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Renovation affects school day, students say By Daniel Jackson
Brodersen-Chirico has talked to town officials and has sent letters to Board of Isabel Brodersen-Chirico Education, but feels that she and her daughter, Holly is being ignored. The problem is that the Chirico, are disappointed about how the Berlin High noise of the renovation, the S c h o o l re n ova t i o n h a s pounding of the jackhammers, the beeping of heavy progressed. The Berlin Citizen
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equipment and exhaust fumes seep into certain classrooms, bothering students, the two say. Chirico has recorded the sounds on her smart-phone, the pounding of construction See Renovation / Page 12
Berlin High School undergoes renovation. | (Daniel Jackson / The Berlin Citizen)
Berlin’s annual tree-lighting ceremony was held Nov. 30 at Veterans Memorial Park. The event featured face-painting, ice sculpture demonstrations, a performance by The Ballet Theater Company, and, of course, an appearance by Santa and Mrs. Claus. See more photos inside. | (Photo by Lee Roski)
Prep for winter weather begins early By Daniel Jackson The Berlin Citizen
In the middle of November, the town of Berlin buys its salt, attaches plows to its trucks and finishes up road work in preparation for the coming winter season, the time when road crews go out and clear the snow from the roads. Every year, the town’s employees “get everything as ready as we can and wait for the snow to fly,” said Highway Superintendent Bryan Griswold.
It’s a routine task, Griswold said, and although “I wouldn’t say it’s big. It’s important.” Over the last few weeks, the highway department finished up its work on Orchard Road and inspected the trucks, making sure the plows and spreaders worked, sending the broken trucks to the garage. The town has 800 tons of special road salt, Griswold said, treated to work at lower temperatures when conventional road salt would stop working. Its enough material to handle about three to four storms.
The town council chose the contractors to plow the town’s streets and cul-de-sacs. On Nov. 21 at a special town council meeting, the newly-formed town council authorized the town to award S.J. Biella Enterprises, a contractor out of New Britain, the contract to plow the town’s streets at $175 per hour, per truck. The award to plow the town’s cul-de-sacs went to Rogan Enterprises, LLC of Berlin and S.J. Biella Enterprises at $127 an hour each truck. According to request for town council action documents, the town
expects to pay the contractors a total $25,000. Berlin’s Public Works Director Art Simonian said the contractors will supplement the plowing done by the town because cul-de-sacs need to be cleared with smaller trucks. “When the first storm rolls around, we’ll be calling our contractors as needed,” he said. This year, the town will put chains on its trucks to increase traction and use two trucks with pre-proSee Prep / Page 9
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“Generally, girls that go to this school get a much better education than girls in that day.” Sallie Caliandri, board member of Berlin Historical Society, said’s Willard’s cause of equal education for
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Beverley Manning, regent of the local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, speaks during the re-dedication of the stone marking Emma Hart Willard’s birthplace. | (Daniel Jackson / The Berlin Citizen)
being Emma’s birthplace,” wrote Lorraine Stub, secretary of the Berlin Historical Society, in an email. The town moved the boulder and stored it in the town’s municipal garage, Stub said. Now, the boulder sits at the entrance of the school named in WIllard’s honor, about 400 feet from where it once stood on the property. A few months ago, Urso received a call from the DAR “out of the blue”: does the school have enough space to keep the stone marking Willard’s birthplace at the school? “Of course, she’s the namesake of our school,” Urso said. After a quick call to Town Manager Denise McNair to make sure the school did not need any permits or other paperwork, Urso gave the go ahead. The woman from the local DAR was Beverly Manning. The regent of the WillardWelles-Stanley chapter of the DAR, said she grew up in the city where Willard founded her school. “You can’t grow up in Troy, New York, and not know the Emma Hart Willard School on the top of the hill,” she said. The business district is in the flat valley, but then the hill climbs steeply to the top where the old school sits. “It’s an interesting driving experience,” she said. During her talk, Manning said when the stone was first dedicated Oct. 11, 1913, a large
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The Daughters of the Revolution and the Berlin Historical Society re-dedicated a monument marking the birthplace of education pioneer Emma Hart Willard Nov. 21. DAR and the historical society organized the relocation of the granite boulder marking the birthplace of Willard because the property owner raised an old home at the location and built a modern home in its place. “We are proud to take it, and hopefully, it will be the final place it will rest,”
said Salvatore Urso, Willard School’s principal. Willard, an advocate for education of women and founder of the female boarding school Emma Willard School in Troy, New York, was born in town at the old Hart homestead February 1787. The stone marked the location at the Northwest corner of Lower Lane and Hudson Street. The house where Willard was born was destroyed in the early 1800s and a new house was built in its place. “Townspeople still often, erroneously, think of the old house built on the corner as
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with their children. For this reason, Erwin starts calling the police department and the town’s road crew to learn about the conditions on the ground. He doesn’t trust the weatherman. “You really can’t,” he said. “You have to wake up.” On potential snow days, superintendents across the region work with their towns and with each other to make the decision. Sometimes, the decision is a “semi-no-brainer,” Erwin said,
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when people around you are closed,” he said, adding that he does not want to put children at risk. In the past, state law said a legal day of school is a fourhour day, Erwin said. However, the laws have changed, giving the schools more flexibility. Now, schools need to give 900 hours of school instruction a year spread across 180 days. “That has been a relief,” Erwin said. Now, school districts could have kids in school for two hours and it still counts to-
wards the total hours of instruction, according to Erwin. Private schools in the area treat snow days a bit differently. Headmaster of Moorland Hill School Michael Dooman said he waits for Berlin public school’s call — literally — before deciding whether to close his school for the day. The superintendent’s office of Berlin’s schools will phone the private school located in Berlin to let them know its decision. “They have the boots on the ground,” Dooman said, adding
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E-books are more popular than ever at the BerlinPeck Memorial Library (up 83 percent over last year), and our Overdrive e-book catalog (which we share with 36 other libraries in my consortium) just cannot keep up. Patrons are disappointed that everything they want to read isn’t available for immediate download (either because the publishers won’t deal with Overdrive or because other patrons already have that e-book checked out). And that’s how Freading is different: instead of the
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School Briefs St. Paul School first quarter honor roll. (Berlin residents are in bold.) High honors Grade 8 - Christiana Bevilacqua, Gian Civitello, Victoria DiPinto, Michael Galati, Molly Hooks, Jennifer Magnoli, Meghan Mazzatto, Jillian Pernerewski, Gabriel Ramsey, Joseph Rappoccio, Joshua Rigsby. Grade 7 - Grayson Barnes, Nicholas DiPietro, Patrick Kennedy, Nell Kordalski, Garrett Prushinski, Sonali Senapati, Aiden Stevens. Grade 6 - Michael Bevilacqua, Eleanor Doolittle, Joseph Gaffney, Gabrielle Grant, Madison Hubert, Amanda Pernerewski, Ashley Plochocki, Olivia Smith.
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gramed auto-spreaders that will spread the salt more efficiently. It’s a change of thinking, Simonian said, from 20 years ago, where the prevailing idea in salt application was “the more the better.” “It didn’t make sense to save on applications,” he said. However, sand and road salt clogged the catch basins and waterways, impacting the aquatic life of the area. Berlin tried a new salt compound, magnesium treated sodium chloride, in 2007 and switched over in 2008. It gets its salt from the Capitol Region Council of Governments. Simonian said the new compound dissolves easier in water — impacting the environment less — and it breaks down over more time, work-
ing on the roads throughout the night. That way, the town doesn’t get the 2 a.m. call saying the roads are iced over. The new salt is more corrosive on the metal on vehicles, Simonian said, but every year, new technologies come out that protect the metal on cars. This year, the town budgeted $160,000 on salt, though last year it only spent $80,000 because some of the costs of snow removal was reimbursed by FEMA. During minor storms, the town may send out a few members of the road crew to salt intersections, Simonian said. But on storms that dump two to three inches or more, the full crew is sent out. Before the incoming storm, the crew spends a lot of time preparing for when the first flakes start to fall. “Our second job is to be weathermen on a daily basis,” Simonian said.
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women was before women’s suffrage. The Hart family was enlightened in its thinking, Caliandri said, and did not prescribe to the idea back then that education beyond basic learning for females was a detriment. Instead, the Hart family en-
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Assessing Pope Francis and his many challenges By Ralph Lord Roy I like Pope Francis. From the day he was elected supreme pontiff I have admired his humility, even self-criticism. And he is the first Pope of the church to choose the name Francis in honor of St. Francis of Assisi, a favorite of mine. Pope Francis washed the feet of convicts, including those of a Muslim woman, rides around in an unassuming vehicle, and lives in an ordinary apartment instead
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interview with Pope Francis in “America”, a major Jesuit magazine I receive regularly, in which he spoke those much-quoted words regarding gays: “Who am I to judge?” That journal’s former editor, incidentally, Thomas Reese, S. J., resigned in 2005 soon after Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger became Pope. The Cardinal had accused “America” of straying too far from acceptable Catholic opinion and many progressive Catholics were convinced that his election as Pope had pushed Fr. Reese to quit. I also found another interview, less publicized in this country, of partic-
ular interest. It was with the atheist editor Eugenio Scalfari of “La Repubblica” in Rome, and in it the Pope addressed proselytizing. “Proselytism is solemn nonsense.” he began. “We need to get to know each other, listen to each other and improve our knowledge of the world around us. Our goal is not to proselytize but to listen to needs, desires and disappointments, despair, hope.” I often watch EWTN, the Catholic network where vigorous proselytizing characterizes “The Journey Home” and other regular telecasts. What impact will See Pope / Page 13
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family. She was preceded in death by her first husband of 44 years, the late Joseph Cruanes, Jr., who died in 1990. She then remarried Louis Aurigemma and shared another 17 years of marriage until his death in 2011. Born in New Britain on Nov. 10, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Jesus and Josephine (Server) Cabrera. She graduated from New Britain High School, class of 1941, and worked as a secretary at New Britain Machine before leaving to raise her family. She moved to Kensington in 1965, and returned to work as an administrative assistant for The Berlin Board of Education, retiring in 1988, after 18 years. During her 26 years of retirement she enjoyed extensive traveling and spent many happy winters with friends in Florida. She was an avid UCONN girl’s basketball and New York Giant’s fan and looked forward to trips to the casino and playing cards at the Berlin Senior Center with her friend Ida. A member of St. Paul’s Church and their Ladies Guild, she served as co-chair of the Guild membership committee. She was also a member of the Forever Young Club and the VFW Auxiliary. Mary was a volunteer at the Hospital of Central CT for the past 22 years and had volunteered at American Red Cross blood drives as well as the Berlin election polls. She is survived by her two daughters and sons-in-law, Rosalie Punkunus and her husband, Richard, and Patricia Young and her husband, Ted, all of Kensington ; her five grandchildren, Robert Punkunus, Amy DeAngelis and her husband, Justin, James Punkunus, Elise Johnson and her husband, Christian, and Paige Young; and her great-grandchildren, Aiden and Gavin DeAngelis. She is also survived by her step-children, Patricia and Alan Naudus, Paula Horne, and Roger and Mary Aurigemma; step-grandchildren, Nicole Horne and Krys Aurigemma and his wife, Teresa; and her step-great-grandchildren, Madisyn and Brooke Aurigemma. Mary dedicated her life to her family and took pride in being a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She will be remembered with love and affection and missed by all her family and wonderful friends. Funeral services were held on Monday, Dec. 2, at Erickson-Hansen Funeral Home, 411 So. Main St. New Britain followed by a Mass of Christian burial at St. Paul’s Church. Burial was in West Lane Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Faith in the Future, St. Paul’s Capital Campaign, 485 Alling St., Kensington, CT 06037 or to the American Heart Association, 1 Union St., Suite 301, Robbinsville, NJ 08691. Please share a memory of Mary with the family in the on line guest book @ www.ericksonhansen.com.
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during its renovation, when school was let out for days because of a mysterious liquid dripping from the ceiling. Chris Shugrue, project executive for the construction company working on the high school renovation, FIP Construction, said he has not received any noise complaints from the principal. When asked about noise management on the project, he said “I don’t really have a comment,” and directed The Citizen to school officials. Roman Czuchta, director of business operations for the school district, said besides the parents who spoke at the recent Board of Education meeting, he was not aware of any complaints from either parents or students. However, during the construction, the district has worked with FIP construction to minimize the sound of the renovation. “With the scope of the project, there is no way to avoid construction while school is in session,” Czuchta said. The school district has met weekly with the construction company, trying to keep disruptions to a minimum. For example, the school district informs FIP about critical points in the school schedule, the days when it has scheduled tests. Also, most of the tools run off electricity, Czuchta said. “They have bent over backwards to accommodate us,” he said, adding when there has been an issue, it was resolved. The renovation got off to a late start during the summer, but the construction com-
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these words of the new pontiff have, especially as the Church already had chosen “The New Evangelization” as a major emphasis during 2013-2016, a priority set during the papacy of Benedict XVI? Pope Francis has become the leader of an ancient worldwide church currently facing special challenges. Some are administrative, including past financial mismanagement and infighting within the Vatican. His two predecessors obviously were dedicated. John Paul II, soon to be canonized, was much beloved, a warm personality who played an important role in freeing Poland from communist domination. Benedict XVI was deeply respected as a scholar. Both of them, however, appeared to place considerable emphasis on fervent loyalty to church tradition and appointed numerous bishops who share this priority. Another encouraging emphasis of Pope Francis is on more collaborative governance. He has reminded the hierarchy that the call to ministry is the call to be ser-
vants, that imposing titles, elaborate vestments, and pastoral authority are of little importance. The Vatican is circulating a survey among Catholics around the world to solicit ideas from both clergy and laity as to how the Church should respond to various pressing and delicate issues, from cohabitation and same-sex marriage to contraception and the place of divorced and remarried couples in the Church. Some militant traditionalists are worried about Pope Francis. Will he bring more reforms like those that came with Vatican II? They pine for the “good old days” when the Mass was in Latin, ‘mixed marriages’ could not be held at the altar, cremation was forbidden, meat was not allowed on Friday, and the faithful were warned against attending events in the ‘heretical’ churches of their Protestant relatives or neighbors. Polls, however, show that Catholics overwhelmingly approve of changes made a half-century ago. Some observers attribute the exodus from Catholicism in the Americas and Europe to too little change and not too much.
For 50 years I have been an avid admirer of John XXIII for opening the windows of the Church and letting in fresh air. Will Pope Francis go further, opening them wider to permit serious discussion of such issues as priestly celibacy, the role of women, and family planning? I am disappointed that he quickly closed the door again on female ordination, especially as Deacons. I hope he permits greater freedom to express diverse views on certain theological positions that were codified centuries ago when most Christians were illiterate, thought the world was flat and located hell-fire in the bowels of the earth. Certainly the new Pope appears to be filled with vision, courage, hope, faith and love, and wants to make the Church more compassionate and a larger tent. I do fret some about his age - 77 on December 17. Time will tell, and I wish him enough of that to make a positive and lasting impact. Meanwhile, may God bless him and his worthy efforts. Ralph Lord Roy of Southington is a retired United Methodist minister. Email: Ralphlroy@aol.com.
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Deer hunt limits greater chaos on the roads By Mike Roberts Special to The Citizen
The first time I ever personally witnessed a deer/vehicle incident is etched into my mind forever! To Roberts say that it Woods ‘n was scary and horrific Water would be a gross understatement. In our many years of traveling to our former place in New York, Edna and I have seen the results of way too many deer and vehicle collisions along the New York highways. The smashed bodies of the deer would be left and sometimes a part or two from the vehicle involved, and they were many. However, we seemed to be lucky because we were not included in the deer/vehicle statistics. One year I broke my ankle in New York and this meant that Edna was forced to drive my pickup truck while I enjoyed the scenery as a passenger. We were on County Route 8 heading toward Norwich, N.Y. at about 1:30 in the afternoon when I caught a flash of movement on the passenger side of the road. A small deer jumped the fence onto the road in front
of us as I yelled, “DEER!” How Edna missed hitting the deer I will never know, although she says it was her “superior” driving skills. However, coming down the highway in the oncoming lane was a small white automobile, and now the deer was in his lane, leaving the driver the choice of swerving and hitting us head on or staying in his lane and hitting the deer. Thankfully, the driver took the deer! The resulting collision set off the two airbags in the car after the hood and fenders were smashed in. Somehow, the driver only received a minor abrasion on one of his arms, but he was really shaken up. The vehicle was smashed and had to be towed away. As is usually the case (but not always), the deer received the worst end of the whole deal and suffered three broken legs as well as internal injuries and expired almost immediately. Sad to say, this is not always the case and many times the deer make it into the woods only to die after a log period of suffering. In our many trips to New York, we would also come upon a deer/vehicle scene on Route 17 in the town of Livingston Manor. This time it was in the dark of night and an eastbound traveler warned us via C.B. Radio
that there was an accident involving a deer and a motor. Deer parts were all over the highway and the three people in the vehicle all went to the hospital by ambulance. I still receive an outdoor publication, the New York Outdoor News, and it had a deer/vehicle article that prompted me to do this column. It seems that a New York family was cruising the country roads enjoying the fall foliage when a six-point buck flew through one side of their minivan and out the other, leaving them showered with glass and in shock wondering what had just happened. The driver of the vehicle said that if her daughter had not been lying down on the seat of the van she would have been killed. The father and daughter had to be treated for minor injuries at a hospital and were released. The deer died of its injuries. They were very fortunate because every year over 200 human lives are lost on our highways due to a deer/vehicle incident. Another article of interest was also spotted in the New York Outdoor News regarding deer run-ins with motorcycle riders in Minnesota. According to the news clip, motorcycle riders were warned to be especially careful on the highways the past two months because the deer were breeding and
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were quite active crossing many highways. As of Nov. 1, seven motorcyclists had been killed in deer/vehicle collisions in that state, matching that number back in 2006 and there was still better than a month to go. Over the last three years there were 16 fatalities, and all but one of them were on motorcycles. When in New York, I stopped at a local convenience store in the town of Guilford and the lady behind the counter knew me and also knew that I was a deer hunter. When I came in she said, “You know, you don’t have to be a deer hunter to get a deer in New York.” I picked up on her comment right away and asked, “Why, did you hit one?” She said that she did hit a large doe that had jumped in front of her car and was dead as soon as she hit it.
Fortunately, she did not get hurt. The damage to her vehicle would cost her insurance about $2,400. Also, this was the fourth time she has hit a deer in New York. And you should note that if you do not have collision insurance on your vehicle and hit a deer in Connecticut, all repair expenses would come out of your pocket because the state is not liable. Over the years I have had four close calls with deer and almost becoming a statistic, but I was just plain lucky. Two incidents were in New York (not counting the one when Edna was driving) and two were right here in Connecticut. In New York, one night when heading back home after deer hunting I observed three does in a cut-over cornfield, and while I was watching them a big buck See Deer / Page 16
Letters to the Editor Great night To the editor: On behalf of the American Legion Post membership, thank you for providing a great night of entertainment at the Town of Berlin tree-lighting ceremony. From the music, hot chocolate, food donations, snack booths and face-painting booth, you are never too young to have a great time. John W. Hackett Post Commander
Government Meetings Wednesday, Dec. 11 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library, Library Board Room, 7 p.m. Housing Authority, Marjorie Moore Village Community Room, 5 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 12 Parks and Recreation Commission, Community Center, 7 p.m. Planning And Zoning Commission, Town Hall Council Chambers, 7 p.m. Public Building Commission, 238
Kensington Road, 7 p.m. Youth Services Advisory Board, Town Hall Caucus Room A, 4 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 17 Town Council, Town Hall Council Chambers, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 18 Police Commission, BPD Conference Room, 6:30 p.m. Worthington Fire District, District Office, 1400 Wilbur Cross Hwy., 5:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 23 Kensington Fire District, 947 Farmington Ave., 5 p.m.
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Women’s wages focus of pay disparity study Last month, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced results of a nine-month study into the gender wage gap in Connecticut’s workforce. In January, the governor directed the state Department of Labor, led by Commissioner Sharon Palmer, and the Department of Economic and Community Development, led by Commissioner Catherine Smith, to study and recommend ways to eliminate pay inequity. “In this day and age it’s unacceptable for women, doing the same work, to earn less than men for no reason other
than being a woman. Earlier this year, I created a task force headed by the state’s labor and economic development agencies to examine Connecticut’s wage gap,” Malloy said. The governor outlined a list of “achievable recommendations” to help eliminate gender wage discrimination and bring full economic equality in the workplace. According to a study by the American Association of University Women, when comparing the median earn-
Calendar Thursday, Dec. 5 Boy Scouts - Boy Scouts Troop 24 is scheduled to meet Thursday, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Community Center, 230 Kensington Road. Stop in or call Joe Tedone at (860) 828-0255. Boys Scouts - Boy Scout Troop 41 is scheduled to meet Thursday, 7 p.m., at Bethany Covenant Church, 785 Mill Street. For more information, call Scoutmaster K.C. Jones at (860) 829-1148 or email jones327@comcast.net.
Friday, Dec. 6 Historical Society - The Historical Society, 305 Main Street, has scheduled its annual holiday fair and open house for Friday, Dec. 6, 5 to 9 p.m. For more information, call (860) 828-5114. Polar Express Live - First Lutheran Church of the Reformation, 77 Franklin Sq., New Britain, has scheduled its second annual The Polar Express Live, for Friday, Dec. 6, 5 p.m. Children are encouraged to wear pajamas and slippers. Admission is a canned good
or winter clothing donation for families in need. For more information, call (860) 637-6460.
Saturday, Dec. 7 Christmas by the Grove - Christmas by the Grove is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 7, 4 p.m. , a the East Berlin Volunteer Fire Company, 80 Main St., East Berlin. The event features live holiday music, a visit from Santa and refreshments. Non-perishable food items will be collected to benefit the Berlin food pantry. The event is sponsored by the Ladies Auxiliary of the East Berlin Volunteer Fire Department. Historical Society - The Historical Society, 305 Main Street, has scheduled its annual holiday fair and open house for Saturday, Dec. 7, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, call (860) 828-5114. Afternoon with Santa The New Britain Museum at Hungerford Park, 191 Farmington ave., has scheduled an afternoon with Santa for Saturday, Dec. 7, 1 to 3 p.m. See Calendar / Page 22
ings of full-time, year-round workers, the gender pay gap is 23 percent nationally and 22 percent in Connecticut. The Governor’s Gender Wage Gap Task Force studied factors that contribute to Connecticut’s private sector gender wage gap, identified best practices to address the inequity, and recommended actions that can be taken by businesses to remedy the problem. “I am proud that Connecticut is making
strides in our efforts to monitor the gender wage gap that not only hurts women and families, but is harmful to our state’s economy,” said Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman. She urged the private sector to consider these recommendations. The recommendations of the task force are focused on the following themes: awareness, education, support for working women, monitoring, and promoting pay equity in the private sector.
Some of the recommendations include: Increase awareness of the gender wage gap by holding a conference on pay equity, promoting trainings that combat gender bias and generating educational materials about existing equal pay laws that can be used in private companies; Re co g n i ze t h e “ b e s t businesses for women” in Connecticut; See Study / Page 19
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was running right down the dirt road towards my truck. I swerved my truck to the left and the deer went in the same direction. I almost pinned it into the brush alongside the road before it made its escape. Another time I was on my
way to our former place in New York and was simply admiring the fall foliage. It was about 8:30 in the morning and I was so engrossed in the foliage I didn’t see the deer crossing right in front of me. I swerved the truck to the right and glanced off of a guardrail receiving only a couple of minor scratches on the door of the truck. Both times in Connecticut
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I had does hit the side of my truck while I was on my way to go deer hunting. One time I was in Hebron and the other time happened in Haddam, and fortunately they were only glancing blows. It is interesting to note that while reported deer/ vehicle incidents help the state to keep statistics on the incidents, all too many times when they happen and the deer run off into the woods they are not reported if the vehicle is still operable. Many of these deer that seemingly escape, will die a slow and painful death even though they may appear unhurt at the time. Just to prove my point, a New York hunting buddy of mine, retired State Trooper John Mullin, was hunting from a deer stand on our land in New York. It was an afternoon hunt and John said he had made his way into a stand we called,“The Swamp Stand,” and after sitting a while he gave a few deer grunts on his deer call. As he grunted, he saw a slight movement in the swamp where it was a bit thicker with underbrush.
This went on for about 15 minutes and John got down out of the stand to investigate. He came upon a large eight-point buck lying on its side. Mullin said the deer looked terrible and the stench of rotting flesh was overpowering, but the deer was still alive. John put the buck out of its misery with one shot. On taking a closer look after it was dead, John said it looked like a vehicle had hit it and the deer had made it this far into the woods before it collapsed from its wounds. I tell you this only to make a point of how terribly wrong those that oppose hunting are when they tell you that by leaving a deer herd to increase unchecked is in the best interest of the deer. Ask someone who was involved in a deer/vehicle incident how he or she feels about it. Here in Connecticut, deer hunting is used as a wildlife management tool to keep the deer numbers down and in balance with the available habitat. Did you know that a deer herd could almost double in size on a yearly basis
if there were no hunters to keep the population numbers down? One can only imagine the chaos on our state roads if there were no deer hunting allowed. That’s it gang, gotta run. See ya’ and God Bless America and watch over our troops wherever they may be serving our great country.
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Library Briefs Berlin-Peck Memorial Library Friday Movie Matinées Movies are scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Call (860) 828-7125 to register. Dec. 13 - The Fitzgerald Family Christmas. Unrated. iPad Basics - Monday, Dec. 9, 6:30 p.m. Learn the basics of an iPad. Seating is limited. Call the library at (860) 828-7125 to register. Senior Center book discussion - Wednesday, Dec. 11, 1:30 p.m. Discuss “The Christmas Cookie Club” by
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Half-day gingerbread Madrigals - Tuesday, Dec. 17, 7 p.m. Berlin High School houses - Wednesday, Dec. Madrigals present a seasonal 11, 2 p.m., for Kindergarten through grade f ive. concert. Ho l i d ay B o ut i q u e Saturday, Dec. 7, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Kensington Garden Club third annual holiday boutique featuring holiday arrangements, trees, ornaments, jewelry, gifts and more. Book sale special hours - The Friends of the Library book sale is scheduled to be open Saturday, Dec. 7 and 21, from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Children’s programs
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The Berlin AARP Board of Directors is scheduled to meet Monday, Dec. 9, 10 a.m., at the Senior Center. The monthly Chapter meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 17, 1:15 p.m. at the Senior
Center. Holiday entertainment is planned by the barbershop group The Humble Bees.
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Seniors Connecticut Health Center Senior Bowling offer monthly health clinics at the Senior Center. The clinics are free of charge, no appointments are Strikette Bowling, Nov. required. For more informa- 26: tion, call the Berlin VNA at Irene Willametz, 163; Marie (860) 828-7030. Kaczynski, 159; Jo Panico, 157; Sue Rogers, 150. Senior Blowing, Nov. 29: Gil Williams, 182; Jan Bennett, 180; Jim Nishioka, 164; Liz Rugens, 164; Rockwell Roberts, 162; Gene Lemery, 157; John Nappi, 155; Joe Sytulek, 155; Ferd Brochu, 153; Ed Doieski, 153.
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Senior Lunch Menu Senior meals are provided by CW Resources. Reservations must be made 24 hours in advance by calling Doretha Dixon at (860) 6708546, between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. A donation is requested. Monday, Dec. 9: Crab cakes with white sauce, buttered parslied noodles, country blend vegetables, 12 grain bread, mixed fruit cup. Tuesday, Dec. 10: Orange juice, chicken parmesan, ziti, peas, Italian bread, pears. Wednesday, Dec. 11: Meatloaf, brown gravy, mashed potato, garden salad, chocolate chip cookies. T h u r s d ay, D e c . 1 2 : Knockwurst, pierogies with sauerkraut, broccoli, fresh orange. Friday, Dec. 13: Veal cutlet with cream gravy, yams, cauliflower, rye bread, fresh apple.
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Coordinate with programs designed to encourage girls and minority groups to explore non-traditional occupations, particularly in STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.) Encourage colleges and universities to teach students, especially young women, how to leverage their market value in the private sector by negotiating their salaries and starting positions; Encourage companies to self-audit, evaluate, and correct any gender pay gaps; Encourage companies to limit the practice of pay secrecy by publishing salary ranges and to foster open discussion among employees regarding wages; Identify and promote private-sector jobs that offer greater levels of long-term e co n o m i c s e c u r i ty fo r women; and Develop a methodology for companies serving as state contractors of goods and services to report on gender pay equity. Because women play an increasingly important role in the financial security of families, wage disparity be-
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Little makes big contributions By Nate Brown The Berlin Citizen
As the Berlin High School football team does for every game, home or away, players and coaches board a bus outside of the school, mentally preparing themselves for the task at hand. Sometimes the team’s focus is palpable. Other times, the fight within is tempered. That is, until No. 86 comes up the stairs. Working his way through the throng of cleated, padded, and taped young men ready for battle, No. 86 gets his brethren pumped up, bringing fire and passion. And the Redcoats listen. How could they not? No. 86’s nickname is Nails. His real name is Kevin Little. “On a Friday afternoon on a game day, Kevin’s usually the first guy at the high school, ready to go,” BHS football coach John Capodice said. “He brings a lot of positive energy to the
ergetic and so involved.” Witnessing Little’s passion for athletics, Capodice, a physical education teacher at BHS, had an idea. Capodice spoke to Little’s case manager about bringing the teenager on as a manager for the football team. The rest, as they say, is history. “He came to our first game and he had more energy and enthusiasm than anyone on the field,” Capodice said. “He was just a natural at it; he had such a passion for it. Kevin Little -- known as Nails -- has been an emotional He was very positive and leader for the Berlin High School football team since enthusiastic. So he really 2007. brought a lot to the team.” | (Photo by Matt Leidemer) Little has been a regu“He already came in hav- lar on the Redcoat sideline team. He’s a real asset to our ing played in Unified Sports since his sophomore year. program.” His nickname was beLittle, who suffers from a at the middle school level,” mental handicap, arrived at said Mary Siegal, Little’s stowed upon him by players Berlin High School in the fall Unified Sports coach at BHS. and coaches. He’s “tough as nails,” “He was committed to the of 2007 and immediately became a part of the school’s team. Everyone knew when Capodice said. “At halftime, he’s always fabric through his love of Unified had a game because Redcoat athletics and his he was our biggest cheer- in the locker room, pumpinvolvement in the Unified leader. He wore his jersey to ing up the guys, getting them Sports Special Olympics school and everyone would excited, and giving them wish him luck. He was so en- words of encouragement, program.
and throughout the game, he’s always positive on the sidelines,” Capodice said. While football proved to be a great sounding board for Little, his passion and desire didn’t end there. He remained an integral member of the Unified Sports teams, earning several honors, including the Redcoat Award and the Coaches Award. During those award presentations, done at school assemblies, Little’s fellow Redcoats let him know how they felt about him. “He got standing ovations in the gym full of his classmates,” Siegal recalled. “When I gave an award, it took a few minutes [for the noise] to die down.” Unfortunately, high school – as all good things – comes to an end. Little graduated in 2010, but was allowed to continue to attend classes for two more years at BHS. “He’s a phenomenal kid, and a wonderful person,” See Little / Page 21
Berlin ends season with tough loss Redcoat gridders cap year at 5-6 By Nate Brown The Berlin Citizen
The Redcoats (5-6) season came to a close last week with a 32-6 loss to New Britain (46) at Veterans Stadium in New Britain. The record marks Berlin’s only losing season in the last 10 years and the teams worst finish since 2008, when the Redcoats finished 6-4. After falling behind New Britain 12-0 in the first quarter, the Redcoats looked to turn the tide in their favor in the second with a one-yard touchdown run by senior Mitch Williams. The quarterback’s score brought Berlin within striking distance, 12-
6, but that was as close as the Redcoats would get. The Golden Hurricanes tacked on 14 more points in the third quarter before scoring once again in the fourth. Berlin struggled to get much of anything going offensively, as the team amassed only 123 yards this night. Williams suffered through a 4-for-19 performance, with 32 yards passing and two interceptions, while the Redcoats averaged only 2.6 yards per carry. Defensively, Berlin was led by Jacob Eliades’ 16 tackles, while Dante Vasi added 11. Jonathan Platosz, Jack Strafstrom and Eliades led the team with three tackles for loss each. Although the ending wasn’t ideal, several of
Berlin’s seniors went out in style this year. Williams finished his time at Berlin with 1,572 yards in his senior campaign on 118-for-237 passing with 16 touchdowns and nine interceptions. Along with fellow seniors Dan McLeod and Eliades, Williams combined to scored nine of the Redcoats’ 20 rushing touchdowns this season, while Eliades and senior Nate Campbell accounted for 711 receiving yards and seven receiving touchdowns. Berlin’s top defensive players were seniors Anthony Duong, McLeod, and Dante Vasi who finished with 86, 83, and 78 tackles, respectively. Duong finished second on the team with 11 tackles for loss, while Eliades finished the year with 70 tackles (six for loss).
The BHS football team had all it could handle against New Britain last week. The Redcoats were bested 32-6. | (Photo by Matt Leidemer)
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Boys soccer says goodbye to a special class By Nate Brown The Berlin Citizen
It wasn’t the ideal ending to their season. The ideal ending would have been hoisting the Class L state championship plaque. Unfortunately, that dream scenario was shattered a couple rounds earlier. The legacy that the Berlin High School boys soccer team Class of 2014 left behind, though, is something that will be hard to replicate. After finishing the 2013 season with a 16-4-1 record and capturing the CCC South Division title for the first time in school history, the Berlin boys became the only team in all of Connecticut to reach the quarterfinals of the state tournament each of the past four seasons. “Going to the quarterfinals is not an easy task by any means,” Berlin coach Dave Francalangia said. “I think our program before these last four years had gone to the quarterfinals once before. So they’ve left their mark on Berlin soccer, without a doubt.” After starting the season with a tough 4-2 loss to CCC West Division foe Conard, Berlin proceeded to win its next nine contests. With important –and impressive – wins coming against the likes of Plainville (2-0) and Bristol Central (2-1), the Redcoats were able to take a commanding lead in the conference standings. Apart from blemishes against Bristol Eastern (3-2) and Middletown (2-2), Berlin completed the regular sea-
The 2013 BHS boys soccer team rolled up a record of 16-4-1 this fall and along the way claimed the CCC South Division title and advanced to the quarterfinals of the Class L state tournament. son undefeated to finish with a 14-2-1 mark, as well as the CCC South Division title. While unable to make it past Farmington in the CCC Tournament, the Redcoats had bigger f ish to fry. Although they had made it to the quarterfinals the previous three years, all of their postseasons had ended without a state championship. They seemed poised to bring one home this year. “The last couple of weeks, they were pretty loose, they were pretty relaxed, and that’s when I think we play our strongest. And it definitely showed towards the end of the season,” said
Francalangia. After making it through the first two rounds with an exciting 1-0 overtime victory over familiar foe Bristol Eastern, and a strong 3-0 win over East Lyme, Berlin seemed to be in cruise control and on its way to getting further in the tournament than it ever had. Then came Joel Barlow. Francalangia and his coaching staff scouted Joel Barlow during its second-round game against Wethersfield. “We scouted them with the intention of that we needed to mark two of their players in particular; their out-
side-mid and their forward,” Francalangia said. “Their outside-mid had a game against Wethersfield but couldn’t do anything against us. Up front, we did a good job of marking him, but he got loose a couple of times, and those couple of times he was very dangerous.” While the Redcoats were able to keep a few key position players in check, they couldn’t keep Joel Barlow, as a whole, at bay. A miscommunication on defense resulted in an early 1-0 lead for Joel Barlow mere minutes into the first half. The quick deficit got Berlin’s attention, and the
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Siegal said. “He’s one of those kids you wish never had to leave the high school. He was wise beyond his years. Just a great, great kid.” His high school days are over, but his work with the BHS football team continues. Capodice and his coaching staff decided to make Nails an honorary assistant coach, allowing him to get the Redcoats amped, likely, for years to come.
Redcoats didn’t allow another goal for the rest of the half. However, more miscommunication after the break led to another Joel Barlow goal. “When that second goal went in, it was a look of astonishment almost and we just had to roll up our sleeves,” said Francalangia. “We started to pick up the pace and created some more shots, but it wasn’t enough. It just wasn’t our day that day.” When the f inal horn sounded, Berlin had lost 3-0, and a season filled with so much promise came to a screeching halt. “As a coach, I was a little shocked actually. The guys took it in stride,” said Francalangia. “Joel Barlow was a very good team; unfortunately, I think we just had a game where some of our players didn’t have their best [games], and that’s unfortunate because a team like Joel Barlow is going to punish you. “Berlin’s one of the better teams in the state, and they didn’t get much recognition from everybody this year, and I wish we could have gotten to the finals so that everybody would have known how great of a team they are. But we just fell short and in a tourSee Soccer / Page 22
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Holiday crafts, refreshments. A fee is charged. No registration required. For more information, call (860) 827-9064 or visit www.newbritainyouthmuseum.org. Garden Club - The Kensington Garden Club has scheduled its third annual Christmas Boutique for Saturday, Dec. 7, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Berlin-Peck Memorial Library. The boutique features holiday arrangements, mantel arrangements, ornaments,
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jewelry, gifts and baked goods. Book sale - The Friends of the Berlin-Peck Memorial Library book sale has scheduled Saturday hours for Dec. 7, from 9 to 11:30 a.m. The book sale is located in the Community Center. Christmas bazaar - The East Berlin United Methodist Church, 139 Main St., has scheduled its annual Christmas bazaar for Saturday, Dec. 7, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Crafters, baked good and more. Lunch is available for purchase from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. For more information, call (860) 828-5450.
Polar Express Live - First Lutheran Church of the Reformation, 77 Franklin Sq., New Britain, has scheduled its second annual The Polar Express Live, for Saturday, Dec. 7, 5 p.m. Children are encouraged to wear pajamas and slippers. Admission is a canned good or winter clothing donation for families in need. For more information, call (860) 637-6460. Bowling 4 Autism - The Ryan Woods Autism Foundation has scheduled Bowling 4 Autism for Saturday, Dec. 7, 7 to 9 p.m., at Bowl-o-Rama, 2143 Berlin Turnpike, Newington. Fee includes shoe
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niors have done, in some way, shape, or form, is created a platform for teams to follow and try to beat. “They’ve collected 16 wins this year, which is the most in our high school program ever in a single year. “But it was just that sense of buying into what I was feeding them in their freshman year, and they bought into it, and they ran with it. These seniors coming in as freshmen had to take a look at what that team did four years ago, and I told them ‘That’s your goal. Your goal is to keep what they achieved [going].’ We came up a little short, obviously.” Francalangia will lose 14 players to graduation, but feels the program is on solid footing.
After finishing its regular season 15-0, McGee Middle School is poised to send anywhere from 10 to 12 eighth graders to the high school next year. “The biggest thing that they [the middle school students] need to do is stay together,” Francalangia said. “We can’t have kids going to Xavier, going to Northwest Catholic, because all of that they have started with their own class is something pretty remarkable and pretty special, and I guess my message to them would be to stay together. Stay together and work together and play together, because they’re going to get better. And they’re going to achieve some great things, I believe. I’ve seen them play, and there are some
kids that can definitely play.” While the future appears promising, the soccer Class of 2014 won’t soon be forgotten. “They left their mark on the program and I’m very proud of them,” Francalangia
Sunday, Dec. 8 Breakfast with Santa The Knights of Columbus has scheduled Breakfast with Santa for Sunday, Dec. 8, 8 a.m. to noon, in the St. Paul School gym, 467 Alling St. For more information, call Ray at (860) 828-8248 or Terry at (860) 828-9285. Polar Express Live - First Lutheran Church of the Reformation, 77 Franklin Sq., New Britain, has scheduled its second annual The Polar Express
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said. “I’m glad soccer is up and coming and it’s not just girls soccer anymore. The girls have a great program, but it’s nice to get some recognition for all the work that these kids have done; they’ve done a lot.”
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CEMETERY Plots (Three) All Saints, North Haven, Queen of Universe Section. $1025 each. Call 860 6087115 END TABLE - Glass Top. Good condition. $4. Call (203) 634-7709 FREE Horse Manure Call Mike 203-599-8915 POWERED LIFT - Invacare reliance 450 and accessories. Valued at $1200 new. Great for homecare provider of adult. $400. Call 203-2655553.
Wood / Fuel & Heating Equip A-1 Seasoned Hardwood Real Full cords $200, Half cords $125. Cut and split. 18-20” Delivery or Pick Up. 203-294-1775 SEASONED Firewood Delivered Cherry, Apple, Maple Hardwoods Full or Half Cord. (203) 686-1425
Sporting Goods & Health PISTOL PERMIT Or Long Gun Certificate Required for Connecticut Residents. 1 Session, $110. 203 415-1144
Antiques & Collectibles THE Old brick factory, heated indoor. Antique & vintage Christmas collectible. Sat 9-3 & Sun 12-3, 387 So. Colony St, Meriden, 203-600-5075.
WALLINGFORD Lovely, Lge Furnished Bdrm, Rec Rm & Bath. All Utils, TV, Cable, Refrig, Freezer & Laundry Included. 203 269-8166.
SOUTHINGTON - Lrg. 5 rm. 1BR. 4 rm, 1 BR. C-Air, Appliances, WD Hookup. Utilities not incl. Near hospital. Refs., security req. 860-621-2693 SOUTHNGTON. Immed occup, 2 apts. Each has 2 BRs, lge kits w/appls, off st parking, safe, quiet neighborhood, no smoking, no pets. No utils. 1st flr $875, 2nd flr $825. 860-628-8386
AKC LAB PUPPIES 7 Weeks, Yellow & Black First Shots. $750. 203 631-0866
Miscellaneous For Sale
Jewelry Cindy’s UniqUe shop ConsiGnMenT 32 norTh Colony sT WallinGford (203) 269-9341 2 levels, 1800 SF of Consigned Home Decor & Furnishings. 30 Day Layaways Available. $5 Off a purchase $25 or more. $10 off a purchase $100 or more. Check us out on Facebook. Ample Free Parking in Our Lot. Free Gift w/$15 or more purchase. Hours Mon, Tues, Wed & Fri 9:30-5 Thurs 9:30-6, Sat 10-5, Sun 11-4
Furniture & Appliances
Canelli’s Jewelry & Boutique Specializing in Unusual Gifts and Fine Sterling Jewelry. Since 1917. 130 South Colony Rd. (Rt. 5) Wallingford. 203 269-5242
Electronics ALWAYS BUYING CASH PAID Vintage Electronics, Amps, Musical Instruments, Ham Equipment, HiFi, Radios, CB, Guitars, Audio Equipment. 860 707-9350
Wanted to Buy
AFFORDABLE Washers, Dryers, Refrigerators and Stoves. Appliance Repairs Will Deliver (203) 284-8986 PUREBRED Maltese Puppies 4 Females, 1 Male 6 wks old. $800 Call 860-302-5371 LOVING Pups Rescue Puppies for adoption. To view the puppies and notice of our next Adoption Day event visit us at lovingpups.com or call 828208-0757
Miscellaneous For Sale MOVING. Selling 7 1/2’ pool table with ping pong ball table $250. Upright piano, $300. Entertainment center $250. Grill, $100. Shoe storage cabinets $20 each. Other furniture and more. Call 203-235-4183, leave message w/phone number.
OLD TOOLS WANTED Always buying old, used hand tools, carpentry, machinist, engraving & workbench tools. If you have old or used tools that are no longer being used, call with confidence. Fair & friendly offers made in your home! Please call Cory, 860-322-4367
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1-2 ITEMS Silverware, China, Glass. Furniture, 50’s Items. Whole Estates 203 238-3499
Buying? Selling? Marketplace is the answer.
WANTED The Good, The Bad, The Ugly Vehicles for recycling. Paying Cash 203 630-2510
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Wanted to Buy
2ND Generation Buys Napier & costume jewelry, old Barbie, musical instruments, Dept 56, Estates & old Xmas items. 203 639-1002
WANTED Swords, daggers, helmets, metals etc. Call 203-238-3308
ALL CASH FOR MILITARY ITEMS 203-237-6575
AARON’S BUYING Old Machinist Tools, Lathes, Bench Tools Hand Tools, Much More. (203) 525-0608
Always a sale in Marketplace.
1, 2 or 3 Items or an estate $$$ CA$H $$$ 203-237-3025 ESTATE SALE SERVICE Costume Jewelry, Antiques, paintings, Meriden-made items, toys, lamps
DEE’S ANTIQUES Buying Collectibles, Jewelry & Silver. China, Glass, Military, Musical. Anything old & unusual. Single item to an estate. 203-235-8431
Music Instruments & Instruction
Music By RoBeRta PeRfoRMance & instRuction Voice Lessons All Ages and Levels Welcome. Piano Lessons Beginner to Intermediate. (203) 630-9295
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Music Instruments & Instruction GENTLY Used free trumpet wanted for elementary school child. Please call 203-265-5713
If you can’t find it in Marketplace it’s not for sale.
BUSINESSES & SERVICES Attics & Basement Cleaned
Handypersons
Gary Wodatch Debris Removal of Any Kind. Homeowners, contractors. Quick, courteous svc. All calls returned. Ins. #566326. Office 203 235-7723 Cell 860 558-5430 GARY Wodatch Demolition Svs Sheds, pools, decks, garages. Quick, courteous svc. All calls returned. Ins. #566326 Cell 860-558-5430 Office 203-235-7723 Pete In the PIckuP Junk Removal and More No Job too Big/Small We Do it All 203-935-7208
Electrical Services T.E.C. ElECTriCal SErviCE llC All Phases of Electrical Work 24 hr. Emergency Service SMALL JOBS WELCOME 203-237-2122
Need Repairs Or Remodeling Done? Visit our website or call for free estimate. CT Reg #621315 203 675-8084 Fences to Faucets Got a list of things to do? Insured. Call MGW! CT#631942 203 886-8029 HOME DOCTOR LLC. Remodeling to the smallest repairs. We cover everything in your home since 1949. Call 203427-7828 Lic #635370 T.E.C. ElECTriCal SErviCE llC All Phases of Electrical Work 24 hr. Emergency Service SMALL JOBS WELCOME 203-237-2122
Fencing
Home Improvement
Cornerstone Fence & Ornamental Gates. All types of fence. Res/Comm. AFA Cert. Insd. Call John Uvino 203-237GATE. CT Reg #601060
All Your Remodeling & Construction Needs! Kitchens, Baths, Painting, Decks, Windows, Doors. No job too small, We do it all! Free Est. 40 yrs in bus. Lic & Ins. #539493 203-530-1375
Gutters
GUTTER CLEANING Seamless Gutters. Gutter repairs. 100% no clog leaf guard system w/lifetime warranty. CT Reg #621315 (203) 675-8084
Over 25 years experience. Call today for free est. Call 203-440-3535 Ct. Reg. #578887
Home Improvement
Cornerstone Fence & Ornamental Gates. All types of fence. Res/Comm. AFA Cert. Ins’d. Call John Uvino 203237-GATE. CT Reg #601060
House Cleaning BUSY MOM’S Cleaning Svc No job is too big/small. Free window svc w/wkly cleaning. Sr disc. 860-839-1707 Polish/English Speaking woman to clean house w/care. 3rd cleaning 50% off. Ins & bonded. Refs. 860-538-4885
Junk Removal
Kitchen & Baths
C&M ConstruCtion *THE BATHROOM & REMODELING SPECIALIST* cmconstructionct.com 203-630-6459 CT Reg #608488
Landscaping A & A Lawn Care Fall clean-ups, snowplowing hedge trimming, tree, shrub, debris removal. #584101 Jim 203-237-6638 A&A LAWN CARE Dumpster Rentals. Fall Cleanups. Mulch. Walls, Walks & Patios. Free Est. #584101 Jim 203 237-6638 Fall Clean-Ups Tree and Shrub Removal Hedges Trimmed Also Snow Plowing Call 860 719-3953
Leaf Cleanup
Plumbing
Fall ClEaN-UPS No job too big or small. Vacuum service available Please call 203-630-2152
CARL’S Plumbing & Heating 20% Sr Citizen Discount. Cell 203 272-1730, 860 680-2395
Masonry
Roofing
PAUL’S MASONRY New & Repairs. Stone walls, arches, chimneys, sidewalks, fireplaces. Free est. #614863. 203-706-9281 W. BOOBER MASONRY 25 Years Experience All Types of Masonry CT #626708 203 235-4139
Painting & Wallpapering CT Best Painting Co. Painting-Int & ext., wallpaper & popcorn removal, more. Reg HIC0637348. 860-830-9066 EddiEs Total Home Painting Ext/Int, powerwashing, decks, sheetrock repair, ceilings. 203 824-0446 #569864
Plumbing
JUNK REMOVAL & MORE! We remove Furniture, Appliances, And Entire contents of: Homes, Sheds, Estates, Attics, Basements, Garages & more. **Fall Yard Clean-ups.** FREE ESTIMATES LIC & INS. 203-535-9817 or 860-575-8218 PETE IN THE PICKUP Junk Removal and More No Job too Big/Small We Do it All 203-935-7208
$1000 OFF Your Lowest Estimate (203) 284-0137 CT Reg # 558927
IF YOU MENTION THIS AD Leaf Blowing & Removal Fall Yard Clean-Ups Brush, Branches, Leaves Storm Damage **JUNK REMOVAL** Appl’s, Furniture, Junk, Debris, etc WE CAN REMOVE ANYTHING Entire house to 1 item removed! FREE ESTIMATES LIC & INS. 203-535-9817 or 860-575-8218
MEDINA Sewer & Drain Cleaning Services LLC Quality work, affordable prices. 24hr Service. Benny Medina 203 909-1099
It’s All Here! (203) 238-1953
A-1 HANDYMAN PLUS CT Reg #606277. Give us a Call-WE DO IT ALL! Free Estimates. 203-631-1325
Need Repairs Or Remodeling Done? Visit our website or call for free estimate. CT Reg #621315 203 675-8084
WE HAVE DUMP TRUCK We do all the labor. Registered and insured. Free on-site estimate. Call Ed
JM Lawncare Junk & snow removal, fall clean-up, and much more! Call for a free estimate 860-796-8168
Siding, Roofing, WindoWS, deckS, Remodeling gutteRS ct Reg#570192 (203) 639-1634
C&M ConstruCtion *The Roofing Specialist* And Roof Snow Removal 10% off cmconstructionct.com 203-630-6459 CT Reg #608488 Gonzalez ConstruCtion ************* Roofing, siding, windows, decks, gutters & remodeling. ************* 203-639-0032 info@ gonzalezconstructionllc.com Fully licensed/insured. Reg #HIC577319
Local. Local. Local. Your Marketplace.
Roofing, Siding, WindoWS, Decks, Remodeling Gutters CT Reg#570192 (203) 639-1634
Siding Gonzalez ConstruCtion Roofing, siding, windows, decks, gutters & remodeling. 203-639-0032 info@ gonzalezconstructionllc.com Fully Lic & Ins Reg #577319
Handypersons SIMPLY Devine Plumbing Highest quality installation & service. No job too big or small. 203-514-0434. simplydevineplumbing. com
Siding
$1000 OFF Your Lowest Estimate (203) 284-0137 CT Reg # 558927
Siding, Roofing Windows, Decks Sunrooms, Additions 203-237-0350 CT Reg. #516790
Snow Plowing ARCTIC Snow service. Driveway, walks, roofs. 42 yrs exp. Meriden, Wallingford. 24 hour service. Insured. 203-427-7828 Salt $130 Per Yard. Sand/salt 7:2 DOT mix, $65 per yard, picked up. 100% Calcium Chloride Icemelt - Safest for concrete! $16.50 per 50 lb bag. Pallet prices available 24/7. Call 203 238-9846 SNOWPLOWING. Resid & comm, driveways, parking lots, sidewalks. Call Louie 203-634-0873 SNOWPLOWING Residential/Commercial Senior citizen discount Call 860 719-3953
Tree Services Gary Wodatch LLC TREE REMOVAL All calls returned. CT#620397 Quick courteous service. Office 203-235-7723 Cell 860-558-5430 LAVIGNE’S Tree Service In business 31 years Tree removal. Stump grinding.Crane Service. Free Est. Fully insured. 203-294-1775 lavignestreeservicellc.com
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