Thursday, August 2, 2018
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Volume 22, Number 24
Children create stop-motion movies By Devin Leith-Yessian The Citizen
Starting with a worm wiggling across a screen, a dozen children recently learned how to create their own stop-motion movies telling tales like a pirate ship crossing the desert. “I just enjoy being able to put Legos together in a cool way,” said Mya Lamoureux, 10, who made her movie about two mariners trying to keep their rowboat from filling with water. “I also enjoy being able to use the Legos to make a movie to show people.”
To make their movies, the children carefully moved the Legos, taking photos of each tiny change. “Now this part is going to be tricky,” said Griswold Elementary School Library Media Specialist Danielle Salina, who teaches the class at the Berlin-Peck Memorial Library. She showed the children how to stack and unstack the blocks so it appeared they were moving on their own. “Look at this, you guys don’t even need me,” she said. Ian Franczak, 13, works on his stop-motion movie at the Berlin-Peck Memorial Library. Devin Leith-Yessian, The Citizen
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Town seeks to purchase more property near train station
Berlin has selected a firm for its development plans at 889, 903 and 913 Farmington Ave. Devin Leith-Yessian, The Citizen
The town is seeking to purchase 861 Farmington Ave., home to Country Kitchen and the Drain Doctor, as part of its ongoing efforts to develop municipal land near the new train station into a
“downtown village.” Town Planner Marek Kozikowski said purchasing 861 Farmington Ave. will help with the environmental cleanup at 889 Farmington Ave., another town-owned property. The businesses in the brick building at 861
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Farmington Ave. will remain in operation. "There's contaminated groundwater under (889 Farmington Ave.) that flows naturally under (861 Farmington Ave.),” Kozikowski See Property, A4
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By Devin Leith-Yessian The Citizen