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Milestone year for foundation Eighty years ago, inspired vision and local generosity helped establish a foundation that has grown to become what is now known as the Community Foundation of Greater New Britain. This year, the foundation celebrates both its 80th anniversary, as well as eclipsing $50 million in its endowment, beginning 2021 with more than $53 million students, sponsorships to in endowed funds. organizations, and funding for initiatives to make the Those endowed funds are communities of Berlin, invested by the foundation New Britain, Plainville and and produce annual reSouthington a vibrant and turns that allow the organi- better place to work and zation to provide nearly $2 live. Growth in the endowmillion annually for grants ment also allows donors to nonprofits and school who have established districts, scholarships to Donor-Advised Funds with
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Steele project enters new phase Construction has commenced on the first of four buildings planned for the Steele Center on Farmington Avenue. The $17 million mixed-use development will offer 76 market-rate one-bedroom and twobedroom apartments, along with 19,000 square feet of restaurant, retail and medical office space. The first building, which is slated to be completed this year, will feature 7,000
square feet of commercial space and room for outdoor dining, as well as 16 apartments. “We are so happy to get this project started and I think it’s going to be a development that will spur more development here on Farmington Avenue,” Mayor Mark Kaczynski said Monday during a groundbreaking ceremony. In 2017, the town issued a request for proSee Project, A18
Board-certified hearing instrument specialist Nicholas Wills, owner of the startup, Home Hearing LLC, is offering pick-up and delivery services in Berlin and elsewhere. As the pandemic dragged on, Wills noticed his clientele felt less comfortable seeking out service, so he started coming to them. See story on Page 13 .
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Letters to the Editor A fond farewell Editor : Jonathan Lockwood Huie said, “Celebrate endings — for they precede new beginnings.” So, I'm writing to celebrate my ending here at Berlin-Peck, after starting my Connecticut library career back in 1977. Was I being a wiseacre when I planned April 1 as my retirement date? Maybe a little. I teased the staff that on that day I was going to say, "April Fools, I'm staying!"
I truly appreciate the support from this community, as well as a loyal Board of Trustees and Friends of the Library. But it all comes down to the library staff. As I come to the close of my time here, I would like to take this opportunity to thank every one of them for making this
Please help me thank them by supporting the library budget this spring. Only 1.26 percent of municipal revenue goes to support the library. All the wonderful services offered here are most certainly worth that and more! Libraries are such a vital part of the community. It has been a privilege and honor to lead Berlin-Peck. I wish you all well. Best, Helen Malinka
COVID still a killer Editor : While reading Lou Arata’s Opinion column (RecordJournal, The Berlin Citizen), I was astounded by the inaccuracies included in this discourse. COVID-19 has been determined as the number one cause of death for 2020. Three thousand or more people have been dying of COVID-19 in the U.S. each day, a number that surpasses deaths from heart disease (2,000 per day) or cancer (1,600 day). It should also be noted that COVID-19 is not
like heart disease or cancer, in that it is communicable. Heart disease or cancer cannot be transmitted to others. On the other hand, one person with COVID-19 can transmit it to another person, that person to another and so on. Which means that each diagnosis of COVID-19 brings the possibility of another person getting COVID-19. Unfortunately meaning more deaths among our population. Which brings me to the question of why Connecticut and other states enacted emergency lockdown orders. The fact is lockdowns saved millions of lives, not only in CT and the U.S. but throughout the world. Yes, the lockdowns adversely affected business of all types. It adversely affected people’s livelihoods as well. But it saved lives. History showed that during the flu pandemic of 1918, lockdowns worked. In Philadelphia when the lockdown was removed to allow a parade, spikes in the flu occurred. Sound familiar? Now we are at a new milestone, thousands of people are being inoculated with the COVID-19 vaccination. It will be months before we achieve herd immunity. So in the meantime, roll up your sleeve, get your shot and then continue to practice social distancing, masks wearing and hand hygiene. Take care and be safe.
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Berlin business named a Green Bank top performer For 2020, the Connecticut Green Bank recognized 17 Smart-E Loan Top Performers. The honorees were chosen based on criteria including more than just closed loans.
¸ Benvenuti Oil* (Waterford)
These contractors worked hard to integrate the SmartE loan into their training and marketing, while providing high-level customer service.
¸ Glasco Heating & Air Conditioning Inc* (South Windsor)
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¸ EcoSmart Home Services* (Berlin) ¸ Energy Unlimited, LLC (Bolton)
¸ Highland Window Co. (West Hartford) ¸ Home Comfort Heating and Cooling Solutions, LLC* (East Haven) ¸ Home Comfort Practice* (Stratford) ¸ Homestead Fuel and Energy Solutions (Ellington) ¸ King Energy, LLC (Willington)
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Lamont, tribes reach agreement on gambling expansion By Dave Collins and Susan Haigh Associated Press
HARTFORD — Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration has reached an agreement with Connecticut’s two federally recognized Native American tribes on a gambling expansion plan that could lead to sports wagering and online gambling, the governor and tribes announced last week.
The Democratic governor and leaders of the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes said the deal would modernize gambling in Connecticut, generate tens of millions of dollars in new revenue for the state, and improve financial conditions for the tribes’ Eastern Connecticut casinos, Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun.
“Connecticut is on cusp of providing a modern, technologically advanced gaming experience for our residents, which will be competitive with our neighboring states,” Lamont said Thursday, March 18 in an announcement with the tribal leaders. The agreement would need approval from the state General Assembly and the U.S. Interior Department. It comes about two weeks after Lamont’s chief of staff said the administration had reached an agreement with just the Mohegan tribe. Rodney Butler, chairman of the Mashantucket Pequots, said at the time that his tribe was offended a deal had been announced prematurely with one of the two
sovereign nations. Butler said there was one remaining sticking point for the Mashantuckets that equated to “a rounding error” for the state budget but was financially significant for the tribe.
Under the arrangement announced last Thursday, the state would set an 18% tax rate for the first five years on new online gambling offered by the casinos, followed by a 20% rate for at least the following five years. There would be a 13.75% state tax on sports wagering. Currently, the state receives 25% of the slot machine revenues generated at Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun, in return for granting the tribes exclusive rights to offer casino games.
The Connecticut Lottery would be allowed to offer sports wagering along with the tribes. Max Reiss, a spokesman for Lamont, said the three entities — the lottery, Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun — would each offer their own version of sports betting that customers could choose from. The lottery would also be allowed to operate 15 retail sports betting locations, run new retail sports betting venues in Hartford and Bridgeport and expand online lottery offerings. The lottery will be able to sublicense locations to the state-licensed parimutuel operator, Sportech, which owns and operates 14 offSee Gambling, A20
Local man sentenced in connection with federal drug, weapon charges By Lauren Sellew Record-Journal staff
HARTFORD — A Berlin man was sentenced to six years in prison after investigators said he was selling heroin out of an apartment in Hartford in 2018. Randy Texidor, 31, was sentenced in federal court on Thursday, March 18 to six years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, according to a statement from Tom Carson, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Connecticut. Texidor pled guilty on Oct. 30, 2020 to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. He has been detained since his arrest on Feb. 13, 2018. In 2017 the FBI’s Northern Connecticut Gang Task Force and Hartford Police De-
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Nicholas Wills has been helping those who are hard of hearing for more than 20 years. During that time, he’s helped a myriad of people overcome a variety of obstacles, but nothing could have prepared him for the new challenges presented during a pandemic. Wills, who has extensive experience in hearing aid repair work and as a boardcertified hearing instrument specialist throughout Connecticut, noticed that, as the pandemic began to drag on, his clientele felt less comfortable seeking out service for one specific reason.
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Arguably the most convenient part of Wills’ business is that he can usually get the job done in under an hour, whereas sending a hearing aid out to be fixed by another establishment can, depending on their location, take days or weeks. Wills, who is originally from the United Kingdom, is lovingly referred to as the “English hearing aid guy” by many of his clients.
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Jennifer Waldron has a purpose and works toward it in her own life. She tries to transfer that specificity and goal-oriented behavior to her clients, which is why she is so successful in the financial services field. She firmly believes that there is a most definite gap in understanding that exists in her industry...that asset management is only one part of the equation, that the individual client’s plan and goals and the eventual road to meeting those goals are what’s paramount. Jennifer helps her clients create a game plan to meet their specific life goals, which is accomplished through her six steps of financial planning: 1. Identify and prioritize goals—Find out the true “why” behind the goals so that her clients actions reflect their values.
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Sportech, which threatened legal action when the tentative deal was first announced two weeks ago, said last Thursday it remained disappointed with the agreement. It says it does not appear to offer a “level playing field,” depriving consumers of a “healthy competitive betting marketplace” and putting the
Speaking at an unrelated event in Manchester, Lamont said lessons learned from the pandemic made it clear it’s was time to finally reach a deal. “As you know, it has gone on for many, many years. I think of the many things we have learned after a year of COVID more and more the
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House Minority Leader Vincent Candelora, R-North Branford, called the agreement “welcome news” and “an important milestone in what’s been a long, complex and sometimes frustrating effort to modernize our gaming landscape as we watched other states take steps toward achieving advancements of their own.”
Both tribes also agreed to stop development of a casiLamont said the deal “allows no in East Windsor through the tribes to grow and pros- the duration of the deal. The per” and “bring our cities East Windsor casino was and towns back to life,” not- aimed at curbing competiing that neighboring states tion from the MGM Springhave legalized sports betfield casino. ting.
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Misguided assertions Editor : Contrary to the grossly inaccurate Reader’s Opinion submitted by Karen A. Pagliaro in the Record-Journal on March 11, regarding an Opinion piece titled “Lockdowns or open society?” by Lou Arata, it seems Ms. Pagliaro doesn’t know
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“Maloney is too good. You can’t turn the ball over like that against them,” Berlin head coach Mike Veneziano said. “They’ll just take advantage of that. They are a great team.” Berlin (6-6) led Maloney by six points on Feb. 25 in the third quarter, only to see the Spartans rally to win on the road, 57-49. The state loosened many COVID-19 restrictions Friday, which allowed Maloney to open its gym to 35 senior students. The Spartans fell behind 54, but never trailed again after a Kunst baseline jumper. Maloney led 31-20 on another Martinez 3 to start the third quarter. But Berlin hung around throughout the frame and was within 39-29 when the fourth quarter started. A Mike Ciarcia triple got the Redcoats to within 39-32 to start the final quarter Justin Piskorski’s traditional three-point play then got Berlin to 41-35 with 6:33 to play.
Also, if Ms. Pagliaro had actually read Mr. Arata’s article, she would have noticed that the death statistics he sighted were for 2019, not
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Maloney’s lead was just 4137 a minute later. Kunst, however, scored to make it 43-37 and the final push to 12-0 was on.
She doesn’t sight any source for that statement nor offer where she might possibly have gotten that information.
wrong doing by another is nothing less than cheap political folly, when the truth can be sourced and verified so easily. If only she took the time to present her opinions with facts, maybe someone would listen.
for the year 2020. Therefore, her comparison was not only inaccurate, it was totally misleading.
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Maloney’s press was especially effective, as the Spartans created offense off their defense.
Ms. Pagliaro states in her opinion that, “COVID-19 has been determined as the number one cause of death for 2020.”
Furthermore, according to the CDC data, heart disease killed 661,000 people in 2020, cancer killed 580,000 and COVID-19 killed 312,000.
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Mr. Arata correctly presented his data and Ms. Pagliaro wrongly asserted her “facts.”
To clarify for her, according to preliminary weekly data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as of Jan. 6, 2021, 3,187,086 people died of all causes in the United States between Jan. 1 and Dec. 26, 2020.
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what she’s ranting about. Her confusion is that her being “astounded by the inaccuracies” in truth, are to be self-directed at her own submission.
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611 N Colony Road Wallingford, CT 06492 (203) 269-9507 colonydiner.com Wallingford’s place to go for oldfashioned breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Proudly serving up delicious and hearty meals daily. Voted Best Diner 4 years running by Record Journal. Open seven days. Breakfast served all day.
Athena II Diner
320 Washington Ave, North Haven, CT 06473 203.239.0663 www.athena2diner.com Open 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Serving breakfast, lunch, & dinner. Accept Q Cards. Serving North Haven for 30 years. Daily specials and full liquor available.
Duchess of Wallingford 124 Church St. Wallingford, CT 06492 (203) 265-9431 www.facebook.com/pages/ Duchess -of-Wallingford/119682821380599 Celebrating Over 25 Years in Wallingford! Our Success comes from dedication to quality,freshness & variety! Breakfast cooked to order. Open 7 days for breakfast lunch & dinner.
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