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SHARON — The Sharon Audubon Center, located at 325 Cornwall Bridge Road is once again offering Lizzie Mae’s brand bird seed to customers at a special discounted price through a fall pre-order bird seed sale in order to stock up for feeding the birds over the winter.
Seed varieties include a special custom Northwest Corner Blend, black oil sunflower, sunflower chips, finch favorite, woodpecker favorite, cardinal favorite, chickadee and nuthatch favorite, shell-free medley, in-shell peanuts, and various types of suet cakes. Descriptions of each variety can be found on the online order form.
Orders can be made online through the link on the Sharon Audubon Center website (audubon.org/sharon) and Facebook page, or by mailing in a completed form and payment. All orders and payments must be received by Oct. 20.
Additional bags may be purchased on the day of pick-up but will be sold at regular price.
Customers will be notified by phone or email when the orders are in, and seed can then be picked up during Audubon’s current regular business hours (Thursday to Saturday from 1 to 4:30 p.m.) or by appointment by making arrangements in advance with a staff member.
All pre-ordered seed must be picked up by Nov. 29.
Contact Wendy at 860-364-0520 x105 or wendy.miller@audubon.org.
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Johan Johnson is the new minister at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Salisbury.
Patrick L. Sullivan
SALISBURY — Rev. Johan Johnson is the new priest at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Salisbury.
He is also the chaplain at Salisbury School.
A native of New York, he is married to Gabriela Johnson. The couple have two daughters, Elizabeth and Madeline.
Johnson attended Clark University, where he studied psychology. He attended seminary at Columbia University and received a Ph.D in education from Fordham University.
Johnson said when he first came to Salisbury School in the summer of 2024 he attended services at St. John’s. “It was the first place I came to, and it had a nice feel.”
As luck would have it, there was a vacancy within six weeks.
Johnson filled in for six or eight months and then took the job.
“It was like dating, and then deciding to get married” he said.
The late David Bayersdorfer was active at St. John’s, and helped Johnson make his decision.
“He was so encouraging and welcoming,” he said. “Such a good spirit. He made me feel like this was a place that had energy.”
Johnson started in August. He said he is getting to know the parish and looking at how best to communicate “the good news we believe exists in Jesus.”
Coming up in November is a fundraiser for Haitian relief efforts. This will take the form of a trivia game, helmed by Bruce Paddock, and co-sponsored by St. John’s and the Salisbury Congregational Church.
“That way we can connect the two churches and develop the linkages between two faith communities.”
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Goshen late summer real estate
Oct 08, 2025
The Village Market Place on 2.88 acres with a gross area of 4,564 square feet was sold for $1,000,000 in August.
Christine Bates
GOSHEN — At summer’s end in Goshen, the eight real estate transfers in August and September included the sale of the Village Market for $1,000,000, three land sales, two houses in Woodridge Lake and two in the town.
The median price of a single-family residence at the end of September hit a historic high of $649,700. Goshen’s real estate market is less bifurcated than some towns in the northeast of Litchfield Couty with a range of homes at all price points.
In early October there were 17 homes listed for sale with six offered under the median price of $649,700 and six over a million. Land parcels can also be affordable with seven of the 10 listed parcels under $300,000.
Transactions
59 F Torrington Road — Retail gas mart on 2.88 acres was sold by 6645 Village Market Place LLC to Nemco LLC for $1,000,000.
Tyler Lake Heights — Two parcels of land sold by Edward G Breakell to Donald G. Breakell and Sheila H. Marmion for $230,000.
277 East Hyerdale — 5 bedroom/4.5 bath home built in 2024 in Woodridge Lake sold by ED & AJ Building and Remodeling to Ross and Madeline Yudkin for $1,400,000.
81 Milton Road — 1 bedroom/1 bath home built in 1932 sold by Erla L. and Michael L. Sheridan to Michael S. O’Gorman for $330,000.
Meadow Crest North — Vacant land sold by Lori Izzo to Melissa Grocki for $123,000.
274 Sharon Turnpike – 4 bedroom/4.5 bath home on 4.87 acres sold by Matthew Saunders to Robert M. Dodenhoff Jr and Alyssa C. Dodenhoff for $895,000.
Hall Meadow Road — Vacant land sold by Neil Franklin Jenney Jr. to Stephen and Lauren Nickel for $200,000.
36 Buefort Court — 4 bedroom/3 bath house in Woodridge Lake sold by ED & AJ Building and Remodeling LLC to Vance J. and Jennifer L. Kusaila for $910,000.
* Town of Goshen real estate transfers recorded as sold between August 1, 2025, and September 30, 2025, provided by Goshen Town Clerk. Transfers without consideration are not included. Current market listings from Smart MLS. Note that recorded transfers frequently lag closed sales by a number of days. Compiled by Christine Bates, Real Estate Salesperson with William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty, Licensed in CT and NY.
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Anna Pattison is the newest employee at the Hunt Library, concentrating on children’s programs.
Patrick L. Sullivan
FALLS VILLAGE — Anna Pattison is the new Assistant Director and Youth Programing Coordinator at the David M. Hunt Library.
The irrepressibly cheerful Pattison lives in North Canaan with her husband Sean and daughter Fiona.
She graduated from Housatonic Valley Regional High School in 2004 and the University of Connecticut in 2013, with a degree in English.
“I wanted to be a writer, but my pediatrician said it wouldn’t pay my bills.”
So she spent the last 12 years “doing anything but” using her degree.
The Pattisons run Northern Appliance, an appliance repair service. “We do everything: washer, dishwasher, stove, fridge.”
Then she saw the library was looking for help.
Pattison said she is bringing back a monthly Saturday edition of Story Time, starting Oct. 25, to complement the regular Tuesday and Thursday versions.
She is working on programming with the Lee H. Kellogg School in grades K-4, both at the school and at the library.
She has started a once-a-week afterschool program with groups of children making things out recycled books, and a middle school book club.
“It’s super-exciting” she said. “I love reading and writing and crafting and that’s what I do here.”
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