At the same time, giving outpouring support for the family of 16-year-old injured Author: Shara Taylor (FOX61) Updated: 7:29 PM EDT April 8, 2021
SOUTHBURY, Conn. Pomperaug High School was finding ways to cope after a student was killed tragically Monday evening in a car accident, which left another teen in critical condition.
The school was grieving the loss of 17-year-old Ryan Rutledge of Southbury and giving outpouring support for the family of 16-year-old Eva Houlihan of Woodbury, who was in the hospital. Tributes of flowers were left on the bridge and heartfelt messages on the railing, where police said the car accident happened.
UpdatedThu, Feb 11, 2021 at 11:33 am ET
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Joshua James Goodart, Oxford, CT, passed away at the young age of 22 on February 6, 2021 due to complications from COVID-19. He was a loving son, caring brother, and a sweet and kind friend to many.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts on December 3, 1998, Joshua was the beloved son of Timothy and Lynette (Carrachino) Goodart and brother of Justin Tyler Goodart. At the age of 3, Joshua moved to Oxford where he grew up in a loving family neighborhood and supportive community, that were instrumental in creating the amazing young man we knew in our lives. After graduating from Oxford High School, Joshua was pursuing a degree in Cyber Security and Networks from the University of New Haven.
WOODBURY, CT - Gertrude Hardisty, of Woodbury, died Wednesday, January 13 surrounded by her family. She was the widow of Chester C. Hardisty.
Gert was born in Waterbury, CT November 15, 1929, daughter of the late Henry and Katherine (Conley) Cassidy. She was a graduate of Staasburg High School in Staatsburg, NY.
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She grew up in a tight-knit family whose lives were deeply affected by the depression, the tragic deaths of their father and two spouses just as brothers were called overseas to serve in World War II, leaving mother and daughters to share financial and child rearing chores.
Luckily, Gert liked to work and she was a quick study. As one of the thirty some employees at The Old Hundred, a wonderful ice-cream making plant started by neighbor Sam Green, she met Chet Hardisty, whom she married in 1953. They made their home in Woodbury and Gert started working at The Curtis House, alongside her husband and mother-in-law who owned the historic inn. She would work there o