Democrats dominate voting in most area towns

Victor Flores was proud to return home to North Canaan from Harvard University (where he is a sophomore) to cast his ballot in the Nov. 3 election.
Photo by Tom Zetterstrom

Victor Flores was proud to return home to North Canaan from Harvard University (where he is a sophomore) to cast his ballot in the Nov. 3 election.
Connecticut voters chose Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden over Republican President Donald Trump on Tuesday, Nov. 3. Although vote counts continued through this week, it has been generally acknowledged that Biden was the victor nationwide as well.
In total in Connecticut, the ticket of Biden and Kamala Harris received 1,070,195 votes, and the ticket of Trump and Vice President Mike Pence garnered 711,137 votes.
Incumbent U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes (D-5) beat GOP challenger David X. Sullivan for the 5th Congressional District seat, 171,891 to 142,678.
Incumbent state Sen. Craig R. Miner (R-30) won his reelection bid for the state Senate as of this writing. He led challenger David R. Gronbach, 28,684 to 23,115.
Incumbent state Rep. Maria Horn (D-64) won reelection, beating Republican Brian Ohler 7,144 to 6,638.
Voters in the six Region One towns went big for the Democratic presidential and vice presidential nominees, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
The six towns in the Region One School District are Canaan (Falls Village), Cornwall, Kent, North Canaan, Salisbury and Sharon.
In Cornwall, 760 preferred the Democrats to 250 for the incumbent Republicans, President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence.
In Falls Village, Biden won the vote with 437. Trump took 209 votes.
Kent went for Biden 1,249 to Trump’s 568.
The margin was much closer in North Canaan, where Biden beat Trump 842 to 786.
Salisbury was lopsided, with Biden getting 2,023 votes to a scanty 502 votes for Trump.
And Sharon went for Biden, 1,019 to 510.
Region One voters preferred incumbent Democratic Congresswoman Jahana Hayes to Republican challenger David X. Sullivan by similar margins. Hayes appeared on two lines on the ballot, the Democratic and Working Families lines. In Cornwall, Hayes received 758 votes to Sullivan’s 255.
Falls Village went for Hayes, 431 to 192.
Hayes took Kent, 1,263 to 566.
The challenger won in North Canaan, 716 to 491.
In Salisbury, Hayes won with 1,969 votes. Sullivan netted 525 votes.
And in Sharon, Hayes beat Sullivan 1,003 to 499.
The final results in the 30th District State Senate race was late in being announced. Incumbent state Sen. Craig Miner (R-30) said in a phone interview Wednesday afternoon, Nov.4, that the problem was a large number of absentee ballots in New Milford, as many as 5,000.
(New Milford is Gronbach’s home town, where he served as mayor.)
Gronbach conceded the race late Tuesday night.
Miner did not fare well in most Region One towns.
In Cornwall, Gronbach won, 682 to 317. In Falls Village he received 355 votes vs. 256 for Miner, and in Kent Gronbach cruised with 1139 votes to Miner’s 659.
Miner won in North Canaan, 954 to 601.
In Salisbury, Gronbach won handily, 1,754 to 667. It was a little tighter in Sharon, with Gronbach prevailing 906 to 579.
Nonetheless, Miner prevailed.
State Rep. Maria Horn (D-64) won reelection in a rematch from 2018 with Republican Brian Ohler. Ohler carried two Region One towns: North Canaan 1,138 to 512 for Horn, and Falls Village, where Ohler was ahead by 330 to 318.
Ohler is a North Canaan native son.
Horn dominated in the other four towns. In Cornwall, it was Horn 699 to 328. In Kent Horn received 1,154 votes to Ohler’s 690.
Salisbury went for Horn, 1,728 to 797, and in Sharon Horn won with 871-672.
Many voters took advantage of the relaxed restrictions on absentee ballots, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
On Wednesday morning, Connecticut Secretary of the State Denise Merrill said the state should permanently relax the absentee voting rules.
“More than 650,000 voters cast an absentee ballot in 2020 — the people have spoken,” she said in a news release.
Ava Segalla, Housatonic Valley Regional High School's all-time leading goal scorer, has takes a shot against Coventry in the Class S girls soccer tournament quarterfinal game Friday, Nov. 7.
FALLS VILLAGE — Housatonic Valley Regional High School’s girls soccer team is headed to the semifinals of the state tournament.
The Mountaineers are the highest seeded team of the four schools remaining in the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference Class S playoff bracket.
HVRHS (3) will play Morgan High School (10) in the semifinals. On the other side of the bracket, Canton High School (4) will play Old Saybrook High School (9). The winners of both games will meet in the Class S championship game.
To start the tournament, HVRHS earned a first-round bye and then had home-field advantage for the second-round and quarterfinal games.

In the second round Tuesday, Nov. 4, HVRHS won 4-3 against Stafford High School (19) in overtime. Ava Segalla scored three goals for Housatonic, including the overtime winner, and Lyla Diorio scored once. Bella Coporale scored twice for Stafford and Gabrielle Fuller scored once.
HVRHS matched up against Coventry High School (11) in the quarterfinal round Friday, Nov. 7. In the 2024 tournament, Coventry eliminated the Mountaineers in the second round.

Revenge was served in 2025 with a 4-2 win for HVRHS. Segalla scored her second hat trick of the tournament and Georgie Clayton scored once. Coventry’s goals came from Jianna Foran and Savannah Blood.
“The vibes are great,” said HVRHS Principal Ian Strever at the quarterfinal game.

The semifinal against Morgan will be played Wednesday, Nov. 12, on neutral ground at Newtown High School.
If HVRHS wins, it will mark the girls soccer team’s first appearance in the Class S title game since 2014.
Morgan was the runner-up in last year’s Class S girls soccer tournament, losing in penalty kicks to Coginchaug High School.

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
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 October 20, 2025:
8-24 referral was deemed consistent with the Plan of Conservation and Development - For the use of town-owned land at 20 Salmon Kill Road, Salisbury for housing, recreation, and conservation. The property is shown on Salisbury Assessor’s Map 11 as Lot 26.
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
11-06-25
Notice of Decision
Town of Salisbury
Inland Wetlands & Watercourses Commission
Notice is hereby given that the following actions were 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 to install a 4’ by 45’ removable dock adjacent to the high-water mark of Lake Wononscopomuc. The property is shown on Salisbury Assessor’s map 47 lot 11 and is a vacant parcel located between 123 & 137 Sharon Road, across from and associated with 126 Sharon Road. The owners of the property are Paul and Elaine Watson.
Approved with the condition that any additional permits required for this project are filed with the Land Use Office - Application IWWC-25-74 by Richard Riegel, Principal of Lime Rock Park II, LLC to reinforce compromised river bank and implement riparian restoration in partnership with Trout Unlimited. The property is shown on Salisbury Assessor’s map 04 lot 16 and is known as 497 Lime Rock Road, Lakeville. The owner of the property is Lime Rock Park II, LLC.
Approved - Application IWWC-25-72 by George Johannesen of Allied Engineering Associates, Inc. for an addition to the existing house, construct garage, relocate driveway, landscaping. The property is shown on Salisbury Assessor’s map 08 lot 03 and is known as 396 Salmon Kill Road, Lakeville. The owners of the property are Randall Allen and Margaret Holden.
Approved subject to conditions recommended by the Town Consulting Engineer and the relinquishment of permit 2024-IW-036 - Application IWWC-25-69 by Bob Stair to construct an addition to the existing house and driveway in the upland review area. The property is shown on Salisbury Assessor’s map 67 lot 07 and is known as 300 Between the Lakes Road, Salisbury. The owner of the property is 280 BTLR LLC.
Approved subject to conditions recommended by the Town Consulting Engineer - Application IWWC-25-73 by Hotchkiss School (Michael J. Virzi) for a restoration plan for the existing temporary dining building at the Hotchkiss School. The property is shown on Salisbury Assessor’s map 06 lot 09 and is known as 22 Lime Rock Road, Lakeville. The owner of the property is Hotchkiss School.
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.
11-06-25
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
ESTATE OF
DEBRA ANN WHITBECK
Late of North Canaan
(25-00419)
The Hon. Jordan M. Richards, Judge of the Court of Probate, District of Litchfield Hills Probate Court, by decree dated October 16, 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 fiduciary is:
Donna L. Cooke
65 Orchard Street
North Canaan, CT 06018
Megan M. Foley
Clerk
11-06-25
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
ESTATE OF
THOMAS CROSBY DOANE
Late of North Canaan
(25-00388)
The Hon. Jordan M. Richards, Judge of the Court of Probate, District of Litchfield Hills Probate Court, by decree dated October 9, 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 fiduciary is:
Jase Doane
5 Clearwater Lane
East Hampton, CT 06424
Megan M. Foley
Clerk
11-06-25
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