The Berlin
Cit itiz ize en
Volume 14, Number 28
Berlin’s Only Hometown Newspaper
Citizen photos by Olivia L. Lawrence
Thursday, July 15, 2010
A sign at Percival Pool issues warnings.
Noah Daft, 9, floats in Percival Pool during last week’s heat wave. He recently moved to Berlin with his family and will attend St. Paul School in the fall.
Temperatures in Berlin rise past the 100 degree mark By Olivia L. Lawrence The Berlin Citizen Percival Pool was a great place to cool off for hundreds of Berlin residents during the recent heat wave, but caution signs were everywhere. With the thermometer racing to-
wards 100 degrees, sunburn and scalding hot surfaces were among the threats to fun. Lifeguard Kaitlyn Synnott said pool attendance was running to approximately 600 patrons for the week of June 28 to July 2. That was before the heat
wave really got started. July 5, 180 swimmers signed in. A heat wave is usually defined as a period of at least two or more days of excessively hot weather and the National Weather See Heat, page 19
The temperature display at Liberty Bank on Farmington Avenue hits three-digits.
Berlin native retires after 30 years in Coast Guard
Quedens was among first women at Coast Guard Academy
Coast Guard Capt. Christine J. Quedens, a Berlin native, retired recently at Coast Guard Atlantic Area in Portsmouth, Va., after a long and prestigious career that includes service during Desert Storm, search and rescue operations, and as commanding officer of the Coast Guard Cutter Aquidneck.
Quedens was the last female to retire from the Coast Guard Academy’s first class to include women. She was a 1976 graduate of Berlin High School and a 1980 Academy graduate. Quedens retires as the first branch chief of the Future Operations and Planning branch of the modernized Atlantic Area Command, following 30 years of service. Prior to her last Coast Guard assignment Quedens
Coast Guard Capt. Christine Quedens and son Brett Hellman exit her retirement ceremony recently. Quedens retired after 30 years service and is the last of the See Retires, page 20 first female Coast Guard Academy graduates to retire.
Beckley Road bridge fix delayed until 2011 By Susan Kondracki Special to The Citizen Due to an extended permitting process, the Beckley Road Bridge Reconstruction Project will not take place this summer. During the July 6 Town Council meeting, the panel approved using a tempoSee Bridge, page 21