Volume 21, Number 33
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Thursday, October 5, 2017
Pathway opens at Percival Park By Ashley Kus Citizen staff
Games at Percival Park’s soccer field will now be easier to access thanks to a new pathway. “It’s a great improvement,” said Greg Starr, an official with the Berlin Youth Soccer Association. The association partnered with several The official opening of the new pathway at Percival Park. | Greg Starr, contributed
See Pathway, A5
Music director plans to keep traditions, add new twists
Salary, benefits discussed for top cops
By Ashley Kus Citizen staff
By Ashley Kus Citizen staff
With the annual Berlin High School cabaret event a little more than a month away, Director of Choral Music Tyler Boyle is making sure his students are prepared with a variety of musical numbers. “They sound amazing,” Boyle said of the first rehearsal.
Before the deputy chief is sworn in as the new police chief, he and the lieutenant replacing him could each receive a town payout of over $20,000 for unused sick time. “The main purpose of this meeting is to establish and see if the people appointed to the positions accept what we would like to give for benefits and pay,” said Bob Peters, chairman of the police commission.
The Hartford resident, originally from Long Island, took over Kathryn Scherer’s position after she left the district at the end of last school year.
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In this 2016 photo, BHS chorus students practice for the annual cabaret. | Ashley Kus, The Berlin Citizen