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Voters reject charter changes

Citizen report

On Election Day, Nov. 8, Berlin voters rejected all the amendments put forth re garding Berlin’s Town Char ter.

One modification in particu lar, focused on the Visiting Nurses Association, drew a great deal of attention lead ing up to the vote. With many residents fearing this charter revision would lead to the demise of the VNA, the proposal was defeated, 5,126 to 3,548.

Another proposed charter amendment would have al lowed Board of Education candidates to run as mem bers of a political party.

Currently, the Berlin BOE is a non-partisan body, and residents opted to maintain that structure. The “ no ” votes prevailed 4,242 to 4,089.

See Charter, A4

FAZZINO, VEACH PREVAIL

Zarabozo earns most votes, BOE seat

Citizen report

On Election Day, Nov. 8, Berlin voters placed one new member on the Board of Education, while reelecting two others.

Six candidates were running for three spots on the non-partisan board, and

the top vote-getters were newcomer Peter Zarabozo, and current BOE members Jaymee Miller and Melissa Gibbons.

Unofficial results show Zarabozo earning 3,200 votes, the most of any BOE candidate.

“In a climate of increased political polarization, I will do what it takes to not let our Board of Education suc cumb to any political influences and agendas,” Zarabozo stated back in October. “Politics should have no place or any influence on our school

See BOE, A4

Berlin Democrat Jonathan “Jack” Fazzino, pictured, won a narrow victory in the race for the 83rd House district seat on Election Day, Nov. 8, while Berlin Republican Donna Veach swept to reelection in the 30th House district. Both Fazzino and Veach serve on Berlin’sTownCouncil.SeestoriesonPage2.

Dave Zajac, Record-Journal

Veach maintains House seat

By Nicole Zappone The Citizen

Republican incumbent Don na Veach won the 30th House district race Tuesday night, Nov. 8, over Demo cratic challenger and former Town Manager Denise Mc Nair.

The 30th covers a portion of Southington and most of Berlin.

Unofficial results showed Veach with a 3,376 to 2,777 edge over McNair in Berlin, and a 5,733 to 4,670 lead in Southington.

Veach’s re-election cam paign was based on three core issues: the economy, further support to law en forcement, and education.

“I want to thank each and every one of you for coming out,” Veach told supporters on Election Night. “I can’t thank you all enough, be cause if it wasn’t for you, I wouldn’t be standing up here doing this speech and thanking all of you. It’s all about us, and we’re a fami ly.”

By Mary Ellen Godin Record-Journal staff

Berlin Democrat Jonathan “Jack” Fazzino won a narrow victory in the race for the 83rd House District seat Tuesday, Nov. 8 against Meriden Republican Lou Arata, ac cording to unofficial results reported to the Secretary of the State’s office.

The tally shows Fazzino won the district by a 114-vote margin, according to the state’s election office. The margin does not qualify for an automatic recount under state law.

The district includes parts of Meriden, Berlin and Cheshire and has been held by retiring Democratic state Rep. Catherine Abercrombie since 2005, when she won in a special election.

According to unofficial results, Fazzino won Meriden 2,486 to Arata’s 2,216, while Arata

won Cheshire 981 to Fazzino’s 975 and Berlin 1,675 to Fazzino’s 1,525. An automat ic recount is triggered when the margin is less than 0.5 percent of the vote total. In this case, the 114-vote margin is 1.156 percent of total votes cast.

Both candidates were reluctant to claim vic tory on Election Day. But after confirming results with town clerks’ offices and count ing absentee ballots and election day regis trations, Fazzino and other Democrats knew late in the evening he had won.

“We had a great feeling of where we were,” Fazzino said. “It was beyond words. We put so much collective effort into the campaign, to have the realization to represent the dis trict I come from is a privilege beyond any thing I can compare.”

State Rep. Donna Veach raises a glass on Election Night. Nicole Zappone, The Citizen

Scholarship winner attributes love of gardening to late father

From the Kensington Garden Club:

Each year, the Kensington Garden Club presents a scholarship to a student in terested in agronomy, botany, conservation, forestry, environmental con trol, horticulture, landscape design, land management, or plant science and relat ed fields. This year the club is proud to announce the scholarship winner as Michael Vignone.

A llifelong resident of Berlin, Vignone attributes his pas sion for gardening and plants to his late father, who would always have him help

in the garden. Today, Vi gnone splits his focus be tween vegetables and flow ers, as he runs Little Farm on the Hill; a small cut flower farm he started last summer.

Vignone is currently study ing at Penn State University, where he plans to major in horticulture. He is also con sidering an additional de gree in Agribusiness Man agement.

One day, Vignone hopes to run his own wholesale plant nursery, but for now, he is happy to be able to continue to learn from others as he builds his knowledge and skills.

Michael Vignone

system. As an unaffiliated voter, I promise to keep po litical agendas away from

our schools. I am not be holden to the will of a politi cal committee. Instead, I will act in the best interest of our students, families and school system.”

Miller’s vote total was 3,107.

“We have over 2,600 diverse students who all require varying levels of support,” Miller stated during the campaign. “The Board of Ed ucation’s duty is to ensure that the school system oper ates in the best interest to each and every one of these students. This is done through creating and imple menting policy as well as en suring our Superintendent is communicative, respected

by staff, parents and stu dents, and that the structure of the school system is rep resentative of our communi ty needs.”

Gibbons had the third-high est vote total among BOE candidates, 3,088.

Prior to Election Day, Gib bons told voters, “There needs to be trust, respect and open communication between students, parents,

teachers and administration for students to reach their highest potential. I look for ward to the opportunity to continue serving our com munity, and working with the board members, admin istration, school staff, stu dents and their families to ensure a bright and produc tive future for our children.”

Falling short in their bid for seats on the Berlin Board of Education were Deborah Reed (2,855), Jessica Patraw (2,845) and Aurora Corteville (1,788).

Joining Zarabozo, Miller and Gibbons on the nine-mem ber board are Adam Salina, Gina Nappi, Matthew Tencza, Julia Motte Dennis and Tracy Sisti.

Charter

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Voters also lined up against a charter change which would have removed the requirement that the Town Manager re side in Berlin during their tenure. That proposal failed 6,331 to 2,677.

The final charter revision question, which included several, more minor propos als, was defeated 4,020 to

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Fazzino, a Berlin town coun cilor, praised Arata for run ning a campaign focused on the issues.

“I have nothing but respect for him,” Fazzino said. “We ran a civil, issues-campaign. We showed it doesn’t have to be so contentious.”

Fazzino credits his win to lis tening to voters who are concerned about safety and the economy.

“We need to make an afford able Connecticut for every one, ” Fazzino said. “This comes down to meeting people where they’re at and meeting the difficulties and challenges people are facing. People want someone who is going to fight for them up in Hartford.”

According to election offi cials, vote tallies sent to state election offices included ab sentee ballots and election day registrations.

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The Nov. 8 election was Ara ta’s third try at the seat where the margins were less than 300 votes.

Arata said he was having dif ficulty squaring the numbers reported by the towns with the numbers listed on the Secretary of the State’s web site.

“There is a huge margin of difference and voters need to know every single vote is accounted for,” Arata said. “We’re going to be investi gating this. This smells very fishy to me.”

Meriden City Clerk, Denise Grandy, a Republican, said a review of absentee ballots with Democratic and Repub lican moderators did not change the official count.

“They went over everything and the paperwork matched,” Grandy said.

When asked about any dis crepancies between town numbers and the Secretary of the State’s office report ing, a spokesman said the vote totals are entered into the system by town election officials.

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Berlin Animal Control, 600 Christian Lane, will host a rabies clinic Saturday, Nov. 19, from noon to 2 p.m. Dis temper and parvo vaccines will be available. Rabies cer tificate required to receive a 3-year vaccine. The cost is $15, cash only. Have dogs leashed and cats in carriers. Questions? Call 860-8287055.

Leaf collection

Leaves will be picked up on, or near, your trash day the weeks of Nov. 14 to 18 and Nov. 28 to Dec. 2. Residents wishing to have leaves picked up, must put them in

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Off-leash zone

The fenced-in area at Pistol Creek, as designated by the Town Council on July 26 as a leash-free area for dogs, is now open. The area is ap proximately 50,000 square feet, in the middle of the fairway, right in front of the handicap parking lot off Spruce Brook Road. Please note the rules of the area as posted at the en trance to the fenced-in area. Dogs must be on a leash in all other public spaces in town. Animal Control offi cers will be issuing Written Warnings to individuals who do not have their dogs on leashes on public property.

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The Rotary Club of Kensing ton-Berlin meets the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month at Sliders Bar & Grill, 197 Episcopal Road. For more information about the club, contact John Ro man(jcroman2012@ aol.com) or Elaine Pavasaris (elaine@homesweethoem ct.com).

Wall of Honor

The Berlin Veterans Com mission’s “Veterans Digital Wall of Honor,” located in the main lobby rotunda of Town Hall, is dedicated to “All Who Proudly Served and Sacrificed to Protect Our Country.” Berlin residents and their immediate family, past and present, who have served or are currently serv ing in the United States mili tary can be put up on the wall. Contact Peter Galgano at petergalgano@com cast.net or 860-604-7258.

Comcast employees step ‘UP’

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As part of Team UP, Com cast’s national volunteerism program, employees joined Boxes to Boots at McGee Middle School in Berlin re cently to honor our service members by wrapping gifts, writing cards of encourage ments, and boxing over 1,500 care packages for mili tary personnel serving over seas.

Comcast also donated $15,000 to Boxes to Boots to further support the organi zation’s Operations Cares 2022 - Giving Thanks to Our Troops initiative.

“Boxes to Boots is deeply ap preciative of the strong sup port Comcast has given to Operation Cares 2022,” said Kristen Gauvin, Boxes to Boots president. “We are for tunate to have Comcast as a partner who shares our mis sion of demonstrating love, support, and appreciation for our veterans and military personnel actively serving. With their continued sup port, we anticipate exceed ing our goal of connecting even more deployed soldiers with cheer for the upcoming holiday season.”

“At Comcast, we are com mitted to our military ser vice men and women and strive to create special expe riences for our military-con nected teammates, cus tomers, and communities,” said Dalila Wilson-Scott, ex ecutive vice president and Chief Diversity Officer, Com

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Special education book

A booklet that explains Special Education in Berlin schools is available at the Board of Education offices and on the dis trict website, berlinschools.org.

Comcast employees joined with Boxes to Boots recently to help prepare more than 1,500 care packages for military personnel serving overseas. More photos on Page 9.

See Comcast, A9

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November 6: 100 block of New Britain Road: Good intent call Companies 2 and 4

November 9: 100 block of Linden Drive: Fire alarm Companies 1, 2, 3, and 4

November 9: Victoria Court: Outside investigation Companies 2 and 4

November 10: 2200 block of Chamberlin Highway: Car fire Companies 2, 3 and 4

November 10: 700 block of Beckley Road: Fire alarm Companies 1, 2 and 3

November 11: 400 block of High Road: Fire Alarm: Fire alarm Companies 2, 3 and 4

November 11: 1000 block of Chamberlin Highway: Assis tance call Companies 3 and 4

November 12: Route 9 south at Exit 21: Motor vehicle acci dent Companies 1 and 2

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Local artist earns solo exhibit at Gallery 66

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Gallery 66 is pleased to present Open and Shut, an art exhibition of abstract art on windows. This is the first solo show of artist Eddie Hall, of Berlin, featuring works he created over the last two years. These works are uniquely created using recycled windows and ex hibit vibrant colors and geometric patterns. The exhibit will be on display through Dec. 30 at Gallery 66, 66 Main St., New Britain.

‘Daliance,’ a piece by local artist Eddie Hall.

A self-taught artist, Hall's geometric abstract works draw in spiration from architectural and design themes, and have been featured in shows throughout New England. "If you start looking, you would be surprised how many windows you find discarded by the side of the road," said Hall, a fa ther of two who works full time as an attorney. "I keep find ing myself coming back again and again to the visuals I can achieve with acrylic paints on the reverse side of recycled windows. Using this medium, I find that I can represent the bold colors and geometric patterns I gravitate towards. I find enjoyment in the challenge of working the unique character of each window into the piece itself. These works have al lowed me to take something discarded and transform it into an item of beauty."

For more information, visit eddiehallart.com/open-andshut.

Textile recycling

Berlin has partnered with AFAB Recycling LLC, a Connecticutbased textile recycling company. Residents are encouraged to drop off their unwanted textiles (clothing and shoes) at the Transfer Station, 19 Town Farm Lane. The Transfer Station is open Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Sat urday, 8 a.m. to noon.

AFAB Recycling accepts clean, dry and bagged clothing and fashion ac cessories (gently used, like-new or worn) in cluding dresses, shirts, pants, suits, coats, gloves, hats, belts, ties, scarves, wallets, purses, backpacks, totes, footwear, bedding, toys, stuffed animals and jew elry.

For more information, contact Public Works at 860-828-7022 or 860828-7069.

James Simons, Fire Administrator for the Town of Berlin, re ports the following incidents for the week of November 6.