BHS grads take on leadership roles at their alma mater By Sean Krofssik Record-Journal staff
Theaters begin to reopen as studios release blockbusters By Devin Leith-Yessian Record-Journal staff
A pair of standout Berlin High School grads have taken on prominent positions at their alma mater.
Helped along by a few recent blockbuster releases, movie theaters are beginning to open their auditoriums and allow customers indoors. “We’ve been so lonely, everyone that works in a movie theater company … we’re people people, we love serving people,” said Bria Naylor, marketing manager for Picture Show Entertainment, a theater in Berlin.
Amenta has been been in the BHS English Department since 2008. After graduating from BHS, she earned a bachelor’s degree from Central Connecticut State University, a master’s from Quinnipiac University and her sixth year degree in educational leadership from Sacred Heart University.
Katie Amenta has been appointed Berlin High School’s new assistant principal, and David Francalangia was hired as the director of athletics and health and physical education for the district.
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Both AMC Theaters in Plainville and Southington Without the possibility of are open and have various a big box office weekend, showtimes with a 40 percent theater capacity restriction as theaters have been and a mask mandate. Cineshuttered amid the mark movie theater in North Coronavirus pandemic, studios have held off on Haven also currently has showtimes with required releasing blockbusters masks and other COVID rethat are typically shown throughout the summer. strictions in place. As a few of those movies Though theaters have been have been released in re- permitted to open in Concent weeks, namely Un- necticut since mid-June, the Picture Show in Berlin waithinged and New Mued until Aug. 21 to open. tants, theaters have felt confident that the demand is there for them to begin powering up their projectors.
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“I served in various leadership roles over the last 14 years since I started at Berlin High School and to have the opportunity to be assistant principal in the school I taught and coached at for many years – is surreal,” Amenta said. “I pride myself with building relationships
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CIAC official: ‘We think it’s safe; we think it’s logical’ By Bryant Carpenter Record-Journal staff
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That means masks, obviously. Students will be required to wear them, and officials from local school districts say a mask will be provided on board the bus if a student doesn’t have one. There’s also social distancing. It will involve boarding students from back to front, with one student per seat.
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The aim is to establish safe routines. “The key priority here is just to help ensure that students are boarding the bus with their masks on and to serve as overseers of the mask wearing during the bus ride,” said Vincent Masciana, chief operating officer for Cheshire schools. Another difference school districts will have to contend with is the increase in the number of parents taking care of transportation on
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opioid antagonists. Republican Len Suzio, Abrams’ opponent in the 13th Senate District, said in a phone interview that the state’s opioid crisis is an “extremely important issue,” adding he doesn’t believe the state is doing enough to address it. Suzio would like recovery programs to focus more on long-term care and addiction management. Lou Arata, a Republican challenging Abercrombie in the 83rd House District, called the opioid epidemic “a crisis of enormous proportions” in a written statement and said the state should focus its efforts on combating over-prescription of drugs and educational outreach. A good example is 2019 legislation requiring colleges to adopt policies informing students and staff of the availability of Narcan on campus. See Crisis, A11
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been waiting, holding their breath to see what Hollywood is doing,” Naylor said. Major releases were sometimes delayed just days ahead of their first showings, sending theaters back to the drawing board on their own reopenings.
Moviegoers head into Holiday Cinemas Stadium 14 in Wallingford Monday, Aug. 31. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
With more major releases on the horizon — particularly Tenet, set to premiere on Sept. 3 and Wonder Woman 1984 coming out in October — Naylor believes demand will only continue to rise through the fall and into the
winter, when many of the movies pushed off over the summer are set to be released.
outdoors as well. Naylor said they’re also considering bringing the drive-in back in future summer seasons.
“As more new movies draw crowds out to the theaters we’re anticipating seeing a parallel reaction with our customers,” she said.
The smell of the candy and soda wafting from the concessions stand and the low hum of excitement as the lights dim can’t be replaced by streaming a movie at home, Naylor said, and people have been missing opportunities to be together outside the home.
The Berlin theater got through the summer, typically its busiest season, by setting up a drive-in with a screen set up against the back wall of the building. Starting June 5, they aired older classics like Jurassic Park, Jaws and E.T., which proved to be so successful that they’ve decided to show some of the new releases
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“You're in this room, you're experiencing this huge storyline with other people and you have these high highs,” she said. “ … I think parents want to share that experience with their children, and friends want to share that with their other friends.” To keep customers safe as seats fill up, the theater has extended the down time between showings to give staff more time to clean theaters before the next movie begins. Their ticketing system is also set up to automatically ensure that there’s at least two seats between each party and larger groups will be clustered away from other patrons. Staff have been provided with gloves and masks, undergo temperature checks before the start of each shift and social distancing detailing has been installed on the floor. “Yes, it looks a bit different to our customers that it did, but were trying to preserve as much of that normalcy,” without compromising on following health guidelines, Naylor said. She was glad to see that customers have been abiding by requirements that they wear their mask at all times, except when they’re actively eating or drinking in their seats.
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Before reopening on Aug. 21, staff at Holiday Cinemas 14 in Wallingford rearranged the theater to improve the flow for customers as they checked in, purchased food and drinks, and made their way to their theater, said manager Olivia Taylor. The theater has also reduced the capacity for each of the 10 rooms it’s operating down to 30 percent. See Theaters, A11
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Praline’s rolls out ‘comforting’ autumn ice cream By Bailey Wright Record-Journal staff
WALLINGFORD — With pumpkin spice coffees and lattes everywhere, it’s easy to assume Praline’s pumpkin ice cream is most popular this time of year. While it sells well for sure, Praline’s says their apple caramel crumb usually sells even better in the fall. “The best one, the one that people can’t get over, is the apple caramel crumb that we do,” said Jalmar De Dios, Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer. He contributes the popularity to a New England love of caramel-covered apples, especially when found at annual fall festivals and during Halloween. “It's the taste of Halloween all wrapped up.” The flavor is made with real apples, which are cooked with cinnamon and added to the ice cream with caramel.
All of Praline’s autumn flavors arrived in stores midAugust, when De Dios said “people are already looking for pumpkin spice and everything.” They will be available until about midNovember, when the holiday and winter flavors are transitioned in. Praline’s also does a pumpkin gingersnap flavor, in addition to pumpkin and apple caramel crumb ice cream. The 35-year-old operation uses real ingredients and hand-mixes in things like the gingersnap cookies and caramel, at its Wallingford headquarters. Jim Scarfo, owner of Praline’s Ice Cream in Berlin, said even the seasonal flavors are seasonal. “Like right now, beginning of fall, the apple seems to go pretty good,” he said. “And then the pumpkin, (right around Thanksgiving time) that one goes crazy.”
De Dios said Praline’s was able to stay relevant and successful during the pandemic. “The one thing that people are finding that is comforting is that they’re still able to go out and get ice cream with the family,” De Dios said. When people couldn’t go anywhere, some turned to the normalcy of grabbing ice cream, something that’s easy to take-out, eat outside or take home for later.
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In Brief Labor Day schedule Labor Day is Monday, Sept. 7. All town departments will be closed in observance of the holiday. There will be no trash/recycling collection. Trash/recycling will be picked up one day later.
Wall of Honor The Berlin Veterans Digital Wall of Honor, located in the rotunda of Town Hall, is “Dedicated To All Who Proudly Served To Protect Our Country." Residents and/or their immediate family members who have served, or who are currently serving in the military, are welcome to be included on the Veterans Digital Wall of Honor. Bring information to the Town Manager’s Office, or call Peter Galgano at 860604-7258.
plications are also available at the Town Clerk’s and the Town Manager’s office. Mail the form and check to: Town of Berlin, Attn: Veterans Commission, 240 Kensington Road, Berlin, CT 06037.
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Photo contest The Bristol Exchange Club and the Mum Festival Committee has announced the first in a series of “fun-raisers,” an online Virtual Auto Show Photo contest. Show off a prized car or truck to a wide audience. The competition runs until Wednesday, Sept.16. Awards will be presented. Visit gogophotocontest.com/bristolmumfestival to enter a photo and to vote for your favorite entry.
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The Berlin Police Department has obtained a grant from the Connecticut Department of Transportation's Highway Safety Division to Heroes Walk support increased DUI detection and enforcement efMemorial bricks are being sold for the “Heroes Walk” at forts. the Berlin Veterans MemoriAs a part of this program, a al Park on Veterans Way. Each brick honors a veteran, DUI sobriety checkpoint will be conducted during living or deceased, who evening hours on Friday, served in the nation’s miliSept. 4. The checkpoint will tary. Memorial brick applibe set up on the Berlin Turncations are available on the pike south of Deming Road. Town of Berlin’s Veterans Commission web page. Ap-
NASCAR Cup Series driver Ryan Preece of Berlin, pictured, was slated to be among the headliners when the Whelen Modified Tour hit Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park Wednesday for the Thompson 150. Preece, in his rise to the NASCAR Cup Series, won Sunoco Modified track championships at Thompson in 2012 and 2014. He’s also won three Whelen Tour races at the 5/8-mile track. Chuck Burton, Associated Press
Library resumes regular weekday hours
The Berlin-Peck Memorial Library has resumed regular weekday hours for lobby and curbside pickup. The hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday. The liSee Briefs, A13 brary will remain closed on Saturdays for the time being. The library is introducing Senior Hour on Wednesdays and Fridays, 9 to 10 a.m., for those age 65 and over to access the lobby.
Also, the library is accepting appointments for browsing. Call the reference desk (860828-7126) or children’s department (860-828-7127) to schedule an appointment. Lobby services include 20minute express Internet station, reference, wireless printing, copier, no-touch water bottle filling station and restrooms. Public computers and study rooms can be reserved.
Curbside pickup will continue for the foreseeable future. For more information on curbside pickup, visit berlinpeck.org/pickup or call 860828-7125.
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“We did have to put thought into how we wanted the theater to flow for sure just to make sure everyone was able to remain social distancing … as well as we’re making sure we have enough staff on to make sure everything is cleaned down and everything is up to par,” she said.
with students and staff. In this role I will be able to engage with students and families from a new lens, which is very exciting for me.”
An All-New England performer in high school, she went on to play Division I soccer at Iona College. Amenta was honored as District Teacher of the Year and was a Connecticut State Teacher of the Year semifinalist for the 2017-18 school year.
“We’ve gotten some new movies the past week, so we’re starting to get a little busy again,” she said.
Amenta said she can’t wait to work with the faculty and staff in her new role. “They are a phenomenal group,” she said. “They put students first and continue to perfect their craft year in and year out.”
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Francalangia has spent the last six years serving as the director of athletics at Regional School District 10 in Burlington. His professional career began at Berlin High School, where he was a social studies teacher for 10 years, before being promoted to social studies department supervisor. “It’s great to be back home,” Francalangia said. “My six years at Lewis Mills was an awesome experience for growth, but there was always a piece of my heart that wanted to come back and be a part of this community where I live.” Francalangia graduated from Villanova University, earned a master’s degree from the University of Hartford and holds a sixth year degree in educational leadership from Southern Connecticut State University.
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Francalangia was a four-year soccer player at Division I Villanova and played professionally for the Connecticut Wolves.
Francalangia was the boys soccer coach at Berlin High from 2000 to 2013.
“Academics always came first in my household,” FranA high school All-American calangia said. “Athletics gave in soccer, he was inducted me more opportunities to into the Berlin High School play at the collegiate level Hall of Fame in 2014. and pursue schools that I A member of the BHS Class didn’t think I was going to of 1996, Francalangia was a necessarily get into with acafour-year member of both the demics alone. I had great exbaseball and soccer teams. periences at college that I He was part of the 1995 base- shared with students at ball team that won 20 straight Lewis Mills and that I will games and captured a conshare with the students at ference and state title. Berlin.”
The 42-year-old is married to his high school sweetheart, Janice. The couple has two sons in middle school, Joseph and Tommy. “I feel like I never left,” Francalangia said of his new job. “The first day I was driving to work I was saying, ‘This is where I’m supposed to be.’”
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Amenta coached girls soccer at Berlin High School for more than a decade. She played too, and was a member of the program’s lone state championship team in 1998.
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about the company’s response, but said the storm turned out to be “more imTop officials from Eversource pactful and widespread than defended the electric, gas anybody expected,” creating and water utility’s response three times the maximum to Tropical Storm Isaias, damage that had been prowhich knocked out power to jected. about 1 million homes and businesses across Connecti- “Nobody, nobody that I’m aware of, predicted that cut this month, arguing Connecticut people would Thursday, Aug. 27 it was well-prepared and has taken see a storm with impacts steps to improve its reliabili- significantly bigger than Superstorm Sandy or Irene,” ty since prior major storms. Judge said, noting there was CEO Jim Judge told state leg- a “huge logistics effort” to islators he understands restore power that was made many customers are angry more challenging because of
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The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, which is also examining Eversource’s storm response, had received numerous letters and complaints from customers shocked by their largerthan-normal electric bills, some twice as much as they usually pay. Eversource has said were driven primarily by a significant increase in summer energy use and two recent delivery fee increases.
sponse to the storm. Legislators accused the company of not communicating well with municipal officials about restoration efforts, not giving restoration crews clear orders on where they were needed, and creating a perception that the company cares more about shareholders than customers. There were also concerns raised that not enough improvements have been made since a state panel released a report in 2012 that included dozens of recommendations for improving emergency preparation in Connecticut, including improved worstcase planning and staffing by the state’s utilities.
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Enjoy a large dose of laughter and learn about heart disease in women. Proceeds from this online event benefit the Heart & Vascular Institute’s Women’s Heart Wellness Program. Grab your girlfriends and gather round! Attendees will receive a special heart healthy drink and appetizer recipe. The evening’s line-up:
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Volleyball, recommended by DPH to be played outdoors, will remain indoors for safety, weather and space concerns, though perhaps with players wearing masks. While the CIAC is moving forward with a fall season, whether teams ever get to practice as full units or actually play games depends on the COVID-19 case numbers the CIAC will monitor throughout September.
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“From the start of this, we’ve reminded everybody that our plan will be fluid; it will change as the information changes, as the metrics change,” Lungarini said.
The leading indicator in that model is the seven-day average of new cases per 100,000 people. The secondary indicators are seven-day averages of percent test positivity, new hospitalizations and COVID-like illnesses reported at emergency rooms.
One key date is Sept. 18, roughly two weeks after most districts start school. That’s when the CIAC will let schools know if Connecticut’s COVID numbers allows athletic programs to move ahead with the fullteam practices scheduled to begin on Sept. 21. “The CIAC believes that a minimum of two weeks of COVID data is necessary to determine whether the return to on campus instruction will impact extracurricular offerings,” the CIAC plan reads. “Therefore, no full team practices will occur prior to September 21.”
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In an effort to promote public safety and to continue their charitable commitment, Kensington Garden Club will offer its first virtual program in September, which is open to the public, free of charge.
Klingberg Family Centers’ upcoming vintage motorcar event will include a traditional car show for vehicles 1989 and older and a Pre-war Concours d’Elegance.
The topic is “Success with Hydrangeas” presented by Lorraine Ballato. From 18inch, container-sized, re-
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This lively one-hour talk examines multiple varieties, their proper care, fertilizing, pruning requirements and so much more. To register for the Thursday, Sept. 17 virtual program, visit the Berlin-Peck Library program calendar, berlinpeck.org/calendar/.
Kensington Garden Club operates exclusively on a nonprofit basis for charitable and educational purposes such as this latest free offering, and for the well-being of the community.
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BERLIN - 5bdrm 2.5bth. 2,568 sq.ft. Colonial with C/A and an Inground swimming pool..1.22acre near Pistol Creek and Sage Park. Natural gas heat. A must see house. $379,900 Wayne Wright 860-402-4007
Show cars will be placed with extra space between them for safety. Attendees will drive their own cars
Entrance fees will be waived to avoid the exchange of credit cards and cash. However, donations will be accepted, with proceeds going directly to fund Klingberg programs serving families dealing with trauma.
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PLAINVILLE - Premiere 55+ adult community. This beautiful home features 2000sq.ft. of living space. 2 bdrms 2.5baths. Open flr. pln. Hardwood flrs. LR w/ recessed lights and gas fireplace. Sliders to private deck. 1st. flr. Master bdrm w/walk in closets. Full bsmt for storage. C/A central vac. And oversized 2 car garage. $289,900 Angie Santoro 860-214-6384
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Locals in college Roger Williams University, Bristol, R.I., has awarded Victoria Fagan with a master’s degree in architecture, Nathaniel Revenaugh with a bachelor’s degree in elementary education, and Hannah Wade with a master’s degree in architecture. Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, has named Cassie Simonides to its dean’s list for the spring semester.
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Catalyst Fund The Catalyst Fund brings people who care about Berlin, New Britain, Plainville and Southington together to experience philanthropy first-hand. For questions regarding membership, contact Joeline Wruck, director of Community Initiatives, at 860-2296018 ext. 307 or jwruck@ cfgnb.org.
In conjunction with Hartford Healthcare Center for Healthy Aging and the Connecticut Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, the Berlin-Peck Memorial Library hosts a Dementia Caregiver Support Group, online, the third Monday of the month, until it is safe to meet at the library. Those interested in attending should call Patty O’Brian, 860-628-3833.
American Legion Post 68 in Berlin hosts "Grab & Go" Pasta Dinners every Tuesday from 5 to 7 p.m. Meals are served in special containers from the kitchen door to your vehicle. To order ahead, call 860-828-4000.
To learn more, visit klingbergfosterandadoption.org or contact Nicolin Carr : nicolin.carr@klingberg.com, 860-817-3918.
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