Jeffersonia (twinleaf)
PARIS Nowhere is the renewal of spring more evident than on the grounds of McLaughlin Garden & Homestead in South Paris as it prepares a return to its traditional operation after being force to close early last year and cancel events through the summer due to the pandemic.
McLaughlin Garden’s annual plant sale starts tomorrow for members and continues for the general public through Mother’s Day
Nicole Carter / Advertiser Democrat
As gentle April showers blanketed the homestead last week, staff and volunteers were hard at work, prepping the flower beds, transplanting seedlings, cleaning the barn and organizing products for its annual barn sale.
Jan 15, 2021
OPELIKA, Ala. – The City of Opelika is pleased to announce Shane Healey as the city’s new Police Chief, effective immediately. Healey is replacing Chief John McEachern, who retired November 30, 2020, after eight years of service to the city.
Healey will transition from Captain of Community Relations/Special Services Division, where he was responsible for community relations initiatives, Public Information Officer duties, recruiting, hiring, the DARE program, school resource officers, officer training and policy development.
Mayor Gary Fuller stated, “We are excited about Captain Healey moving into the Chief position. His love for this community and his forward-thinking approach is going to bring new ideas and ways of policing to our community. After an extensive search across the southeast by an outside recruiting firm, we were proud to learn that the most qualified applicants were internal. It makes me proud to know that we have one of the best police departme
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
Gertrude Hardisty
WOODBURY – Gertrude Hardisty, of Woodbury, died Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, surrounded by her family. She was the widow of Chester C. Hardisty.
Gert was born in Waterbury, Conn., Nov. 15, 1929, daughter of the late Henry and Katherine (Conley) Cassidy. She was a graduate of Staatsburg High School in Staatsburg, N.Y. 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 30-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