Volume 19, Number 25
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‘Clear the Shelters’ was a huge success in the area By Charles Kreutzkamp The Berlin Citizen
Thursday, August 20, 2015
Sage Park car show draws hundreds By Charles Kreutzkamp
People were lining up out of the door in extreme heat around 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 15 during “Clear the Shelters Day” at the Berlin Animal Control facility at 600 Christian Lane. Around a dozen animals were adopted by the mid-afternoon, including three dogs and at least nine cats. “It was a really good turnout,” said Animal Control Officer Jan Lund. Lund said it is always a great day when an animal is given a new
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Hundreds came to the Touch a Truck and Car Show at Sage Park Saturday, Aug. 15 despite the blazing heat of one of the hottest weekends this summer. “Turnout is great, especially since it’s 100 degrees out here,” Fire Chief Jim Simons said. Early in the day, volunteers were parking cars on fields, and throughout the day the tractors hitched to ‘people movers’ ferried full cartloads back and forth between festivities and parking. Simons said that the idea to rear-
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This cat was adopted at Berlin Animal Control Saturday, Aug. 15.
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| Submitted by Concetta Beradozzi
Sept. 8 deadline for petitioning BOE candidates “The Board of Education works very hard at educating new members so that they can contribute to the school improvement process,” Board of Education president Gary Brochu said in a statement. “As we get closer to the election we will provide a number of orientation opportunities
for candidates so that they can become more familiar with our schools and what it is like to serve on the board.” Brochu said in a statement that “Being a non-partisan board,” the BOE simply seeks “intelligent individuals who are committed to working to improve our schools … We
think that they will find, as we have, that it’s a great and challenging way to serve your community.” A Board of Education press release states, “Potential candidates need only to go to the Town Clerk’s office to receive a petition form, collect the signatures of 127 Berlin vot-
ers, and return the completed petition to the Town Clerk by Sept. 8.” Brochu said in a statement that candidates are welcome to contact current board members for more information about what service to the board entails. — Charles Kreutzkamp
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