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Volume 23, Number 49
Friday, March 1, 2019
Powder Ridge to offer overnight camping By Bailey Wright Town Times
about 500 campsites. Each campsite would be limited to six people for a maximum stay of three nights.
Powder Ridge Mountain Park and Resort will offer short-term eventbased camping as early as July. “It’s a critical element to ensure Powder Ridge is a viable asset to the community for the long term,” said owner Sean Hayes.
Powder Ridge Mountain Park and Resort in Middlefield on Friday, Feb. 22. The ski resort was recently approved by the Planning & Zoning Commission to start providing short-term, event-based camping onsite.
Camping would only be available for designated events. The park will need to file notice with the town when events are expected. Campsites are split evenly between tents and RVs.
Hayes said the idea is to encourThe plan, approved with one absten- age more events, especially off seation by the Planning & Zoning Commission in December, includes See Camping, A2
Bailey Wright, Town Times
Benchwarmers spearheading field house push By Bailey Wright Town Times
A sample illustration of what the proposed field house for the Coginchaug Regional High School athletic complex could look like.
Funding for a $135,000 proposal to build a field house at the Coginchaug Regional High School athletic complex is expected to be a special question on this year’s budget referendum. The proposal comes from The Benchwarmers, a group which supports district athletics. The Benchwarmers secured $35,000 in funding from its own organization and other athletic booster clubs. “From what I have observed, Coginchaug has one of the nicest stadiums around as far as layout and location. Adding a field house to the facility would improve it exponentially,” said Kory Kevorkian, Coginchaug’s director of athletics. “It would certainly strengthen the facility from both a practical and visual
Photo courtesy Nick Faiella
standpoint.”
Middlefield Falcons have all pledged to help monetarily as well, according to Benchwarmers member Nick Faiella.
The Benchwarmers have pledged $25,000 to be paid over the next five years. The girls soccer team, the boys outdoor track team, the girls The 4,000 square-foot field house outdoor track team, the baseball and would primarily act as a storage fasoftball teams, and the Durham/ cility, with the option to add re-
strooms in the future. It will be built on the concrete slab in the front of the complex, which was added during the construction of the athletic complex, always with the intention of building a field house. The original plan, which cost upwards of $1 million, fell through due to lack of funding. However, the concrete base and utilities were installed and are in working condition. “The project that we’re proposing right now protects the investment that’s already there, gives us a shell building and allows us more time in another budget cycle to figure out how many bathrooms are needed,” Faiella said. Faiella said the project is focused on a pressing need: storage. See Field house, A13
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