Volume 11, Number 49
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Friday, December 9, 2016
Volunteers light trail for event White lights and luminaries glowed Friday night, Dec. 2, along a section of the Farmington Canal Heritage Trail during White Christmas in the Community. The special display was put together by the quick work of about 40 volunteers. Christmas in the Village, organized by the Village of Plantsville Association, and Hospitality Night, organized by the Merchants
of Downtown Southington, were combined this year into White Christmas in the Community. Hayrides on the trail and a trolley united the events, which took place on separate days for the last 30 years. A 0.8-mile section of the trail was illuminated by about 70 wire-lit trees and animals in three Christmas “communities.” Some wire trees consisted of as many as
200 lights. “The theme for the entire event is to put as many white lights out in the community as we can do,” said Rob Flood, vice president of Liberty Bank in downtown Southington. About 1,000 sandbag luminaries lined the trail to light the way for walkers and those taking hayrides. See Trail, A25
Joint holiday event dazzles By Lauren Takores Record-Journal staff
At a veterans recognition ceremony held Oct. 21 in East Hartford, are, front row, William Hill Sr.; back row, from left, Ahn Ho-Young, South Korean ambassador to the United States, U.S. Rep. John Larson, Lloyd Sherwood and John DeMello, veterans advocate for the town of Southington. Hill and Sherwood are residents of The Orchards at Southington. | Contributd photo
S. Korean official honors two local veterans
A little rain was easy to dismiss Dec. 2 at White Christmas in the Community, a joint event combining Southington and Plantsville’s holiday celebrations.
Record-Journal staff
This is the first year the community’s two holiday events, Christmas in the Village, organized by the Village of Plantsville Association, and Hospitality Night, organized by the Merchants of Downtown Southington, merged into one event.
Justin Weekes, For the Record-Journal
Despite a short rain spell, it seemed to work out well. People kept warm by dancing to the holiday music,
huddling around fire rings and heading inside for the dozens of businesses in both communities that had ac-
Joyce Wood and Tyler Vincent, 12, of Wood Acres Farm drive a carriage on Center Street pulled by “Tanner” Friday during White Christmas in the Community in Southington. |
tivities for kids, snacks, hot drinks and raffles. See Holiday, A24
Two Korean War veterans were presented with medals of gratitude from South Korea’s ambassador to the United States during a recent ceremony at Pratt & Whitney in East Hartford. William Hill Sr. and Lloyd Sherwood reside at The Orchards at Southington, an assisted living facility on Hobart Street. They joined 100 other Korean War veterans at Pratt & Whitney last month for a ceremony attended by U.S. Rep. John Larson and Ahn Ho-Young, See Veterans, A23
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