Nobuko Gleason

KENT — Nobuko Gleason, 84, of Kent died May 17, 2011. Calling hours will be Thursday, May 19, at Kenny Funeral Home in Sharon. Call the funeral home at 860-364-5709 for hours. Services will be at the convenience of the family. A full obituary will appear in next week’s paper.

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Track and field athletes represent Housatonic at states

Track and field athletes represent Housatonic at states
HVRHS senior Mia Dodge competes in the 100-meter hurdle race at the Class S meet June 2.
Riley Klein

NEW BRITAIN — Mountaineers made the podium at the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference Class S track and field championships Monday, June 2.

Sixteen athletes from Housatonic Valley Regional High School qualified for the competition at Willow Brook Park in New Britain.

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HVRHS baseball, lacrosse earn state tourney bids

HVRHS baseball, lacrosse earn state tourney bids

HVRHS senior Lou Haemmerle was selected to the All-Conference team in 2025.

Riley Klein

FALLS VILLAGE — Housatonic Valley Regional High School sent two teams to state tournaments this spring.

Varsity baseball qualified for the Class S tournament as the 21 seed. In the first round the Mountaineers traveled to play 12-seed Haddam-Killingworth High School in Higganum.

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Mountaineers make State Open

Mountaineers make State Open
At states, Anthony Labbadia triple-jumps his way into the New England Championships.
Riley Klein

NEW BRITAIN — Housatonic Valley Regional High School had five athletes qualify for the State Open meet, featuring the top talent in Connecticut Saturday, June 7, at Willow Brook Park.

For most events, qualification for the open was determined by finishing top three in an event at the class championships (S, M, L, LL) or being one of the next 10 best finishers in the state.

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Tracks through time: Discovering railroad history

Tracks through time: Discovering railroad history

Rolf Schneider, left, and Dave Jacobs, are the speakers at this year’s inaugural First Tuesdays at 7 talk put on by the Falls Village-Canaan Historical Society.

Ruth Epstein

FALLS VILLAGE — Along with the bucolic forest and meadow settings, sightings of wildlife and the ambling of the Housatonic River, residents of Northwest Connecticut are familiar with the wistful strains of the whistles as trains travel along local tracks.

The current user of those tracks that stretch from Pittsfield, Mass., to Danbury is the Housatonic Railroad. Train enthusiasts Dave Jacobs and Rolf Schneider showed Schneider’s pictorial images of that train line during the inaugural session of the “1st Tuesdays at 7” series on June 3. Sponsored by the Falls Village-Canaan Historical Society, the event was held at the South Canaan Meetinghouse.

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