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CIAC delays start of winter season
Two new local reps are headed to the state capitol
By Bryant Carpenter and Greg Lederer Record-Journal staff
In the Connecticut House of Representatives, Democrats and Republicans traded two prominent seats: the ones held by Speaker Joe Aresimowicz, D-Berlin, and House Minority Leader Themis Klarides, R-Derby. Neither leader sought re-election, and both flipped.
CHESHIRE — A winter sports season is still a possibility for high school athletes in Connecticut. It just won’t be starting on time. And, if played, it certainly won’t look the same. In an email sent Thursday, Nov. 5 to its member superintendents, principals and athletic directors, the CIAC announced it is delaying the start of winter sports, which had been scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 21, in order to have time to review upcoming recommendations from the Connecticut Department of Public Health.
Also, teams in those sports won’t be able to travel or host teams from out of state. Lamont also pulled the plug on high-risk sports for the rest of 2020. Those sports include wrestling and 11-on11 tackle football. The CIAC announcement came as COVID-19 case numbers are on the rise.
“We’re doing everything we can to allow our sports and schools to go as best as we can, doing everything we can to keep you safe because we’re not out of the woods yet,” Lamont said Nov. 5, several days after rolling Regarding the winter season, back some elements of his Lamont decreed that athPhase 3 re-opening plan. letes who play moderate-risk “We’ve got some work to do, sports, such as basketball, hockey and gymnastics, will and that’s true of our state, have to wear masks while competing. See CIAC, A16 While the CIAC is still waiting on the DPH report, some of the likely elements can be gleaned from some major announcements made by Gov. Ned Lamont.
Aresimowicz, a union official retiring after four years as speaker and 16 in the House, barely won re-elec- The 30th District seat long held by Democrat Joe tion two years ago against a Aresimowicz will now belong to Republican Donna Veach 2020, Facebook last-minute challenger, evi- Veach. dence of the 30th Disresidents of Berlin and trict becoming more favor- about 2,000 votes. Both women are Berlin Town Southington that came out able to Republicans. Council members. and mailed in votes for me The race this year was not this election. Special In a Facebook post, Veach close: Republican Donna thanks to my campaign wrote: “I am humbled by Veach bested Democrat See Reps, A6 JoAnn Angelico-Stetson by the great outpouring of the
Trump bests Biden in Berlin As Election Day ground on into “election week,” it became increasingly clear that Democrat Joe Biden would oust President Donald Trump from the White House. Late-counted ballots in Nevada, Pennsylvania and Georgia continued to keep Biden in the lead and offered him multiple paths to victory.
The questions, rather, were these — where he would win, when it would happen and by how much. On Saturday, Biden captured the presidency when The Associated Press declared him the victor in his native Pennsylvania at 11:25 a.m. EST. See Trump, A8
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