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Housatonic softball hosts Monument Mountain
Riley Klein
May 27, 2026
Abram Kirshner runs to first
Riley Klein
FALLS VILLAGE – Housatonic Valley Regional High School's varsity softball team played Monument Mountain Regional High School for a non-league game Tuesday, May 12.
The visitors traveled from Great Barrington, Massachusetts, for the game in Falls Village. Monument won 20-7.
Monument took an early lead, going up 6-1 in the first inning, and extended it with nine runs in the second inning.
HVRHS outscored its opponent in the remaining four innings, but it was not enough to overcome the deficit.
HVRHS's Hayden Bachman nearly hit for the cycle with an in-the-park home run, a triple and two singles. Payton Wagner pitched the full game for HVRHS and went 3-for-3 at bat with an RBI. Madeline Mechare and Lola Miller also recorded RBIs for HVRHS.
Monument's pitchers A. Paul and K. Devigiro split time on the mound and combined for 10 strikeouts. Offensively, the team totaled 19 hits in the game.


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Legal Notices - May 28, 2026
Lakeville Journal
May 27, 2026
BAUER FUND AND FOUNDATION COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS
Through grants to colleges, The Bauer Foundation provides indirect scholarship assistance for undergraduate college education to students residing in The Connecticut Regional School District One based on merit and need.
The Bauer Fund operates in the same manner. However, grants from the Fund are limited to students attending either Cornell or Wellesley.
Students attending Cornell or Wellesley should apply to the Fund. All others should apply to the Foundation.
New and returning application forms for the 2026-2027 school year are available at: www.bauerfundfoundation.org.
Completed and fully documented applications must be returned to The Bauer Foundation at PO Box 1784 Lakeville CT 06039-postmarked no later than June 22 2026. Scholarship awards will be announced by August 23 2026.
05-14-26
05-21-26
05-28-26
Legal Notice
The Planning & Zoning Commission of the Town of Salisbury will hold a Public Hearing on Special Permit Application #2026-0319 by Todd Parsons for vertical expansion of a non-conforming structure and site plan application for development activities in the Lake Protection Overlay District at 25 Morgan Lane, Salisbury, Map 64, Lot 06 per Sections 503.2 and 404 of the Salisbury Zoning Regulations. The hearing will be held on Monday, June 1, 2026 at 6:45 PM. There is no physical location for this meeting. This meeting will be held virtually via Zoom where interested persons can listen to & speak on the matter. The application, agenda and meeting instructions will be listed at www.salisburyct.us/agendas/. The application materials will be listed at www.salisburyct.us/planning-zoning-meeting-documents/. Written comments may be submitted to the Land Use Office, Salisbury Town Hall, 27 Main Street, P.O. Box 548, Salisbury, CT or via email to landuse@salisburyct.us. Paper copies of the agenda, meeting instructions, and application materials may be reviewed Monday through Thursday between the hours of 8:00 AM and 3:30 PM at the Land Use Office, Salisbury Town Hall, 27 Main Street, Salisbury CT.
Salisbury Planning & Zoning Commission
Robert Riva, Secretary
05-21-26
05-28-26
Notice of Decision
Town of Salisbury
Planning & Zoning Commission
Notice is hereby given that the following action was taken by the Planning & Zoning Commission of the Town of Salisbury, Connecticut on May 18, 2026:
Authorized the Zoning Administrator to issue a Temporary Zoning Permit, ZP-26-49, for the unmuffled racing event that begins on May 21, 2026, under the unusual circumstances associated with the stipulated agreement. Authorization was granted in accordance with Section 906 of the regulations. The property is shown on Salisbury Assessor’s Map 04 as Lot 16 and is located at 497 Lime Rock Road, Lakeville. The applicant and owner of the Property is Lime Rock Park II LLC.
Any aggrieved person may appeal these decisions to the Connecticut Superior Court in accordance with the provisions of Connecticut General Statutes §8-8.
Town of Salisbury
Planning &
Zoning Commission
Robert Riva, Secretary
05-28-26
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
ESTATE OF
NANCY C. HOWARD
Late of Massachusetts
(26-00164)
The Hon. Jordan M. Richards, Judge of the Court of Probate, District of Litchfield Hills Probate Court, by decree dated May 14, 2026, ordered that all claims must be presented to the fiduciary at the address below. Failure to promptly present any such claim may result in the loss of rights to recover on such claim.
The fiduciary is:
Camille A. Alberico
c/o Anthony R Dechello
Dechello Law Firm, LLC
110 Washington Avenue
North Haven, CT 06473
Jordan Bergs
Clerk
05-28-26
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
ESTATE OF
DAVID F. MORRISON
Late of Salisbury
(26-00197)
The Hon. Jordan M. Richards, Judge of the Court of Probate, District of Litchfield Hills Probate Court, by decree dated May 14, 2026, ordered that all claims must be presented to the fiduciary at the address below. Failure to promptly present any such claim may result in the loss of rights to recover on such claim.
The fiduciary is:
Frances Parkman Morrison
c/o Margaret St John Meehan
Day Pitney, LLP
One Stamford Plaza
263 Tresser Boulevard
Stamford, CT 06901
Jordan Bergs
Clerk
05-28-26
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
ESTATE OF
BARBARA A. DELPRETE
Late of Salisbury
(25-00459)
The Hon. Jordan M. Richards, Judge of the Court of Probate, District of Litchfield Hills Probate Court, by decree dated May 12, 2026, ordered that all claims must be presented to the fiduciary at the address below. Failure to promptly present any such claim may result in the loss of rights to recover on such claim.
The fiduciary is:
George R. DelPrete, II
39 Laurel Oak Road
Fernandina Beach, FL 32034
Jordan Bergs
Clerk
05-28-26
SHARON ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
LEGAL NOTICE
To Whom It May Concern, notice is hereby given that on Monday, June 8, 2026 at 6:00PM, at the Sharon Town Hall, 63 Main Street, Sharon, CT, the Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing on the following Appeal:
Appeal #194 of Stefan Wolf for a variance to construct an addition to an existing garage with a side line setback of 18 feet where the Regulations require 30 feet, Article IV. The property location is - Assessor Map 17 Parcel 38, 158 Gay Street, in the Rural Residence Zone.
At this hearing interested persons may be heard and written communication received. The application is on file at the Selectmen’s Office, Sharon, CT.
Dated at Sharon, CT this 19th day of May 2026.
William Trowbridge
Chairman
Sharon Zoning
Board of Appeals
05-28-26
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Mountaineers shut out Golden Bears 12-0
Riley Klein
May 27, 2026
Chris Race pitches
Riley Klein
THOMASTON – Housatonic Valley Regional High School's varsity baseball team won 12-0 over Thomaston High School Monday, May 11.
Chris Race’s poised pitching carried the Mountaineers to the win. Race threw a complete‑game shutout with eight strikeouts, allowing just one hit and one walk. Anthony Foley fueled the offense with two triples and a double
The game was played in Thomaston on a cloudy afternoon, about 59 degrees. Josh Pelletier was the starting pitcher for Thomaston.
HVRHS took an early lead courtesy of an RBI double by Wes Allyn in the first inning. The Mountaineers extended their lead in the third inning with runs brought in by Race, Abram Kirshner and Jerron Nirschel.
Taylor Gomes took over on the mound for Thomaston after Pelletier completed four innings.
In the fifth inning, HVRHS scored five runs on four hits, including a triple by Foley with the bases loaded. The score continued to climb until the game ended 12-0 in the sixth inning.
The Mountaineers collected 13 hits in the game, and all nine starters reached base. Foley hit 3-for-3 with four RBIs, Race hit 3-for-5 with two RBIs, Owen Riemer had two RBIs, and Allyn, Kirshner and Nirschel each brought in one run for HVRHS.
Thomaston's lone hit came from Colton Patchell.
The result improved the Mountaineers' record to 5-8 and Thomaston moved to 3-12. In Berkshire League standings, the two teams remained in fifth place and eighth place respectively.

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Berkshire League boys tennis takes shape, sets championships for May 26
Riley Klein
May 23, 2026
Gustavo Portillo of HVRHS volleys during the opening rounds of the postseason tournament
Riley Klein
LAKEVILLE – Berkshire League boys tennis players gathered at The Hotchkiss School Tuesday, May 19, for the opening rounds of the postseason tournament.
The event featured three separate brackets: varsity singles, varsity doubles and junior varsity doubles. Matches began early in the morning and continued until about 2 p.m. with the temperature cranked up to 90 degrees.
Housatonic Valley Regional High School coach Jeff Tripp remarked, "It was a hot day, but with an early 8 a.m. start the tournament moved at a good pace with excellent play all around."
The JV doubles tournament concluded with a final match of two teams from Nonnewaug High School. The championship-winning pair was Jorni Kuqi and Roman Criscione.
The final varsity matches will be played at Thomaston's Nystrom Park Tuesday, May 26, at 1 p.m.
In the doubles championship, Northwestern Regional High School teammates Lincoln Ouellette and Merrick Bannerman will take on Shepaug Valley High School's duo of Liam Denning and Gabe Tammarro.
The two remaining varsity doubles teams were named Berkshire League all stars.
In the singles bracket, the tournament will continue May 26 with the semifinal round.
Nonnewaug High School's Luke Primini will play David Block from Shepaug. On the other side, Lakeview High School's Luca D'Urso will play Shepaug's Ben Churyk.
The two remaining players from Shepaug, Churyk and Block, did not drop a game in their tournament matches on May 19. Primini, of Nonnewaug, lost just one game. D'Urso emerged from a back-and-forth battle (6-2, 2-6, 10-8) against Northwestern's Braiden Kennedy in the quarterfinal round.
All four players remaining in the singles tournament were named BL all stars. Other all stars for the season included Kennedy, Gustavo Portillo (Housatonic), Luca Inglese (Shepaug) and Jameson McTamney (Lakeview).
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Plans to revitalize Norfolk’s Infinity Hall unveiled
Jennifer Almquist
May 20, 2026
Infinity Hall, built in 1883.
Jennifer Almquist
Nearly 200 people packed the wooden seats of Norfolk’s historic Infinity Hall on Thursday, May 14, as David Rosenfeld, owner and founder of Goodworks Entertainment Group, a live entertainment and venue management company, unveiled ambitious plans to restore the restaurant and bar, expand programming and reestablish the venue as a central gathering place for the community.
Since the Norfolk Pub closed on Jan. 31, 2026, the need for a restaurant and evening gathering place has become paramount, and for years residents have wanted Infinity Hall to be more engaged with the community.
“We have a real opportunity to bring the residents of Norfolk closer together and add to a community already steeped in a rich history of the arts,” Rosenfeld said. “Thursday’s turnout and the positive energy we experienced are the very reason Goodworks exists. We are thrilled to help support and build upon the vibrant community spirit here.”
Built in 1883, Norfolk Village Hall — the former opera house, barber shop and saloon in the center of Norfolk —was designed by Palliser & Co. In 2007, the building was restored as the 300-seat performing arts theater Infinity Hall.
Goodworks Entertainment Group took over Infinity Hall in April 2019. Rosenfeld said he plans to realign the organization with his original dream of doing good works — hence the name.
He also spoke of a large-scale arts and music festival for Norfolk and of conversations with Melvin Chen, director of the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival–Yale Summer School of Music, about a possible winter classical concert series featuring Yale musicians.
After a question-and-answer session, attendees stayed to enjoy live music, food and drinks organized by Lisa Ludwig, general manager of Infinity Hall.

Norfolk resident Tony Kiser praised Rosenfeld’s vision.
“If there is anything to be done, he’s the guy to do it,” Kiser said. “He’s got the experience, some capital to invest, and he has a vision.”
Henry Tirrell, Norfolk first selectman, welcomed the prospect of renewed activity at the venue.
“I am excited to see an option for dinner and drinks in town, as well as increased activity at Infinity Hall,” Tirrell said.
Cheryl Heller, chair of the Norfolk Economic Development Commission, said the announcement represents an important moment for the town.
“Infinity is a key part of Norfolk’s identity, and for the last few years that it’s been quiet, the community has felt the loss,” Heller said. “This announcement is tremendously exciting, not only because of the new restaurant and programming, but because David’s plans include contributing to the culture and life of the town.”
“I am completely delighted with the new direction,” said Norfolk activist and Economic Development Commission member Libby Borden. “I certainly hope Norfolk supports Infinity Hall in every way.”
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May Castleberry’s next chapter
Richard Feiner And Annette Stover
May 20, 2026
May Castleberry at home in Lakeville.
Natalia Zukerman
Castleberry’s idea of happiness is “looking at a great painting.”
May Castleberry is a ball of sunshine and passion, though she grew up an introverted child, moving with her family from Alberta to Colorado to Texas, finding comfort in mountains, books and wide-open skies. Today, the former art book editor and museum curator has found a new home in Lakeville, where the natural beauty of the Northwest Corner continues to captivate her. Whether walking with friends, painting, reading or visiting beloved local libraries in Salisbury, Norfolk and Cornwall, Castleberry has embraced the region since making her move permanent in 2022, bringing with her a remarkable career shaped by a lifelong love of books and art.
Castleberry grew up in the world of books, and especially art books, and she credits her artist mother, an avid art book collector, with igniting her passions. Castleberry’s high school art teacher in Dallas understood how to teach students to channel their imaginations into books and art.
Castleberry and her husband, Michael FitzGerald, a professor of art history at Trinity College and research director of an art foundation based in Europe, first moved to Lakeville in 2013 when their son attended Hotchkiss.
In college in Texas and graduate school at Columbia and NYU, Castleberry learned every aspect of fine art book production, from paper and design to the quality of printed reproductions and original works.
“I studied printmaking, design, art history and the history of the book,” said Castleberry. “In college, I learned even more when I started work as an art librarian. I haunted antiquarian and art book shops every weekend in New York City and wherever I traveled and was shaped by what I saw. I also took courses in papermaking and printmaking in my spare time.”
Castleberry entered the museum world in 1980 when she joined the Whitney Museum as a librarian.
“At the time, it was an underfunded one-person library, so not an obvious prize, but it turned out to be a great place to grow.”
When asked to help raise funds for acquisitions, she proposed creating a publishing program and, over the next 17 years, conceived, edited and produced over 20 books as the editor of the Whitney’s Artists and Writers Series. Castleberry also curated exhibitions of books, prints and photographs, culminating in a large-scale show about photography and photobooks titled “Perpetual Mirage: Photographic Narratives of the Desert West” in 1996.
After 20 years at the Whitney, Castleberry moved to the Museum of Modern Art to develop an artist’s book program that would explore the art of the book and help support the museum’s archives and library. This program, the Library Council, continued until Castleberry retired from MoMA late last year. During that time, she also organized an exhibition at New York City’s AXA Gallery on photography of archeological sites in the Americas: “The New World’s Old World.”
Asked about favorite stories from her museum roles, Castleberry recounts “looking for several very different artists to commission to make prints for ‘The Magic Magic Book’ by sleight-of-hand artist, collector and historian of magic Ricky Jay, and approaching artist Tomás Saraceno about making a pop-up book about spiders.”
Shortly after moving to Lakeville permanently, Castleberry heard about a part-time job coordinating events at the Scoville Library. She expected her program at MoMA to be shut down by the pandemic and thought the opportunity would be a great way to get to know the library, its staff and the community.
“I invited the poet Sally Van Doren to start a monthly poetry workshop, and artist and teacher Lily Rand to teach bookbinding and other classes. I was thrilled to bring in the founder of the Brooklyn’s Dieu Donné Papermill — one of the great papermakers in the world — as well as paper marblers and others for a series of outdoor art classes.”
MoMA’s Library Council revived only a few months later, and Castleberry no longer had the time her Scoville work required.
“Happily, I was replaced by the amazing Karen Vrotsos,” said Castleberry of the library’s current head of adult programs. “I am still in close contact with Karen Goodell, the library director, the library staff and some of the trustees.”
Castleberry’s idea of happiness is “looking at a great painting.”
In the region, her favorite art museums are the Clark in Williamstown, Massachusetts — which she recently supported by donating nearly all the books she worked on at the Whitney and MoMA to its art library — as well as Connecticut’s Hill-Stead Museum in Farmington and the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford.
Now newly retired from her museum position, Castleberry has returned to her passion for drawing and painting. She’s also in the initial planning stage of a museum book project. Stay tuned for her next chapter.
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