The Berlin
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Volume 16, Number 18
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New recycling system slated to begin this summer By Melissa Chicker The Berlin Citizen
Berlin will welcome a new automated single stream recycling program to town. As part of the service, each residential property, according to the town, will be provided with an easy-to-maneuver, wheeled recycling cart. All residents will be given a free standard 95 gallon blue cart, similar to the green trash carts. Residents who cannot fill a 95 gallon cart are given an optional 65 gallon recycling cart will also be available upon request at no charge. If resident’s want to receive the smaller gallon cart, return the attached form received from the town. If residents wish to have both sizes, they can purchase a second 95 gallon cart for a one-time fee of $75. The carts provide enough capacity to contain recyclable material generated by an average family on a biweekly basis. The new carts will be delivered the week of June 10. Service will begin between the weeks of July 1 and July 8, depending on the towns recycling schedule. The town asks residents to continue to use the smaller blue bins at this time. Residents can dispose of old bins at the town’s Recycling Center, 19 Town Farm Lane. Disposal is optional.
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Remember when: The history of Ferndale Dairy By Melissa Chicker The Berlin Citizen
Examples of the single stream recycling bins the town will receive this summer. A 95 gallon, left, which residents will given for free, and 65 gallon bin, right. Only recyclable material in the single stream recycling collection cart, with the town seal, will be accepted and emptied. Further questions regarding the program; call the Public Works Department at (860) 828-7022. -Information from the Town of Berlin
See Recycling, page 6
The Hall calls Citizen photo by Nick Carroll
The Berlin High School Athletic Hall of Fame honored its newest members Sunday at a banquet at the Aqua Turf Club in Plantsville. See story on page 22. Pictured are, front row, from left: Tina Simeone on behalf of Hall of Famer Joseph Simeone, Fern Kornichuck for Paul Kornichuck, Meghan Chasse for Kyle Gallo, Ken Parciak, and Susan Church Zibell. Back row, Chief Mark Lewandowski for Lino “Chick” Girone, Rich Carlson for Jesse Carlson, George Hall, Bob Peckrul, Richard Baccaro for Jennifer Baccaro, and Dan Roberts.
There was a time when Berlin was not the suburban town seen today. It was once filled with sprawling hills, open fields, and acres of farm land. In the early 1900s, Berlin boasted a total of 116 farms, with farmers from all backgrounds and nationalities. For those who never experienced Berlin’s agricultural past it’s hard to look back, but for those who can, they remember like it was yesterday. History filled the room at the Berlin-Peck Memorial Library April 26. At least 60 patrons came to hear the stories of Allan and Graham Hall as they remembered when; the history of Ferndale Dairy. Ferndale Dairy operated from 1895 to 1969, and in those years, according to Allan Hall, the family-owned farm operated as the largest of its time. It was a family affair, said Allan Hall who mainly spoke about the dairy farm and how so many were touched by the dairy and
Citizen photos by Melissa Chicker
Relics, like this old newspaper clipping of the Ferndale Ice Cream Bar, were on display for the public. what it brought to town. “We were dedicated and in 37 years never missed a delivery, riding in on horse and wagon or sleigh through snow,” Hall said. “There was no glass bottle at the time and my grandfather would milk cows and cool them in a spring. I take pride in saying the dairy gave back to the community as the community gave back to the dairy.” Ferndale began when See Ferndale, page 9
Allan Hall shows the audience some of the many milk bottles used at the Ferndale Dairy Farm.