PHOTOS: 20 years ago this month in Southington: Demolition of the Oxley House, The Lunch Box opens, second truck stop proposed
PHOTOS: 20 years ago this month in Southington: Demolition of the Oxley House, The Lunch Box opens, second truck stop proposed
RJ file photo - Steven Langley sits in front of his new business, The Lunch Box, at 179 W. Center St. in Southington, March 1999.
RJ file photo - Members of hte Vocational Industrial Clubs of America work on a scrapbook at Southington High School, March 1999. They will enter the book into a statewide competition. From left, John Royer, 19, of Southington, Jessica Spranovich, 16, of Bristol and Anne Trudel, 15, of Bristol.
RJ file photo - Cath Michanczyk, a Southington native who lives in Bristol, shows some paintings she has on display at the Southington Care Center, March 1999.
RJ file photo - Deborah Robarge of Southington talk in her home about her experience with Trigeminal Neuralgia, March 1999.
RJ file photo - Southington Engine Company 5 volunteers, from left, First Lt. Michael Garrity, Capt. Roderick Bouchard, and 2nd Lt. Alan Martin, look over a collection of photos and news clippings from the volunteer company's 25 years of service to the town's north end, March 1999.
RJ file photo - Joshua Brush, a student at DePaolo Middle School in Southington, smiles immediately after correctly spelling the word "missles" to win the townwide spelling bee held at Derynoski School March 25, 1999.
RJ file photo - Jake Cardinal doesn't seem all that interested in last week's kindergarten registration and orientation as his mom, Norine, talks to a school official at Derynoski School in Southington, March 1999.
RJ file photo - Dave Olsen, vice president of the Southington High School Future Business Leaders of America, rests on jars of coins that the club is using to collect money for the March of Dimes, March 1999. They called their fundraising effort "Penny Warz."
RJ file photo - It's a day at the beach for Alex Egerton as he lies down on a beach towel, reading a book. Alex and his classmates joined in the National Education Association's Read Across America, a celebration of reading planned for Dr. Seuss' birthday, in the all purpose room at Thalberg School in Southington March 2, 1999.
RJ file photo - Ronald Serafino prepares prescriptions at the Serafino Pharmacy in Southington, March 1999.
RJ file photo - Rosanne Daigneault, coordinator of language arts for the Southington school system, reads the words of Dr. Seuss to a Thalberg School class to help mark the author's birthday, March 1999.
RJ file photo - Parishioners at Central Baptist Church in Southington, from left, Suzanne McKirdy, Clair Lemanski, Arlene Bubar and Cindy and Dave Crichton, during a sign language class being taught by Dr. Eugene Kimmel March 9, 1999.
RJ file photo - The 141-year-old Oxley House at the corner of Mill and North Main streets in Southington being demolished to make room for a bank, March 1999.
RJ file photo - Gerald Nickodemski uses a snow blower to remove the snow from his Canterbury Lane driveway in Southington March 15, 1999.
RJ file photo - Jon Lamkins of Southington stands next to his Plymouth Neon, which he'll drive in a road rally at Cape Cod, March 1999.
RJ file photo - Ken Sprano, of Watertown, entertains students at Kennedy Middle School in Southington by spinning a plate on a long pole, March 1999.
RJ file photo - Sanra Kalosky delivers a lesson to her English class at Kennedy Middle School in Southington, March 1999.
Southington Scholar Athletes, March 1999 - Front from left, Allison Perkins, Meredeth Williams, Gretchen Anderson, Allecia Reid. Rear from left, Jim McLaughlin, Gus Ververis and Rich Rivera.
RJ file photo - Southington resident John Hunter, a volunteer at the Science Center of Connecticut, shows Kasia Plessy, left, and Alex Sedergren, both six, what kinf of rock can be found where they live, March 1999.
RJ file photo - Tom Valentine, left, catches his breath along with his Southington teammates after running wind sprints at practice March 22, 1999.
RJ file photo - Jon Rustek, an alternate on the Southington Zoning Board of Appeals, speaks on the topic of a proposed second truck stop on the Meriden-Waterbury Turnpike March 23, 1999. The ZBA denied the truck stop.
RJ file photo - Scott Castico, 7, swings on a rope swing across a stream in his family's backyard on Burritt Street, which abutts the proposed site for a truck stop in Southington, March 1999.
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