Middlefield News

When she was just 14 years old, Veronica Ballestrini overwhelmingly took the People's Choice Award at the Durham Fair talent show for her rendition of Sara Evans' "Suds in the Bucket." Now, just two years later ...

As summer comes to a close, Middlefield Park and Recreation will hold the final event of its summer concert series tonight featuring The Kerry Boys.

"She's my baby. I can't believe it, but she's here," said Jennifer Smith of Durham.

The ladies competing in the second round of the Connecticut Women's Amateur Championship Wednesday faced windier conditions at Mill River Country Club.

State Rep. Ray Kalinowski reminded residents in his three-town district that there's a new way to help ensure state-owned vehicles are operated safely and courteously.

Lake Beseck Beach will be the site of a free concert and beach party tonight after the pavilion is dedicated to former First Selectman Charlie Augur.

In a 100-page state police case file, authorities say John Simmeck and his sister Diane Simmeck made biannual trips to their mother's ramshackle house in Middlefield, Connecticut, stepping over her mummified ...

Three-year-old Corey Quincy of Middlefield likes to play with trucks and Thomas the Tank Engine.

While a controversy is brewing in Middletown over a proposed state National Guard Army Base being constructed in that city, four existing bases stand to be closed in Connecticut.

Xarya Dahl is only 9 years old, but she already built a chicken coop. "We needed something to carry the bantams in," Dahl said, explaining that a bantam is a small version of a chicken.

A letter lost in the postal system for nearly 60 years recently turned up in the mailbox of a Lawrence woman.

While John and Diane Simmeck acknowledged they allowed Ann Simmeck's body to decompose and did nothing about it, the state law that makes failing to report a death a crime does not require private citizens to ...

For more than seven years, Diane and John Simmeck Jr. made regular trips to their elderly mother's modest, wood-frame home overlooking Lake Beseck in Middlefield .

Whether they contribute directly to the Eddy Shelter or not, all of these towns give money to an assortment of charities each year - including, in some cases, the United Way, which is one of the shelter's ...

Whether they contribute directly to the Eddy Shelter or not, all of these towns give money to an assortment of charities each year - including, in some cases, the United Way, which is one of the shelter's ...

Lamb Siciliano _ Julio Cevallos from Rizzuto's Wood Fired Kitchen and Bar in Bethel joined News Channel 8 @ Noon with a recipe for lamb.

There must be something the air in Durham and Middlefield, because three young residents of these quiet New England towns were among the top fundraisers for this year's March of Dimes walk.

The Kosciuszko Club of Rockfall/Middlefield, 168 Main St., Rockfall, is having a tag sale Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The charge for an inside table is $25, for an outside table, $20. For more information ...

The town lost in the bidding to acquire the former Powder Ridge ski area Saturday, but all may not be lost.

The high bidder in the foreclosure auction was Middlefield Holding LLC, which holds the mortgage on the property. Its bid was $2.75 million.

After the auction, Stephen Grathwolh of Middlefield Holding said that once the company assumes ownership, 'All options will be on the table, including a possible deal with the town.'

'We went as far as we could given the circumstances,' said Middlefield Selectman David J. Lowry. 'Once Middlefield [Holding] takes ownership we will begin another chapter in the town's saga to save a ski area.'

- Sometime this afternoon, the town will win or lose the former Powder Ridge ski resort, its signature destination for 47 years.

Bidding on the shuttered, bankrupt, 246-acre property starts at noon at the entrance to the resort on Powder Hill Road.

The price of admission at the foreclosure auction is a $500,000 cashier's check.

The winner signs the deposit check over to the clerk of Superior Court, Middletown, and, subject to the approval of a judge, walks away with Powder Ridge.