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Brookfield schedules meeting on sewer and water projects
Found: 3 Weeks 2 Days 3 Hours 48 Minutes ago
The News-Times - BROOKFIELD -- The Board of Selectmen and Board of Finance on Wednesday scheduled a town meeting for Aug. 26 to consider three "revenue-neutral" water and sewer projects.
About 15 people attended the meeting, the beginning of which was marked by a moment of silence for Joseph Baker, a longtime civic leader who died in an Easton, Mass....
Audio and Video: Brookfield pilot Baker was warned his plane was too ...
Found: 3 Weeks 2 Days 11 Hours 57 Minutes ago
The News-Times - EASTON, Mass. -- An investigator from the National Transportation Safety Board on Wednesday began examining the burned wreckage of a plane that crashed into a shopping plaza parking lot, killing a Long Island cancer patient, a passenger and Brookfield resident Joseph Baker....
Parise wins third Road Runners race
Found: 3 Weeks 3 Days 9 Hours 9 Minutes ago
The Hour - Staff reports
Tom Parise of Atlanta won his third race of the season, finishing ahead of 126 runners with a time of 41:05 in the seventh event of the Westport Road Runners program.
Max Robinson of Rye, N.Y., place second with a time of 41:18 and Takashi Ogawa was third in 42:23. The first woman to cross the finish line was Meredith Anand of Easton, who was fifth overall with a time of 42:44. Second and third place in the women's division went to Emily Williams of Norwalk (13th overall) and Lindsay Crouse of New York City (18th overall) with respective times of 44:57 and 46:67.
Westport-Weston residents who placed in the top ten were Paul Greenberg (seventh in 43:08), Wes Spivey (eighth in 43:58) and Roger Baxley (10th in 44:36).
This week's point winners in the Grand Prix scoring system were, in the Men's Junior Division: Tom Parise (3 points), Max Robinson (2 points) and Patrick Hubbell (1 point); Men's Open Division: Fred Willis (3), Wes Spivey (2) and Rob Wynn (1). Men's Sub Masters: Roger Baxley (3), Mike Horgan (2) and Peter Huggins (1). Men's Masters: Paul Greenberg (3), Anthony Kelly (2) and Yves McGale (1). Men's Grand Masters: Takashi Ogawa (3), Rich Olmstead (2) and Joe Von Ehr (1). Men's Veterans: Ramsay Merriss (3), Clarence Chesney (2) and Pete Widulski (1). Men's Grand Veterans: Michael Goldman (3), Jim Stevens (2) and Laurence Nordvall (1).
Women's Juniors: None. Women's Open: Emily Williams (3), Lindsay Crouse (2) and Val Marmanides (1). Womens Sub Masters: Meredith Anand (3), Liz Forgash (2) and Kimberly Piagentini (1). Women's Masters: Heidi Mitchell (3), Dierdre O'Farrelly (2) and Paula Scaminaci (1). Women's Grand Masters: Emmy Stacker (3), Joy Palmer (2) and Mai-Britt Hagsted (1).
Grand Prix points leaders are, Junior Men: Tom Parise (20 points). Open Men: Jason Domena (8). Sub Masters: David Allen (17). Men's Masters: Paul Greenberg (17). Men's Grand Masters: Joe Von Ehr (9). Men's Veterans: Ramsay Merriss (17). Men's Grand Veterans: Jim Stevens (17). Men's Overall: Tom Parise (63).
Junior Women: Judy Feng (9). Open Women: Emily Williams (21). Women's Sub Masters: Kristin Simonsen (12 points). Women's Masters: Dierdre O'Farrelly (7). Women's Grand Masters: Susan Gold (12). Women's Veteran: Sandra Lefkowitz and Kay Anderson with 3 points each. Women's Grand Veterans: Norma Minkowitz (3). Women's overall: Emily Williams (63 points).
The next Road Runners race will be held this Saturday, August 16th, at 8 a.m. with an 8.4-mile run starting at Burying Hill Beach. Applications and information about the Road Runners races are available at the Westport Recreation offices at Longshore Club Park, at the start of each race or at the program's Web site at www.westportroadrunners.org. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. on the day of the race at Burying Hill Beach. The fee is $30 for Wesport residents and $50 for non residents.
Participants also have the option of paying a weekly fee of $5 for Westport resident and $8 for non residents per race instead of the program fee.
Complete results of each race can be found at te program's Web site.
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Angel Flight crashes, killing couple, pilot
Found: 3 Weeks 3 Days 9 Hours 11 Minutes ago
The Hour - Associated Press
EASTON, Mass. -- A small plane carrying a cancer patient from Long Island to Boston went into a nosedive and crashed Tuesday in a grocery store parking lot, killing all three people on board, authorities said.
It was the third fatal crash in as many months for a network of affiliated charities that ferry patients to medical treatment.
Jim Peters, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration, said the three were on board the single engine Beechcraft Bonanza when it went down in the parking lot at a Hannaford grocery store at about 10:15 a.m. on Tuesday.
The plane was operated by Angel Flight Northeast, the regional branch of a group of volunteer pilots that helps people who need to travel for medical treatment but can't afford it.
Amy Camerlin, a spokeswoman for the northeast organization, said a cancer patient and his wife were being flown to Logan International Airport in Boston so the man could be treated at the nearby Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. It crashed in Easton, about 25 miles south of Boston.
"Right now our primary concern is the family," Camerlin said. "Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family."
It's the third fatal crash of an Angel Flight plane since June.
On July 17, an Angel Flight plane crashed shortly after takeoff near Tampa, Fla., killing all three on board, including a 49-year-old cancer patient, a 15-year-old boy and the 81-year-old pilot. On June 3, a Georgia toddler was fatally injured when an Angel Flight plane crashed in Iowa City as it was flying her home.
Each Angel Flight regional group operates independently, but they team up on cross regional flights and meet annually to share information and go over best practices, said Christel Gollnick, CEO of Angel Flight Central, based in a Kansas City, Mo.
The groups combine to make about 20,000 trips annually, she said.
The June crash was the first time in Angel Flight's 25-year history that a patient has been killed during a flight, Gollnick said.
She said safety protocols for their planes and roughly 7,000 volunteers have not changed and nothing obvious links the three crashes this year. No formal review is planned, she said.
"We're, of course, asking questions," she said. "Is there any commonality? It's just so strange to have this happen after such a long history."
Easton Deputy Police Chief Allen Krajcik, said he was in his cruiser Tuesday when he spotted the plane flying at a low altitude just before it dropped out of the sky.
"The plane just did a nosedive, straight down to the pavement," he said
The plane's propellor was found about 50 yards from the crash site. Krajcik said it was uncertain whether it fell off or flew there on impact. Federal investigators are expected to arrive at the scene today.
The bodies were burned beyond recognition, and dental records may be needed to identify the victims, said Easton Fire Chief Thomas Stone.
Peters said the plane, which was built in 1956, took off from Westhampton Beach on Long Island, N.Y., and was carrying the pilot and a Long Island couple. Peters did not identify the victims.
The registered owner of the plane is Janet Keene of Brookfield, Conn., but she was not on board, according to her husband Kenneth Keene, who called the crash "a disaster."
Kenneth Keene said his wife inherited the plane and sometimes hired a pilot so they could use it recreationally, since neither of them could fly it. He said the plane was used by Angel Flight about once a month and he knew about no problems with the aircraft.
The plane crashed about 500 feet across from the Hannaford entrance, near a road leading out of the lot. Firefighters and fire trucks surrounded the wreckage, where charred wings and the tail stuck out from the rest of the debris, which was covered in tarp Tuesday afternoon.
Store manager Arthur Dechellis said the plane crashed in an area where people rarely park and no cars were hit.
Patricia Desgrosseilliers, manager Bank of Easton, near the crash site, said she heard a crash, then saw the plane burning.
"The flame was very tall, very high," she said. "There was a lot of smoke, thick black smoke. ... Everybody was pretty much horrified."
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Audio: NTSB warned Brookfield pilot his plane was too low
Found: 3 Weeks 3 Days 12 Hours 4 Minutes ago
The News-Times - EASTON, Mass. -- An investigator from the National Transportation Safety Board on Wednesday began examining the burned wreckage of a plane that crashed into a shopping plaza parking lot, killing a Long Island cancer patient, a passenger and Brookfield resident Joseph Baker....
County Fair: Beasts of Easton
Found: 1 Month 6 Hours 38 Minutes ago
Fairfield County Weekly - We think of Easton as the town east of Weston (and Weston as the town west of Easton) when we think of it at all. There's usually not much happening in this cozy, affluent hamlet with no commercial zoning north of Fairfield, where the scenic roads hide huge houses. This summer, Easton has been......
Easton's 9/11 Memorial plan wins praise
Found: 1 Month 2 Weeks 2 Days 18 Hours 52 Minutes ago
Connecticut Post - EASTON — A pergola, an open structure with a roof supported by columns, has been endorsed by the Board of Selectmen as a fitting memorial for victims of the terrorist attack...
Obituaries, Saturday, July 19, 2008
Found: 1 Month 2 Weeks 5 Days 13 Hours 24 Minutes ago
The Chronicle - George Gankofskie - Manchester/WindhamRonald "Lou" Easton - AndoverThese articles and the rest of today?s newspaper are available at 8 a.m. in our Chronicle E-edition. Click here to subscribe....
Obituaries, Friday, July 18, 2008
Found: 1 Month 2 Weeks 5 Days 23 Hours 20 Minutes ago
The Chronicle - Ronald "Lou" Easton - AndoverJoan Deborah Levinson Meyer - Storrs/BloomfieldThese articles and the rest of today?s newspaper are available at 4 p.m. in our Chronicle E-edition. Click here to subscribe....
Man facing charges in fatal crash
Found: 1 Month 3 Weeks 4 Days 21 Hours 47 Minutes ago
Connecticut Post - EASTON — A Fairfield man who was injured in a fiery head-on collision that injured five others and killed one of his passengers is now accused of manslaughter with a motor vehicle....
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