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Volume 21, Number 39
Students honor local veterans By Ashley Kus The Citizen
Berlin and Plainville students paid tribute to local veterans in honor of Veterans Day.
Thursday, November 16, 2017
Elected officials will be sworn in this month By Ashley Kus The Citizen
Berlin held its program at Berlin High School Thursday night, Nov. 9 in the auditorium. Veterans and their family members attended along with students, faculty and town officials.
Mark Kaczynski (R) will be sworn in as mayor for a second term later this month along with the new Town Council, finance and education boards and police commission. “We can move forward,” Kaczynski said Tuesday night, Nov. 7.
“Their struggles and death are not wasted on me, I’m truly grateful for all they’ve sacrificed,” said Lindsey Leary, an 8th grade student at McGee Middle School. Leary and three other classmates spoke about how veterans influenced their generation. See Veterans, A2
It will be the first time the town will swear in a mayor. A charter change last year gave voters the ability to elect the mayor rather than that position being appointed by the council. Superintendent David Erwin speaks at the Veterans Day program at Berlin High School on Thursday, Nov. 9. Ashley Kus, The Citizen
The ceremony will be Tuesday, Nov. 21, See Officials, A5
Santa Claus is coming to town Santa will pay a visit to Berlin later this month as part of the annual tree lighting event at Veteran’s Memorial Park. “It went pretty well last year,” said Jim Simons, fire administrator.
Town fire departments took over organizing the event last year after the group Raising Berlin was unable to continue the tradition.
with Santa will start at 5:15 and go until the end of the event at 6:30. The tree lighting has been held annually since 2009. Hundreds attended last year.
The tree lighting begins at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 25. The Berlin High School band “We want more people to be aware of it,” said Kim Pethiwill perform until Santa gal, an event coordinator. lights the tree at 5. Dance Berlin’s annual tree lighting always draws a large crowd. Step off Farmington Ave., Berlin Volunteer Fire Department will perform at 5:15. Pictures See Lighting, A3
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