Thank you!
Your support is sustaining the future of local news in our communities.

Rain fails to dampen 50th anniversary at Noble Horizons

Rain fails to dampen 50th anniversary at Noble Horizons
Barbara Wiggins at the picnic July 12.
Photo by Patrick L. Sullivan

SALISBURY — The community picnic on Tuesday, July 12 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Noble Horizons was well-attended and only slightly marred by a rainstorm.

Noble administrator Bill Pond was warily checking the weather on his smartphone around 4:30 p.m., as the Salisbury Band played and the line for the Lakeville Hose Company’s fried chicken got longer.

At 5:09 p.m. Pond stopped the band and recommended that people take shelter indoors for the duration. This prudent advice was almost completely ignored, as the revelers simply squashed in under the tents and continued operations.

“Let the wind blow it away” said one woman.

Celeste Shannon had to scramble a bit to get the raffle prizes away from the small waterfall that developed between tents.

Otherwise the rain had little effect on the festivities.

By 5:30 p.m. the rain was over.

With the public address equipment reconnected, Salisbury First Selectman Curtis Rand read a message from the selectmen. “You give comfort and peace of mind to many people.”

State Representative Maria Horn (D-64) brought with her two messages of congratulations, one from the state legislature and one from Gov. Ned Lamont (D).

Pond honored Barbara Wiggins, who was the facility’s first nurse in 1972, and Mary Barton, for whom the facility’s Volunteer Award has been renamed as the Mary Barton Volunteer Award.

Latest News

A rare look inside Connecticut’s Colonial-era homes

A rare look inside Connecticut’s Colonial-era homes

The Hollister House, aka Whitbeck Estate, is believed to have been built circa 1780.

Provided

For anyone who has ever stopped to admire an old house and wonder what it looks like inside, HisTOURy’s Colonial Home Tour on June 20 offers a rare opportunity.

The four-hour guided tour will take participants inside four private colonial-era homes in Salisbury and Falls Village while highlighting another 20 historic properties along the route. Presented as part of HisTOURy’s series marking America’s 250th anniversary, the tour explores the architecture and history of northwestern Connecticut’s colonial settlement period.

Keep ReadingShow less
architecture

Local garden centers spotlight keystone plants

Local garden centers spotlight keystone plants

Eric Mendelson, owner of Salisbury Garden Center, stands with a selection of keystone native plants now available through a partnership with Homegrown National Park.

Michelle Alfandari

The Ungardener from May 13 was about a specific group of native plants called keystone plants. These are the ecosystem workhorses of our environment; they are essential to the survival of many animals that rely on them for food. Nutrition in this case includes, but goes beyond, nuts and pollen. It is the leaves of keystone native plants that make them superheroes. These leaves are essential to the survival of butterfly and moth caterpillars that, in their larval state, will eat only the leaves of very specific native plants.

And in this case, eating leaves is a good thing because caterpillars are relied upon by birds to feed their hatchlings. A single baby bird will be fed approximately 3,000 caterpillars from hatching to fledging; for most species, caterpillars are the sole source of food until they leave the nest. As native plants decrease, which they rapidly are, so do the numbers of caterpillars that rely on them. And as caterpillars decrease, so do the numbers of birds that rely on them.

Keep ReadingShow less
the ungardener

Books & Blooms returns with gardens, poetry and a summer evening party

Books & Blooms returns with gardens, poetry and a summer evening party

A Cornwall garden featured on the Books & Blooms self-guided tour.

Provided

One of Cornwall’s most anticipated summer traditions returns June 20 and 21 when the Cornwall Library presents the 11th annual Books & Blooms, a two-day celebration of gardens, literature and community.

Part garden tour, part literary event and part neighborhood gathering, Books & Blooms begins Friday evening with a talk by acclaimed editor, poet and author Jonathan Galassi at Cornwall Town Hall. Galassi, former president and publisher of Farrar, Straus and Giroux and one of the most influential figures in American publishing, will speak on “Writing about Place and Living with a Garden.”

Keep ReadingShow less
community
google preferred source

Want more of our stories on Google? Click here to make us a Preferred Source.

'Swingtime Canteen'

'Swingtime Canteen'

Swingtime Canteen cast in rehearsal. Left to right, Lucy Rhoades (“Katie”), Claire Marie Spencer (“Topeka”), Michelle Lemon (“Lilly”), Margaret Dudasik (“Marian”), and Sarah Beth Palmer (“Jo”)

Ellie McKissick

The Sharon Playhouse opens its 2026 MainStage season June 19, with “Swingtime Canteen,” a rousing celebration of the songs, spirit and resilience of WWII. Created by Linda Thorsen Bond, William Repicci and Charles Busch, the production features popular hit songs from the 1940’s and is directed by Playhouse Artistic Director Carl Andress, with choreography by Krystyna Resavy and music direction by Eric Thomas Johnson. Runs through July 5. Tickets at sharonplayhouse.org

sharon playhouse

Legal Notices - June 18, 2026

Legal Notices - June 18, 2026

Legal Notice

Notice of Formation of Kaits Kleaning LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 05-22-2026. Office Lo-cation: Dutchess county. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 24 Attlebury Hill Road, Standfordville NY 12581.

Keep ReadingShow less

Classifieds - June 18, 2026

Classifieds - June 18, 2026

EMPLOYMENT

HELP WANTED

Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center is a year-round 120-person retreat facility that is located in Falls Village, CT. Want to work at a beautiful, peaceful location, with great people? This is the place to be! We are currently seeking positions for Seasonal Lifeguard(s), Cook, Retreat services associate (banquet server front of house) and Mashgichim (F/T or P/T) for our summer season. For more details please visit our website at Careers - Adamah or email a copy of your resume to rebecca.eisen@adamah.org


Keep ReadingShow less
google preferred source

Want more of our stories on Google? Click here to make us a Preferred Source.