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First Friday music series features Connecticut premiere
Patrick L. Sullivan
Sep 08, 2026
Vocalist Alison Gish Jenkins, who sings in the low contralto range, and pianist Melody Fader performed Samuel Barber’s “Hermit Songs” (1953) and Samuel Butler’s “Stabat Mater” (2025) at the Congregational Church of Salisbury on Friday, Sept. 4.
The performance was part of the church’s First Friday Music series, which presents 30-minute concerts at noon on the first Friday of each month.
The church’s music director, David Baranowski, said it was only the second time Butler’s piece had been performed.
“And it’s the Connecticut premiere,” Jenkins added.
Jenkins, who lives in West Hurley, New York, has performed at the church before. It was Fader’s first visit to Salisbury from her home in Brooklyn.
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Sharon to mark 25th anniversary of Sept. 11 attacks
Christian Murray
Sep 08, 2026
SHARON — Twenty-five years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks killed nearly 3,000 people, the Sharon Fire Department will bring the community together to remember the victims, first responders, and families whose lives were forever changed that day.
The department will hold a community remembrance Friday, Sept. 11, at the Sharon firehouse, 36 West Main St. An open house will begin at 4 p.m. with a firetruck display and activities for children.
The memorial program will begin at 5 p.m. Fire Chief Brian Moore will welcome those attending, followed by a prayer from the Rev. Dr. Anna Crews Camphouse of Sharon United Methodist Church and a recitation of the Fireman’s Prayer.
Former Fire Chief Tom Bartram will lead a two-minute silence. Remarks will be offered by former Fire Chief Todd Anderson and Brian Ross, the veteran investigative journalist who worked at ABC News and is on the LJMN board, which oversees The Lakeville Journal.
Residents have been invited to submit written remembrances of Sept. 11. The Sharon Historical Society will preserve the accounts, creating a local record of how the community remembers the attacks and their immediate aftermath.
The event will be held rain or shine and is open to all.
The Sharon observance is among ceremonies planned across Connecticut to mark the 25th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and United Airlines Flight 93.
Of the 2,977 people killed in the attacks, 161 lived in or had ties to Connecticut, according to Gov. Ned Lamont’s office. Their names are engraved on the state’s 9/11 memorial at Sherwood Island State Park in Westport.
At least 14 victims had connections to the greater Litchfield County area, according to a 2006 Connecticut Insider retrospective. The publication used a broad regional definition that included current and former residents, part-time residents, graduates of local schools, and people whose families lived in the area.
Among them was James Gadiel, 23, a Kent native and graduate of Kent Center School and Housatonic Valley Regional High School. Gadiel worked for Cantor Fitzgerald on the 103rd floor of the World Trade Center’s North Tower.
A memorial outside Kent Town Hall honors Gadiel and the other victims of the attacks. The town will hold a commemorative service at 8:30 a.m. Sept. 11 at Town Hall, 41 Kent Green Blvd., according to the town’s official calendar.
Christoffer M. Carstanjen, who grew up in Sharon, was also killed. A 1981 graduate of Sharon Center School and a 1985 graduate of Housatonic Valley Regional High School, Carstanjen was working as a computer specialist at the University of Massachusetts Amherst at the time of his death. He was a passenger aboard United Airlines Flight 175, which was hijacked and flown into the World Trade Center’s South Tower.
Susan Getzendanner, 58, a vice president at Fiduciary Trust Co., was a part-time Salisbury resident who spent time at a cottage on Mount Riga. She was killed in the World Trade Center.
Two graduates of The Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, David M. Berray, 39, and Todd Pitman, 30, also died at the World Trade Center.
Other victims identified by Connecticut Insider had ties to Goshen, Litchfield, Winsted, and Woodbury.
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Falls Village voters approve school technology funding
Patrick L. Sullivan
Sep 08, 2026
Patrick L. Sullivan
FALLS VILLAGE — Voters approved funding for a technology upgrade at Lee H. Kellogg School and consolidated funding for engineering work on Cobble Road during a 13-minute town meeting Wednesday, Sept. 2.
The school will receive up to $4,879 for a Promethean ActivPanel to replace the pull-down screen and projector currently used for presentations.
School office administrator Laurie Wadsworth said the portable interactive display works with the school’s Chromebooks and will also be available for community use. Voters approved the appropriation unanimously, 13-0.
Voters also agreed to place $55,000 previously budgeted for an engineering study of the small bridge and culvert at Cobble Road and Undermountain Road into the same account as state grant funding for replacement of the larger Cobble Road bridge over the Hollenbeck River near Route 63.
First Selectman Dave Barger said the change would keep all funding for the Cobble Road projects in one place. When moderator Lou Timolat asked whether the request was purely administrative, Barger said it was.
That motion also passed unanimously.
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Let's Hear It - September 10, 2026
Lakeville Journal
Sep 08, 2026
This Week
The annual Litchfield County Housing Affordability Summit, hosted by the Litchfield County Center for Housing Opportunity, brings together local leaders, advocates and housing organizations to share success stories, hear new ideas and learn about the opportunities surrounding affordable housing in the region.
With affordable housing a pressing issue across Litchfield County, we want to hear your ideas.
If you had $1 million to make a meaningful difference in housing affordability in your community, what would you do — whether it’s a new idea, a different approach to something already being tried or a way to make an existing effort work better?
Send your responses to social@lakevillejournal.com by Monday, Sept. 14 at 10 a.m. or comment on Facebook or Instagram.
We’ll publish a selection in next week’s paper.
Last Week’s Question
Should Lime Rock Park be allowed to host an annual drifting event?
“I don’t care for it but that don’t mean they can’t do it.”
— Bob Bloxsom
“Absolutely, LRP does a fantastic job of juggling community concerns while offering a genuine hub for car culture. GridLife brings lots of wonderful visitors to our humble shop. The automotive hobby is dominated by older folks, and GridLife is a great way to engage the young, up and coming automotive hobbyists who will inevitably carry the torch of car enthusiasm for years to come!”
— Autogalerie
“What most people do not understand about racetracks, is that they give a place for people to get their speed fix in a controlled environment. By allowing drift events at Lime Rock Park, it gives the chance to perform in a controlled environment off the streets. If anything there should be more than one event a year, one run by a local club to allow more grassroots people to have fun on a track.”
— William Fish
“Last time they had drifting, the cars speeding on residential streets were crazy.”
— Denice Harrington-Clapper
“As a former employee I will say that keeping the track’s neighbors happy is a high priority. The track closely monitors traffic and noise. It’s literally in a job description. The group that owns the track has roots in the area and are hardly low profile people. Of course there will be rubs, it’s a tricky balance.”
— Ax Pryor
“Yes, absolutely, events at Lime Rock bring so much more than just people to the track. Racers, fans/spectators visit local establishments, spend money at local parts stores, garages, gas stations and restaurants. It benefits the entire northwest corner when there are events at the track. I say let’s let Lime Rock have more events such as this.”
— Jason Zucco
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Letters to the Editor - September 10, 2026
Lakeville Journal
Sep 08, 2026
Remembering a friend and hero: Susan Getzendanner
Twenty-five years ago my friend Susan Getzendanner gave her life so some of us could live on.
Susan was a vice president at Fiduciary Trust and worked on the 97th floor of 2 World Trade Center - the South Tower. And she was the floor fire warden and it was her job to make sure everyone got off the floor safely in the event of a fire or accident.
On September 11 she did her job well but died in the process.
She loved Salisbury and had a weekend cottage at the foot of Mount Riga and spent many fun summers here with her friends.
To honor her, an American Elm with a small plaque was planted in front of the Salisbury Association’s Academy Building on Main Street. The July 4th storm blew the tree over but I understand another tree will be planted.
Susan and I were friends and members of the Blue Hill Troupe, a Gilbert and Sullivan non-profit company performing mainly in New York.
She had a wonderful smile and loved to travel to remote places and collected art and handicrafts.
She is a hero and patriotjust like the other close to 3,000 Americans who died for us that day. Let us remember Susan and the others and thank them all.
Victor Germack
Salisbury
Thank you, Salisbury Volunteer Ambulance
We can be so proud of the service given in our towns by this remarkable group headed by Jacquie Rice.
I had occasion to find out just how prompt, professional, thorough, kind, pleasant, patient and gentle my crew of five were.
My thanks to my town for having such a great service and to Josh, Genevieve, Robert, Adam and Mike for being a part of it.
Ann Spoor
Salisbury
Eliminate train station instead of moving it
There is a special town meeting on September 16 at 7 p.m. to vote on whether or not to spend money on moving the former train station in Lakeville.Please show up and vote.
Lakeville is taking a beating from officials in Salisbury and here is one way to make it right.
When the town approved a plan to turn the Holley Block into affordable housing, it not only created a massive eyesore with no clear future, but it also took away the only public parking and the only parking space for the nearby shops.We can partially remedy this by eliminating the decrepit train station and turning the site into public parking.Spending any money on an unused and not needed building just to move it seems nuts.No matter how you feel about this, if you live in Lakeville and want any control on its future, please show up and vote at the Town Hall on the 16th.
Theodore Rudd O’Neill
Lakeville
Drifting drives innovation
The Gridlife event which features drifting during some of the weekend is rather unique because the participants and fan base are so different from the usual auto racing crowd.
These are much younger people who have developed a passion for cars.
Unlike car racing that demands deep pockets, the cars that are popular are often inexpensive ones that are then modified into sporting machines. Why is this important? It’s not just that a younger audience can take part, it’s that the modifications and pursuit of mechanical problem solving is what develops a person's ability to diagnose, repair, invent, and improve the machines that we all rely on.
We need young people who can fix our cars when the standard mechanic has come to an impasse. The yellow crash barriers you see on the highway were invented by Lime Rock local and famous race car driver John Fitch; he crash tested them (personally) at Lime Rock Park. Let's remember that the greatest developments in technology and safety come from either war or competition. I prefer competition.
John Light
Sharon
A view lost for generations
For generations, East Street has offered one of Sharon’s most beautiful mountain vistas—a sweeping landscape of open fields and distant mountains reaching toward Cornwall and Mohawk Mountain. Through changing seasons and unforgettable sunrises, it has been one of those special places that quietly helps define the beauty and rural character of our town.
Today, that landscape has been dramatically altered. A wall of arborvitae has been planted across the open field, interrupting what was once an expansive, unobstructed view. And this is only the beginning. As these trees grow taller and fill in, in just a few short years they will form a solid wall of green, completely obscuring the mountains beyond. To see something so naturally beautiful disappear in such a senseless manner is difficult to understand.
We understand and respect that property owners have the right to make decisions about their own land. But some decisions reach far beyond property lines, and this one has changed a landscape that has long been enjoyed by the community.
Perhaps those responsible will someday make Sharon their home and come to understand what this place has meant to those who already call it home.
This was never simply about the view from one property. It was part of traveling East Street, part of Sharon’s character, and something anyone passing by could stop and appreciate.
The mountains and sunrise will remain. What will disappear is our ability to see them across this extraordinary open landscape—a view that has been enjoyed for many generations and one that those who come after us will never have the opportunity to experience.
Greg & Kelly Kilmer
Sharon
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Turning Back the Pages - September 10, 2026
Norma Bosworth
Sep 08, 2026
125 years ago — September 1901
LIME ROCK — The B-R Company is building an addition to the coal sheds at the furnace in Hoppertown and a large stock of charcoal is being accumulated.
Lock up the chicken house and get the old gun ready; it is said thieves are operating about the village.
A number of people have a very careless habit of driving up to our business places and leaving their teams (with perhaps a child in) unhitched. An automobile is liable to come along at any time and frighten the horse to say nothing of other things that might cause a runaway. The practice of thus leaving horses is the height of carelessness and there should be a good heavy fine and imprisonment for doing so. Those who don’t think, should be made to think.
The receipts from the passenger traffic at the depot for the month of August exceed those of any month in the history of the station.
Bert Decker has returned to his duties at Dr. Knight’s Institute after a week spent in camp at Mt. Riga.
Mrs. Bryant of Lime Rock had the misfortune to fracture her left collar bone, by falling from the steps while coming from Miss Fretts’ Millinery parlor on Thursday morning. Dr. Orton reduced the fracture and made Mrs. Bryant as comfortable as possible.
A telegraphic dispatch late yesterday afternoon states President McKinley was shot at Buffalo and is not expected to live.
From the Millerton Telegram — John W. Colby of Lime Rock, Conn., and Miss Lillian, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Rossiter of Mt. Riga, Conn., were married at the Baptist parsonage by the Rev. W.A. King last Sunday afternoon. The fair bride is only “sweet sixteen,” but her mother came along to give her away, so ‘twas all right.
Mrs. William Van Rensaler, age eighteen years, died at her home in this village on Tuesday afternoon a brief illness. Her husband, a mother and an infant child of one week survive. The funeral was held at the home on Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock, Rev. J.H. George officiating. The interment was made in Salisbury cemetery.
100 years ago — September 1926
Clarence Surdam of Salisbury was before Justice Tuttle on Wednesday morning charged with the use of improper markers on his car. He entered a plea of guilty and paid a fine of $10 and costs of $11.36.
A Reo Speed wagon belonging to A.S. Martin caught fire on Smith Hill one day last week and was destroyed before anything could be done to save it. Mr. Martin has replaced its loss with a new truck.
The work on the new receiving vault at the cemetery is progressing.
FOR SALE — Ford Truck $25, Pullman Touring car $50, Indian Motorcycle $15. F.P. O’Neil, Taconic.
Dick Wilson on Tuesday shot a black woodchuck. There is nothing remarkable about an ordinary woodchuck but a black one is considered very rare. This chuck is thoroughly black with not a white or brown hair, and it weighed nine pounds. Dick is going to have the pelt with head and claws made into a small rug.
50 years ago — September 1976
The Connecticut Department of Transportation has proposed to spend some $871,000in Northwest Corner road repairs, but has not proposed any repairs for what selectmen and the Northwest Connecticut Regional Planning Agency termed the region’s “No. 1 priority.” Dutcher’s Bridge, a 60-year-old structure located on Route 44 between Canaan and Salisbury “is dangerous,” according to Salisbury First Selectman Charlotte Reid. She, like selectmen in Canaan, Falls Village, Sharon and Cornwall, believe it should be replaced; all have little faith that the DOT will do so — at least not soon.
LAKEVILLE — Richard E. Maltby Jr. of Lakeville was the successful bidder Tuesday afternoon for a 26-acre tract with buildings on Lincoln City Road. The purchase price was $62,000, according to John E. Rogers, president of the Salisbury Bank and Trust Co. The bank handled the auction, acting as conservator for Ernest P. Goderis, owner of the property, who is a resident of Geer Memorial in Canaan. Mr. Maltby said Tuesday night he probably will sell two houses on the land, one of which is now occupied, and will keep the remaining portion as a means of access to an adjacent 75-acre parcel which he already owns.
Final preparations for a year in England occupied Sarah Gallup of Lakeville this week. Miss Gallup is scheduled to leave Thursday afternoon to attend Lawnside School in Malvern, Worcester, where she will be in the sixth form. A June graduate of Kent Girls School, she will be one of four from that school who will study in England under the auspices of the English Speaking Union. She plans to enter Radcliffe College when she returns.
FALLS VILLAGE — The roadways in Falls Village and the nearby towns of Salisbury and Canaan have been beautified in recent years through the efforts of an anonymous gardener. Working on her own with her own resources, this woman has kept a watchful eye upon the roads as she travels the region, searching for areas that could be brightened through her efforts. “As I drive around through the region I see flowers instead of weeds around stumps, stone walls and stop signs.” What her mind’s eye perceives, her hands soon transform to reality for all to see. The trunk of her car is filled with her garden tools and she will bring soil, fertilizer and flowers to transform the stark roadway into a garden. All of the flowers for the project are drawn from her own garden beds. No public funds are used for her personal beautification project. “Money would take the fun out of it,” she said.
SHARON — Douglas Alan Weaver, an automotive technician certified by the National Institute for Automotive Excellence, will be with the Texaco Service Station in Sharon beginning Sept. 13. Weaver, a native of Canaan, had four years of training at Oliver Wolcott Technical School, and 10 years of dealership experience. He will be doing all major work on American and foreign cars and light trucks.
25 years ago — September 2001
Work on a massive renovation and construction project at Housatonic Valley Regional High School took longer than expected and students were not allowed back into the building until Wednesday, Sept 5, a week after elementary schoolers in the region started classes. “At 7:15 this morning, the halls were full of students hugging and kissing and saying ‘How are you?’” reported HVRHS principal Kathleen Burkhart. “It was a great feeling. They’re glad to see each other, the teachers are glad to see the students, we’re glad to see the teachers and the students.” The Falls Village building inspector on Tuesday afternoon finally granted a certificate of occupancy. That doesn’t mean construction is over, however. Several areas of the school are getting an “incomplete.”
NORFOLK — In a ceremony described as “very moving,” family and friends said goodbye to Ashlee Elizabeth Jacquier earlier this week. The 17-year-old died Aug. 31 in a car crash while on her way to Oliver Wolcott Technical School in Torrington. Ms. Jacquier was a passenger in her boyfriend’s car. Her boyfriend, Tom L’Heureux, 17, also a student at the school, was driving his Ford Mustang on a curve on Route 272 just south of Norfolk when he lost control of the vehicle on the wet roadway and it slammed into a tree.
CANAAN — Vinnie and Joette Viscariello are busy transforming the recently-vacated Chester Fried Chicken on Railroad Street into Cousin Vinnie’s Italian Deli. A mid-September opening is planned.
Sarah Christine Paviol and Thomas Edward McGivern were married June 9, 2001, at the Blackberry River Inn in Norfolk. Justice of the Peace Heidi Jacquier officiated. The couple is residing in Kent.
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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