViolent crimes drop nearly 10 percent in Connecticut in 2014
Document Viewer By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) _ Violent crime in Connecticut dropped nearly 10 percent in 2014 over the previous year, among the largest decreases in the...
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Court expands kids’ right to sue when parent is injured
By PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ The state Supreme Court ruled Monday that children in Connecticut have the right to sue for the loss of love and affection when a parent is...
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Lions Club celebrates 50 years of pancakes
The Lions Club of Southington is celebrating its 50th annual pancake breakfast on Sunday, Oct. 4 at the Calendar House, 388 Pleasant St. in Southington. The annual event is run in conjunction with the...
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Obituaries for the Oct. 2 edition
The following obituaries will be published in this week’s Southington Observer. For more information, look to Friday’s print or e-editions: Pauline M. (Bizon) Chymbor, 90, a longtime Plantsville...
View ArticleBristol youth holding clothing drive
Makendra Mowad, 7, of Bristol is teaming up with Savers of Bristol and the Wolcott Grange 173. From now through Oct. 25, she is collecting clothing, linens, accessories, shoes, sheets, blankets, and...
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Southington Support Groups listings for the Oct. 2 edition
ONGOING SOUTHINGTON AL-ANON. Sundays, 4 to 5:30 p.m. First Congregational Church, 114 Main St., Southington. Park in left lot, go through double doors. Meeting in Room 203. Families and friends of...
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Plainville Bowling results for Sept. 28
The Plainville Senior Bowling results for the week of Sept. 28 are as follows: Top Female Bowler for the Week— Joan Gooding-191 Top Male Bowler for the week–Albert Deshaies-246 Ham Bone Club Albert...
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Southington Senior listings for the Oct. 2 edition
TUESDAY, OCT. 6 SOUTHINGTON SENIOR HEALTH FAIR. 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Calendar House, 388 Pleasant St.. Admission is free. Sponsored by Connecticut Center for Healthy Aging, The Orchards at...
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Understanding brain health during the aging process
Michelle Wyman, Alzheimer’s/dementia specialist with the Connecticut Center for Healthy Aging, conducts a class, ‘Coping with Changes and Benefits of Being Social for Brain Health as We Age,’ on Sept....
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Southington Sports Listings for the Oct. 2 edition
EVENTS NAMING OF THE SHS TURF WALKWAY IN HONOR OF DOM D’ANGELO—Wednesday, Oct. 30, 5 p.m., at the entrance to the SHS sports complex. A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held to honor the renaming of the...
View ArticlePARC walk rescheduled from Saturday to Oct. 17 due to weather
PARC’s 15th Annual Helen Coughlin Walk, set for this Saturday, Oct. 3 at Norton Park, has been postponed because of anticipated rain. The event has been rescheduled for Saturday, Oct. 17. William “Al”...
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Soccer stays perfect
The boy’s soccer team improved to 3-0-1 on the season with a 1-0 victory on the road at Simsbury (3-2) on Friday, Sept. 25. Through four games this season, Southington has yet to surrender a goal....
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A hop, a skip, and a jump: Officials add some fun twists to the 2015 Sloper...
By BRIAN JENNINGS STAFF WRITER They dashed through the woods, sprinted around the lake, leapt over bails of hay, and trudged their way through the mud. Instead of running a standard race, high school...
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Apple Harvest Gala marks the start of the festival season
By TAMMI NAUDUSSTAFF PHOTOGRAPHER The changes of the fall season are upon us, but one thing remains constant in the town of Southington. The tradition of the Apple Harvest Festival will be in full...
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Knights surge past Simsbury
By BRIAN JENNINGS STAFF WRITER Simsbury’s quarterback barked out his signals to his offense, and scrambled to get in the play with under two minutes to go in the first quarter, but when the snap came,...
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A hop, a skip, and a jump: Officials add some fun twists to the 2015 Sloper...
By BRIAN JENNINGS STAFF WRITER They dashed through the woods, sprinted around the lake, leapt over bails of hay, and trudged their way through the mud. Instead of running a standard race, high school...
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