Obituaries: Randolph

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David Truman Randolph, 62, of Canton and West Barnet, VT, died Friday, May 18, 2012 peacefully from brain cancer.

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Obituaries: Champion

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William G. Champion, 79, of Canton, passed away peacefully Tuesday, May 15.

Obituaries: Lingenheld

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Rosemary Agnes McDonough Lingenheld of Canton died peacefully on Monday, May 14, 2012.

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OBITUARIES: LeClerc, Messenger, Steen

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Irene Blanche (Marcouillier) LeClerc, 83, formerly of Cherry Brook Road in Canton, died Saturday April 28, 2012. Valerie "Val" (Koch) Messenger, 72, of North Canton, on Saturday, April 14, 2012 Boston, MA. Douglas Lloyd “Doug” Steen, 21, Canton, passed away Tuesday, May 1, 2012.

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Dr. Terry Lee Bosworth, 59, Dies

Was former chair of the Department of Nursing at Saint Joseph College in West Hartford.

Remembering Beloved Weatherman Dr. Mel

After a long battle with cancer, WTNH's Dr. Mel passed away Wednesday.

WTNH reported Wednesday that their longtime meteorologist, Dr. Mel Goldstein, 66, passed away. According to WTNH, Dr. Mel, "had been fighting multiple myeloma for a number of years."  Dr. Mel, who has been with WTNH since 1986, retired from the station in October 2011. Prior to retiring, Dr. Mel had been working from his home weather station and reported about Irene from his porch just hours before his home was badly damaged.   WTNH reports that VP and General Manager Mark Higgins wrote in an e-mail to station staff, "We not only lost a great journalist today, but a great humanitarian and close friend." Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman released the following statement today regarding Dr. Mel's passing: “Dr. Mel was more than …

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Calling Hours for Judie Scott today

Long-time Resident, Ace employee remembered.

Calling hours for Judie Scott will be held at Carmen Funeral Home in Avon today, Monday, Nov. 7, 2011. Scott, 72, was a long-time resident and worked at Larsen Ace Hardware for numerous years. Scott was the first person to welcome resident Amy Miller to town when she and her family moved here in 1998. Miller said Scott loved to see her daughter Jenna and later, her younger son Josh, on Halloween and at Ace.  "She never forgot the small things we all take for granted, like stopping to give the kids a hug or tell my son how she loved his curly blonde hair," Miller said. "I honestly believe she treasured the small moments every dingle day." "I heard about her passing in the midst of this crazy snowstorm week and I took a moment to stop and …

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Cow Chip Raffle To Benefit Graduation Event

Raffle offers $500 to the lucky ticket holder and other prizes

Bovine excrement may not be something residents normally want on their plot of land but on May 30 it will mean an extra $500 in someone's pocket. Yes, it's time for the fourth annual Cow Chip Raffle to benefit the Canton High School Substance Free Graduation event. For each $5 raffle ticket, purchasers will “buy” one of 1,000 squares that will be painted on Bicentennial Field. Canton resident Daren Hall, of Hall’s Farm in Simsbury, will bring two cows and a portable electric fence to the field on Old River Road near the town garage and waste treatment plant for the 1 p.m. Memorial Day event. Squares will be numbered to match the tickets and top prize goes to the holder of the square where a cow first makes a manure deposit.  Those who hold…

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Jamboree Gets Rolling

One-day delay doesn’t diminish family fun.

The start of the Collinsville Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. jamboree may have been delayed one day due to rain but families came out for some fun Thursday evening. The event, located off Powder Mill Road, is slated to continue through Saturday, May 21 from 6 to 11 p.m.  The jamboree features rides, games for all ages, food, a beer garden and a fireworks show shortly after 9 p.m. on Friday (rain date Saturday).

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High School Community Mourns Loss of Teacher

Paul Kalasnik was English Teacher, Paraprofessional, Student Study Center Coordinator.

Canton High School staff and students are mourning the loss of a long-time teacher this week. Tuesday morning, Paul Kalasnik, 60, lost his battle with cancer after undergoing an operation Monday. Kalasnik, who according to his obituary served in the Navy during the Vietnam War, was most recently the student study center coordinator at the high school. He also served as a paraprofessional and for some 19 years was an English teacher, first at Regional School District 10 in Burlington, then in Canton.   Students and teachers said Kalasnik was a soft-spoken, fair and dedicated teacher often seen with coffee cup in hand. He continued coming to work despite intense physical pain. “Everyone respected him and enjoyed his presence,” said high …

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