Contract talks ongoing between ambulance service,

Union Leaders

Record-Journal report

MERIDEN In late June, the International Association of EMTs and Paramedics Local 294 warned its employees of a potential strike after it failed to reach a contract with Hunter’s Ambulance and parent company Hartford HealthCare.

Negotiations regarding the contract for 215 unionized workers have been ongoing for a year and a half. Talks were scheduled to resume into July.

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Around Town

Senior housing project

School baseball program, and while his lineup is everchanging, the sport he loves has stayed very much the same. "The game is the game," said Veleas, 74. "You have to master the fundamentals and do the job. If you get told to bunt, you get the bunt down. You have to know the signs. The game is the game. You pitch, you catch, you hit, you throw. I go to coaching clinics and hear big-time coaches and they all say if you can’t practice and perfect the fundamentals, the rest doesn’t matter."

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A long-stalled plan to build senior housing at the former Knights of Columbus property on Percival Avenue was discussed at the June 23 Town Council meeting.

Mayor Mark Kaczynski said the plot had been identified as the location for 50 senior housing units in two buildings, and funding was in place to get the project moving.

Joe Bajorksi, chairman of the Housing Authority, said the two buildings will have a colonial feel, and would not be as tall as the nearby Sherwood Falls condominiums.

Council members expressed that there is a need for senior housing in the community.

Berlin purchased the Percival Avenue property in 2002.

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