Birthday party planning continues for U.S.A.’s 250th

CORNWALL — Looking ahead to the nation’s 250th birthday in 2026, Cornwall started coordinating with nearby towns to plan events.

“We’re trying to spread them out and not overlap too much,” said First Selectman Gordon Ridgway at a regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen Tuesday, Oct. 21.

Ridgway and Warren Stevens, a Revolutionary War reenactor based in Cornwall, attended a meeting the previous week in Litchfield with other Northwest Corner towns.

The group plans to launch a website and calendar to organize the listings.

Ridgway reported some of the events being planned.

Cornwall is preparing for a militia day in June with Revolutionary War reenactors on the village green.

North Canaan will celebrate George Washington’s birthday in February at the Colonial Theatre.

Litchfield plans to hire redcoat reenactors to pester people downtown.

“There’s a lot of creative, homegrown ideas,” said Ridgway.

Town meeting Nov. 7

The selectmen called for a town meeting to be held Friday, Nov. 7, 7:30 p.m. at Cornwall Consolidated School.

The two agenda items to be voted on will be the approval of the 5-year plan and the town report with audit of fiscal year 2024-25.