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Golfer honored

Local PGA Jr. golfer Joseph LaVallee III was the first annual recipient of the John Hartan Coaches Award. The award goes to a Jr. PGA golfer who has displayed the drive, work ethic, sportsmanship and effort it takes to not only be a skilled golfer, but also a great teammate. With the help of the Ryan T. Lee Foundation, LaVallee will receive a season pass to Timberlin Golf Course for the 2021 seas on.

Clothing, goods colle ction

The Knights Of Columbus/ Berlin Lions Club Upbeat Lions House has scheduled a clothing and goods collection for military veterans Oct. 26 through Nov. 7. Items being collected include toiletries (toothbrushes, toothpaste, shaving cream, razors, shampoo), stationary, new clothing (socks, t-shirts, underwear, pullover sweaters, sweatshirts, sweatpants, winter hats, scarves and gloves –especially XL and XXL sizes), lap blankets, umbrellas, and tote bags/wheelchair bags. Items can be dropped off at Kensington Auto, Kensington Opticians or Berlin High School. Cash donations will be accepted to buy needed items. For more information, contact Paul Cavaliere, Jr. at paulcavalierejr@ gmail.com or 860-828-1684. The Knights of Columbus

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will host a drive-thru collection on Nov. 7, at the VFW, 8:30 a.m. to noon.

Leaf collection

Leaves will be picked up on or near your trash day during the weeks of Nov. 2 6, Nov. 16- 20 and Nov. 30 Dec. 4. Residents wishing to have leaves picked up must put them in biodegradable brown paper bags and leave them at the curb on their regular trash day. Keep all leaf bags well away from your automated trash container. Grass clippings, yard waste and twigs cannot be mixed with leaves. Those who wish to dispose of leaves on their own may bring them to the drop-off area at 19 Town Farm Lane (off Massirio drive), Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Saturday's through October, 8 a.m. to noon. Extended hours (8 a.m. to 3 p.m.) will be held Saturdays, Oct. 24 and 31 and Nov. 7, 14, 21 and 28.

Pantry collection

The Berlin Republican Town Committee is collecting food and monetary donations/gift cards for the Berlin Food Pantry at GOP headquarters, 945 Farmington Ave. (formerly A.S. Labieniec). If you ’d like to drop off a donation, or would like to schedule a pick-up, contact Andra Millerd (milleal@ c o m ca st. n e t, 8 6 0 - 6 7 0 - 5 1 3 1 ) or Lecia Paonessa (leciajp@ comcast.net, 860-209-4199).

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MERIDEN — A postseason experience was always the goal in place of a typical state tournament in a shortened 2020 fall season.

The Central Connecticut Conference has planned its postseason for the week of Nov. 9 for girls and boys soccer, girls volleyball, field hockey, swimming and cross countr y. “The kids have made a lot of concessions this season, but the y’ve been resilient,” Ma l oney Athletic Director Bob McKee said. “It hasn’t been easy for anybody. Everyone would love to play a true state tournament like in a normal year, but they are happy to have something. “The worst thing would have been a cancellation. We are appreciative to be playing and not taking anything for grante d.” The conference met Thursday morning, Oct. 15 and unveiled its plan shortly after. There are still some details to iron out.

For now, the plan is to have boys soccer, girls soccer, field hockey and girls volleyball start on Monday, Nov. 9 or Tuesday, Nov. 10. All teams qualify for the postseason. Each will play two games. All action will be played at the higher seed. There will be two days between the semifinals and the finals/ third-place games. The soccer and volleyball teams will continue to play in their eight-school pods, with squads seeded seeded 1-8. The top four teams will play a mini-tournament. The bottom four teams will play a separate mini-tournament. Seeding is based on win percentage in case some teams played less than 12 games. Field hockey is a little trickier. Each pod in the CCC has seven teams, so the math i sn ’t as easy as it is for the eight-team pods in soccer and volleyball. The plan is to have the top

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Meditation Made Easy.

Berlin-Peck Memorial Library will host a virtual meditation class presented by local yoga instructor Liz Hall on Tuesday, Oct. 27 at 6:30 p.m. Have you heard meditation is good for you, and will relax you? Are you not sure how to do it, or, if you tried, were anything but relaxed? Meditation is a skill just like so many other activities. Visit the library website or call 860-828-7126 to re gister. Up date. As the state of Connecticut enters Phase 3 of reopening, the Berlin-Peck Memorial Library will be making a few changes. The library is eliminating appointments for browsing and invites patrons to come for a quick (under an hour) visit any time during normal business hours. Study rooms continue to be available, by reservation, for those who need a quiet study area or space to take an exam. Onehour computer appointments will remain in effect. For public safety purposes, masks are required for entry and building capacity will be monitore d.

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KATHY ’S URGENT CARE Clinic had precious time to celebrate anniversary

By Ken Carlson

On Aug. 29, 2015, Dr. Thomas Brown never would have imagined his vision of Kat hy ’s Urgent Care would turn into a community testing center for a global pand e m i c.

Brown grew up in Connecticut and completed his undergraduate degree here, at Wesleyan University, before attending medical school in Dublin, Ireland.The clinic is named after his mother, Kathy Brown, who was one of the most compassionate and kind people you could ever me et.

The doctor has three brothers and two sisters, which made for a very active childhood. One could argue Kat hy ’s Urgent Care was actually started by his mom responding to their many sports-related injuries and childhood knocks and bruises. Her compassion and desire to help all in need planted the seed which Dr. Brown nurtured and grew. One of the cornerstones of Kat hy ’s Urgent Care is to provide access to medical treatment for all. Brown envisioned a place where anybody would be comfortable walking through the doors and receiving the care they need, for any reason. He wanted to serve the greater community and spread the compassion he grew up with.His mother, unfortunately, passed away before the clinic was ever opened, but Kathy’s care lived on through Kathy’s Urgent Care.

Five years later, what should have been a giant celebration, turned to 12-hour days, 7 days a week responding to our global pandemic. When the community needed access to testing, Dr. Brown mobilized Kathy’ s Urgent Care to respond. He vetted the current tests and took the steps to secure a variety of tests to meet pat i e nt s’ varied needs. Currently, they use RAPID 15Min SOFIA SARS test, PCR Traditional lab-test, and the Anti-body blood draw test.

The demand has been overwhelming, and every day cars fill the parking lot before the doors even open. As a result, new staff was recruited and trained, a valet service was hired to help stage the cars, lab equipment was bought to read tests in the clinic, and the processes are changing frequently to better process and serve. The Wethersfield location was seeing 200 cars per day for the last two months, which resulted in an unprecedented 6,000 tests per month, giving critical information to the community and the people the clinic serves. Adding the additional service of mass testing hasn’t been easy, but the response from the public has been overwhelmingly positive. So many individuals have benefited from this ser vice. True to the nature of Kathy’ s Urgent Care staff, they are all determined to provide walkin urgent care while also running the testing center in the parking lot. People still need access to walk-in services like school physicals, vaccinations, checking tick bites, injuries, prescriptions for medicine, certification for CT Medical Marijuana Program, and a host of other c o n d i t i o n s.

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Police shooting of Berlin High psychologist ruled justified

By Dave Collins Associated Press

HARTFORD — Two Connecticut police officers who shot a high school psychologist to death during a domestic violence call last year were justified in using deadly force and no charges will be filed, according to a report released Wednesday, Oct. 14. Windham State’s Attorney Anne Mahoney investigated the East Hartford officers’ shooting of 43-year-old John Carras during a violent struggle with him outside his home on Sept. 5, 2019. She concluded the officers reasonably believed using deadly force was necessary to defend themselves against Car ras. Officer Andre Lyew fired five shots and officer Daniel Zaleski fired once as Carras charged at Lyew with his fists clenched while screaming, Mahoney said. The shooting came after Carras had choked his wife to unconsciousness, police said. His wife, identified only as Victim One in the report because she is a domestic violence victim, was seriously injured but survived. Before the shooting, Carras punched Zaleski in his face several times, put the officer in a chokehold, rendered him nearly unconscious and tried to take his gun, Mahoney said. He then rushed at Lyew, who fired a stun gun. The probes struck Carras, but they didn’t stop him. Carras then punched Lyew in the head and tried to throw Zaleski over the deck railing, Mahoney said. Carras, a psychologist at Berlin High School, was later pronounced dead at Hartford Hospital. An autopsy showed he was shot six times and had fentanyl and other drugs in his system. “John Carras became the aggressor with the police officers. He violently resisted arre st,” Mahoney wrote in her report. “At first glance it seems unusual that two armed police officers could not subdue an unarmed man without the use of deadly force.” The report continued, “Decisions made by these officers under duress in the confined area of the deck within seconds are easy to second guess. The officers here responded to what appeared to be a homicide and used voice commands, warnings, physical force, and a Taser to try and contain the enraged su s pect who although unarmed, fought as though he had nothing left to lose.” Mahoney said Carras was known as “a well-respected professional and loving family man,” and her report said there had been no previous history of police involvement at his home. But the report also said Carras “suffere d from intense jealousy” in his relationship with Victim One, whom police previously identified as his wife. Carras began assaulting his wife that day after discovering a text on her phone sent by her work colleague “after school h ou rs,” the report said. Mahoney said neither officer had any substantiated citize n s ’ complaints against them. But she noted that East Hartford police had neither body cameras nor dashboard cameras, which would have “su b st a nt ia l ly ” helpe d her re view of the shooting.

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Obituaries

Charles Colaresi, on the right, is the 2020 recipient of the annual Robert B. Dornfried Sr. Lifetime Volunteerism Award. His plaque reads: A U.S. Marine veteran, Charlie’s ongoing volunteering and public service, especially to the veterans of Berlin, embodies the meaning of this award.

Longtime community volunteer honored

Charles Colaresi has been honored as the 2020 recipient of the annual Robert B. Dornfried Sr. Lifetime Volunteerism Award. The honor is awarded annually, on a rotating basis, to a member of Berlin Little League, VFW, Lions Club and Independent Political Club. In 2021, the award will be open to all residents of Berlin.

On Thursday, Oct. 15, the

Italian club selected Colaresi, who has volunteered countless hours in town side, the risk of possible isolated cases in the that small social gatherand as a member of the Veterans Commission.

A U.S. Marine veteran, Colaresi helped create and collect photos and writeups on Berlin veterans for display at the Town Hall memor ial. non-household members.” Rapid testing sites are also experiencing long delays for tests, according to notices on the website for DOCS Urgent Care in Southington, which has 17 locations statewide. As a Dornfried award-winner, Colaresi joins Bill Petit, Paul Eshoo and Davey Alkas on a plaque that hangs in the Town Hall rotu n da.

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have continued their commitment to Berlin football by being leaders in the community; volunteering their time on Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings to B erlin’s first, second and third grade flag football program. With many young eyes looking up to them, this group of seniors has shown leadership and positivity. I am proud to have my son respect these young men. Unfortunately, their names may not get in the paper for their play on the field this fall, but it certainly should for what they are doing with our town youth. Thank you to Justin Skates, Nick Melville, Nick Jutras, Joe Caracoglia, Josh Bois, Trevor Miano, John McGeever and Michael Barnat. You are a group of fine young men and should be applaude d.

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Vote Republican

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We are now entering into the spookiest time of the year. The time of empty, ghostly forms posing as state representatives, coming out to fill our mailboxes with written treats of shallow accomplishments and ghastly promises of things yet to come. And tricking you into believing they represent you, work for you, and have your best interest at heart.

Higher taxes, tolls, payments for illegals and destruction of our police force. Now, that ’s scary! Cathy Abercrombie believes in these policies. We need to put these issues to rest. On Nov. 3, vote Republican. Vote Lou Arata for State Repres entative.

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Ba cking Angelico-Stets on

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The 2020 campaign season gives few chances to meet our candidates. Everyone is social distancing and learning new ways to reach out. I have looked up JoAnn Angelico-Stets on’s candidate page and have spoken to her by phone. She was quite open to listening to my concerns. Now I have a pretty good idea of who and what I can expect when she becomes our State Representative. Her caring and thoroughness, willingness to learn and ability to take stands are all there. I will be voting for JoAnn for 30th District State Representative.

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Change is needed

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