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Ledyard strawberry supper returns
Members of the Ledyard Congregational Church s Women s Fellowship hull the 337 pounds of strawberries for the church s annual Strawberry Supper at the church parish hall in Ledyard Center Tuesday June 14, 2011. The annual dinner will return this year after a one-year break because of the pandemic. (Tim Cook/The Day)
More than 50 years as a church organist and choir director have left David Warfield with a legacy of tuneful service and a crimp in his hands.
“I’ve already had a knuckle replaced and bases of thumbs rebuilt,” the 68-year-old musician said in an interview at his Norwich home upon the announcement of his retirement from the music ministry.
With music as a self-described “side job” that buttressed a career in the shipbuilding and homeland security industries, Warfield has been pulling out the stops on church organs since the late 1960s. It’s a journey that took him from the U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Illinois, to St. Andrew Presbyterian Church in Groton with many places of worship in between. Other local churches include Calvary Church Episcopal in Stonington Borough, Ledyard Congregational Church and Central Baptist Church in Norwich.
Published January 28. 2021 1:03PM | Updated January 28. 2021 9:02PM
Ledyard The Town Council voted unanimously Wednesday to authorize the signing of a lease for a new space for the Ledyard Food Pantry.
Once approved, the pantry, currently housed by the Ledyard Congregational Church, will occupy two classroom spaces at the former Ledyard Center School. The school was sold in 2019, and local businesses have begun moving into the space.
The food pantry is moving because it has exceeded the space available at the church; most recently, food pantry distribution has been held at the church s fellowship hall entrance for protection against the winter weather. A move to the new space, which will have about 1,650 square feet, is scheduled for April 1.