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Volume 14, Number 31
Thursday, August 3, 2023
Cheshire planners approve Mountain Road subdivision By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff
Town planners approved a four-house subdivision for an 80-acre property on Mountain Road last week. Pinnacle Land Development, owned by local developer Phil Bowman, is
Cheshire Troop 92 at Harriman State Park in New York. At right are Assistant Scoutmaster Clyde D’Souza and Senior Patrol Leader Daniel D’Souza.
High adventure in NY The scouts were tasked with working on their Wilderness Survival Merit badges, which requires learning to build fires without the use of matches or lighters.
Over the course of four days in June, scouts, scout masters and others shouldered their own gear in backpacks as they traversed approximately 20 miles. Each day was spent at a new campsite.
They also used different methods to purify water that they then used for cooking and drinking, Troop 92 Assistant Scoutmaster Joe Giuliano explained.
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Cheshire BSA Troop 92 recently returned from their high adventure trip. This year’s destination was Harriman State Park in New York.
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looking to build four houses on the estate of Helen Bis at 679 Mountain Road. Nearly all of the land is unbuildable, according to the company’s representatives, leaving only four lots along Mountain Road suitable for homes. See Approve, A7
Area farms spared from worst of seasonal weather By Christian Metzger Record-Journal staff
SOUTHINGTON — Farms in the local community have been spared the worst of the state’s recent weather. Recent rainfall has exceeded 423% of the average for July, causing significant flooding across the state, damaging farms and destroying an entire season's worth of crops.
Both Gov. Ned Lamont and Sen. Richard Blumenthal have filed a request with the Department of Agriculture for a disaster declaration in all eight of the state’s counties. Between the flooding and a flash freeze that occurred earlier this year in May, the Connecticut Department of Agriculture assessed that 1,500 acres See Farms, A4
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