Volume 19, Number 52
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Thursday, February 16, 2017
Town celebrates completion of Berlin High School renovation By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff
| Ashley Kus, The Berlin Citizen
Choice districts face state cuts
Town and state officials thanked supporters and volunteers at a ceremony Saturday for the newly renovated Berlin High School. Parents, students and officials got a tour of the recently completed school after music and speeches in the auditorium. Town leaders credited the state legislative delegation, in particular state Rep. Joe Aresimowicz, a Democrat and House Speaker, with providing state funding. Former Berlin mayor Adam Salina said the town ran into a funding shortfall on the $70 million project.
By Ashley Kus Citizen staff
Despite a snowstorm the day before, Berlin High School senior Izayah Bailey drove from Hartford ready to start his Friday, which included basketball practice after school. “I’ve been playing all my life,” the Hartford resident said. “It’s a way to take my mind off things.” The 17-year-old varsity point guard joined the basketball team when he started as an Open Choice student at McGee Middle School. “Ever since the first day, that’s when I made a few of my close friends that I’m still close with See Choice, A3
“We are extremely fortunate, and
Members of the Berlin Board of Education reopen the renovated high school Saturday during a ribbon cutting ceremony. For more photos visit berlincitizen.com. | Justin Weekes, For the Record-Journal
still are fortunate, to have a very influential friend in Hartford,” Salina said. “Thank you, Joe.”
and football coach at the high school, said the town can take pride in a modern building.
Aresimowicz, a Berlin resident
See Renovation, A2
Town Council approves golf rate increases lin Golf Club. By Ashley Kus Citizen staff
The Town Council recently approved rate increases ranging from 2 to a little over 4 percent for Timber-
Golf Director Jonathon Zuk said the course was close to “breaking even” and the rate increases would help.
through these (rate) increases,” he said. The rates were proposed last month by the Parks and Recreation Commission.
“We’re looking at apLen Zielinski, commission proximately a $38,000 to $40,000 increase in revenue See Golf, A2 Zuk
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Izayah Bailey, a senior at Berlin High School, has been in the Open Choice Hartford program since middle school. Over 2,000 students are enrolled in the program which covers 28 districts including Hartford.