Volume 11, Number 16
Southington’s Hometown Newspaper
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Friday, April 15, 2016
Lake Compounce’s new roller coaster will be ready to ride By Jesse Buchanan Special to The Citizen
Lake Compounce plans to have its first new roller coaster in 15 years ready for opening day next month. The Phobia Phear is a short but intense ride, according to Lake Compounce spokeswoman Sara Frias. “This is the most thrilling coaster that we have,” she said last week while workers put the finishing touches on the 150-foot structure. “It really takes the thrill up a notch.” Recent improvements to the park have been areas for smaller children and a family campground. The new
coaster is aimed at teens and other visitors looking for a challenge Two cars each holding six people will shoot straight up at the beginning of the ride, which lasts less than a minute. Riders will reach speeds of 65 miles per hour as they go through twists and turns. While the speed is similar to the park’s Boulder Dash coaster built in 2000, Frias said, Phobia Phear is on a different level. “It’s the turns, the drops. There are barrel rolls. It’s really the way that the track Sara Frias, director of marketing, stands next to the new Phobia Phear Coaster at Lake takes you,” she said. Compounce in Bristol. The park plans to have the 150-foot coaster ready for opening day | Dave Zajac / For The Citizen See Roller / Page A2 next month.
North Ridge holes, clubhouse redesigned
Plainville High School golf team members Wolfgang Maier, 18, left, and Jacob Nilson, 17, practice on the putting green at North Ridge Golf Club on Welch Road in Southington. The nine holes and clubhouse at North Ridge will be revamped at the end of the season as part of a larger site redevelopment that includes nearly 100 houses.
By Jesse Buchanan
as part of a larger site redevelopment that includes nearly 100 houses. Developer Mark Lovley said The nine holes and clubhouse at North Ridge Golf Course on Welch Road will be revamped See Golf / Page A7 Special to The Citizen
| Dave Zajac / For The Citizen
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