Volume 21, Number 34
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Thursday, October 12, 2017
Lake race to aid Red Cross disaster relief By Ashley Kus Citizen staff
A canoe and kayak race will be held at Silver Lake Saturday to benefit the Red Cross. Registration starts at 9:30 a.m. and the race starts at 11. | Courtesy of Patti Reni-Podgorski and Vicki Cummings
By Ajlal N. Khan Special to The Citizen
October is here and that means Halloween is just around the corner. This year, the Berlin High School Athletics Department is embracing the holiday with the inaugural Dreadcoat Fun Run. The charity event will be held at Sage Park on Friday, Oct. 13 regardless of weather. All proceeds from the run will benefit the athletics department. Participants are encouraged to dress up in Halloween costumes. The Sage Park course will be decorated to match the See Dreadcoat, A3
“I feel so sorry for those that have lost so much,” said Vicki
The state lake, located in Meriden and Berlin along the Berlin Turnpike, will host local and out-of-town racers Saturday, Oct. 14 beginning See Race, A2
Brother welcomes brother into military life PV2 Brian Gagliardi, of Berlin, enlisted into the CT Army National Guard at the Springfield Military Entrance Processing Station recently. He received his Oath of Enlistment from his brother, 1LT Anthony Gagliardi, an active duty Army Officer stationed at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Brian will attend Infantry One Station Unit Training at Fort Benning, Georgia. The two are the sons of Tony and Christine Gagliardi of Berlin.
Brian and Anthony Gagliardi.
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Profits from the second annual Silver Lake canoe and kayak race this weekend will be donated to the Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund to help victims of the recent hurricanes.
Cummings. The Silver Lake resident will be coordinating the race for the second year in a row as part of the New England Canoe Kayak Racing Association (NECKRA) series.