Volume 21, Number 20
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Thursday, July 6, 2017
Council OK’s funds for school security Main Street construction.
| Ashley Kus, The Berlin Citizen
Town looks at more parking, adjustments on Main Street By Ashley Kus Citizen staff
There may soon be additional parking on Main Street after a beautification process took away some spaces.
“We’re trying to add back some parking,” said Interim Town Manager Jack Healy. Healy was part of a recent meeting with business owners on the street who said the new look of the area has decreased traffic and therefore shoppers.
The beautification process last year included new sidewalks and curbing as well as the addition of traffic islands. “It looks nice but it may not be functional,” said Mayor Mark Kaczynski. See Beautification, A3
Flash mob set to perform Saturday Berlin will be in for a surprise this weekend when a flash mob, created by Berlin-Peck Memorial Library, breaks out.
will show up at a popular place in town and surprise residents with a routine complete with music. People can sign up at the library.
The choreographed dance crowd
“Everyone had so much fun last
year,” said Carrie Tyszka, Berlin librarian. Last summer, the flash mob was
By Ashley Kus Citizen staff
The Town Council allocated $125,000 for each of the three elementary schools and middle school in town in order to construct security vestibules. “We’re hoping next summer,” said Eva Gallupe, director of business operations for Berlin schools. The council had previously appropriated $500,000 for the vestibules, however a special meeting was held Thursday night, June 29 to allocate and divide the funds between each school. Finance Director Kevin Delaney said the amount was not included in the budget and the town will instead re-purpose funds borrowed and leftover from the Sherwood Mill project. Delaney said there is no conflict in using those funds for the security vestibule project. More than 40 percent of the total security vestibules project will poten-
See Flash, A3
See Funds, A3
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A look at Main Street in Berlin.