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Volume 23, Number 44
Thursday, November 4, 2021
Guest of honor
LUMINARIES FOR VETERANS The Berlin Lions’ annual luminary display will light up Veterans Park and beyond Saturday, Nov. 13. This year, the Lions’ Luminaries for Veterans will stretch from Veterans Park to the monument on Worthington Ridge. Luminaries are $10 (three for $20) and can be purchased via the Berlin Lions website, berlinlions.org. Luminaries also may be purchased at Kensington Auto, or by sending payment to Berlin Lions Charities, P.O. Box 7284, Kensington, CT 06037. All proceeds will go directly to veterans in Berlin.
Local Veterans Day ceremony to feature decorated colonel Berlin’s Veterans Day ceremony will take place Thursday, Nov. 11, 11 a.m., at Veterans Memorial Park on Veterans Way, 51 Lower Lane. The Berlin High School Madrigal Singers, directed by Tyler Boyle, will sing the National Anthem and America the Beautiful. Members of the BHS Saxophone Quartet, directed by Christopher Dresko, will perform a medley of military service songs, and trumpeters Michael See Veteran colonel, A3
Well-traveled librarian lands at Berlin-Peck By Nadya Korytnikova The Citizen
Berlin-Peck Memorial Library has a new executive director. Kimberly McNally took her post in late June, replacing Helen Malinka, who retired in April after a decade at the library.
Originally from Florida, McNally has been a professional librarian for the last 10 years. She comes to Berlin from the Durham Public Library, where she served as assistant director beginning in 2018. Before relocating to Con-
necticut that year, McNally and her husband resided in Portland, Oregon.
an and would become branch manager, a position she held from 2013 to 2018.
While living in the Beaver State, McNally worked at the Battle Ground Community Library in nearby Vancouver, Washington. There, she started as a reference librari-
“Many people think working at the library is about books; and the collection is important. But my favorite part of working at the library is the people,” said McNally. “The
opportunity to understand a community, support library staff, and advocate on their behalf motivates me every day.” Before becoming a librarian, McNally spent nine years in See Librarian, A6
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