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Managing Partner at Johnson Brunetti, Joel Johnson speaks to Brian about Tariffs, The Stock Market and a great event coming up on May 1st at the Aqua Turf in Southington to help you as you enter into retirement.

Fan Mail Me BrrrruuuuunnndenWe dive into the great DIY vs professional contractor debate, sharing real-life stories and insider knowledge on why trying to save money might actually cost you more in the long run.• DIY horror stories including improperly installed insulation and electrical mishaps that resulted in injury• Why hiring a professional often costs less when you factor in your time and potential mistakes• How reputable contractors price jobs with cushions to avoid asking for more money later• The truth about home improvement TV shows and their unrealistic timelines• Red flags to watch for when hiring contractors, including those who pressure for immediate decisions• Tips for finding reliable professionals through local lumber yards rather than big box stores• Why major plumbing, electrical work, and projects requiring permits should always be handled by pros• Real-world examples of predatory pricing, especially targeting elderly homeownersNeed help with furniture assembly? Check out Some Assembly at someassembly.net. For HVAC needs in Southington, Connecticut, contact True Comfort and ask for Eric.Support the showCome back every Tuesday for a new episode each week. You won't be dissappointed, I'll tell you that for free. Subscribe and like us over at sockeytome.com as we begin the best part of our journey into podcasting yet, interacting with all of you. Give us your email as we begin to have more promotions and contests along with my personal favorite, trivia. Thanks everyone and as always, be good.

In 1992, the Snedeker family appeared on the Sally Jessy Raphael show to share the horrors that resided inside their Southington, Connecticut home. This now infamous TV interview catapulted the already controversial family into every living room in America. The family moved into the former funeral parlour in 1986, and experienced such horrendous paranormal activity they turned to famed ghost hunter Ed and Lorrain Warren for help. Their story was so iconic and notorious that it was the subject of the 1992 book "In A Dark Place", as well as the inspiration for the 2009 movie "The Haunting In Connecticut", and endless TV shows, documentaries, and articles. However, as famous as the story is, it has never been told the same way twice. In this episode Ed and Lorraine's grandson, Chris shares with us, his firsthand account of working on the Snedeker case. You may think you know the story, but have you heard it told by someone who was actually there?

Channel 3 WFSB's Scot Haney was on the phone with Chaz and AJ to talk about some commercials that will never leave his memory. Plus, the co-worker Scot would go after if he were not gay. (0:00)  Micaela Sweeney, a bartender from the Salty Dog in Southington went viral on social media, and called Chaz and AJ to talk about the online response. (18:50)   Comedian Anthony Rodia was on the phone this morning, despite having 4 sold-out shows in the state. He talked to Chaz and AJ about the expensive Super Bowl squares he participates in each year. (32:53)  In Dumb Ass News, a massive fight broke out at a Waffle House, that had employees throwing ceramic plates at patrons. (49:24)   Boss Keith's Top 5 (no longer sponsored) was a positive list today! He shared the 5 things he thinks has made life better in recent years, and still found a way to yell at everyone about Venmo. (55:21)

Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you, is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the Sabbath, to save life or to destroy it?” ~Luke 6:9 During the three months that Pastor Laura will be away on sabbatical, I have invited some friends to preach at FCC. This week, we welcome the Rev. Kathy Peters to the pulpit. Kathy is no stranger to Southington. She and her husband, Stanley, lived for many years in Plantsville. As she prepared for ministry at Yale Divinity School, Kathy was an active member of the Plantsville Congregational Church. Since finishing YDS, Kathy served as the Associate Pastor of the Spring Glen Church in Hamden, on the staff of the historic Connecticut Conference, and as the Pastor of the United Church of Chester. Kathy and Stanley tried to retire to Florida but missed New England too much, so they returned to Connecticut this year and joined FCC. I look forward to hearing from Kathy on Sunday!

This podcast hit paid subscribers' inboxes on Nov. 30. It dropped for free subscribers on Dec. 7. To receive future episodes as soon as they're live, and to support independent ski journalism, please consider an upgrade to a paid subscription. You can also subscribe to the free tier below:WhoMike Taylor, Owner of Holiday Mountain, New YorkRecorded onNovember 18, 2024About Holiday MountainClick here for a mountain stats overviewOwned by: Mike TaylorLocated in: Monticello, New YorkYear founded: 1957Pass affiliations: NoneClosest neighboring ski areas: Villa Roma (:37), Ski Big Bear (:56), Mt. Peter (:48), Mountain Creek (:52), Victor Constant (:54)Base elevation: 900 feetSummit elevation: 1,300 feetVertical drop: 400 feetSkiable acres: 60Average annual snowfall: 66 inchesTrail count: 9 (5 beginner, 2 intermediate, 2 advanced)Lift count: 3 (1 fixed-grip quad, 1 triple, 1 carpet - view Lift Blog's inventory of Holiday Mountain's lift fleet)Why I interviewed himNot so long ago, U.S. ski areas swung wrecking ball-like from the necks of founders who wore them like amulets. Mountain and man fused as one, each anchored to and propelled by the other, twin forces mirrored and set aglow, forged in some burbling cauldron and unleashed upon the public as an Experience. This was Killington and this was Mammoth and this was Vail and this was Squaw and this was Taos, each at once a mountain and a manifestation of psyche and soul, as though some god's hand had scooped from Pres and Dave and Pete and Al and Ernie their whimsy and hubris and willfulness and fashioned them into a cackling live thing on this earth. The men were the mountains and the mountains were the men. Everybody knew this and everybody felt this and that's why we named lifts and trails after them.This is what we've lost in the collect-them-all corporate roll-up of our current moment. I'm skeptical of applying an asteroid-ate-the-dinosaurs theory to skiing, but even I'll acknowledge this bit. When the caped founder, who stepped into raw wilderness and said “here I will build an organized snowskiing facility” and proceeded to do so, steps aside or sells to SnowCo or dies, some essence of the mountain evaporates with him. The snow still hammers and the skiers still come and the mountain still lets gravity run things. The trails remain and the fall lines still fall. The mountain is mostly the same. But nobody knows why it is that way, and the ski area becomes a disembodied thing, untethered from a human host. This, I think, is a big part of the appeal of Michigan's Mount Bohemia. Ungroomed, untamed, absent green runs and snowguns, accessible all winter on a $109 season pass, Boho is the impossible storybook of the maniac who willed it into existence against all advice and instinct: Lonie Glieberman, who hacked this thing from the wilderness not in some lost postwar decade, but in 2000. He lives there all winter and everybody knows him and they all know that this place that is the place would not exist had he not insisted that it be so. For the purposes of how skiers consider the joint, Lonie is Mount Bohemia. And someday when he goes away the mountain will make less sense than it does right now.I could write a similar paragraph about Chip Chase at White Grass Touring Center in West Virginia. But there aren't many of those fellas left. Since most of our ski areas are old, most of our founders are gone. They're not coming back, and we're not getting more ski areas. But that doesn't mean the era of the owner-soul keeper is finished. They just need to climb a different set of monkey bars to get there. Rather than trekking into the mountains to stake out and transform a raw wilderness into a piste digestible to the masses, the modern mountain incarnate needs to drive up to the ski area with a dump truck full of hundred dollar bills, pour it out onto the ground, and hope the planted seeds sprout money trees.And this is Mike Taylor. He has resources. He has energy. He has manpower. And he's going to transform this dysfunctional junkpile of a ski area into something modern, something nice, something that will last. And everyone knows it wouldn't be happening without him.What we talked aboutThe Turkey Trot chairlift upgrade; why Taylor re-engineered and renovated a mothballed double chair just to run it for a handful of days last winter before demolishing it this summer; Partek and why skiing needs an independent lift manufacturer; a gesture from Massanutten; how you build a chairlift when your chairlift doesn't come with a bottom terminal; Holiday Mountain's two new ski trails for this winter; the story behind Holiday Mountain's trail names; why a rock quarry is “the greatest neighbors we could ever ask for”; big potential future ski expansion opportunities; massive snowmaking upgrades; snowmaking is hard; how a state highway spurred the development of Holiday Mountain; “I think we've lost a generation of skiers”; vintage Holiday Mountain; the ski area's long, sad decline; pillage by flood; restoring abandoned terrain above the Fun Park; the chairlift you see from Route 17 is not actually a chairlift; considering a future when 17 converts into Interstate 86; what would have happened to Holiday had the other bidders purchased it; “how do we get kids off their phones and out recreating again?”; advice from Plattekill; buying a broken ski area in May and getting it open by Christmas (or trying); what translates well from the business world into running a ski area; how to finance the rebuild and modernization of a failing ski area; “when you talk to a bank and use the word ‘ski area,' they want nothing to do with it”; how to make a ski area make money; why summer business is hard; Holiday's incredible social media presence; “I always thought good grooming was easy, like mowing a lawn”; how to get big things done quickly but well; ski racing returns; “I don't want to do things half-assed and pay for it in the long run”; why season two should be better than season one; “you can't make me happier than to see busloads of kids, improving their skills, and enjoying something they're going to do for the rest of their life”; why New York State has a challenging business environment, and how to get things done anyway; the surprise labor audit that shocked New York skiing last February – “we didn't realize the mistakes we were making”; kids these days; the State of New York owns and subsidizes three ski areas – how does that complicate things?; why the state subsidizing independent ski areas isn't the answer; the problem with bussing kids to ski areas; and why Holiday Mountain doesn't feel ready to join the Indy Pass.Why I thought that now was a good time for this interviewI met Taylor in a Savannah bar last year, five minutes after he'd bought a ski area and seven months before he needed to turn that ski area into a functional business. Here was the new owner of Holiday Mountain, rolling with the Plattekill gang, more or less openly saying, “I have no idea what the hell I'm doing, but I'm going to do it. I'm going to save Holiday Mountain.”The National Ski Areas Association's annual show, tucked across the river that week, seemed like a good place to start. Here were hundreds of people who could tell Taylor exactly how hard it was to run a ski area, and why. And here was this guy, accomplished in so many businesses, ready to learn. And all I could think, having skied the disaster that was Holiday Mountain in recent years, was thank God this dude is here. Here's my card. Let's talk.I connected with Taylor the next month and wrote a story about his grand plans for Holiday. Then I stepped back and let that first winter happen. It was, by Taylor's own account, humbling. But it did not seem to be humiliating, which is key. Pride is the quickest path to failure in skiing. Instead of kicking things, Taylor seemed to regard the whole endeavor as a grand and amusing puzzle. “Well let's see here, turns out snowmaking is hard, grooming is hard, managing teenagers is hard… isn't that interesting and how can I make this work even though I already had too much else to do at my other 10 jobs?”Life may be attitude above all else. And when I look at ski area operators who have recycled garbage into gold, this is the attribute that seems to steer all others. That's people like Rick Schmitz, who talked two Wisconsin ski areas off the ledge and brought another back from its grave; Justin Hoppe, who just traded his life in to save a lost UP ski area; James Coleman, whose bandolier of saved ski areas could fill an egg carton; and Danielle and Laszlo Vajtay, who for 31 years have modernized their ridiculously steep and remote Catskills ski area one snowgun at a time.There are always plenty of people who will tell you why a thing is impossible. These people are boring. They lack creativity or vision, an ability to see the world as something other than what it is. Taylor is the opposite. All he does is envision how things can be better, and then work to make them that way. That was clear to me immediately. It just took him a minute to prove he could do it. And he did.What I got wrong* Mike said he needed a chairlift with “about 1,000 feet of vertical rise” to replace the severed double chair visible from Route 17. He meant length. According to Lift Blog, the legacy lift rose 232 vertical feet over 1,248 linear feet.* We talk a bit about New York's declining population, but the real-world picture is fuzzier. While the state's population did fall considerably, from 20.1 million to 19.6 million over the past four years, those numbers include a big pandemic-driven population spike in 2020, when the state's population rose 3.3 percent, from 19.5 million to that 20.1 million number (likely from city refugees camping out in New York's vast and bucolic rural reaches). The state's current population of 19,571,216 million is still larger than it was at any point before 2012, and not far off its pre-pandemic peak of 19,657,321.* I noted that Gore's new Hudson high-speed quad cost “about $10 million.” That is probably a fair estimate based upon the initial budget between $8 and $9 million, but an ORDA representative did not immediately respond to a request for the final number.Why you should ski Holiday MountainI've been reconsidering my television pitch for Who Wants to Own a Ski Area? Not because the answer is probably “everybody reading this newsletter except for the ones that already own a ski area, because they are smart enough to know better.” But because I think the follow-up series, Ski Resort Rebuild, would be even more entertaining. It would contain all the elements of successful unscripted television: a novel environment, large and expensive machinery, demolition, shouting, meddlesome authorities, and an endless sequence of puzzles confronting a charismatic leader and his band of chain-smoking hourlies.The rainbow arcing over all of this would of course be reinvention. Take something teetering on apocalyptic set-piece and transform it into an ordered enterprise that makes the kids go “wheeeeee!” Raw optimism and self-aware naivete would slide into exasperation and despair, the launchpad for stubborn triumphalism tempered by humility. Cut to teaser for season two.Though I envision a six- or eight-episode season, the template here is the concise and satisfying Hoarders, which condenses a days-long home dejunking into a half-hour of television. One minute, Uncle Frank's four-story house is filled with his pizza box collection and every edition of the Tampa Bay Bugle dating back to 1904. But as 15 dumpster trucks from TakeMyCrap.com drive off in convoy, the home that could only be navigated with sonar and wayfinding canines has been transformed into a Flintstones set piece, a couch and a wooly mammoth rug accenting otherwise empty rooms. I can watch these chaos-into-order transformations all day long.Roll into Holiday Mountain this winter, and you'll essentially be stepping into episode four of this eight-part series. The ski area's most atrocious failures have been bulldozed, blown-up, regraded, covered in snow. The two-seater chairlift that Columbus shipped in pieces on the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria has finally been scrapped and replaced with a machine that does not predate modern democracy. The snowguns are no longer powered by hand-cranks. A ski area that, just 18 months ago, was shrinking like an island in rising water is actually debuting two brand-new trails this winter.But the job's not finished. On your left as you drive in is a wide abandoned ridge where four ski lifts once spun. On the open hills, new snowguns glimmer and new-used chairlifts and cats hum, but by Taylor's own admission, his teams are still figuring out how to use all these fancy gadgets. Change is the tide climbing up the beach, but we haven't fully smoothed out the tracked sand yet, and it will take a few more hours to get there.It's fun to be part of something like this, even as an observer. I'll tell you to visit Holiday Mountain this winter for the same reason I'll tell you to go ride Chair 2 at Alpental or the triple at Bluewood or the Primo and Segundo Riblet doubles at Sunlight. By next autumn, each of these lifts, which have dressed their mountains for decades, will make way for modern machines. This is good, and healthy, and necessary for skiing's long-term viability. But experiencing the same place in different forms offers useful lessons in imagination, evolution, and the utility of persistence and willpower. It's already hard to picture that Holiday Mountain that teetered on the edge of collapse just two years ago. In two more years, it could be impossible, so thorough is the current renovation. So go. Bonus: they have skiing.Podcast NotesOn indies sticking togetherDespite the facile headlines, conglomerates are not taking over American skiing. As of my last count, about 73 percent of U.S. ski areas are still independently operated. And while these approximately three-quarters of active ski areas likely account for less than half of all skier visits, consumers do still have plenty of choice if they don't want to go Epkonic.New York, in particular, is a redoubt of family-owned and -operated mountains. Other than Vail-owned Hunter and state-owned Belleayre, Gore, and Whiteface, every single one of the state's 51 ski areas is under independent management. Taylor calls out several of these New York owners in our conversation, including many past podcast guests. These are all tremendous conversations, all streaked with the same sincere determination and grit that's obvious in Taylor's pod.Massachusetts is also a land of independent ski areas, including the Swiss watch known as Wachusett:On PartekPartek is one of the delightful secrets of U.S. skiing. The company, founded in 1993 by Hagen Schulz, son of the defunct Borvig lifts President Gary Schulz, installs one or two or zero new chairlifts in a typical year. Last year, it was a fixed-grip quad at Trollhaugen, Wisconsin and a triple at Mt. Southington, Connecticut. The year before, it was the new Sandy quad at Saddleback. Everyone raves about the quality of the lifts and the experience of working with Partek's team. Saddleback GM Jim Quimby laid this out for us in detail when he joined me on the podcast last year:Trollhaugen owner and GM Jim Rochford, Jr. was similarly effusive:I'm underscoring this point because if you visit Partek's website, you'll be like “I hope they have this thing ready for Y2K.” But this is your stop if you need a new SKF 6206-2RS1, which is only $17!On the old Catskills resort hotels with ski areasNew York is home to more ski areas (51) than any state in America, but there are still far more lost ski areas here than active ones. The New York Lost Ski Areas Project estimates that the ghosts of up to 350 onetime ski hills haunt the state. This is not so tragic as it sounds, as the vast majority of these operations consisted of a goat pulling a toboggan up 50 vertical feet beside Fiesty Pete's dairy barn. These operated for the lifespan of a housefly and no one missed them when they disappeared. On the opposite end were a handful of well-developed, multi-lift ski areas that have died in modernity: Scotch Valley (1988), Shu Maker (1999), Cortina (mid-90s), and Big Tupper (2012). But in the middle sat dozens of now-defunct surface-tow bumps, some with snowmaking, some attached to the famous and famously extinct Borsch Belt Catskills resorts.It is this last group that Taylor and I discuss in the podcast. He estimates that “probably a dozen” ski areas once operated in Sullivan County. Some of these were standalone operations like Holiday, but many were stapled to large resort hotels like The Nevele and Grossingers. I couldn't find a list of the extinct Catskills resorts that once offered skiing, and none appeared to have bothered drawing a trailmap.While these add-on ski areas are a footnote in the overall story of U.S. skiing, an activity-laying-around-to-do-at-a-resort can have a powerful multiplier effect. Here are some things that I only do if I happen across a readymade setup: shoot pool, ice skate, jet ski, play basketball, fish, play minigolf, toss cornhole bags. I enjoy all of these things, but I won't plan ahead to do them on purpose. I imagine skiing acted in this fashion for much of the Bortsch Belt crowd, like “oh let's go try that snowskiing thing between breakfast and our 11:00 baccarat game.” And with some of these folks, skiing probably became something they did on purpose.The closest thing modernity delivers to this is indoor skiing, which, attached to a mall – as Big Snow is in New Jersey – presents itself as Something To Do. Which is why I believe we need a lot more such centers, and soon.On shrinking Holiday MountainSome ski areas die all at once. Holiday Mountain curdled over decades, to the husk Taylor purchased last year. Check the place out in 2000, with lifts zinging all over the place across multiple faces:A 2003 flood smashed the terrain near the entrance, and by 2007, Holiday ran just two lifts:At some indeterminant point, the ski area also abandoned the Turkey Trot double. This 2023 trailmap shows the area dedicated to snowtubing, though to my knowledge no such activity was ever conducted there at scale.On the lift you see from Route 17Anyone cruising NY State 17 can see this chairlift rising off the northwest corner of the ski area:This is essentially a billboard, as Taylor left the terminal in place after demolishing the lower part of the long-inactive lift.Taylor intends to run a lift back up this hill and re-open all the old terrain. But first he has to restore the slopes, which eroded significantly in their last life as a Motocross course. There is no timeline for this, but Taylor works fast, and I wouldn't be shocked to see the terrain come back online as soon as 2025.On NY 17's transformation into I-86New York 17 is in the midst of a decades-long evolution into Interstate 86, with long stretches of the route that spans southern New York already signed as such. But the interstate designation comes with standards that define lane number and width, bridge height, shoulder dimensions, and maximum grade, among many other particulars, including the placement and length of exit and entrance ramps. Exit 108, which provides direct eastbound access to and egress from Holiday Mountain, is fated to close whenever the highway gods close the gap that currently splits I-86 into segments.On Norway MountainHoliday is the second ski area comeback story featured on the pod in recent months, following the tale of dormant-since-2017 Norway Mountain, Michigan:On Holiday's high-energy social media accountsTaylor has breathlessly documented Holiday's comeback on the ski area's Instagram and Facebook accounts. They're incredible. Follow recommended. On Tuxedo RidgeThis place frustrates me. Once a proud beginners-oriented ski center with four chairlifts and a 450-foot vertical drop, the bump dropped dead around 2014 without warning or explanation, despite a prime location less than an hour from New York City.I hiked the place in 2020, and wrote about it:On Ski Areas of New YorkSki Areas of New York, or SANY, is one of America's most effective state ski area organizations. I've hosted the organization's president, Scott Brandi, on the podcast a couple of times:Compulsory mention of ORDAThe Olympic Regional Development Authority, which manages New York State-owned Belleayre, Gore, and Whiteface mountains, lost $47.3 million in its last fiscal year. One ORDA board member, in response to the report, said that it's “amazing how well we are doing,” according to the Adirondack Explorer. Which makes a lot of the state's independent ski area operators say things like, “Huh?” That's probably a fair response, since $47.3 million would likely be sufficient for the state to simply purchase every ski area in New York other than Hunter, Windham, Holiday Valley, and Bristol.On high-speed ropetowsI'll keep writing about these forever because they are truly amazing and there should be 10 of them at every ski area in America:Welch Village, Minnesota. Video by Stuart Winchester.The Storm explores the world of lift-served skiing year-round. Join us.The Storm publishes year-round, and guarantees 100 articles per year. This is article 82/100 in 2024, and number 582 since launching on Oct. 13, 2019. Get full access to The Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast at www.stormskiing.com/subscribe

On this Sunday's edition of News You Can Use on WTIC Newstalk 1080 at 5:30 AM and 9:00 AM, host Ann Baldwin is joined by long-time friends Graham and Bonnie Nicholson, owners of Cadillac Ranch in Southington. Dating back to the 1980's, Graham and Bonnie's shared love for music and entertainment led to their plan in opening Starstruck Karaoke – America's First Karaoke Club. After opening 3 additional locations, the next move was to fulfill Bonnie's dream of owning her own country dance restaurant, now known as theCadillac Ranch Restaurant. Fast forward years later, Cadillac Ranch is now a 15,000 sq. ft. facility that offers line, partner, swing and 2-step dancing as well as hosts the likes of country music artists including: Thomas Rhett, Rodney Atkins, Rascal Flatts, Miranda Lambert, and Luke Combs. Be sure to tune in to hear the amazing history of Cadillac Ranch and how Graham and Bonnie Nicholson have transformed their dream into reality. For more information on Cadillac Ranch and their upcoming schedule including their Unwrapped and Unplugged event to benefit St. Judes Children's Research Hospital, visit caddyranch.com.

Ryan from Southington went on a great first date and now he's being ghosted. He said the night was magical. We will call his date and find out why she's not returning his text. 

Join Katie and Liz on 2024's last episode for the spooky Halloween season! This week, the girls keep an annual tradition going and discuss a case with two special guests… Ed and Lorraine Warren! In the late 1980s, the paranormal investigative pair were called into the Southington, Connecticut home of the Snedeker's, who had been experiencing some hauntingly creepy happenings. The oldest son, Philip, even had a complete personality change and had become violent, and this was blamed entirely on the demonic possession of the home itself after he began seeing spirits and having disturbing experiences and nightmares. Tune in to this Halloween-y tale and hear of all the spooky accounts of a family living with ghosts in a former funeral home.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/truecrimene/support

When Al and Carmen Snedeker found out that their son Phillip was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma, the treatment plan required the family to relocate into a three floor home in Southington, Connecticut. The second floor apartment quickly became a nightmare for the inhabitants, with attacks escalating to demonic assault. Thank you to the incredible Dave White of Bring Me the Axe Podcast for research and writing support!ReferencesCarpenter, B. (1988, September 15). Exorcism performed in 'spirited' home. Record-Journal (Meriden, CT), p. 37.Carpenter, B. (1988, August 18). Researcher says home haunted by evil presence. Record-Journal (Meriden, CT), p. 33.Carpenter, B. (1988, August 13). Southington haunting is daunting . Record-Journal (Meriden, CT), p. 1.Cohen, J. (1992, October 27). Their Southington haunt was hellish, couple tell Sally Jessy. Record-Journal (Meriden, CT), p. 1.Garton, R., & Warren, E. (1992). In a Dark Place: The True Story of a Haunting. New York, NY: Villard Books.I was raped by a ghost (1992). [Motion Picture].Nickel, J. (2009). Demons in Connecticut. Skeptical Inquirer, 25-27.Schmidt, K. (1992, October 30). Couple sees ghost; skeptics see through it. Hartford Courant, p. 126.Smith, G. (1991, May 15). Family still haunted by ghastly experience. Record-Journal (Meriden, CT), p. 1.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome Back B-oo's Crew! This week we head to Southington, Ct to talk about the Snedeker family haunting that inspired the 2009 movie, The Haunting In Connecticut. The year was 1986 and the Snedekers had fallen on hard times. When thier son Philip got cancer, the family moved closer to the hospital for philips cancer treatment. Little did the family know, the new home would go from a dream, to a nightmare within the first 3 hours. Mental illness, spectral attacks, hallucinations, foul odors, S.A and so much more would plague this family until they left just 2 years later. Get ready B-oo's Crew for the family haunting to end all family hauntings. A story so unbelievable, they had to make a motion picture from the story!Do you have a story you'd like read or played on the show? Are you part of an investigation team that would like to come on and tell your story and experiences? Maybe you have a show suggestion! Email us at fortheboos12@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter @fortheboosAnd on Instagram @forthboos-podcastFollow us Tik Tok @fortheboos_podcastHelp support the show on Patreon for early access ad free shows and an exclusive patreon only podcast!patreon.com/forthboos_podcastYou can also find us on Facebook at For The BoosAnd on YouTube at For The BoosRemember to Follow, Subscribe, and Rate the show...it really does help!For The B-oo's uses strong language and may not be suitable for all audiences, listener discretion is advised!https://linktr.ee/fortheboosSources for this episode: Southington.org, Wikipedia.com, frightfind.com, collider.com, chasingthefrog.com, allthatsinteresting.comAll music and sound effects courtesy of http://www.pixabay.com and freesound.org#paranormal #ghost #haunted #ghosts #paranormalactivity #horror #creepy #paranormalinvestigation #scary #spooky #ghosthunting #spiritual #supernatural #ufo #halloween #spirit #spirits #ghosthunters #podcast #paranormalinvestigator #terror #ghoststories #hauntedhouse #aliens #haunting #alien #supranatural #pengasihan #ghosthunter #ghostadventures

This Sunday morning on News You Can Use on WTIC NewsTalk 1080, Ann Baldwin is joined by longtime friend and local family-business owner, Pete Rappoccio, the driving force behind Sign Pro Inc. in Plantsville, CT.  After more than 30 years in business, Pete has led Sign Pro from its humble beginnings in his bedroom to a nationally recognized company, partnering with top brands across various industries. Throughout this journey, Sign Pro has remained dedicated to safety, regulatory compliance, and professionalism. In this candid conversation, Pete will share his invaluable insights as a business leader in Southington, discussing the challenges his company faces with certain local departments and town leaders. This eye-opening discussion promises to shed light on the inner workings of local government and make you question the motives behind certain political actions. Don't miss this compelling episode that could change the way you view your community. Tune in this Sunday to News You Can Use on WTIC NewsTalk 1080, and for more information on Sign Pro, visit www.signpro-usa.com. Stay tuned to see how this situation unfolds!

On this weeks episode, Blake covers the true story behind the film The Haunting in Connecticut! If YOU have a paranormal experience you'd like read on Haunted Hometowns email it to hauntedhometownspodcast@gmail.com cause everyone loves a ghost story!!

On this episode, Tine from Fable in Southington, CT joins us for a chat about storytelling and tea! Fable - ctfable.com Instagram - @ctfable & @fable_underworld Have any questions, comments, or concerns? Maybe All three? Email us at amirightwitches@gmail.com Rate us 5 stars on Apple Podcasts or Spotify! And while you're over there, leave a comment! Follow Us on Instagram! @AmIRightWitches Matt - @mattatarot Andrea - @andreahoyt --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/amirightwitches/support

On Eavesdroppin' comedy podcast this week, Geordie & Michelle look at supernatural stuff – the Snedecker haunting and the mass UFO sighting at Broad Haven...Would you move into a house that used to be a funeral parlour? In 1986, the Snedeker family were excited to move into their new home in Southington, Connecticut. Except the real estate agent hadn't told them that the house was full of funeral-home paraphernalia and GHOSTS and two years later, paranormal activity forced the family to flee their home. What happened to the family? Was it real? And why are there Hollywood films about it all? Geordie investigates - listen now to find out!Michelle then goes back in time to the 70s to a mass UFO sighting by a bunch of school kids in Broad Haven in Pembrokeshire… OnFebruary 4 1977, a bunch of kids were playing footy during their lunchbreak when they saw a cigar-shaped object obscured by trees in the woods. What's more, they also saw a spaceman in a silver suit standing right next to it! Did they see a UFO? Was it sewerage tank? Or a harrier jet? Or just a giant hoax? Listen now to make up your own mind!So pop on your headphones, grab a brown lemonade and join Geordie & Michelle for this week's episode, plus chit-chat about Avicii, Celine Dion and more, only on Eavesdroppin' podcast. And remember, wherever you are, whatever you do, just keep Eavesdroppin'!*Disclaimer: We don't claim to have any factual info about anything ever and our opinions are just opinions not fact, sooorrrryyy! Don't sue us!Please rate, review, share and subscribe in all the usual places – we love it when you do!Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/eavesdroppinDo write in with your stories at hello@eavesdroppinpodcast.com or send us a Voice Note!Listen: www.eavesdroppinpodcast.com or https://podfollow.com/eavesdroppinYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqcuzv-EXizUo4emmt9PgfwFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/eavesdroppinpodcast#connecticuthaunting #broadhaven #UFO #hoax #masssighting #supernatural #snedeckerfamily #theconjuring #edandvaleriewarren #reallife #podcast #comedy#comedypodcast #truestories #storytellingpodcast #eavesdroppin #eavesdroppinpodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jennifer in Southington thinks her boyfriend is cheating on her after they took a break. He's been after strange and she wants to know if he's hooking up with another woman. 

Jennifer in Southington thinks her boyfriend is cheating on her after they took a break. He's been after strange and she wants to know if he's hooking up with another woman. 

@LockedOnUConn Follow Mark on any of his socials here: https://linktr.ee/LockedonUconnIn  this episode of  @LockedOnUConn   host Mark Zanetto dives into why UConn's depth will be the key factor in their quest for a historic 3PEAT. Special guest David Borges from CT Insider joins the discussion to provide expert insights. They explore the team's roster, standout players, and how the depth chart will play a crucial role this season. Plus, they touch on recent recruiting efforts and Dan Hurley's unique connection with the fans. Don't miss this comprehensive look at what makes UConn a formidable contender this season. Show Notes:Introduction: Host: Mark ZanettoTopic: UConn's depth and its impact on their 3PEAT chancesSpecial Guest: David Borges, CT InsiderHousekeeping: Reminder to subscribe to the YouTube channel and follow on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.Importance of leaving a 5-star review for audience growth.Main Discussion: UConn's Depth and 3PEAT Chances: Discussion on how UConn's depth will be the difference this season.David Borges' perspective on the impact of depth on UConn's chances for a 3PEAT.Champion's Dinner Insights: David's experience at the Champions Dinner in Southington.Conversation with Jayden Ross and his potential breakout season.Team Roster Analysis: Comparison of the current team's talent with past seasons.Depth and talent from top to bottom of the roster.Recruiting and Relationships: Recruiting Updates: Insights on AJ Dybantsa, Meleek Thomas, and Acaden Lewis.Dan Hurley's approach to recruiting and vetting players and parents.Fan Relationships: Discussion on Hurley's unique relationship with the UConn fans.Why this relationship is effective and important for the team.Fun Segment: "Who Do You Want on a Road Trip?" – Choosing four players/coaches for a hypothetical road trip.Closing: Announcement of Locked On's 24/7 streaming channel on YouTube and Amazon Fire TV.Final remarks from Mark Zanetto:Stay locked in, stay connected, keep your toughness meter rising, and Go Huskies!Outro: Host: Mark ZanettoReminder to tune in for more episodes and keep supporting Locked On UConn. #DanHurley#UConnBasketball#UConn3Peat#UConnDynasty#JohnWooden#CollegeBasketball#NCAAChampionship#BasketballDynasty#TransferPortal#BasketballRecruiting#UConnHuskies#HuskiesBasketball#DanHurleyUConn#3PeatChances#BasketballDepth#NCAA3Peat#UConnCoach#DynastyWatch#NCAADynasty#RecruitingTrail#BasketballTransfers#TeamDepth#CollegeHoops#UConnFans#UConnSeason#DanHurleyCoach#UConnRoster#Huskies3Peat#BasketballDynasties#RecruitingNews#TransferNews#NCAARecruiting#BasketballSeason#UConnChampions#HurleyHuskies#BasketballInsights#NCAATournament#BasketballExperts#CollegeBasketballTalk#SportsPodcast#LockedOnUConn#BasketballAnalysis#HoopsRecruiting#CollegeRecruiting#UConnUpdates#BasketballFuture#DanHurleyInsights#UConnStrategies#DynastyChase#WinningCulture

Tolland Town Manager Brian Foley called Chaz & AJ to give updates and details on a tragic highway stop in Southington. (0:00) Dumb Ass News - Chaz, AJ and comedian Vince Berry explored the emotional reactions people have to insects. (8:53) In the on-going saga of AJ's challenges with the DMV, the Tribe called in with their own (mostly positive!) experiences and advice. (13:04) Boss Keith joined Chaz & AJ for his weekly Top Five list of "Things Wrong with Summer". (29:47)

We always give thanks to God for all of you and mention you in our prayers, constantly remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. ~1 Thessalonians 1:2-3 It's finally here—our 300th Anniversary. We will celebrate with several special events during May, including our worship service this Sunday. There will be special music, and greetings, and guests. It will be a wonderful day! I hope you will be here in the meetinghouse for this great celebration. As we celebrate, we will remember what counts. According to Paul, the great apostle who started the church in Thessalonica to which he wrote the letter I quoted above, what count are your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. Yale University history professor Jaroslav Pelikan once said, “Tradition is the living faith of the dead. Traditionalism is the dead faith of the living.” On Sunday we will celebrate the living our 300-year history, but we will not worship it—it is not an “ism.” Rather we will celebrate how our tradition points us fully in to a future where God is still speaking and dream about how we, the First Congregational Church in Southington, will continue to evolve into an inclusive community of faith that will be a beacon of light in Southington and beyond for the next 300 years!

In 1986 Carmen and Al Snedeker moved to the small town of Southington, Connecticut, with the purpose of being closer to the hospital at which their oldest son was being treated for Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Having fallen on hard financial times, the family jumped at the chance to rent what appeared to be the perfect house. It was large enough for their family, which included three children and a cousin, and the rent was in their affordable price range. It was while they were moving in that Al made a startling discovery: In the basement was a peculiar room that was complete with embalming tables and tools. The house, it turned out, used to be a funeral home.Anne & Renata jump into the famous case of the Haunting in Connecticut.Haunting in Connecticut - A True Hauntings PodcastSUPPORT THE SPONSORS THAT SUPPORT THIS SHOW This Show is Sponsored by BetterHelp - Visit www.BetterHelp.com/P60 for 10% off your first month.Mint Mobile - To get your new wireless plan for just 15 bucks a month, and get the plan shipped to your door for FREE, go to www.MintMobile.com/P60Rocket Money - Start saving money and reclaim control over your finances with www.RocketMoney.com/P60 Follow Anne and Renata:Facebook: @AnneAndRenataInstagram: @AnneAndRenataYouTube: @AnneAndRenataTikTok: @AnneAndRenataSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Seattle, Washington resident Sky McKinnon is a winner in the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest earning him a trip to Hollywood for a week-long master-class workshop, an awards event and his winning story will be published in the international bestselling anthology, L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 40. Bryan, Texas resident, Tyler Vail is a winner in the L. Ron Hubbard Illustrators of the Future Contest earning him a trip to Hollywood for a week-long master-class workshop, an awards event and his winning art will be published in the international bestselling anthology, L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 40. Bryan, Texas resident, Tyler Vail is a winner in the L. Ron Hubbard Illustrators of the Future Contest earning him a trip to Hollywood for a week-long master-class workshop, an awards event and his winning art will be published in the international bestselling anthology, L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 40. Southington, Connecticut resident Amir Agoora is a winner in the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest earning him a trip to Hollywood for a week-long master-class workshop, an awards event and his winning story will be published in the international bestselling anthology, L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 40.

Seattle, Washington resident Sky McKinnon is a winner in the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest earning him a trip to Hollywood for a week-long master-class workshop, an awards event and his winning story will be published in the international bestselling anthology, L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 40. Bryan, Texas resident, Tyler Vail is a winner in the L. Ron Hubbard Illustrators of the Future Contest earning him a trip to Hollywood for a week-long master-class workshop, an awards event and his winning art will be published in the international bestselling anthology, L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 40. Bryan, Texas resident, Tyler Vail is a winner in the L. Ron Hubbard Illustrators of the Future Contest earning him a trip to Hollywood for a week-long master-class workshop, an awards event and his winning art will be published in the international bestselling anthology, L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 40. Southington, Connecticut resident Amir Agoora is a winner in the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest earning him a trip to Hollywood for a week-long master-class workshop, an awards event and his winning story will be published in the international bestselling anthology, L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 40.

Britney from Southington thinks her husband is cheating on her. He's carpooling with a co-worker and they stop off at happy hour every Thursday. She wants to know what's going on.

Britney from Southington thinks her husband is cheating on her. He's carpooling with a co-worker and they stop off at happy hour every Thursday. She wants to know what's going on.

Miejsca zbrodni sprzed lat, w których mrok czyha na nowych mieszkańców? Hallahan House w Southington. Paranormalne epizody były inspiracją dla filmu „Udręczeni”. Boulevard 657 w Westfield. Kim był tajemniczy „Obserwator”?

Welcome to another thrilling edition of The Meat Grinder, your weekly dose of high school football in Connecticut with GameTimeCT's Sean Patrick Bowley and Pete Paguaga, and the weekly GameTimeCT Pick'ems Podcas: CIAC quarterfinal edition. And what a Thanksgiving week it was as we completed the CIAC state playoff field. There were upsets galore in the final Class S standings; a stunning revival for Fairfield Prep, which toppled West Haven to become the first losing team to qualify; Jett Hall's legendary Valley performances as Naugatuck toppled Ansonia in a battle of unbeatens. But the best game of Thanksgiving belonged to the Apple Valley Classic, where — at long last — Notre Dame recruit Matt Jeffery, injured for the better part of the last seven weeks, made his triumphant return to the gridiron and led Cheshire past rival Southington in a ride-or-die scenario in a game it hadn't won since 2011. SPB takes you through that thriller at Fontana Field and all the rest as we put a bow on the 2023 regular season.  And now we're onto the playoffs. First 45 is your annual Thanksgiving recap with highlights of impactful games from last week. The second 45 is the pick'ems, where Pete and Sean predict all 24 quarterfinal games, not to mention take a few stabs at predicting the state champions. You won't want to miss a minute. So join us, won't you? RUNDOWN  0:00 — Opening Montage: Matt Jeffery, the return 1:55 — Introduction: CIAC playoff (and website) probs 10:15 —Thanksgiving week wrap: Tuesday night 11:59 — Thanksgiving week wrap: Wednesday night (Masuk, Hand, Fairfield Prep) 20:47 —Thanksgiving Day wrap: Smith, Staples knock off No. 1 Greenwich 27:56 — Thanksgiving Day wrap: Jeffery goes off as Cheshire topples Southington 39:29 — Jett Hall. Naugatuck run past Ansonia, to 10-0 record 43:55 — Wrapping up Thanksgiving. 45:12 — Flip over your record, it's the pick section. 49:20 — CLASS S bracket and picks 55:06 — CLASS SS bracket and picks 1:04:08 — CLASS M bracket and picks 1:15:01 — CLASS MM bracket and picks 1:20:58 — CLASS L bracket and picks 1:28:15 — Class LL bracket and picks #cthsfb #highschoolfootball #connecticut #football #notredamefightingirish #ctfootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We knew it was coming and here it is. The Alliance brass has interrupted the season with their latest call to remove Thanksgiving Day as Connecticut's crown jewel of sporting events. The idea: Dump a century's worth tradition in favor of a balanaced schedule based on class, 50% more (whyyy??) playoff teams, the ending the season before the wrestling mats get rolled out. A win for 12 schools' winter programs and 24 middling football teams, perhaps. Naturally, our intrepid podcast hosts have their own opinions on this latest move to remove Thanksgiving Day football, and they lay out their pros and cons of this budding tradition of yearly CT high school football playoff ideas. This week's special guest star is none other than JOE STOCHMAL, the only coach Oxford's ever known. His program is 8-0 for the first time and on pace to reach the state playoffs for the first time, even as they head to Jarvis Stadium to face unbeaten NVL rival Ansonia on Thursday night.  Stox gives us the lowdown on his program and, as a member of the CIAC football committee, shows us the roadmap on how playoff proposals become CIAC law. He also gives us his personal opinion on the Alliance proposal.  In the meantime, check out highights from a handful of Week 9's biggest games, including: No. 3 Maloney rallying past Southington; North Haven, sans coach Tony Sagnella, knocking off Matt Jeffery-less No. 2 Cheshire; and, finally, Choate's 17-14 victory over Avon Old Farms in the most anticipated Prep school game of the year, since last year. It's a jam-packed and long episode. But, with this last full week of non-Thanksgiving football, why not spread our wings a bit? So join us, won't you? RUNDOWN  0:00 — Introduction. 2:00 — Turkey Day games in September?? No, Thanks: The Alliance playoff proposal. 20:07 — The Week 10 GameTimeCT Top 10 Poll (Nos. 10-8) 21:30 — Sagnella-less North Haven takes out Jeffery-less No. 2 Cheshire 28:33 — GTCT Top 10 Poll (Nos. 5-1) 29:55 — No. 3 Maloney rallies, holds off Southington 37:09 — Bunnell knocks off Notre Dame-Fairfield 38:27 — CLASS S playoff update:  39:40 — CLASS SS playoff update:  41:44 — CLASS M playoff update:  44:19 — CLASS MM playoff update:  46:36 — CLASS L playoff update 48:28 — CLASS LL playoff update 54:34 — Interview with OXFORD coach JOE STOCHMAL 1:31:24 — Shoutouts! 1:38:40 — Choate beats Avon Old Farms in anticipated NEPSAC unbeaten showdown 1:46:07 — Wrapping up Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

GameTimeCT's Pete Paguaga and Sean Patrick Bowley are back for Week 9 of the staff pick'ems for the 2023 football season. Each and every week the duo will be selecting 10 games from across the state. THE RUNDOWN 0:00 - 4:10 — Intro  4:10 - 6:02 — CCC: Maloney (6-1) at Southington (5-2) 6:03 - 7:05 — Bullard Havens (5-2) at Wilcox Tech (3-3) 7:06 - 8:53 — Griswold/Wheeler (6-1) at Stonington (6-1) 8:54 - 10:25 — Trumbull (3-4) at Staples (6-1) 10:26 - 11:26 — Kennedy (3-4) at Wilby (0-7) 11:27 - 13:31 — Granby/Canton (6-1) at Cromwell/Portland (5-1) 13:32 - 17:33 — Cheshire (7-0) at North Haven (5-2) 17:34 - 19:51 — Stratford (0-7) at Bethel (1-6) 19:52 - 21:04 — Hillhouse (2-5) at East Haven (2-5)  21:05 - 23:23 — Manchester (5-1) at Windsor (6-1)  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send us a Text Message.In 2009, moviegoers were enthralled and terrified by The Haunting in Connecticut. Thesupernatural thriller was promoted as being “based on a true story.”  We wondered how much of the “true story” made it into the film? In this episode, we look at the movie, the 1992 book, and several interviews with the family to uncover what really happened at the former funeral home in Southington, CT. What did Hollywood get right, and what did they get wrong? The answer may be more terrifying than the movie could hope to be.In a Dark Place by Carmen Reed, Al Snedeker, and Ray GartonThe Fear is Real: Reinvestigating the Haunting in ConnecticutInterview With Carmen Reed – A Haunting in Connecticut by The Mystic Paranormal PodcastIf you have an experience, story, or anything else you'd like to share with us, you can email us at Opeaghost@gmail.com You can also follow us on Instagram, Join our Facebook group : Ope, A Ghost, or Follow us on YoutubeToodles!

Welcome to another edition of The Meat Grinder, Connecticut's only award winning high school football podcast, brought to you by GameTimeCT and CT Insider. It was a bye week for half the state, yet somehow we have jam-packed show because plenty happened. With everybody focused on Camren Kemp's Hamden homecoming on his birthday, it was junior quarterback Nick Conlan, who connected the biggest haymakers of Friday night as No. 2 West Haven beat Hamden to stay unbeaten. Join hosts Pete Paguaga and Sean. Patrick Bowley as they break down that anticipated matchup, plus plenty of others, including big nights from Granby/Canton's Will Attianese and Rockville's Amir Knighton as they head for another collision course Thursday night.  The guys also check in on Oxford, which is having a dream season thanks to gutsy QB Matt McGuire, who — once again — rallied the Wolverines to a big victory. There was also Evan Anderson's emotional night for Southington, big first wins by Hillhouse and Kennedy, and Avon Old Farms' rally past Brunswick in the rain.  Our special guest star this week is first-year coach ANDY GRANT of Darien, whose 4-0 team heads to face No. 1 Greenwich in one of two big FCIAC games Saturday. And, finally, we open up the MAILBAG and answer some questions for the first time this year. Post your questions in the comments below for next week. Join us, won't you? RUNDOWN 0:00 — Opening Montage 1:26 — Somebody get Shelton another umbrella 4:00 — SCC: Conlan leads No. 2 West Haven in Kemp's Hamden homecoming 11:26 — Latest GameTimeCT Top 10 Football Poll rundown  15:25 — Interview with No. 9 Darien coach Andy Grant 37:11 — FCIAC: It's ‘Go' Time for Darien, Wilton 42:25 —Pequot: Rockville at Granby/Canton showdown resumes again 47:05 — NVL: Oxford's dream season marches onward 50:47 —Kennedy, Hillhouse score upsets for first wins 52:28 —CCC: Southington's Anderson honors father's memory; DiBenedetto ties TD record 54:23 — CTC: VGW Techs snaps 22-game losing streak; ATI beats Bethel 57:00 — CT Alums Show Out in NFL, CFB 59:13 — Preps: Avon Old Farms rallies in rain to beat Brunswick 1:03:28 — MAILBAG! FURTHER READING CONLAN SPARKS WEST HAVEN PAST HAMDEN AS KEMP ADDS KEY TD IN BIRTHDAY RETURN — https://www.ctinsider.com/gametimect/football/article/west-haven-hamden-ct-high-school-football-game-18411872.php NORTH HAVEN SETS TONE EARLY TO BEAT FAIRFIELD PREP — https://www.ctinsider.com/gametimect/football/article/north-haven-ct-high-school-football-vs-18411877.php NEW CANAAN BEATS ST. JOSEPH FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 2014 — https://www.ctinsider.com/gametimect/football/article/new-canaan-football-beat-st-joseph-four-tds-luke-18412484.php LATEST TOP 10 FOOTBALL POLL — https://www.ctinsider.com/projects/2023/gametimect/football/ct-high-school-football-rankings-oct-10/ WEEK 6 SCHEDULE / SCOREBOARD — https://www.ctinsider.com/gametimect/football/article/2023-week-6-ct-high-school-prep-football-18415268.php WEEK 5 SCHEDULE / SCOREBOARD — https://www.ctinsider.com/gametimect/football/article/2023-week-5-ct-high-school-football-scoreboard-18401665.php WEEK 5 TOP PERFORMERS — https://www.ctinsider.com/gametimect/football/article/ciac-connecticut-football-performers-week-5-18412684.php INSIDE WEEK 5 — https://www.ctinsider.com/gametimect/football/article/ct-high-school-football-week-5-wrap-18408829.php #cthsfb #connecticut #highschoolsports #highschoolfootball #fridaynightlights #podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Philosopher Jason Hill brings us a way to think about the rights of Israel against a foe seeking its total annihilation. Visit https://www.frontpagemag.com/will-israel-do-what-it-takes-to-secure-peace/. Then Joe Markley discusses the Republican Party in his hometown of Southington.

After a rough showing in the Alliance's first week, the FCIAC roared back with three Top 10 Alliance victories in Week 3, including No. 1 Greenwich's thrilling 30-28 win over No. 3 Maloney, unranked Staples' 34-27 takedown of No. 2 Southington, and New Canaan's reaffirming 33-12 win over No. 10 Windsor.  Though Newtown dampened league spirits when it rallied to beat Trumbull, Darien stifled Fairfield Prep and Ludlowe rolled past Hamden (or so we heard) to keep the good times rolling in Fairfield County. Meanwhile, Bloomfield made a bold mission statement with a 24-point comeback victory over No. 9 Masuk. Join GameTimeCT's Sean Patrick Bowley and Pete Paguaga as they — once again — sift through the wreckage of the week that was, including two programs that snapped long losing streaks and two programs lighting up the scoreboard.  One of them involves this week's special guest star: Morgan/Saybrook/Westbrook coach KEVIN SULLIVAN, whose new co-op of former rivals leads the state in points scored and is 3-0 going into a huge test vs. Cromwell/Portland (2-0). Join us, won't you? RUNDOWN  0:00 — Opener and Opening Salvos 4:18 — Perino's FG lifts No. 1 Greenwich past Maloney in classic 15:27 — The Latest Top 10 Poll (rankings 1-4) 18:16 — No. 5 Newtown rallies to stay unbeaten 20:21 — Latest Top 10 Poll (rankings 6-9): Staples rallies past No. 2 Southington 22:43 — Return of the FCIAC, New Canaan roars past No. 10 Windsor 32:45 — Bloomfield bests No. 9 Masuk in wild shootout. 39:57 — Darien drops Fairfield Prep to 0-3. 45:51 — Ludlowe overwhelms Hamden, but how?? 46:14 — Wrapping up Week 4: Berlin, Manchester win; Bethel, Derby snap losing streaks 50:43 — Roberts, East Hartford lighting up scoreboard 52:13 — Alliance Scoreboard 54:27 — Interview with MSW Co-Op's KEVIN SULLIVAN 1:10:21 — Week 4 look ahead Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Dibble Show live from Sliders Bar and Grill in Southington with "Vikings or Eagles?" trivia.

Join Candace Adams as she chats with Shirene Hazel, office leader of our Southington, Cheshire and Wallingford offices as well as Chairperson of our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council. Shirene shines the light on all that is good, positive and inspirational. Her wisdom and devotion to the DE & I movement is truly making a difference!

Callie from Southington thinks her boyfriend of 1 year is cheating. She found a fake nail in her boyfriend's car and it's not hers. She wants to know if he's cheating.

Callie from Southington thinks her boyfriend of 1 year is cheating. She found a fake nail in her boyfriend's car and it's not hers. She wants to know if he's cheating.

Candace is thrilled to be talking with team leaders, Tracey Fiasconaro and Rachael Cisz from The Real Team out of our Southington, CT office. Tracey and Rachael are committed to providing their clients with the ultimate, full-service, real estate experiences tailored to each of their individual needs and goals. They feel so lucky to be a part of something that is for many, a major milestone in their clients' lives. It is such an honor to have these incredible team leaders with me today!

Episode #59- More than Just Beef with Jeff Matthews from Southington Meat Company My first in person interview was with Jeff, owner of Southington Meat Company. He took over this 100+ year old butcher from his uncle when he passed and he shares the speed bumps of having multiple businesses, including owning one of four USDA slaughterhouses in Connecticut. He breaks down why the price of food is so high and why shopping locally is key to the future of America. Jeff also shares his opinions (and I agree) as to why it is so hard to start and maintain a small business due to all of the regulations, fees, taxes, etc. Speed bumps are often viewed as a negative thing by society, but all they really do is force us to slow down and take stock of a situation. Everyone has a story, but often we feel all alone in our speed bumps, like no one understands. Speed Bumps is a podcast where people can share their experiences in the hopes of building community.  You can connect with Jeff from Southington Meat Company Instagram @southingtonmeatcompany Facebook Southington Meat You can connect with me Instagram @onethumbel and @speed.bumps.podcast  Connect with me at https://campsite.bio/onethumbel  Email me at speedbumpspodcast@gmail.com  Youtube @onethumbel Intro Song- Found My Way by madirfan from https://pixabay.com   Outro Song- Firefly by madirfan from https://pixabay.com - #radialclubbedhand #limbdifferent #limbdifference #disability #disabilityawareness #disabled #disability #tetralogyoffallot #tenfingersareoverrated #speedbumps #smallbusiness #connecticutsmallbusiness #eatbeef #localbutcher #sustainablefarming #butchershop #shoplocal #SouthingtonCT #familyowned #usdabeef

Both Chaz and AJ were on hand in Southington yesterday, for the Shadow Warriors Project. If you've never heard of them before, Chaz explains who they are and what they do, and the compelling story they got to hear yesterday from one of the event's keynote speakers. (0:00) In less than a minute, comedian Emily Siero endeared herself to the Tribe by dropping an F-bomb live on the air with Chaz and AJ. Once everyone recovered, it was on to a story about someone being struck by lightning! A Tribe member called to share his stories, having been hit TWICE. (7:40) Dumb Ass News - A guy was arrested after leading police on not one, but TWO different vehicle chases. When was finally caught, they found a dog and a dead deer inside his vehicle, a stolen school bus. (16:20) Scot Haney from WFSB was on to talk about goats, beer, and the time a boob popped out live on the air during one of his segments. (19:59) Boss Keith's Top 5 included a lot of hate directed at anyone who doesn't use and iPhone. (29:34) Image Credit: Maksym Isachenko / iStock / Getty Images Plus

Send us a Text Message.In this episode, Scott explores one of the most chilling and well-documented hauntings in American history, the Snedeker Family Haunting. In 1986, the Snedeker family moved into a house in Southington, Connecticut, hoping to be closer to the hospital where their son, Philip, was receiving treatment for cancer.Soon after they moved in, the family began to experience a series of unexplainable and terrifying events that would come to be known as one of the most shocking hauntings of all time. The family reported seeing ghosts, hearing strange noises, and feeling an ominous presence that seemed to permeate every corner of the house.As the haunting escalated, the family began to fear for their safety and turned to paranormal investigators, Ed and Lorraine Warren, for help. The Warrens conducted an investigation and declared that the house was indeed haunted by malevolent spirits.But in the years that followed, doubts were raised about the validity of the haunting. Some claimed that the Snedekers had fabricated the entire story for financial gain, while others suggested that the Warrens had exaggerated the events to promote their own careers.In this episode, we delve into the fascinating and controversial history of the Snedeker Family Haunting, exploring the evidence for and against the haunting and trying to separate fact from fiction. We hear from experts in the paranormal field, historians, and witnesses who were there at the time, and we try to unravel the truth behind one of the most chilling and enduring ghost stories in American history.Sources Cited:Firepit--Folklife Magazine/An Ode to a Hometown Creature: Mothman of Point Pleasant, West VirginiaJune 7, 2021 | Gwen Mallow-All That's Interesting/ The True Story Behind The Legendary Mothman Said To Terrorize West Virginia by  Jaclyn Anglis October 22, 2022Email- Beyondtheshadows207@gmail.com Beyond the Shadows (@beyondtheshadowspodcast) | Instagram profilePodcast Merchandise https://beyond-the-shadows.myspreadshop.com/Beyondtheshadowspodcast.comIntro by C10 C10 | Spotify C10 | Omaha NE | FacebookFirepit music by Lucid Dixon Lucid Dixon | SpotifyThanks for listening and please consider giving us a good review on apple podcast!

GameTimeCT's Pete Paguaga and Scott Ericson are back with the second episode of the High and Tight high school baseball podcast for the 2023 season. The duo is joined by Southington baseball coach Stan Switala. The Southington coach joined the Blue Knights coaching staff last season after 18 years coaching in California. The trio talks about the biggest differences he has seen since he started coaching in Connecticut and many other things. The interview wraps up with a draft of Best Ballpark Food to eat during baseball games. Rundown 0:00 - 03:39 — Introduction 3:40 - 9:58 — Top 10 Poll Review 10:00 - 32:27 — Interview with Southington coach Stan Switala 32:28 - 39:58 — Best Ballpark Food Draft with Southington coach Stan Switala 39:59 - 43:50 — Wrap up Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"No, you can't have him! You can't take my son!"Hello and welcome to episode 98 of Once Upon a Nightmare. In this episode I discuss The Haunting in Connecticut (Peter Cornwell, 2009).The Haunting in Connecticut is based on the real events from The Snedeker family. The Snedekers moved to a small town in Connecticut, Southington in 1986. The move was because their eldest son Philip who had Hodgkin's Lymphoma. The house was a funeral home. The prior owner, Darrell Kern has said that prior to him purchasing the home in 1980 it had been the Hallahan Funeral Home for several decades. The house was said to be haunted and the Snedekers would experience the wrath of the demons who inhabited the home. Thank you for listening and don't forget to rate and review on iTunes and Podchaser.For updates, reviews and behind the scenes info follow via one or all of the belowoptions:Instagram – @onceuponanightmarepodcast Twitter - @anightmarepod Facebook - @onceuponanightmareLinktree - https://linktr.ee/onceuponanightmareEmail - onceuponanightmarepod@gmail.comPart of the https://www.darkcastnetwork.com/Promo - Beyond The Rainbow https://beyondtherainbowpodcast.com/Once Upon A Nightmare is hosted, produced, researched, recorded and edited by me, Lorraine.Trailer - The Haunting in Connecticut (2009) - Official TrailerProduction Companies: Lionsgate, Gold Circle Films and Integrated Films & ManagementQuotes: The Shining, Carrie, Aliens, Psycho, Scream 2 & The Silence of the Lambs.Music: Sleepless City by Keys of Moon [ Electronica / Synthwave / 80s / Disco ] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao0EQR96NygSources:https://www.chasingthefrog.com/reelfaces/hauntinginconnecticut.php

Goat cuddling is big in Southington. The CEO of the Greater-Danbury Chamber of Commerce PJ Prunty appears to be consolidating power. The CT Strip club that got shut down after prostitution allegations is back already. Ethan keeps putting the emphasis on the wrong word, Dave is defending dogs again and Lou is looking for a way to massage women's thighs.

Welcome to the Annual Turkey Wrap Episode of the Meat Grinder, our look back at all the thrills, chills and spills and clean up after the Thanksgiving Week regular season finale. Despite the CIAC's best efforts to dilute the playoffs to the point where only 11 of 48 playoff spots were up-for-grabs heading into the week (and a mere seven on Thanksgiving Day), the contenders and rivals still managed to give their fans a show as they vied for precious playoff berths. Sean and Pete take a look back at some of the madness, beginning with Valley Regional/Old Lyme practically begging for table scraps after getting put outside by Rocky Hill's late-announced forfeit win from Week 1 and ending with Cheshire coach Don Drust pacing across the Maclary Complex praying his team had enough to squeak in over Darien after a tough loss to Southington in the Apple Valley Classic. There was also an incident where internet star Logan Paul showed up in Milford and somehow got upstaged by Law's John Neider. PLUS! It's another crossover episode with the Pick'ems Podcast, in which Pete and Sean attempt to pick the winners of Tuesday's 24 state quarterfinal games. So join us, won't you?

Welcome back to another episode of The Meat Grinder, your weekly dose of high school football in Connecticut with GameTimeCT's Pete Paguaga and Sean Patrick Bowley. Now that Maloney has snatched the No. 1 banner away from Southington with its thrilling, 31-28, double overtime victory won on the foot of Josh Scaramuzzo, we turn our attention to Week 10 and another showdown between unbeaten teams. This time, it'll be No. 4 West Haven (8-0) playing host to No. 7 Hamden (8-0). While it might not pack the punch of No. 1 v. 2, it's an old District League rivalry resumed this year for supremacy in SCC Tier II, not to mention for a possible home game in the upcoming Class LL playoffs. Joining us this week is, of course, Hamden coach and athletic director Tom Dyer, who has guided Hamden to this recent renaissance of two-consecutive playoff seasons. Dyer, who won a couple of state titles at Hillhouse, talks about his team and what's been behind its 8-0 start. Dyer, who is also a representative on the CIAC's football committee and the coaches association, also has a say in the makeup of how Connecticut conduct its football playoffs. Naturally, given SPB's distain for the recent six-division expansion, we hear from Tom about the philosophy of the decision. Plus, with 2 1/2 weeks of games left before the end of the regular season, we delve into the latest CIAC playoff situation. So join us, won't you?

Welcome back to another thrilling episode of the Meat Grinder, your weekly look at high school football in Connecticut with GameTimeCT's Pete Paguaga and Sean Patrick Bowley. And it was indeed a thriller on Halloween Weekend, especially up at Pierson Park in Cromwell where Cole Brisson and the Cromwell/Portland football team rallied and then hung on for dear life to win against Di'Angelo Jean-Pierre and Valley Regional/Old Lyme, 28-27. Johnny Beltre tipped away the 2-point pass to extend the defending state champions' 21-game win streak. Joining us this week is Cromwell/Portland coach Randell Bennett who talks about that game and how he went from an inaugural Cromwell player to a championship head coach in 20 years. We also take a look at the latest Top 10 poll where, for the third-consecutive season, voters have set up a No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup when Southington faces Maloney in a CCC battle at Falcon Field in Meriden. We also break down St. Joseph's defensive win over New Canaan and the latest CIAC playoff point standings. And, finally, we dip into Choate's big 26-15 victory over Loomis Chaffee in a massive NEPSAC battle of unbeatens. It's a jam-packed episode. So join us, wont you?

This week's special guest star is 5-1 North Haven football coach Tony Sagnella who returns for a re-do of last year's interview that went unheard because Sean forgot to hit the record button. Coach Sags talk's about this year's resurgent team, which plays Cheshire this week as it fights for a Class MM playoff spot. The guys also talk to Sagnella about the genesis of North Haven's famous single wing and his time spent as an NFL replacement player for the Washington Redskins during the strike year of 1987.  Naturally, it's a longer-than-normal interview. But well worth it. As for last week, on the night where West Haven honored the 20th anniversary of their last state championship football team, the Westies of the present were busy earning their biggest victory to date: a 34-28 victory over then-No. 6 Shelton.  Sean talks about the game and interviews some of the key players from that great, 2002 Class LL title team, including Tom DeMorro and Phil Banks, who scored the winning TD, and coaches Bert Siclari and Ed McCarthy. The guys also break down the latest Top 10 poll, including No. 1 Southington's narrow win over Windsor and No. 8 Ansonia's nailbiting 31-28 victory over Holy Cross, and examine the six state playoff standings through seven weeks. So join us, won't you?

Welcome back to another edition of The Meat Grinder, your weekly inside look at high school football in Connecticut with GameTimeCT's Pete Paguaga and Sean Patrick Bowley. It was the Weekend of the Living Dead, in which a bunch of teams across the state got an early Halloween scare. Pete and SPB talk all about the great NVL showcase game won by Holy Cross rallying past Naugatuck on Thursday, plus East Hartford and Newington scares vs. No. 1 Southington and No. 3 Maloney, respectively. SPB also breaks down his trip to Granby Memorial for Cromwell/Portland's 14-7 victory and, his hectic Prep school Saturday, capped by the insane Avon Old Farms comeback that fell one agonizing point short against Choate in Saturday's NEPSAC showdown. Joining us for a chat this week is Killingly's 18-year head coach Chad Neal, who enjoyed a nice weekend off, but now gets back to business as he and his players get ready for a showdown with unbeaten Windham on Friday night. Coach Neal discusses this year's No. 4-ranked squad, and what it took to get his program playing at a championship level after a good 10-year struggle.

Welcome back to another thrilling episode of The Meat Grinder, a weekly look at high school football in Connecticut with GameTimeCT.com's Pete Paguaga and Sean Patrick Bowley. This week No. 4-ranked Maloney coach Kevin Frederick joins us to talk about his defending state champions' 21-9 victory over perennial state champion Darien in a statement game for his program. We discuss the weekend's other big CCC victory, previous guest star Mike Drury and Southington rallying back from 21-0 to stun No. 1 Greenwich, 29-28, in a game that propelled the Blue Knights to No. 1 for the first time since 2015. But was it really that great of a night for a league that went 11-20 overall and saw two of its other big dogs -- Bloomfield and Windsor -- each let a two-touchdown lead slip away vs. Killingly and Shelton. We discuss these things and so much more, including St. Joseph escaping Masuk's late comeback and the latest top 10 polls. So join us, won't you?