By TAYLOR MURCHISON-GALLAGHER STAFF WRITER The center of downtown Plainville was converted into a community block party on Saturday, Oct. 19, as hundreds of residents flooded the streets in celebration of the 5th annual Plainville Pumpkin Festival. Pumpkin festival committee…
Three-year-old Ava Grace Hayes decorates her “haunted house” with candies at a program at the Plainville Public Library last Saturday. It’s sweet on the outside, but scary on the inside. That’s how they get you. Photo by JANELLE MORELLI
By TAYLOR MURCHISON-GALLAGHER STAFF WRITER The 5th annual Plainville PumpkinFest will make its way to the downtown area this Saturday, bringing live entertainment, family friendly fun, and of course…pumpkins. The outdoor festival starts at 4 p.m. in front of the…
By TAYLOR MURCHISON-GALLAGHER STAFF WRITER The Plainville Wind Ensemble and Central Connecticut State University will once again hold a free concert in honor of Veterans Day, but this year the program will offer a special twist. As part of a…
Plainville offered a historical tour through the community last Saturday. The event, led by the Plainville Historical Society, had been rescheduled from Plainville’s 150th Anniversary celebrations over the summer due to heat. The trolley took community members through town and…
Local supporters swarmed to Norton Park last Saturday for the annual Coughlin walk to benefit PARC. First responders and their families were front and center at the walk, which was dedicated to Plainville’s first responders. Photos by JANELLE MORELLI
By TAYLOR MURCHISON-GALLAGHER STAFF WRITER As No Boundaries Youth Theater begins its tenth year of producing performances and educational theater programs for children and teens in Connecticut, the organization announced that Ed Richters has been hired as the new managing…
Volunteers load a tire that they found in the woods onto a trailer to be hauled away during a clean-up behind West Cemetery, near the Pequabuck River. The clean-up was organized by the Plainville Conservation Commission. Volunteers, from left, Jessie…
The semi-annual Friends of the Plainville Public Library book sale will be Friday, Sept. 20, 6 to 8 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 21, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. There’s a $3 family admission charge on Friday, but Saturday’s event has…
Plainville High School student Lexi Charbonneau, front center, enjoys a ride on Mark Buck’s Polaris Slingshot during a fundraising event at Cadillac Ranch in Southington last Sunday. The event was a poker run to benefit Lexi’s Journey, Inc., a campaign…