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Volume 23, Number 13
Thursday, April 1, 2021
Federal stimulus funds to flow into community By Nadya Korytnikova The Citizen
More than $10 billion is earmarked for Connecticut as part of the American Rescue Plan – a $1.9 trillion economic relief package signed by President Joe Biden on March 11. Retired police officer Dave Cavedon turned his passion for woodworking into a business, Cuts of Wood, which is located at 201 Christian Lane, Unit C, in Berlin. Photos by Nadya Korytnikova
Shop offers customized creations By Nadya Korytnikova The Citizen
A store featuring handcrafted, customized wood creations, and more, opened in Berlin last month. Longtime resident Dave Cavedon founded Cuts Of Wood in 2016. The business originally operated as a workshop, and Cavedon displayed his creations at various fairs, markets and consignment stores, before he decided to open a proper shop at 201 Christian Lane, Unit C.
Along with woodwork, Cavedon also creates unique items from ceramic tile, acrylics, plastics, flat glass, leather, and more. “I’m happy to create a custom gift for any occasion, from baby shower to a funeral,” he said. A lifelong artisan, Cavedon always had a love of woodworking. After retiring as a police officer in West Hartford, he transformed his hobby into a creative venture. See Shop, A20
Municipalities can use American Rescue Plan funds to offset losses caused by the pandemic, to invest in water, sewer and infrastructure, and to make grants to small businesses and nonprofits.
American Rescue Plan funds will also go directly to state According to estimates residents in the form of shared by Rep. John Larson’s stimulus checks, unemployoffice, Berlin is predicted to ment payouts and more. see $2,017,705 in municipal aid and $822,000 in K-12 education funding. See Stimulus, A21
Another 48 COVID cases reported locally Connecticut's most recent COVID-19 report, issued March 25, showed 48 positive cases in Berlin over a two-week span, which works out to an average of 16.8 daily cases per 100,000 people. As of March 28, the total of laboratory-confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases reported among Connecticut
residents was 308,439, including 285,171 laboratoryconfirmed and 23,268 probable cases. Four hundred ninety-eight patients were hospitalized with laboratoryconfirmed COVID-19. And there had been 7,883 COVID-19-associated deaths in the state. See COVID, A15
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