A Black Artist Captures Pre-Civil Rights Life in Leather Tapestries
Tapestries made in leather, including “Sunshine Rows,” above, are the focus of a show at James Barron Art in Kent, Conn., featuring work by Winfred Rembert. Photo submitted
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Legal Notices - November 13, 2025
Nov 12, 2025
Legal Notice
Pursuant to CT State Library, Office of Public Records, Form RC-075, regarding the disposition of public records, Housatonic Valley Regional High School, Falls Village, CT, announces plans to dispose of students’ cumulative records for the following years of graduation: 1997, 1998, 2000-2015. Please contact the Registrar at (860)824-5123x1170 to arrange a time if you wish to pick up records prior to the disposition. A government issued photo ID will be required for verification. All forementioned records will be disposed of no earlier than Friday Dec 19, 2025.
11-13-25
11-20-25
Legal Notice
The Planning & Zoning Commission of the Town of Salisbury will hold a Public Hearing on Special Permit Application #2025-0303 by owner Camp Sloane YMCA Inc to construct a detached apartment on a single family residential lot at 162 Indian Mountain Road, Lakeville, Map 06, Lot 01 per Section 208 of the Salisbury Zoning Regulations. The hearing will be held on Monday, November 17, 2025 at 5:45 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
Martin Whalen, Secretary
11-06-25
11-13-25
Notice of Decision
Town of Salisbury
Inland Wetlands & Watercourses Commission
Notice is hereby given that the following action was taken by the Inland Wetlands & Watercourses Commission of the Town of Salisbury, Connecticut on October 27, 2025:
Exempt - Application IWWC-25-75 by Elaine Watson for/to “Install a dock adjacent to the ordinary high-water mark of Lake Wononscopomuc. The proposed dock will be 4 feet wide and 45 feet long projecting into the lake, The dock will be assembled offsite and floated to the property location from the Town Grove where it will be secured by steel posts anchored into the lakebed. The dock will be positioned within one foot of the shoreline to provide stable and convenient access to the water”. The property is shown on Salisbury Assessor’s map and lot 47 11 and is known as O SHARON ROAD. The owner of the property is WATSON PAUL SURV & ELAINE SURV.
Any aggrieved person may appeal this decision to the Connecticut Superior Court in accordance with the provisions of Connecticut General Statutes §22a-43(a) & §8-8.
11-13-25
11-20-25
11-27-25
Notice of Decision
Town of Salisbury
Planning & Zoning Commission
Notice is hereby given that the following actions were taken by the Planning & Zoning Commission of the Town of Salisbury, Connecticut on November 3, 2025:
Approved - Site Plan Application #2025-0304 by Paul Bushey (Carraig Design Build LLC) for an attached accessory apartment on the second floor of an existing single family residence in accordance with section 208 of the regulations. The property is shown on Salisbury Assessor’s Map 54 as Lot 66 and is located at 46 Library Street in Salisbury. The property is owned by Bear Mountain Realty LLC.
Approved conditioned on proof of prior approval #2024-0264 being extinguished and the proposed lot line adjustment being filed - Site Plan Application #2025-0305 by Robert Stair for development activities in the Lake Protection Overlay District associated with an addition to a single family residence in accordance with section 404 of the regulations. The property is shown on Salisbury Assessor’s Map 67 as Lot 07 and is located at 300 Between the Lakes Road in Salisbury.
8-24 referral deemed consistent with the Plan of Conservation and Development - For the Relocation and Reconstruction of Multiuse Sport Courts at 6 Sharon Road (Community Field), Lakeville. The property is shown on Salisbury Assessor’s Map 49 as Lot 103.
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
Martin Whalen, Secretary
11-13-25
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
ESTATE OF
CAROL L. KASTENDIECK
Late of Salisbury
AKA Carol Kastendieck
(25-00400)
The Hon. Jordan M. Richards, Judge of the Court of Probate, District of Litchfield Hills Probate Court, by decree dated October 30, 2025, 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 fiduciaries are:
Dorothea Naouai
c/o Linda M Patz
Drury, Patz & Citrin, LLP
7 Church Street, P.O. Box 101
Canaan, CT 06018
Paul Arcario
c/o Drury, Patz & Citrin, LLP
7 Church Street, P.O. Box 101
Canaan, CT 06018
Megan M. Foley
Clerk
11-13-25
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS Martin James Whalen (Marty) joined the Salisbury Planning and Zoning Commission on December 13, 1993 as an Alternate Member;
WHEREAS Mr. Whalen became a Full Member on March 10, 1998;
WHEREAS Mr. Whalen has served as an officer of the Salisbury Planning and Zoning Commission in the capacities of Vice Chair and Secretary, the latter a position which he currently holds;
WHEREAS Mr. Whalen has selflessly served the Salisbury Planning and Zoning Commission for more than three decades;
WHEREAS his colleagues have greatly benefitted from his extensive local knowledge, as well as his wisdom and common sense approach to balancing the interests of individual citizens with the overall rights of the community, encouraging (in his own words) “orderly growth in the town”;
RESOLVED THEREFORE that his colleagues on the Salisbury Planning and Zoning Commission wish to acknowledge and gratefully thank Mr. Whalen for his decades of dedicated service to the people of Salisbury, and to wish him well on all his future endeavors.
November 3, 2025.
Dr. Michael W. Klemens, Chair
Salisbury Planning and Zoning Commission
11-13-25
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Norma DeMay, left, has retired as library director of the Douglas Library in North Canaan. She is with her successor, Laura Moran.
Ruth Epstein
NORTH CANAAN — The Douglas Library exudes a warm, cozy feeling — thanks in large part to Director Norma DeMay, who for 28 years has welcomed visitors to the Main Street building. DeMay recently retired and was succeeded by Laura Moran, another familiar face who plans to continue that tradition.
DeMay recently reflected on the many changes during her tenure, particularly in technology. She recalls when the library had just one computer with dial-up internet. Since then, high-speed access and other innovations have arrived, allowing patrons to enjoy the same resources offered at larger libraries.
The library’s inviting atmosphere, — with its armchairs found among the nooks and crannies, and its extensive collection of books, magazines and audio materials, numbering about 20,000 volumes— is a focal point of the town.
While smaller than many of its counterparts in the Northwest Corner, the Douglas Library operates on a tight budget. It receives $100,000 annually from the town, which is supplemented with grants and revenues from fundraising. DeMay said understanding that North Canaan is not a wealthy town, and the mill rate is high, there were years she didn’t ask for an increase.
“I like to be frugal,” she said.
But that doesn’t preclude the library’s ability to have many of the offerings of a modern-day media center. It has Bibliomation, which is a non-profit consortium in Connecticut that provides a wide range of technical and automated services to its member libraries, such as shared online cataloging for searching and borrowing materials, IT support and a unified computer network for libraries across the state. The Canaan Foundation helps to fund this service.
It has the use of the interlibrary loan system, which enables readers to get books from other libraries. There are children’s programs, events for adults, Scrabble evenings and a book group. There’s a plan to add mah jong to the offerings. The upstairs houses the Charlie H. Pease Museum of Natural History featuring examples of taxidermied birds and animals.
Asked about what types of books circulate well, DeMay said prolific author Robert Patterson’s are always a favorite. Mysteries, literary fiction, works by foreign authors, especially British, and graphic novels for the young are all popular.
DeMay was raised in Wethersfield and graduated from the University of Connecticut as an art and English major. She’s taken some online library courses over the years. She plans to stay on to do the book ordering.
“I’ve loved my job,” she said, full of praise for her staff and board members. “I love chatting with the people who come in. And you can’t beat a 9-minute commute.” The mother of three, with a young granddaughter, plans to spend time with her family, read, garden and hopefully do some traveling.
The beginnings of a North Canaan library can be traced back to William Douglas, a bookworm of sorts, who, when he died in 1821, bequeathed $800 to the town to establish a library. According to Kathryn Boughton, town historian, he split the money, with $400 going for the purchase of books and $400 for an endowment to build a future collection. At that time, the books were housed in the old town hall, a building close to the Douglas home, near the entrance to Geer today. The Douglas Library became a true library in 1895, when books circulated free.
There is much history involving the library when Falls Village and North Canaan split in 1858. In 1890, Mrs. Edmund Lawrence erected a small brick building on Railroad Street. When that space became too small, Samuel Eddy negotiated the purchase of Hattie Peet’s house on Main Street which was given to the town with the provision that the municipality maintain it. Since 1927, Douglas Library has stood at that site.
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Open mic night rocks Music Lab
Nov 12, 2025
Musicians playing together Thursday evening, Nov. 6, at The Music Lab in North Canaan.
L. Tomaino
NORTH CANAAN — At The Music Lab Thursday, Nov. 6, the softly-lit, cozy space hosted 10 musicians with instruments including guitars, a banjo, an electric bass, a flute, keyboard and drums.
Every Thursday from 6:30 to 9 p.m. a dedicated group of local musicians enter through the back of the Lab at 93B Main Street for what is billed as Acoustic Night Live.
All musicians were welcome to participate. Other visitors are welcome to come and listen.
As Sean Claydon, founder and CEO, said, it is “really a musicians’ jam — pretty unique actually.”
The music was played indoors on this chilly November night, but Claydon has built an outdoor listening and performance area for warmer weather, leading into the Lab, with board flooring, a raised stage and colorful paint. On milder days, musicians play there too.
“Families come down, listen, hang out,” said Claydon.
They keep the sound to acoustic level and have reportedly never had any noise complaints — the opposite in fact, with neighbors enjoying what they hear.
The musicians played and sang each other’s original songs, working as a team, and played other songs too: Bob Dylan, Neil Young and The Grateful Dead.
Jason Tindall, who is in charge of Acoustic Night, led on guitar and many of the vocal parts.
The Lab also offers music lessons and can be rented for recording sessions, private parties and workshops.
“I enjoy it so much,” remarked Claydon. “Hanging out with kids and teaching them.” He also teaches adults and “anyone who is interested in learning.”
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Little Guild facility nears completion
Nov 12, 2025
Riley Klein
The Little Guild’s new animal shelter in West Cornwall is expected to open in January or February 2026. By early November, the exterior looked ready for winter.
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