South Glastonbury News

M. Jodi Rell to the list of people concerned about the aesthetic damage a 110-foot telecommunications tower disguised as a silo could do to the historic setting of South Glastonbury.

Religious Life Submitted by Patricia Sivo Cole on 2009-11-09.   St. Luke's Church, , is proud to present the cello group "Low Strung" in concert on Friday, November 20th at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for students and seniors, plus a donation for the local food bank and can be reserved by calling 633-5057 or e-mailing ...

Calling it a beginning for truly affordable housing, the town council unanimously approved a development Tuesday that would include the town's first Habitat For Humanity homes.

On Campus Submitted by Meagan Fazio on 2009-10-20.   Kristin Muschett of South Glastonbury was one of eight exceptional University of Hartford alumni honored during the 2009 Anchor Awards ceremony on Saturday, Oct.

Shivani Madan of Glastonbury eats an apple while balancing a handful of others that she had just picked at the Belltown Hill Orchards in South Glastonbury.

At the height of the tobacco growing industry in town, the shaded fields of the Consolidated Cigar Corp.

Region 12 administrator Holly Hageman was unanimously selected by the board of education Monday to replace Kathleen M. Carter as principal at Nayaug Elementary School.

David Kuzmak knew that when he started his first job and earned his first paycheck, a portion of that check would go to Habitat for Humanity.

Local Sports Submitted by Liza DeMichele on 2009-09-14.   Everyone who likes great food and entertainment, beautiful early autumn views, and an exciting canoe and kayak race won't want to miss the 21st Annual Nayaug Canoe and Kayak Race and Riverfront Celebration on Sunday, October 4th.

Early Saturday morning, while most Yalies were catching up on their sleep, thirty students were picking ripe blueberries and learning about the local food movement.

The historic district commission, plan and zoning commission, Glastonbury Historical Society and the state preservation office have sent letters to the town opposing the construction of the Verizon Wireless "silo" tower at 1040 Main St.

The conservation commission/inland wetlands and watercourses agency will review plans tonight for several potential communication towers in South Glastonbury .

The Rocky Hill-Glastonbury Ferry has been around for nearly 355 years. Although Glastonbury's Ferry Park hasn't been around that long, it packs a lot of history through its half-dozen interpretive signs with old photos about fish, boats and farming.

The town council has scheduled a public hearing for Tuesday on a plan to build 15 duplexes and five single-family homes on a parcel of farmland in South Glastonbury.

I n the rolling fields of Rose's Berry Farm in South Glastonbury recently, customers swarmed the rows of blueberry bushes, heavy with fruit, filling buckets to the brim.

Good news for foodies: The bounty is in from Connecticut's gardens of earthly delights and farm-stand counters are spilling over with fresh corn, squash, eggplant, tomatoes, beets, peppers, peaches, plums, nectarines and apricots.

Change was what Mary Pallos was after when she began looking for a new house in May 2008, and change is what she got late last month when she became the owner of a 159-year-old Victorian on Main Street in Glastonbury.

Most people would think a silo fits with the picturesque agricultural setting of South Glastonbury.

L ast week we ran a recipe for Easter Italian Rice Pudding submitted by Gloria S. Sparveri of Rocky Hill.

The council will hold several public hearings Tuesday on proposals to sell a lot and office building, a plan to put in a communications tower and increasing funding for land acquisition.