LIFE

Polly’s Pier in Farmington to be accessible for all ages and abilities Polly's Pier will offer accessible river access while also honoring the legacy of a conservationist and community minded individual - the late"Polly" Hincks. By Maria G O’Donnell Staff Writer In a Unionville neighborhood that features a housing community for people with physical disabilities, the Farmington Land Trust (FLT) installed an accessible fishing pier in 2001 just off the Rails to Trails path besi

As they visited quaint shops around the valley, the shoreline and elsewhere, Farmington residents Lana Van Valkenburgh and Paul Stepka began thinking that their hometown needed such a place. For Lana, especially, a bookshop became the dream and asking, “why don’t we have anything like that in Farmington?” turned into, “So, let’s just do it.”

Long before Lake Garda became the neighborhood families know today, the land surrounding it was quiet and untouched. There was no lake, no homes along the shoreline, no roads winding through the pines, and no children running toward the water. There were only fields, forests, and open pastures where cattle grazed peacefully. Harry John Battistoni saw more than an empty piece of land. He saw a place where families could gather, children could spend summers swimming and boating

FARMINGTON – For the Scouts from Troop 170 who created, organized, and executed the program to commemorate the 25th anniversary of 9/11, the words spoken by their guest speakers—Connor Hogan whose father, Jeff Hogan, along with members of the Farmington Fire Department, went to Ground Zero in New York City in the days following the 9/11 attack; Brian F.X. Connelly, town council chair; and Father George Roberts of St. James Church—seemed almost unreal. And yet, they knew witho

Italy on the Farm came to the pastoral fields at Sub Edge Farm July 26, as part of an ongoing series presented by the farm and DORO Catering & Events. Held on the Avon portion of the land Sub Edge leases, several dinners are organized each growing season, and the series is now in its 10th year.

Many of us pass beneath the bridge nicknamed “Big Bird” so routinely that its presence has become almost invisible—at least a few times each week, and often more. If you have a child attending Union School or Farmington High School, stop for groceries at Stop & Shop, or conduct business at Town Hall, you may cross under it several times in a single day. Yet even in the familiarity of daily travel, it still draws the eye. We glance at its rust-colored sidewalls and faded lette

The warm, sunny early evening of June 20 at Simsbury Meadows Performing Arts Center proved to be the perfect setting for the fourth Annual Juneteenth Celebration. The free event and largest of its kind in the Farmington Valley was supported by four local towns that banded together, Avon, Farmington, Granby and Simsbury. The towns were represented by tents set up by their local libraries.

Local police departments once again participated in the Connecticut Law Enforcement Torch run this June. Now in its 40th year, the event involves three days when local officers along 10 different routes – or legs– run through their towns. Those legs ultimately converge for a final run to kick off the Connecticut Special Olympics Summer Games.