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WEEKEND ENTERTAINMENT: The Southington High School DRAMA CLUB presents "HELLO DOLLY!" tonight, tomorrow and Sunday nights. Showtime is 7 pm each night. Southington High School is located at 720 Pleasant Street, Southington, CT 06489. Tickets are available at the door.

RECOVERY WING 3rd Annual Benefit Dinner and Auction Sunday from 1 pm to 5 pm at the Aqua Turf Club. Proceeds will be used for the care and rehabilitation of orphaned, sick and injured songbirds brought to the center. Tickets are $55 and may be purchased by calling Jayne at The Recovery Wing, (860) 276-8433. The Aqua Turf is located at 566 Mulberry Street, Plantsville, CT 06479 - www.therecoverywing.org

On Monday March 31 at 6:30 pm SOUTHINGTON ARTS AND CRAFTS presents a Necklace Workshop by Marjorie Muzyczka, Jewelry Designer, using semi-precious stones and/or lamp glass. Attendees will be able to choose their own beads for an 18" necklace. Class size limited, please register by calling 860-621-5095, or e-mail Marjorie at mmuzyczka@cox.net for more information. - www.southingtonartsandcrafts.homestead.com

The South End Elementary School (SEES) Parent Teacher Organization invites residents of greater Southington to its PROJECT PLAYSCAPE Kickoff Event, a lunch at Outback Steakhouse on April 12 at 11:30 am Tickets are $25 per person, and include a 6 oz. sirloin steak plus a 5 oz. chicken breast. The meal also includes garlic mashed potatoes, Caesar or ranch salad, honey wheat bread, and soft drinks, coffee or tea. Ticket sales are limited to 200 attendees. For tickets or more information, contact Doreen at 860-919-7358. The Outback Steakhouse is located at 817 Queen Street, Southington, CT 06489.

If we haven't mentioned your organization's activity, event or fundraiser, it's probably because we don't know about it yet! Why not tell us? Getting listed is FREE. Contact us via email at calendar@southingtonscene.com, or fax your press release to 860-426-8007! We'll be glad to give your organization a free listing on Today's Community Announcements.

>>MEETINGS REMINDER<<

NO WEEKEND MEETINGS! Enjoy the weekend. It should be sunny and mild.

For a complete list of Meetings, Activities and Events visit our Community Events Calendar! Point your browser here: http://www.southingtonscene.com/events.htm

>>NOTEWORTHY<<

Take a look at the proposed design for the West Street/I84 development (Target and Lowes) here: www.northstarcenters.com

Take a virtual walk along the Farmington Canal Greenway, also known as the Linear Park or Walking Trail. We have pictures! Just click here or point your browser to www.southingtonscene.com/scenes.htm

SOUTHINGTON BLOGGERS, we have added a Blog Roll to SouthingtonScene.com! If you live in Southington and have a blog, please let us know and we will add it to the Blog Roll. Of course, your blog mut be "PG" rated. Otherwise, you can blog about anything! If you don't have a blog, but want one, please let us know. We can help you get started using many of the free blogging software sites out there! And we will include you on the SouthingtonScene.com Blog Roll free as well!

>>BIRTHDAYS, ANNIVERSARIES AND SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS<<

OBITUARY: Helen Upson born in Southington, CT in 1913, departed on Mar. 25, 2008 and resided in Fort Collins, CO. - www.allnut.com and www.coloradoan.com

Send someone a birthday or anniversary wish! Tell us who and we will announce it right here on SouthingtonScene.com! Do you know of Southington's Historical and Noteworthy birthdays and anniversaries (past and present)? Please send them to us to include in our Daily Community Announcements! Our contact info is below...

>>INTERESTING TID BITS<<

In 1875 the Legislature passed an act requiring the New-Haven and Northampton Road to stop all regular trains at Plantsville because the railroad had abandoned it in favor of a new depot in Southington, roughly one mile away. - www.nytimes.com and www.resource.org

You can sell your tag sale items for free here on SouthingtonScene.com! No listing fees, no revenue sharing, no fees to register either! Just click over to http://classified-ads.southingtonscene.com and browse the items listed. This weekend will probably be great for cleaning out the attic or storage room. Use SouthingtonScene.com's FREE CLASSIFIEDS to help you Spring Clean!

Do you know something interesting and unusual? Tell us and we'll post your Tid Bit here!

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If you have a community event or announcement that you would like for us to include in "Today's Community Announcements", please send it to us at least 2 weeks in advance to ensure placement; last minute announcements are also welcomed! You can email it to us at calendar@southingtonscene.com. You can also fax it to us at 860-426-8007 or mail it to us at SouthingtonScene.com Calendar, P.O. Box 922, Southington, CT 06489. There is NO CHARGE for this service.

Pasta and The Gift of Life

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PASTA DINNER Thursday March 27, 2008 it the Holy Trinity Church, Church Hall in Plantsville from 5:30 pm to 7 pm to benefit the Relay for Life team. The cost for pasta, meatballs, salad, bread, and dessert is only $6 per person. Prize drawings will also be held. All cancer survivors will receive a gift from the church and participate in a special prize drawing. The Holy Trinity Church is located at 200 Summer Street, Plantsville, CT 06479. For more information, call 860-621-1778 for reservations or purchase tickets at the door.

GIVE THE GIFT OF LIFE at The Aidan Stewart Memorial Blood Drive, on Friday, March 28, 11:45am – 6:45pm. Held in memory of Aidan Stewart, a little boy who died from cancer in March 2006. A meatball & ziti dinner will follow the donation at St Aloysius Church, 254 Burritt Street, Plantsville, CT 06479. For an appointment call (800) GIVE-LIFE. - www.givelife.org

Come out for JAZZ AND DINNER on Saturday March 29, 2008 from 6 pm to 10 pm. The SOUTHINGTON LAND CONSERVATION TRUST is having a Live Jazz Music and Buffet Dinner Fundraiser with a DJ and Raffle at Testa’s Restaurant. Tickets are only $25.00 for adults, kids under 12 just $15.00. Tickets available at The Music Shop and Calendar House. Call Bonnie Sica at 860-621-9553 for more information. - www.southingtonlandtrust.org

YOU'RE INVITED to the Arc of Southington's Sixteenth Annual DINNER DANCE on Saturday March 29, 2008 at 7 pm at the Aqua Turf Club in Plantsville, Connecticut. The elegant event includes a Cheese Table during Cocktail Hour with Open Bar and a sit down family style dinner. On the menu: Salad, Pasta, Chicken and Beef, Potatoes, Vegetables, Rolls & Butter, Dessert & Coffee. Vegetarians can be accomodated. There will also be a Silent Auction and Raffle. The M.C. will be Joan Dillon of 100.5 WRCH. Tickets are $60 per person and are partially tax deductable (special pricing for table of 10 may be available). Proceeds will benefit the Social Services and Advocacy Program. Call 860-628-9220 ext. 10 for more information. - www.arcsouthington.org

YOUR ANNOUNCEMENT HERE - IT'S FREE - see below for contact details.

>>MEETINGS REMINDER<<

TONIGHT 6 pm Board of Finance Budget Workshop, Town Council Chambers, 75 Main Street, Southington, CT 06489, Southington, CT 06489 - www.southington.org

TONIGHT 6:30 Meet Your State Senators, Urbin T. Kelly Elementary School, 501 Ridgewood Road, Southington, CT 06489

>>NOTEWORTHY<<

The Justice Department approved a proposed merger between XM and Sirius, the two Satellite Radio providers. If the merger happens consumers will eventually only need one receiver, and one monthly subscription, to access all Satellite Radio programming. - www.hartfordbusiness.com

Take a virtual walk along the Farmington Canal Greenway, also known as the Linear Park or Walking Trail. We have pictures! Just click here or point your browser to www.southingtonscene.com/scenes.htm

SOUTHINGTON BLOGGERS, we have added a Blog Roll to SouthingtonScene.com! If you live in Southington and have a blog, please let us know and we will add it to the Blog Roll. Of course, your blog mut be "PG" rated. Otherwise, you can blog about anything! If you don't have a blog, but want one, please let us know. We can help you get started using many of the free blogging software sites out there! And we will include you on the SouthingtonScene.com Blog Roll free as well!

>>BIRTHDAYS, ANNIVERSARIES AND SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS<<

Send someone a birthday or anniversary wish! Tell us who and we will announce it right here on SouthingtonScene.com! Do you know of Southington's Historical and Noteworthy birthdays and anniversaries (past and present)? Please send them to us to include in our Daily Community Announcements! Our contact info is below...

>>INTERESTING TID BITS<<

Southington conveniently has 4 exits off of I-84 (29-32), an Interstate Highway that runs East/West through the State of Connecticut.

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Todays announcement is sponsored in part by by CAB Radio. Get a month free of webhosting! Contact us at 860-426-8006 to take advantage of this limited time offer.
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If you have a community event or announcement that you would like for us to include in "Today's Community Announcements", please send it to us at least 2 weeks in advance to ensure placement; last minute announcements are also welcomed! You can email it to us at calendar@southingtonscene.com. You can also fax it to us at 860-426-8007 or mail it to us at SouthingtonScene.com Calendar, P.O. Box 922, Southington, CT 06489. There is NO CHARGE for this service.