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Volume 23, Number 37
A SLIPPERY OPPONENT
Thursday, September 16, 2021
Berlin Fair returns for 72nd year By Nadya Korytnikova The Citizen
One of the state’s longest running agricultural fairs is returning for its 72nd year.
The Maloney girls soccer team earned a thrilling 2-1 victory over CCC South rival Berlin on a rainy opening night Wednesday, Sept. 8 at Falcon Field in Meriden. The win was Maloney’s first over the Redcoats in the seven-year tenure of Spartans head coach Eoin McClure. Berlin rebounded in its next outing, a 4-3 victory over Bristol Eastern. Pictured: Maloney’s Elli Cloutier and Berlin’s Clare McGeever battle for the ball during the first half on Sept. 8.
The Berlin Fair will run from Friday to Sunday — Sept. 17 to 19 — at the fairgrounds on Beckley Road. The Berlin Lions Club operates the event, which offers music, rides, go-karts, family shows, agricultural demonstrations and more.
Berlin Fair volunteer Kenny Spring is seen earlier this week getting sausage ready for the big event. Nadya Korytnikova, The Citizen
The fair also feature a large number of competitive events, including a children’s tractor pull, pie-eating and frog jumping contests, and a marching band competition.
More than 80 vendors will be onsite selling food, accessories, decor, collectibles — the list goes on.
Aaron Flaum, Record-Journal
See Fair, A8
19TH AMENDMENT TURNS 101
Local women demanded the right to vote By Nadya Korytnikova The Citizen
August marked 101 years since women's legal right to vote was established in the United States, and Sept. 14,
1920 was the day Connectistates needed to vote in facut lawmakers agreed it vor of it for it to become law; should be the law of the land. a process called ratification. Connecticut was the After the U.S. Congress 37th state to endorse. passed the 19th Amendment in June 1919, at least 36 A detailed history of the lo-
cal women’s suffrage movement is posted on the municipal website, berlinct.gov. The writeup was researched by town clerk Kate Wall, librarian emeritus Cathy Nelson; and Sarah Caliandri
and Lorraine Stub of the historical society. According to their report, in November of 1915, 16 women with a common cause See Right to vote, A7
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