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Historic festival boasts period costumes and tales from a one-room schoolhouse
Patrick L. Sullivan
Aug 19, 2026
Falls Village-Canaan Historical Society volunteer Cornelia Jacquier greets visitors at the David M. Hunt Library during the Historical Festival on Aug. 15.
Patrick L. Sullivan
FALLS VILLAGE — The year-long celebration of America’s 250th anniversary continued in Falls Village on Saturday, Aug. 15, with a bustling downtown and volunteers dressed in Colonial-era garb at a festival hosted by the Falls Village-Canaan Historical Society.
Highlights included reenactors, house tours, horse-drawn carriage rides and music.
Shortly after the event kicked off, the Historical Society’s Judy Jacobs rolled out from the Society’s headquarters on Railroad Street behind the wheel of a modern-day utility vehicle while dressed in period costume.
Jacobs made her way up to the Beebe Hill Schoolhouse, where Krista Barger and Tanya Golden delivered lessons on writing in cursive with a quill pen to a group of students.
Everyone was in period costume and character, except for a couple of moments when the teachers added some contemporary context for the child actors or visitors crowded into the tiny schoolhouse.
Golden said the one-room schoolhouse served students in kindergarten through eighth grade from 1843 to 1914. Its largest enrollment was 51 students.
Children clad in Colonial-era fashion received a lesson in cursive writingfrom a pair of teachers in the Beebe Hill Schoolhouse on Saturday, Aug. 15.Patrick L. Sullivan
Golden told the children that Beebe Hill was staffed almost exclusively by single women who boarded with local families.
The one exception was a male teacher who was allegedly strict and unpopular. The teacher was so disliked, volunteers said, that the boys decided the best course of action was to gang up on him and throw him out the window.
“That window,” said Golden, pointing to the north side of the building.
Some wondered about the fate of the strict and unpopular male teacher.
“He didn’t die,” Golden said. “But he didn’t come back either.”
At the Green, Marlinspike – a musical group consisting of Rachel Gall on fiddle, Cole Vanseters on guitar and Dan Whelan on banjo and vocals – started their set with a spirited rendition of “Paul Jones’ Victory.”
A horse-drawn carriage clopped by en route to pick up passengers farther up Main Street, while visitors ambled over to the Historical Society for reenactors and demonstrations. The Center on Main hosted a program on Alexander Hamilton later in the afternoon, and students from Lee H. Kellogg School sold drinks and snacks to raise money for the eighth grade class trip to Washington, D.C.
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Suffer the children
Kathy Herald-Marlowe
Aug 19, 2026
“The picture of the world’s richest man killing the world’s poorest children is not a pretty one,” Bill Gates on Elon Musk, May, 2025
Lifesaving food and medicines were denied internationally as DOGE, Musk, irradicated the US Agency for International Development – slashed it, irrevocably as it also cancelled grants to hospitals that helped women from transmitting HIV to their babies.
Musk, no longer chainsawing domestic and international policies and grants, has lately, in The Economist July interview, acknowledged the pace and suddenness of his DOGE cuts of funding and long-time initiatives likely caused unnecessary “friction.” Oddly, Musk continued that the Gates Foundation should have stepped in to bridge the negatives when he, Musk, went “too fast.” Gates should have saved Musk and the world from his acts although in 2012, Musk, along with a cadre of ultra wealthies, signed the Giving Pledge:to contribute at least 50% of their wealth to charity in or after their lifetimes. Musk had his own deep pockets,
In the same Economist interview, Musk vehemently claimed 0.0 children died as a result of his USAID actions though multiple agencies report 700,000+ child victims/deaths have been counted as arising from the pull out of USAID medicines, foods, aids – adults add hundreds of thousands more.
Adamantly anti-government handouts, the wealthiest person on the plant is beholding to the US for a king’s ransom. Over the first two decades of Musk ventures, the US government provided him over $38 billion in the form of loans, tax credits, subsidies, manufacturing incentives, and regulatory credits – add to this his 52 ongoing US contracts.DOGE would more appropriately stand for Dependent on Government Enrichments. Billionaires are up globally to 3,482 – increasing at an ever-faster clip. Just 700 of the 1200 US billionaires have a combined net wealth exceeding the worth of the entire bottom half of Americans (165 million).
Mark, Matthew, and Luke all have scripture with Christ’s plea to “Suffer the Children” -include them, bring them forth, forbid them not.However, since January, 2025, children abroad have suffered as have domestic children robbed of grants, precluded from policies already passed for their well-fare and growth – food, education, health.
The spectacular cruelty and corruption of Musk, DOGE, aligns well with the maneuvers fostered against children by Robert F. Kennedy Jr* regarding children’s health: deaths from measles (94% unvaccinated kids), the falsehoods about vaccines and autism, the shredding of health and environmental regulations, and stark reductions/cancellations of research by the 10’s of million$ for children – moneys already appropriated by Congress.Measles in the US were eradicated in 2000 and gifted back to the US by RFJ Jr with 4,800 deaths in 2025-2026.After famously ranting against the evils of vaccines, RFJ Jr now admits that he and his six children are all, totally vaccinated –none with autism.Backpedaling on the MMR vaccine (Measles, Mumps, Rubella) as a measles outbreak skyrockets, RFK J is saying “A measles vaccine is effective, it stops measles in about 97% of cases. So people should get vaccinated.” Not all are.
The “Big Beautiful Bill” made tax reductions from 2017 permanent while tax provisions favoring high-income households and corporations expanded. The bill’s attractive benefits for the rich will be paid for primarily by reductions in SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid, tax credits, clean air initiatives and student loans. Free meals for children are denied to millions of low-income, poverty level families – children to go hungry to learn.
Erasing Head Start is Kennedy’s next target as HHS removes 1,000 provisions for local and state control that regulated these highly effective programs. Structural changes for Head Start centers go into effect in October including removal of limits on class size, removal of routine annual health screenings, slashes to funding student expansion. Studies, over decades, indicate positives accrued:increased readiness for school, increased likelihood of completion of high school and attendance in college, lower poverty. Commencing in 1965, with Johnson’s War on Poverty, Head Start has had 6 decades, 60 years, of positive impacts now negated by a Secretary* unworthy of his name – a Junior so distance from a trio of Kennedy legends.
“You judge a society by how it treats its citizens. We must do our best to ensure that every child can live in comfort and security with the best possible education”.Melania Trump
*Bobby might share the same name as our father, but he does not share the same values, vision or judgment.” RFK Junior siblings
Kathy Herald-Marlowe lives in Sharon.
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Letter to the Editor - August 20, 2026
Lakeville Journal
Aug 19, 2026
‘Speed at your own risk, not mine’
If I hadn’t laughed at Richard Kopec’s letter of August 12, 2026 about speed limits I would have been furious. Speed limits at 25 mph aren’t solely for drivers and car traffic, they’re for the safety of pedestrians and wildlife, especially on roads with no place to walk along the sides.
Last I checked, our bodies and those of animals are not any better built or more “sophisticated” than they were 70 years ago. The idea that we “accept certain numbers of accidents as a price we pay…” is not only dismissive of human life but it abrogates our society’s responsibility to protect the well being of ALL citizens from other including bad drivers. I do not advocate “big brother” cameras or attacks on our privacy as solutions, however — speed bumps, speed ditches and other physical impediments make far more sense.
The funny part of Mr. Kopec’s proposal was speed limits as “suggestions”!
Speed limits are legal limits, period. Speed on our roads at your own risk, not mine. And good luck with state troupers when you try to talk your way out of a ticket saying 25mph is just a suggestion.
Robert Becker
Cornwall
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Let's Hear it - August 20, 2026
Lakeville Journal
Aug 19, 2026
This Week
From Route 44 projects in Norfolk and Salisbury to sidewalk and road construction in Sharon, several projects are underway across the region. With detours, changing traffic patterns and other work along busy routes, construction can affect how residents get around from day to day.
Has construction in our region impacted your daily travel? Have delays changed your daily routes or plans? Or have you noticed little to no difference?
Send your responses to social@lakevillejournal.com by Monday, Aug. 24 at 10 a.m. or comment on Facebook or Instagram.
We’ll publish a selection in next week’s paper.
Last Week’s Question
What book has been your favorite summer read and why did you like it?
“Two books that have really stayed with me this summer: Strangers by Belle Burden — a heartbreaking, and empowering memoir. And Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke — completely addictive and couldn’t put it down. Two very different reads, but both definitely made my summer favorites list!”
—Emily Peterson
“‘Yesteryear’ by Caro Claire Burke - I had never heard of the phrase “tradwife” before picking up “Yesteryear.” I typically relish books that include the phrase “perfect life” in their synopsis and take them up to uncover what’s really going on behind closed doors. This particular one made my jaw drop multiple times at just how low a person can sink in trying to cultivate a perfect life for appearances. There were times I read lines aloud to my husband to get his reaction to the protagonist’s vindictiveness. As for the plot twist, I can count on one hand how many times an ending was perfectly tailored to a character’s comeuppance, and “Yesteryear” succeeds.”
—Kaitlin Keane
“The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah. Excellent WWII story.”
—Emily Olson
“I was deeply moved by Ann Patchett’s, Whistler. She is so skilled at writing complicated human relationships, finding humor in her character’s imperfections, and treating them with kindness. The father /daughter love story between main characters, Eddie and Daphne, is one I will be thinking about for a long time. Make sure you have Kleenex!”
—Michelle Charles
“Yesteryear! Witty, alarming, and entertaining, with a bit of a mysterious twist mixed in.”
—Kate Seabury
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Turning Back the Pages - August 20, 2026
Norma Bosworth
Aug 19, 2026
125 years ago — August 1901
Speaking of street lights; one of our city visitors declared that the lights were so far apart that even the bugs get lost. Too bad, but we haven’t a word to say. How long will it thus?
A spotted adder, measuring three and one-half feet, took refuge in the home of Charles Crosley, who lives on the Canaan mountain road, last week, while Crosley was at work in the hay field. Crosley first discovered his guest lying on a shelf. He dealt the reptile a heavy blow, where-upon it sprang at him, barely escaping his face. After smashing two chairs Crosley succeeded in killing the snake.
The bear finally disappeared from eastern Dutchess county; incidentally so have the berries. We should be (beary) thankful that we haven’t been eaten up alive.
This is the season of the year when goo-goo eyes and white duck trousers are the proper thing.
SHARON — The Rev. Wm. Hutchinson is away on a fishing expedition for a week.
Grove Miller has entered the employ of Harnessmaker Miller.
100 years ago — August 1926
Charles Millspaugh is off duty at Roberts’ Store, owing to a run down condition, which will necessitate a rest for a time from active duty.
Chester S. Thurston is in New London today as a delegate from Lakeville Hose Co. to the annual State Firemen’s Convention.
ORE HILL — George Barnett of Naugatuck is visiting Morris Dennis at Pine Cone Camp.
50 years ago — August 1976
A campaign has been launched for public donations to equip a room at Sharon Hospital in honor of Dr. George Anderson Fowler, long-time Northwest Corner surgeon and one of the founders of the Sharon Clinic, who is retiring and moving to New Mexico. A testimonial for Dr. Fowler will be held on the Sharon Green on Sunday, Sept. 19, at 4 p.m. At that time it is hoped to present him with a document bearing the names of friends and patients who have contributed to the room at the hospital.
“We’re doing a little bit better this year,” was the general sentiment of Northwest Corner businessmen interviewed by The Lakeville Journal this week. The Journal spoke to a cross-section of retail outlets throughout the Northwest Corner and heard generally optimistic words about business conditions this year.
Senator Lowell Weicker said recently that “two of Connecticut’s greatest problems — unemployment and deteriorating rail transportation — could be blasted with one punch,” if Congress approves the pending Railroad Jobs Bill. In remarks prepared for delivery at re-dedication ceremonies for historic Union Station at New London, Weicker said the legislation, which he co-sponsored, will direct up to $110 million nationwide to hire workers to renovate rail lines.
TWIN LAKES — Fine weather graced the 76th annual Twin Lakes Day competition last Saturday. Races and other water events, such as canoe-tilting matches, began at 2:30 p.m. The annual family supper was followed by a dance at the Beach Club at which trophies were awarded in various age groups for outstanding performances in the competitions.
SALISBURY — The Williams Stock Farm of Salisbury has purchased 132 acres and a house on Under Mountain Road from Dr. and Mrs. John Elliott of Lakeville for a tax-indicated price of $332,500. Richard Williams, member of a Montana cattle-raising family, had previously purchased the nearby 114-acre Forrester Farm.
SHEFFIELD — Drawn by a controversy over the proposed establishment of a pig farm on the Bernard Fryc property at Boardman Street and Kellogg Road, an unusually large attendance of some 20 persons made a lively scrap out of the Town Planning Board’s meeting Monday night. A number of those present were residents who had descended on the Board of Selectmen’s meeting last week to protest the proposed piggery. The selectmen told them they could not interfere with Fryc’s plans unless a health code violation developed on his farm.
NORFOLK — The line seemed endless, but Dr. Richard Barstow of Norfolk seemed delighted as he took each proffered hand. The doctor was honored last Thursday by more than 350 friends and relatives upon the conclusion of his 40th year as a Norfolk physician. The Norfolk green glittered with people as the town turned out to honor the man who had seen many of them though the trials of illness and the joy of birth. Among the crowd was Richard Roberts, the first Norfolk baby delivered by Dr. Barstow. Roberts traveled all the way from Virginia to be there, bringing with him his 15-year-old son, Robert, also delivered by Dr. Barstow. Also on hand was Mrs. C.D. Williams, Dr. Barstow’s first Norfolk patient.
CANAAN — Hurricane Belle canceled meetings and events all over the state of Connecticut but it failed to dampen the enthusiasm of 40 area youngsters for soccer. The hardy young people turned out for the first night of a soccer clinic planned by Morgan Schafer of Morgan Motors of Canaan. The three-day clinic was held at the car dealership and featured William Chivers, secretary of the London Football Coaches Association of London, England. Chivers was in the country to assist with a soccer clinic at the Berkshire School in Sheffield, Mass.
CORNWALL — The North Cornwall Church’s sesquicentennial celebration Sunday was just one of the church’s anniversaries in its long history in Cornwall. Members were celebrating the 150th anniversary of the present building of the Second Congregational Church of Cornwall although the congregation originally gathered in 1780. One of the members of the congregation, Betty Gold, remembers the church from her childhood days when she visited Cornwall. She described her early memories as those of a “child’s impressions of a New England church, very different from the Dutch Reform church of Pennsylvania.”
CANAAN — The opening of a new model railroad hobby store in the Canaan Union Station in Canaan has been announced by Rolf H. Schneider of Falls Village. The station is an ideal location for this venture, Mr. Schneider said, not only because of the historical attraction to people interested in railroading, but also because there is no other store of its kind within a radius of 40 or 50 miles. The station in Canaan is the oldest railroad station in continuous railroad use in the United States.
25 years ago — August 2001
A familiar face at Housatonic Valley Regional High School has been tapped to take on the position of assistant principal. Mary Ann Buchanan, 38, former teacher and director of Housatonic’s alternative education program, got the nod from the Region 1 Board of Education Wednesday afternoon. She replaces Robert Buckley, who resigned to take a post at E.O. Smith High School in Storrs.
CORNWALL — Philip Hart appeared before the Planning and Zoning Commission Tuesday night to inquire how he could both build a home on Cherry Hill Farm, which has been owned by the Hart family since 1759, and convey over 100 acres with a local land trust. His six brothers and sisters, who are all over 60 years of age, agreed to make this arrangement “before it’s broken up,” Mr. Hart said.
NORFOLK — Seth H. Moseley II, 92, a journalist who covered many important news stories in America in the 20th century, died Aug. 11 in Torrington. Mr. Moseley was born March 26, 1909, the son of Virginia and William Moseley Jr., at Moseley’s New Haven House, the city’s largest hotel, which was owned and operated by his grandfather, William H. Moseley Sr. The family later moved to Norfolk and Mr. Moseley and his older brother, the late William Moseley III, were raised on the Blackberry River Farm, which was the property of their uncle, Seth H. Moseley. He was the husband of Hilda Margaret (Scott) Moseley.
Katherine LaBoy and Linda Hurn, new owners of what is now named Sharon Laundry, plan to open the business by the end of the month. The facility will feature a number of upgrades as well as activities.
These items were taken from The Lakeville Journal archives at Salisbury’s Scoville Memorial Library, keeping the original wording intact as possible.
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