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.

“We need to grow more farmers.” On a quiet April morning with spring planting, fields to prepare, and goods to organize for sale, Jennifer Woods manages to take a few minutes away from all her duties and sits across from me, explaining her plans for the future. “Hein Farm” in Farmington is a well-known place of local history in town but today, Woods isn’t telling me about the past: instead, she is focused on the future, telling me about her plans for the farm. Creating a men

America’s birthday at 250 years is also referred to as its semiquincentennial and it has been celebrated across the country, all throughout the year. Valley towns have been busy with multiple activities, from readings of the Declaration, to historical lectures, to plays and reenactments, to grand festivals with fireworks or parades. They have commemorated this historic event in ways as unique as their towns.

He met me with a smile. “I’m so glad you stopped.” As if answering my unspoken question, he turned to show me the picture pinned to his backpack. “I do it for them,” he said. That night, Stephen Lewis, whose name I later learned, was walking in honor of Branden F. Oberleitner, BCO, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, KIA Fallujah, Iraq, 5-3-03. “Because he deserves to be remembered,” he added.

Riding from Portland, ME to Portland, OR is certainly on the bucket list for many cyclists. Dan and Karen Mastella of Farmington began seriously contemplating such a journey more than a year ago.

After its formation one year ago, the Farmington Artists’ Circle (FAC) has become a new home for the town’s creative people of all stripes. Those who live or work in Farmington and Unionville are eligible to be part of the dynamic organization, which consists of artists who produce sculpture, pottery, watercolor, acrylic and oil painting, 2-and 3-dimensional art, jewelry, mixed media, photography, and felting.

Farmington Superintendent of Schools, Kathleen Greider reflects on career William “Bill” Beckert, Chairman of the Board of Education in Farmington, poses with Kathleen “Kathy” Greider at the beginning of the June 2 Board of Education meeting, held in the Black Box Theatre at Farmington High School. The meeting marked Greider’s last one as Superintendent of Farmington Public Schools as she is set to retire after serving various CT public schools for 35 years in different educ

Luke Roux Memorial event is a night to reflect, take action This story was originally posted on Feb. 20, 2025 By John Fitts Staff Writer Farmington Valley Generals head coach Mike Barone thinks about Luke Roux at every game. It’s during the national anthem, hand over his heart and head bowed, that Barone thinks of both Luke, a 17-year-old Farmington High School graduate whose life was cut short by a drunken driver in June of 2022, and Jack Phelan, the beloved Farmington High