Volume 21, Number 14
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Chief: council is ‘all talk and no action’ on new police station Berlin Police Chief Paul Fitzgerald is describing the Town Council’s approach to a new police station or renovations to the existing one as “all talk and no action.” “It demonstrates a lack of support for the police department,” Fitzgerald said Thursday, May 18. Fitzgerald
Early last week, the council appointed a committee to begin working on possible development of town-owned land once considered for a new police station — 903, 913, and 889 Farmington Ave. “There is absolutely no com-
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mitment on the Town of Berlin’s behalf,” said Mayor Mark Kaczynski, referring to future uses of the Farmington Avenue property. “It’s just to evaluate.” The town-owned land was initially proposed as the site of a new police station. A proposed $16 million project to build a new police station on Farmington Avenue was voted down 4-2 by the council last summer. Kaczynski cited the state’s financial problems and town budget uncertainty as the primary reasons for not going ahead with the new station. Later, he said there would be $2.5 million available for renovations to the current building. Fitzgerald said May 18 that the mayor “made a mistake” and virtually no work has See Police, A4
Cancer survivors are photographed from Kensington Fire Rescue’s Tower 3 at Berlin’s Relay For Life. See story and more photos inside on page A34. | Photo by Robert Brown
Elevator in library expected to be finished next year By Ashley Kus Citizen staff
Patrons of Berlin-Peck Memorial Library will soon have easy access to both
floors of the building with the use of an elevator. “We just got the final specs in from an architect,” said Helen Malinka, library director.
grants and community donations was acquired for the elevator project in 18 months. Initial electrical and mechanical work will begin
Over $250,000 in state
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