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Volume 16, Number 30
Thursday, August 29, 2019
Work on town trail could begin in 2022 By Devin Leith-Yessian The Citizen
Plainville resident Axel Sundberg, 10, left, gets some help getting into a hot air balloon basket for a ride during the first night of this year's annual Plainville Fire Company Hot Air Balloon Festival, Aug. 23 at Norton Park. Photos by Bailey Wright, Record-Journal
Balloon ride truly special for local boy battling leukemia By Bailey Wright Record-Journal staff
For Melanie Ouellette and her family, this year’s Plainville Fire Company Hot Air Balloon Festival was more than a photo op. It was a chance to make precious memories with
A loose timeline for the design and construction of a portion of the Farmington Canal Heritage Trail through town is taking shape. Scott Bushee, the state Department of Transportation’s project manager, presented the plan to the Town Council recently. He is recommending that the project be broken into three phases. The first would run from Town Line Road, where it would connect with a seg-
her grandson, Axel Sundberg, who was diagnosed with leukemia two years ago.
night was a big step. He was released from the hospital that same morning after a stay that lasted a week, which had closeSundberg, 10, has spent the ly followed a months-long last year in isolation for a stay. bone marrow transplant procedure. Ouellette said getting to the festival Friday See Ride, A10
ment currently being designed in Southington, to Norton Park. The second extends from the trailhead on Northwest Avenue to a culvert under Route 72. The third phase would connect the first two via modifications to existing roads. The first phase could start in the spring of 2022. Phase two construction would start the following year and phase three in 2024. "Those are just tentative dates for now. We'll have to See Trail, A9
Something for everyone at festival Balloons took flight in Norton Park at 6 a.m. on Saturday for the 35th annual Plainville Fire Company
Hot Air Balloon Festival. The festival, which ran all weekend, kicked off on Friday with a fireworks show. According to Jim Lenois, Balloon Festival chairman,
the fire company was expecting about 40,000 people to attend this past weekend. See Festival, A13
Bicyclists travel south on the Farmington Canal Heritage Trail in Cheshire in July. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
Plainville’s oldest funeral home with over 130 years of serving the community. Blaire L. Bouchard – Paul G. Belval, Funeral Directors 48 Broad Street Plainville, CT 06062 • 860-747-2295 • Bailey-FuneralHome.com
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By Everett Bishop Record-Journal staff