Volume 18, Number 29
Berlin’s Only Hometown Newspaper
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Thursday, August 28, 2014
Investigators continue looking into train crash By Charles Kreutzkamp
Administration. According to Amtrak spokesman Craig Schulz, AmThe Railroad Administra- trak police and the Berlin Potion investigation into the lice Department conducted train crash that occurred in their own investigation that Berlin June 23 is ongoing, ac- has resulted in charges being cording to Michael Booth, brought against the driver of Public Affairs Specialist with the Federal Railroad See Crash / Page 9 The Berlin Citizen
By Charles Kreutzkamp The Berlin Citizen
The Berlin Board of Education discussed school readiness, its new website, and work being done on updating the conflict resolution policy in the athletic handbook at its meeting Aug. 18.
According to Assistant Superintendent Brian Benigni, who chaired the committee that worked on the conflict resolution policy, the new policy provides a clear chain of command for complaints from parents and individual athSee BOE / Page 8
The inside of this van got crowded as families eagerly viewed cats and kittens in need of homes. | Charles Kreutzkamp / The Berlin Citizen
FOBAC helps pets in need find new forever homes By Charles Kreutzkamp The Berlin Citizen
Sue Bronsard was one of over a dozen attendees at the pet adoption event put on by the Friends of Berlin Animal Control (FOBAC) held at Petsmart in Plainville
Aug. 24. Bronsard said that she was saddened when her Maine Coon cat of 16 years died Aug. 22, but she knew she wanted to adopt another. “I have never not had a cat,” Bronsard said. Stacey B eaupre, who works at an animal hospital
in Berlin, said she knew the perfect cat for Bronsard, a cat that she had personally brought in for FOBAC. This cat is a gray dam whom Bronsard has not yet named, though Bronsard said See FOBAC / Page 10
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BOE updated on website, conflict resolution policy