Riley, the dog, and Spot ... best friends in North Canton. Check out the "Pet Pix" page for more photos of the pets that help make Canton a special place.
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A check of the prices of unleaded regular (self-serve) gasoline at the seven stations on Route 44 from downtown New Hartford east to the Avon/Simsbury line on Thursday afternoon, March 31, revealed the following: Citgo, 513 Main St. (Route 44), New Hartford $3.74.9 Mobil, 443 Main St. (Route 44), New Hartford $3.79.9 Mobil, 306 Albany Turnpike (Route 44), Canton $3.85.9 Citgo, 232 Albany Turnpike (Route 44), Canton $3.85.9 Gulf, 210 Albany Turnpike (Route 44), Canton $3.85.9 Shell, 12 Albany Turnpike (Route 44), Simsbury $3.85.9 Mobil, 411 West Main St. (Route 44), Avon $3.85.9 – dotCANTON Please Patronize Our Advertisers Suzan Fox will be offering a six-week course on egg tempera painting at Gallery on the Green beginning on Monday, April 25. The cost is $60 for each three-hour session, plus a one-time fee of $20 for supplies, including gessoed panel, pigments and eggs. The course is designed to show all the basics, from starting to completing a painting in egg tempera. Students will learn to grind and blend pigments into egg yoke, creating brilliant colors that will be layered onto gessoed panels to produce luminescent pieces. Registration is required by April 18. Saturday classes are available. Suzan Fox can be reached at 860-626-7187 or at suzanfox@att.net. dotCANTON Classifieds Page Open For Business  A reminder: The Bank of America branch in downtown New Hartford is closing permanently at 2 p.m. on Friday, April 1. Photo: dotCANTON Please Patronize Our Advertisers  The 10th tee at Simsbury Farms on Tuesday, March 29. Photos: dotCANTON
Marc Fischer, the facility’s associate golf professional, said the course made it through a difficult winter in excellent shape. “Deep snow sometimes helps insulate the greens,” Fischer said on Tuesday, March 29. All 18 holes will be open and there are no temporary greens, according to Fischer, who said the course off Old Farms Road in West Simsbury is remarkably dry right now. Die-hard golfers understand that conditions this time of year aren’t optimum, but it’s almost a certain bet that some in need of a fix will brave temperatures Thursday that are expected to be in the upper 40s. Any wind will only make it feel colder.  Tee marker on the first hole. The precise time of Thursday’s opening will depend on whether there’s frost on the course, but Fischer expects the first golfers of the season will be able to tee it up sometime between 8:30 and 9 a.m. The driving range and practice putting green have been open for about a week, Fischer said. Hours of operation for the driving range are a bit irregular this time of year, so if you’d like to work out some kinks, it might not be a bad idea to call Simsbury Farms in advance. The course looked a lot different on Tuesday than it did on Feb. 15, when dotCANTON visited the snowy site. Click here for a look back. – dotCANTON dotCANTON Classifieds Page Open For Business dotCANTON.com readers are reminded of our “Pet Pix,” “Wildlife” and “We’re So Vane” pages, where you can show off your pet (it doesn’t have to be a dog or a cat), a visitor from the wild who has traipsed through (or landed in) your yard, or a weather vane high atop a structure on your property. Send your photos to editor@dotCANTON.com. With “Pet Pix,” we don’t need to know a lot; the pet’s first name and a little information about breed and general location (North Canton, Collinsville, etc.) would be terrific. A “Wildlife” pic should be submitted with the date the photo was taken and the general area (North Canton, Collinsville, etc.) where the critter was seen. All we ask with “We’re So Vane” photos is that the weather vane is located in Canton. You can share which part of Canton if you wish, but we don’t need your name or address. Submitted photos will be added to our galleries on the appropriate pages, and sometimes will be shown as a daily post. As we move closer to spring cleaning and tag sales, a reminder that dotCANTON classifieds reach potential customers in Canton. Classified ads to announce your tag sale or what you might be willing to sell privately are available at dotCANTON.com for $1 a day, with a 14-day minimum. Call 860-693-8253. The Classified Ads page at dotCANTON.com can be accessed by clicking the button at the top of this page, above dotCANTON.com in large letters. Everything you need to know about our classified ads can be found on the Classified Ads page. In addition, we have opened up the right-hand column on every page to display advertising, ads we are calling “Side Orders.” Ads here will link with a click directly to a business’ website. More very attractive advertising space is available between every post on the website — we’re calling these ads ‘Tweeners. You can see that green type directly below this post. These ads are all verbal and come with a link to a business’ website. Information on all advertising options can be obtained by calling 860-693-8253. Please remember, dotCANTON.com is a small, privately run website, so it’s possible you will get a recording and have to leave a message. Thank you for your patience. We will return your call as soon as possible. We very much appreciate your interest and your support. – Steve Wilder, founder/editor, dotCANTON.com Please Patronize Our Advertisers If you never got around last year to the proper disposal of hazardous materials on your property, or if you have more now that you need to get rid of, the first 2011 household hazardous waste collection for the area is scheduled for Saturday, April 30, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Farmington High School, 10 Monteith Drive. Several other collections will be held in the area throughout the spring, summer and early fall, but the drop-off at Farmington High School will be the most convenient for Canton residents until an Aug. 13 collection at Henry James Memorial School, 155 Firetown Road in Simsbury. For additional information, click here to check out the state’s Department of Environmental Protection website. Scholarship Deadline NearsApril 1 is the Farmington River Coordinating Committee’s deadline for students to apply for the Pat Keener and Nancy Johnson scholarships, each worth $1,000. Graduating high school seniors who are residents of Canton, Barkhamsted, Colebrook, Hartland and New Hartford and plan to study an environmental science-related field are eligible to receive the scholarships. Interested students can visit www.farmingtonriver.org for application packets and additional information. Mobile Pantry Open To Canton ResidentsCanton residents who are having trouble making ends meet are invited to use Foodshare’s mobile pantry in Burlington. The program provides fresh fruit and vegetables, bread and, on occasion, other perishables. The mobile pantry is open at Burlington Town Hall, 200 Spielman Highway (Route 4) every other Monday from 1 to 1:30 p.m. Upcoming distribution dates (rain or shine) are April 11 and 25, May 9 and 23, June 6 and 20, July 18, Aug. 1, 15 and 29, and Sept. 12 and 26. If a cancellation is required, it will be listed on WFSB, Channel 3. Participants are asked to bring their own bags. dotCANTON Classifieds Page Open For Business |
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Simsbury Farms Golf Course will open on Thursday, March 31.