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Volume 23, Number 15

Thursday, April 15, 2021

Business celebrates expansion By Nadya Korytnikova The Citizen

A local business recently celebrated its expansion. Douglas Mechanical Services, located at 820 Four Rod Road, offers heating, air conditioning and ventilation services for both residential and commercial properties.

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Outstanding artists The Connecticut Association of Schools Outstanding Arts Award recognizes two seniors annually in each member high school for their outstanding ability in the arts. The criteria for this honor include excellence in the performing or visual arts, scholarship and leadership. Students are selected by the high school administration. Berlin High School is proud to announce that this year’s recipients: Clemens Henning, representing excellence in performing arts; and Kathryn Markey, representing excellence in visual arts. The two will be recognized during a virtual event broadcast via local television.

Clemens Henning Henning is an extremely well-rounded young man with an outstanding work ethic. He is an integral part of the Berlin High School community, where he is a member of the Redcoat Marching Band, earning the position of low brass section leader. See Artists, A37

“To have businesses like yourself open and expand during this pandemic is incredible,” Mayor Mark Kaczynski said during a ribbon-cutting marking the expansion. See Expansion, A4

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Plenty of ribbon cuttings in town By Nadya Korytnikova The Citizen

Berlin held 25 official ribbon-cutting and ground-breaking ceremonies between May 2020 and April 2021, compared to six held May 2019 to April 2020.

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Douglas Mechanical Services celebrated its expansion in March. The business, located at 820 Four Rod Road, offers heating, air conditioning, ventilation and remodeling services and now produces its own sheet metal.

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Douglas Sturtevant opened the business with his wife, Jill, and has been successfully operating it since 2004. Douglas Mechanical Services recently added a 2,500square-foot sheet metal shop.

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Thursday, April 15, 2021

Berlin-Peck Memorial Library and the Berlin Land Trust are teaming up to “Help Your Yard Get A Little Wilder.” In a Thursday, April 29 webinar, neuroscientist Susan Masino and naturalist Margery Winters will share simple changes you can start making that will be good for you and for the birds, bees, and other creatures that call Connecticut home. During the webinar, Masino and Winters will also detail their experience collaborating on Simsbury’s Open Space Mas-

ter Plan to ensure the long-term health and integrity of their town. Also, they will leave plenty of time for questions and link attendees to helpful resources. The program will run from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Register for the webinar on the Berlin-Peck Memorial Library website, berlinpeck.org, or by calling the library at 860-828-7125. The Berlin Land Trust will post links for buying native plants, shrubs and trees on its website, berlinlandtrust.org.

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In Brief Car wash The Berlin High School Athletic Boosters Association has scheduled a car wash for Saturday, April 24, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at BHS. Cost is $5 per car. Proceeds will support BHS student-athletes. For more information, contact Tony Butrimas at butrimas@comcast.net.

Plant sale Kensington Garden Club will host a plant sale Saturday, May 8, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the VFW on Massirio Drive. Cash, checks accepted. Curbside pick-up is available. Visit kensingtongardenclub.net for the order form. All profits go back to the community.

Shred-It event Shred-It, the Berlin High School Athletic Boosters Association and the Willard Elementary School PTO are hosting a Community

Shred-It event Saturday, May 1, 9 a.m. to noon, at Willard, 1088 Norton Road. A $10 per-box donation is requested. Proceeds benefit the BHS athletic boosters and the Willard PTO. For more information, contact Tony Butrimas at butrimas@comcast.net.

Lady Niners The Lady Niners golf league is accepting members. The group plays nine holes Thursdays through September. For more information, contact Shiela at shielak@ comcast.net.

Special exhibition See some of the objects that gave New Britain the title "The Hardware City of the World" on display at the former New Britain National Bank, 55 West Main St. The exhibition runs through Saturday, June 26. Tickets are available via bit.ly/nbimanvil.

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Expansion From A1

The new workshop enables Douglas Mechanical Services to produce its own ductwork.

Douglas Mechanical Services celebrated its expansion with a March 7 ribbon-cutting.

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Complete Sheet Metal, 496 Four Rod Road; Rooster’s Chicken & Waffles, 1240 From A1 Farmington Ave.; Berlin TOD Boulevard Project, 903 Farmcial services center, manuington Ave.; Turnpike facturing and mechanical services center, a social club, Ridge, 220 Berlin Turnpike; Focus Physical Theraand a family-owned compy, 1138 Farmington Ave.; M. mercial flooring firm. Frank Higgins & Sons, 199 “The number of businesses, White Oak Drive; Strength In Numbers, 131 Webster developers, and entrepreneurs that chose to lo- Square Road; Courtney’s Dips & Sauces, 1400 Berlin cate in Berlin during the Turnpike; Sudor Taino, 220 past year is great news for Berlin Turnpike; Edward our town’s economic fuJones, 1073 Farmington Ave.; ture,” said Mayor Mark The Color Platform, 848 Kaczynski. Farmington Ave.; Burger Additionally, the town welBoss, 224 Berlin Turnpike. comed two residential/commercial projects. Steele Cen- Also, Box Bistro, 378 Main ter, at 889 Farmington Ave., and Turnpike Ridge, at 220 Berlin Turnpike, are slated to provide new jobs, retail spaces and apartments. The two developments include over $30 million in private investment.

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For some homeowners, it could be a smart move, but you need to know all the facts. Read on for some insights into this estate planning strategy to see if it is right for you. There are many different types of trusts, but the two kinds of trusts most often used in estate planning are a revocable “living” trust and an irrevocable trust. Revocable or Living Trust You have complete control over your trust until your death. You can liquify the trust entirely if your circumstances change; you can amend the trust. Your home is still included in your taxable estate at the time of your death, although estate taxes affect relatively few people. Without a Living Trust, if you have several properties — a vacation home, for instance — your family needs to deal with each state’s probate laws and their required fees, which would mean more problems for them, including hiring attorneys in each state and traveling to each state for court hearings. This would be the consequence of you having left the houses in a will and not a trust. Placing your home in a Revocable “Living” Trust can help avoid probate in multiple jurisdictions. However, a Living Trust will not protect your assets from being taken by creditors nor protect it from the cost of long-term care. As the name says, you cannot change this kind of trust, so you will not be able to take any assets out or even dissolve the trust if you change your mind. Irrevocable trusts can protect assets from creditors — but the courts take a dim view of trusts established for the purpose of defrauding creditors. Connecticut does allow the creation of a Domestic Asset Protection Trust. An Irrevocable Trust can be set up to protect your assets from the cost of long-term care. This Irrevocable Trust is often used in estate planning. Although trusts can be a good addition to your estate plan, they come with some caveats that you should consider:

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Health officials: Widespread vaccination is critical By Mary Ellen Godin Record-Journal staff

As news about COVID-19 variants, vaccine duration, and the likelihood of boosters changes daily, health officials are united in the message that widespread vaccination is the best way to control the pandemic. Vaccine researchers are continually reviewing effectiveness, duration and safety against the novel coronavirus and newer strains. Booster shots are likely, but questions surround

whether that will mean in six months or a year, and whether it will be the current vaccine or a new one designed to combat a leading variant, said Angela Hwang, group president of the Pfizer Biopharmaceuticals Group. “The matter of boosters is in our reality,” Hwang told reporters in a recent press briefing. “We will continue to gather evidence on safety and effectiveness.” Defeating the virus requires “regular surveillance and public health measures and getting vaccinated.”

The current vaccines to protect against COVID-19 are proving effective against variants of the coronavirus now in Connecticut, said Dr. Virginia Bieluch, chief of infectious diseases at both the Hospital of Central Connecticut in New Britain and MidState Medical Center in Meriden.

health experts said. It is estimated that 75 to 80 percent of the population needs to be vaccinated to achieve herd immunity.

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variants of any virus—including COVID-19—are expected, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Sometimes new variants pop up and disappear, and other times they persist and spread. Three variants named after their places of discovery — Brazil, the United Kingdom and South Africa — are more easily transmitted than the original novel coronavirus, but infections can be prevented through the same safety measures and available vaccine, health experts said. The U.K. variant has now become more dominant in the U.S. “We are in a race against time,” Keith Grant of Hartford HealthCare said. “What we do in the next few weeks will determine what our summer looks like.”

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The spike protein in SARSCoV-2 is what the virus uses to latch onto cells and replicate. The Pfizer BioNTech and the Moderna vaccines use mRNA technology that teaches cells how to make a protein—or even just a piece of a protein—that triggers an immune response inside our bodies. Both vaccines require two doses to maintain between 91 to 100 percent efficacy, based on CDC and FDA guidelines.

The single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine uses a different approach to instruct human cells to make the SARS-2 spike protein, which then triggers an immune response. It has a 72 percent efficacy rate and requires only one dose. Doctors said all three vaccines fight serious illness and death.

Hwang said Pfizer BioNTech can be ready with a modified vaccine in less than 160 days, if needed. “The beauty is once you have the genetic sequence you can quickly make it and in short order make a new vaccine,” she said. “Whichever way this goes, we have options and we have solutions. We can respond to whatever way this virus changes.”

‘We can control this’ The CDC released findings that the Pfizer BioNTech and Moderna vaccines proved highly effective against the variants and significantly reduced transmission. Bieluch said there isn’t any reason to believe this won’t continue, providing people get vaccinated when it’s their turn. See Widespread, A9

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The positivity rate and hospitalizations in Connecticut and the Northeast have risen in recent weeks, despite larger numbers of vaccines administered. Bieluch and other health care experts said what they are seeing are greater numbers of younger people being admitted to intensive care units and put on ventilators because they haven’t been vaccinated yet.

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Autism Services and Resources Connecticut (ASRC), the first exclusive Connecticut autism advocacy organization for individuals and families, will hold the 24th Annual Walk and Festival for Autism Sunday, May 23 at the North Haven Fairgrounds. The event will include a short walk with three staggered start times, food trucks, a classic car show, raffle and other socially-distanced entertainment.

The Berlin Police Department is teaming with the Connecticut Department of Transportation during the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s National Distracted Driving Awareness Month to make sure all motorists keep their eyes on the road and their hands on the wheel.

Throughout April, the Berlin Police Department will be out in force looking for distracted drivers as part of the U Drive. U Text. U Pay. Campaign. Distracted driving is a real problem. During this enforcement period, officers will be ticketing anyone who is texting or on their phone while behind the wheel.

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Founded in 1997, ASRC provides services, support and resources to families and individuals living with autism, as well as to the educators, medical and therapeutic professionals and community providers who work with them. One hundred percent of the funds raised by the organization stay in Connecticut. The ASRC Walk for Autism was the first walk benefiting individuals living with autism and their families in the state. For more information, visit ct-asrc.org.

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Lamont: COVID funds to be spent on summer education programs By Pat Eaton-Robb Associated Press

Connecticut plans allocate millions of dollars in federal COVID-19 relief funds toward education programs designed to help make up for learning lost by the state’s schoolchildren during the pandemic. Gov. Ned Lamont announced Monday that $10.7 million of Connecticut’s federal pandemic recovery funding will pay for an initiative he’s calling the Learner Engagement and Attendance Program or LEAP, which will be a partnership between the state Department of Education and six regional state Education Service Centers. Among other things, the program will send educators directly into homes to work with families who have been struggling with absenteeism and remote learning in 15 struggling school districts. The money also will help fund summer camps and other educational experiences, which Lamont said the state will encourage students to attend before school resumes in the fall as a way to make up for lost time in the classroom. “I want to make sure that we can provide that to kids at virtually no charge and no cost to every kid that wants to go,” Lamont said during an education roundtable in Meriden. “I want to put a youth corps together so that these kids have a friend a mentor; that they get free access to museums and aquariums and libraries — all different ways that our kids can hit the ground running in September.”

rollment in those summer programs and to facilitate a seamless transition back into the classroom for the 202122 school year. State education officials said used data collected through the state’s new attendance tracking system to identify the districts with the greatest need and allocate the LEAP funds to those areas. The state last fall used relief collars to distribute 141,000 laptops and 44,000 at-home internet connections for students in need. U.S. Sen Richard Blumenthal told the roundtable that millions more in education money will be coming to the state in the next few months as part of the Biden Administrations American Rescue Plan and he said local school districts will be able to decide how to spend those funds. “We know that the pandemic has taken an egregious toll, potentially a tragic loss for our students and we have an obligation to do everything we can to overcome it,” he said.

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Have you noticed that everything we want is cheap, such as clothes, TV sets and toys? In contrast, the cost of everything we need is expensive, like health care, housing, education and food. We can also add gasoline to that list, thanks in part to the swift Biden executive order cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline. This was done supposedly in our national interest. However, the International Energy Agency projects our oil share of total energy production falling only 8% over the next 20 years, from 32% to 23% by 2040; regardless of how fast electric vehicles are employed.

So, in the name of safety and preventing a health care system being inundated with sick people, we have lived through COVID-19, its endless list of executive orders and profligate Congressional spending. The first stimulus bill, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, passed in March 2020, totaled $2 trillion. In December, a second $2.3 trillion relief package passed. Now we have passed the third “American Rescue Plan” (ARP), a $1.9 trillion “relief ” package drafted by our elected brain trust in Washington D.C., all while over one half a trillion dollars still remain unspent from the first two bills. Alarmingly, only Democrats voted for the third overreaching bill and that pork package contains only 9% in direct COVID-19 relief. The remaining 91% is for pet “progressive” projects, with the funding printed out of thin air. Making the ARP bill even more flabbergasting is that half of the money will not be spent until years from now, benefiting mostly Democratcontrolled state governments and their enablers, government employee unions. According to a New York Post article, monetary transfers to state and local governments amounts to $350 billion, or 116 times more than the entire revenue shortfall for ALL state governments. State aid is being allocated disproportionally to the states with the highest unemployment rates. Interesting isn’t it, that the top 10 states with the highest unemployment are Democrat-controlled states? The greed is sickening, as is bailing out and rewarding poorly managed, fiscally irresponsible states and cities. All this spending results in the bureaucrats of this country becoming a privileged and untouchable class. There exists an obvious See Arata, A15

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A thorough house cleaning is a good start to spring By Joy VanderLek Special to The Citizen

Spring seems to inspire many people to roll up their sleeves and get their space spic ‘n span and orderly. There may be a good reason for this, say local experts, giving their perspective on why so many undertake this annual ritual. Some historians say spring cleaning goes back thousands of years. Jodi Harris, director of Learning and Engagement at Temple Beth David in Cheshire, said there’s a tradition to clean before Passover. This is when Jews are forbidden to eat anything with leavening in it. “In very old times, and I can’t put a number on it, it was customary to rid your home of ‘chametz,’ a word meaning ‘that which is not kosher.’ And you would clean your house,” Harris said. To clean the house, “You would empty your cupboards, actually

burn any bread product or anything that was not traditionally eaten over the holiday. And then, to make sure every single corner of your home was clean, you would take a candle and a feather: a candle to look in every single corner for crumbs, and the feathers to sweep out any tiny bit of breadcrumb or undesirable food,” she said. Harris can’t confirm that the origin of spring cleaning comes from Judaism, but to those observing Passover, it is not extraordinary to do a thorough cleaning. Another angle on the origins of spring cleaning is that it gave colonists a chance to clean out a winter’s worth of using the fireplace and sooty oil lamps. A biological take on the topic is that when the season changes, we become more energized and goal-oriented. Spring cleaning is the result.

What exactly is spring cleaning? It may have begun as an activity focused on the indoors. Nowadays, spring cleaning can extend to your yard, cleaning your gutters. It may cover cleaning out the garage and whole house junk removal. Maid Magic LLC owner Nicole “Nic” Montalto focuses on the inside of the house. She said dust, dirt and disorganization build up over the cold winter months. “It gets to the point where it’s out of control. They (homeowners) are under stress because the house is so disorganized,” she said. Montalto believes COVID exacerbates the disarray and accumulation, since everyone is home. Once one’s space is decluttered, cleaned and dusted, those who live in the house find it’s easier to breath and get around. Another clutter issue due to COVID

is the accumulation of cardboard boxes and mailers. Also, people began to stock up on items, and perhaps found they didn’t need it all, she said, adding that all those delivery boxes are piling up, too. Montalto’s strategy to cleaning in general is the protocol of top to bottom and in-between. It begins with “taking cobwebs off the ceiling.” From there, she works her way down to the floor. Cleaning can include windowsills, appliances, countertops.

Montalto offers a few tips for cleaning, any time of year. She suggests saving old toothbrushes. They make great tools for cleaning little spaces. And if the kids are having a snack on the couch, put a blanket down first. It’s easier to shake out the crumbs onto the floor and vacuum them up. Finally, as soon as someone spills something: clean it immediately.

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Home Improvements

Repairs, Decks & Porches, Sheetrock & Taping Water Damage Repairs. Free Est. Ins. MC & Visa. Call Bill (203) 901-2136. CT. Reg. # 0647093

Specializing in roofing, siding, kitchens, bathrooms, flooring, basement remodeling. Senior citizen discount Insured. Free est. 203-265-5200 HIC#0631937

Electrical Services

Junk Removal

CARPENTRY

TEC ELECTRICAL

Service LLC All Phases of Electrical Work. 24 hr. Emergency Service. Small Jobs Welcome. 203.237.2122

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If they’re dirty! For gutter cleaning, Call Kevin (203) 440-3279 Fully ins. CT# 569127

Masonry

BW’S LAWN CARE - Spring Clean Up, Mowing weekly and bi weekly. Free Estimates Call - 203-886-9791. COMM. & RES. - Lawn mowing, hedge trimming, mulching, retaining walls, patios, walkways, much more. Free Est. 203.687.0936

CLEAN & REMOVE Furniture, appliances, entire contents of: homes, sheds, estates, attics, basements, garages & more. *SPRING YARD Clean-ups* FREE ESTIMATES. LIC & INS. 203-535-9817 or 860-575-8218.

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GET 20% OFF! If you sign for the year w/ Affordable Lawncare. Mulching, landscaping. Reas. Reliable.

Plumbing

Roofing

GEORGE J MACK & SONS - Servicing the Meriden area since 1922. Toilet, faucet, sink & drain repairs. Water heater replacements. 15% Sr citizen disc. 203-238-2820. IF YOU Mention This Ad SPRING 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 Sr. Citizen Discount LIC & INS. 203-535-9817 or 860-575-8218

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Power Washing

OVER 28 YEARS EXP Stonewalls, patios, sidewalks, chimneys, pool areas, fireplaces, fire pit steps, all types of masonry work. Free est. (860) 274-4893.

Moving and Storage

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GUTTERS PLUS 25+yrs. Exp. Call today for Free estimate. 203-440-3535 Ct. Reg. #578887

HOME DOCTOR - 48 yrs exp. Odd jobs & remodeling, former US Navy, 15 yrs, #640689, 203.427.7828.

ACCEPTING - New customers for wkly mowing, thatching, spring cleanup, stone & mulch. Ryan 860.515.1302

A&R CLEANOUT SERVICE - Partial or total GARY WODATCH Hedge & tree trimming. cleanouts of homes, Trim overgrown propgarages, basements, erties. Calls returned. businesses. We Clean #620397.860-558-5430 homes top to bottom and do demolition work also. Free estimates. No job to small or large. 203-281-6387 or 203623-0166.

Gutters

GUTTERS DON’T WORK

Landscaping

203-238-1953

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#1 CHEAP Sm. Yard Mowing. Spring Clean-Up. Light Hauling. Sr. & Veteran disc. 203.600.3836. Mike’s Helping Hands.

Demolition Svs Sheds, pools, decks, garages, debris removal. Quick, courteous svc. All calls returned. Ins. #566326. Cell, 860-558-5430

Carpentry

Landscaping

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RT RELOCATION Your moving and storage specialists. Call for a free estimate. 833-668-3978.

Painting Wallpapering JM Lawn Care Lawn Mowing, Spring Cleanup, Hedge Trimming, Mulch, any color. 860.796.8168 JT’S LANDSCAPING LLC - Spring CleanUps, we specialize in weeding all types of beds, mulching, top soil work, pruning, hedges & trees, & all your landscape needs. Residential & commercial. Lic. #616311. Call today, 203 213-6528.

Tree Services #1 PAINTER’S EDGE MOBILE WASH Chemicals safe for house & plants. House wash + roof cleaning. 25 yrs. exp. Sr Disc. #0656136 Ins. 860.538.5520

A-1 QUALITY POWERWASHING Low Rates Call Dennis 203.630.0008

POWER WASH

INSTAGRAM.COM/ RECORDJOURNAL

Yalesville Construction Specializing in all phases of residential & commercial roofing. Senior citizen discount Insured Free est. 203-265-5200 HIC#0631937

Painting Int. & Ext. Gutters Cleaned. Free Ests. Ins. Refs. Rodrigo, (203) 565-7745.

POWER WASHING Is Spring Cleaning on THE OUTSIDE FREE Estimates #569127 Call Kevin 203-440-3279

GARY WODATCH - Tree Removal. All calls returned. CT#620397 Quick courteous service. 860-558-5430.

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Roofing

#1 PAINTER’S EDGE 15% off Houses.Decks. Sheetrock.Popcorn Repair. Wallpaper reSkylights. Flashing. Financing Available. moval. 25 yrs exp. Free est. Sr. disc. #0656136. #0649808 203.510.3830. Ins. 860.538.5520 lmconstructionct.com

Specializing in tree removal, trimming, chipping & grinding. Call for free estimate. 203-945-1808.

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Thursday, April 15, 2021

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