Friday, December 9, 2022
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Volume 28, Number 49
SANTA CAME TO TOWN
COMMENTARY
Lions’ ‘crusade against darkness’ continues By Summer Lerch
Santa and Mrs. Claus arrive at the Middlefield tree lighting on Sunday, Dec. 4, on the Town Green. The CRHS band performed and the Middlefield Volunteer Fire Department provided warm beverages and holiday refreshments. See additional photos, page A4. Nicole Zappone, Town Times
Illuminated wonderland returns Town Times report
A different type of holiday lighting will illuminate the grounds of Lyman Orchards once again this
winter. The Dazzlingliffe Lantern Festival, featuring more than 400 displays, began Tuesday and will run daily from dusk to 9:30 p.m. through Jan. 31. The illuminated
lanterns are located along a winding, 1-mile walking path at Lyman Orchards, located at 70 Lyman
Ever since Helen Keller challenged the Lions in 1925 to become “knights of the blind in the crusade against darkness,” Lions Clubs International has championed the cause, serving and advocating for the blind and visually impaired. Nearly a century later, this longstanding mission continues unhindered throughout the world, and here in the Middlefield-DurhamMiddletown area.
Some facts n 235 million people are blind or have moderate to severe visual im-
See Wonderland, A6
See Lions’ crusade, A11
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