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The Town Hall & Transfer Station will be CLOSED on Monday, October 12th, 2026
(Columbus/Indigenous Peoples' Day)
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Wander Main Street for attic treasures and previously-loved books in the villages’ churches and library. Admire the beautiful quilt show. Visit a special exhibit about the local iron industry, pocket knifes, and antique purses at the Salisbury Association. Enjoy a Friday Concert and singing by the middle-school chorus. Purchase homemade baked goods, jams, and local honey. Purchase a raffle ticket for a beautiful silk screen tapestry. Visit the many booths along the street and stop in the local shops for special sales.
Enjoy happy hour at Lakeville Mexican grill, held Friday, Saturday and Sunday evening. Enjoy dinner at Morgans at the Interlaken Inn and receive a discount on Friday and Saturday nights.
On Saturday look for local artisans selling hand-made jewelry, pottery, textiles, glassware, and crafts. Enjoy hot dogs, Greek pastries, baked potatoes with toppings, chili, and mac ‘n cheese. Or stop by the food trucks to carts for delicious tacos, ice cream and crepes.
Be sure to bring the kids on Saturday! They’ll enjoy games, face painting, pumpkin decorating, and crafts. Watch a magic show. Add glittery strands to your hair. Go on a hayride or ride in an antique car. Don’t miss the dancers from Blue Dance Studio.
Throughout the day, listen to live music by the Joint Chiefs, Salisbury Band, Jazz Musician, and World Percussion Jam. Enjoy delicious apples, popcorn, donuts, and cider. Be sure to vote for your favorite scarecrows along Main Street of Salisbury and Lakeville. Then enjoy a delicious roast beef dinner to eat in or take out from the Lakeville Hose.
On Sunday, start the day with a breakfast sandwich at the Black Rabbit in Lakeville before heading to the pet parade. Following the pet parade head to Salisbury ski jumps for Brewski fest.
In case of rain on Saturday, some outdoor events will move inside and others will be postponed until Sunday. For the latest updates, check our website, Facebook and Instagram.
Restrooms are available to the public at the White Hart Inn, Academy Building, Scoville Memorial Library, Congregational Church, and St. John’s Church.
See you Columbus Day Weekend!
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This year celebrates the 14th Annual Quilt Exhibit at the Salisbury
Congregational Church. Each year’s exhibit has been a huge success and
wonderful to behold, with quilts of all sizes and designs, draped over the pews throughout the church. All quilts are welcome in the exhibit – whether made by you, given to you by your favorite aunt, purchased – or received -- as an anniversary or wedding gift and that special “who-knows-where-it-came-from?” group.
Please bring your quilt(s) to the church and drape over a pew from October 5 - 7 between 10 and 2 (although some rearranging may be necessary). Cards will be available for you to provide your name and contact information as well as anything that you know about your quilt’s “story” – for example, its design, its quilter, and how it was acquired. (Don’t worry if you don’t have any of this information; we want to see your quilting treasures anyway!) For questions or further information, please contact Theresa Carroll at 860-671-9672.
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Quilt Raffle at the
Congregational Church
This stunning quilt designed by Krista Moser, (click here for her "Quilted Life" website) and sewn and donated by Samantha Lucas will be an asset to any decor, and a lovely Christmas gift. It is up for raffle.
Raffle tickets are currently for sale and additionally will be available for purchase at the Congregational Church on Friday, October 9th and Saturday October 10th before the drawing at 3PM, Saturday.
Tickets sell for one for $5 and 5 tickets for $20 for the chance of winning this quilt valued at $1,600.
Questions? Call 860-681-9672.
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Salisbury Recreation Programs
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Salisbury Senior Center Knitting & Crochet Club
WHERE: The Salisbury Senior Center at the Town Grove, 42 Ethan Allen St., Lakeville
WHEN: *1st & 3rd Monday of the Month, 1:00-3:00pm
(*NEW DATES)
WHO: Knitters And Crocheters Of All Levels Welcome. Beginners
Should Bring Size 8 Knitting Needles And Worsted Weight Yarn.
WHAT: Bring Project You Are Working On Or Start A New One. Coffee and Tea will be provided. Meet other seniors from the area.
Cost: This is a FREE program.
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Senior Nutrition Program at the
Senior Center
Lunches will be served at the Senior Center on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 12:00pm. The suggested donation is $5.00 those 65 & up, $6.50 for those under 65.
Reservations are required at least 24-hours in advance.
To make a reservation call 860-435-5197 or sign up in person at the Senior Center.
Contact Lisa McAuliffe for further information, 860-435-5186 or email lmcauliffe@salisburyct.us
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Jano’s Senior Exercise
11am, Every Tuesday & Thursday
In-person or Zoom class
Click Here for Zoom Links
Contact Lisa McAuliffe for further information, 860-435-5186 or email
lmcauliffe@salisburyct.us
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Ping Pong at the
Senior Center
Adult ping pong will meet at the Senior Center will meet on Wednesdays from 1:30-3:30pm.
Contact Lisa McAuliffe for further information, 860-435-5186 or email lmcauliffe@salisburyct.us
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Tai Chi Class
Weekly Tai Chi class at the Grove’s Senior Center every Wednesday at 10:15–11:30am. Tai Chi is gentle, non-strenuous exercise that can improve your strength, balance and range of motion. Loose clothing advised, soft sole shoes or sneakers. This is a free drop-in class and registration is not required.
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Connecticut Energy Assistance Available
Connecticut Energy Assistance Available Fuel assistance applications are currently being taken for fuel deliveries made between November 1, 2026 and April 1, 2027. Households heating with electric and households with heat included in rent are also eligible to apply.
You may qualify for fuel assistance if your income is under -
(Household size/Annual Income): 1/$48,714, 2/$63,703, 3/$78,692, 4/$93,681
Those who participate in one or more of the following benefit programs will automatically be considered income eligible for energy assistance;
-Temporary Family Assistance (TFA)
-State supplement to the Aged, Blind, and Disabled
-Refugee cash assistance program
-Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
-Supplemental Security income (SSI)
Contact: Patrice McGrath at 860-435-5187
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A Tasting Party, for the kids without the kids
A Tasting Party and silent auction, to benefit Housatonic Child Care Center, will be Oct. 24 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the
Lakeville Town Grove, 42 Ethan Allen Street, Lakeville.
Salisbury Wines will present wine, beer and more with hors d’oeuvres by Theresa Freund of Freund’s Farm in East Canaan. Silent auction items include gift certificates to local businesses, gift baskets and more.
Tickets are $50 at the door, $45 before the event, and are available for purchase at Housatonic Child Care Center, 30B Salmon Kill Road; Salisbury Wines, 19 Main Street; at housatonicchildcare.org/wine-tasting or by calling 860-435-9694.
For more information email housatonicchildcarecenter@gmail.com or
call 860-435-9694.
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2026 ANNUAL HOUSATONIC HERITAGE AREA WALKS ANNOUNCED
5 Autumn Weekends of Free, Guided Regional Interpretive Tours
The Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area announces the 24th annual autumn Housatonic Heritage Walks in September. A variety of 68 free, guided interpretive tours will be offered this autumn throughout The Berkshires, MA, and Litchfield County, CT (northwestern CT).
The public is invited to participate in these family-oriented, interpretive walks, offered in partnership with our region’s historic, cultural, and outdoor recreation organizations and the National Park Service. The Heritage Walks are the ideal opportunity to experience and learn about our region’s rich and varied local history.
Historians, naturalists, and environmentalists will lead participants on explorations through historic estate gardens and town districts, behind-the-scenes cultural site tours, nature walks, trail hikes, and tours of many of the industrial-site ruins that were once thriving local industries. There will be Native-American and African American history walks and an African-American history bike tour.
Detailed Heritage Walks brochures are available at libraries, post offices, and newspaper racks in major grocery stores in the region. The Walks schedule is also available at: https://housatonicheritage.org/events/heritage-walks/
To request a brochure by mail, email programs@housatonicheritage.org
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October First Friday Music Concert
The Congregational Church of Salisbury presents its monthly First Friday Concert. October 9th, 2026 at 12:00PM Congregational Church of Salisbury. 30 Main Street. Salisbury, CT 06068 This month's "First Friday on the Second Friday" concert at the Congregational Church of Salisbury features a string quartet performing Mozart's Quartet in D Major, K. 575, and Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson's String Quartet No. 1. The ensemble features Suzanne Wagor (first violin), Emma Richman (second violin), Nick Borghoff (viola), and Jakob Nordlinger (cello).
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CONNECTICUT TIRE STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM: Roll, Recycle, Renew
- The Salisbury/Sharon Transfer Station accepts passenger, commercial, off-the-road, agricultural, industrial, and some specialty tires.
- Disposal is FREE at the Transfer Station for Salisbury and Sharon residents. Limit of 8 tires per day. Tires must not be covered in mud, etc.
- Collected tires are directed into recycling and recovery channels where they can be processed into new materials or other productive uses such as rubber-modified asphalt—reducing waste entering landfills or illegal
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TEXTILE BINS AT THE TRANSFER STATION
The white textile collection bins in the Transfer Station parking lot collects and transports the bagged clothing, linens, other textiles, and shoes to a huge warehouse in Massachusetts. It is sorted into three categories: usable clothing, fiber conversion, and wiping rags. Bay State pays the Transfer Station per pound of donated textiles. Please bag your items to put into bins.
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SWAP SHOP ETIQUETTE
Please place items in the sections indicated by signs throughout the Swap Shop. Do not put boxes of books or bags of clothing and textiles on the floor; they get opened and strewn about, making them dirty and taking up considerable space. Be considerate and helpful. If the book area is overflowing, consider taking them instead to a local library when they are collecting for book sales. The Cornwall Library accepts books most of the year (call first to check that it is current policy).
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DOG LICENSING
Dog licensing began June 1st. If you registered your dog with us last year, you should receive a reminder in the mail. You may mail your renewal with payment and updated rabies certificate (if needed) to the Town Clerk’s Office, PO Box 548, Salisbury, CT 06068, or please visit the Town Clerk’s Office.
For more information please contact the Town Clerk: 860-435-5182
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TRANSFER STATION STICKERS
New stickers will be available; purchased at Town Hall or by mail. Stickers should be affixed to your vehicle’s windshield.
Every resident in the towns of Salisbury and Sharon must pay a User Fee (aka Sticker Fee). Even if you use a hauler (ex. Richard Ralph or Welsh Sanitation) to transport your material to the facility, their arrangement with you does not include the User Fee Sticker cost. This fee must be paid whether you use the station during the year or not. Once paid, you will receive a sticker that will allow you access to the station throughout the year, should you decide to go with your own vehicle.
2. Forms will be available at Town Hall and online at: https://www.salisburysharontransferstation.com
3. You must pay for the sticker(s) at Town Hall by Cash/Check/credit card (There is a processing fee for credit cards).
To return by, mail to: Selectmen's Secretary, PO Box 548, Salisbury, CT 06068
If you have any questions, please call 860-435-5170.
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October 2026 Meeting Calendar*
- 10/5 - 5:00pm, Board of Selectmen
- 10/5 - 6:30pm, Planning & Zoning Commission
- 10/5 - 6:30pm, Region One Board of Education
- 10/6 - 9:00am, Historic District Commission
- 10/8 - 5:00pm, Salisbury Forum
- 10/8 - 5:30pm, Conservation Commission
- 10/12 - Town Hall & Transfer Station CLOSED (Columbus/Indigenous Peoples' Day)
- 10/12 - 5:00pm, SMMR2 (The Hotchkiss Library, Sharon)
- 10/13 - 5:00pm, Zoning Board of Appeals
- 10/13 - 6:30pm, Inland Wetlands & Watercourses Commission
- 10/13 - 7:30pm, Recreation Commission
- 10/14 - 5:30pm, Salisbury Fire Commission
- 10/15 - 9:00am, Salisbury Economic Development Committee
- 10/15 - 5:30pm, Salisbury Affordable Housing Commission
- 10/15 - 6:00pm, Board of Finance Quarterly Meeting
- 10/16 - 5:30pm, Salisbury Pathways Committee
- 10/19 - 5:30pm, Salisbury Central School Board of Education
- 10/20 - 9:00am, WPCA
- 10/20 - 7:00pm, Democratic Town Committee Meeting
- 10/21 - 5:00pm, TRAC
- 10/26 - 6:30pm, Inland Wetlands & Watercourses Commission
- 10/27 - 5:00pm, Republican Town Committee Meeting
- 10/31 - Halloween
| | *Meeting Agendas can be found at www.salisburyct.us/agendas. The information for the zoom links (remote/hybrid meetings) are included on each agenda. Meetings may be cancelled or special meetings may be added during the month. You can view the Town Calendar at www.salisburyct.us/calendar. | | |
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