Volume 9, Number 20
Southington’s Hometown Newspaper
www.southingtoncitizen.com
Friday, May 16, 2014
Oxford school chief appointed Southington superintendent By Farrah Duffany
perintendent in Southington. “This is a big night for the Southington public schools,” Teachers, administra- school board Chairman Brian tors and members of the Goralski said before the spepublic packed the Munici- cial meeting started. Connellan, 59, has lived in pal Center Monday night to greet the new superinten- Southington for the past 34 dent of schools at a special years. All three of his children Board of Education meeting. are graduates of Southington Southington resident Timo- High School. He has been Oxthy F. Connellan, now the Ox- ford’s superintendent since ford school superintendent, 2012 and before that was the was appointed as the new su- superintendent of Bethany Special to The Citizen
Timothy F. Connellan smiles after he was announced as Southington’s new school superintendent on Monday at the Municipal Center. | Dave Zajac / For The Citizen
schools. From 1980 to 1984 Connellan worked as a school psychologist in Southington. Connellan, who will finish the year in Oxford, said he will be working closely with the school board on a transition plan. In the meantime he plans on listening as much as he can to residents. “That is really my first task,” Connellan said. “I’m excited to work with the children of my own community.”
The search process started shortly after School Superintendent Joseph V. Erardi Jr. announced in January he was taking a position as superintendent in Newtown. The school board hired two search consultants a few weeks later, applications for the position were accepted until the end of March, and interviews started in April. See Connellan / Page 6
Community-supported agriculture is expanding By Jesse Buchanan Special to The Citizen
Expand ed community-supported agriculture, educational programs and farm animals are part of the latest plans for the Lewis Educational Agricultural Farm on Blueberry Lane. Owner Mark Ramsey said 50 people bought farm produce last year as part of the community-supported agriculture program. This year he’s looking for more. He also hopes to sell produce to Southington schools and provide education programs as a way of maintaining the 230-year-old farm.
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Farm hands Matt Theriault, left, and Andrew Larkin assemble hanging baskets at Lewis Educational Agricultural Farm on Blueberry Lane in Southington. Educational programs and farm animals are part of the latest plans for the farm.
“The farm has been constantly evolving,” he said. This year Ramsey is on his own after seven years of working for Greg Ali, owner of Ali’s Nursery and the Lewis Farms Country Bake Shop across the street from the farm. Ramsey, a seventh-generation farmer, leases 14 acres of town-owned land that was part of the original family farm. People can buy shares of the harvest as part of the community-supported agriculture program. Each week starting June 10, shareholders can pick up their portions
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