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BHS students meet with UN diplomat
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By Jack Carroll Special to The Citizen
Berlin High School’s Model United Nations club traveled to New York City in October for a meeting with the Second Secretary of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Poland to the United Nations, Karolina Krywulak.
Kristen Yousef, of Yousef Tae Kwon Do in Berlin, speaks at What’s the Buzz in Berlin, a networking and idea-sharing event held at Shuttle Meadow Country Club on Nov. 13. Photos by Devin Leith-Yessian, The Citizen
Model United Nations, now in its third year at BHS, is an academic program that gives students nationwide the opportunity to learn about the structure and functions of
the intergovernmental organization, the UN, through conference debate and team collaboration to develop solutions to global issues. Each year, Model United Nations participants from around the state attend the New York trip to interview diplomats to the United Nations in preparation for MUN’s annual conference held in December at the University of Hartford. See UN, A16
Town holds networking event for development insight By Devin Leith-Yessian The Citizen
Healthy dining, recreation and walk-ability are in demand in the downtown region, according to attendees of “What's The Buzz” in Berlin, a networking event created to gauge what would interest young people looking to live in town.
"We'd like your thoughts on, okay, we've got apartments, we've got a train station, what's next for us? We've got an opportunity here to create something in our town center we don't currently have," said Economic Development Director Chris Edge. The event was held at Shuttle Meadow Country Club on Wednesday, Nov. 13.
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THE CHAMPS The Berlin U13 boys travel soccer team won the CJSA Connecticut Cup on Saturday, Nov. 2, defeating Newtown, 21. This marks the first time a Berlin boys travel team has won the Connecticut Cup since the inception of the Berlin Youth Soccer Association in 1984. Pictured, front row, from left: Daniel Cwieka, Colin Peck, Brody Bannon, Jayden Andrade, Jacob Soellner, Omar Montanez, Jakub Moryl, Marcus Joshi, Phillip Adamczuk, Alexander Jorge, Lorenzo Gil. Back row: Coach Mario Boninsegna, Alexander Karwowski, Austin Boninsegna, Matthew Dalek, Michael Abayomi, Joshua Uliasz, Coach Joe Dalek.
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The adventure of a lifetime: Dance Step turns 30 In 1989, owner/director Maria Pagliaruli DeConti made her childhood dream come true, and opened her own dance studio; built from the ground up with the help of friends and family. Dance Step has been a part of the Berlin community for three decades and generations of dancers have jete’ed through its doors. Many of their youngest dancers have parents who are alumni of the studio. The welcoming environment and sense of family are evident as soon as one steps through the doors. Dance Step provides a positive, supportive and nurturing place where students feel part of a community. Dancer Katie Skinner, 14, says, “My favorite thing about Dance Step is getting to do what I love, while also hanging out with people who are like family to me.”
the stage to dance with “Miss Maria” to celebrate her 30th anniversary in a routine called “Take Me Home.” Countless lasting bonds of friendship have been made within the classroom and have carried alumni through their lives. The lessons learned in dance class trickle through to their college educations and adult lives. Zoe Wagner, a 2016 graduate now studying Strategic Communications and Business Management at Central Dance Step alum hit the stage to celebrate “Miss Maria’s” 30th anniversary. Connecticut University, has many fond memories made through dance I have Through a carefully detential. Students develop at Dance Step. learned self-discipline, time signed curriculum, Dance solid dance technique as Step encourages each well as building self-esteem, “Throughout my life, Dance management, and how to take care of myself mentally dancer to reach their full poStep has been my solid and physically. I am forever See Dance, A8 ground. The one place I could run to no matter what grateful for my dance education, life lessons, and family time or day it was and it alI have gained since I ways felt like home,” she stepped into the studio for said. “I learned so many my first class when I was valuable lessons during my 2 years old.” SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND 16 years at Dance Step, and
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Dancer Alliana Wicik, 13, says, “My favorite thing is that I get to dance my heart out and have a break from life to just be free to dance.” DeConti attributes much of her studio’s success to her commitment to continuing her own dance education and encouraging her staff members to do the same. She challenges herself by taking rigorous and progressive exams through Cecchetti USA. The Cecchetti Method of Classical Ballet is a disciplined system designed with
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Recently, the studio has expanded its programs to include Dance Step Performance Company, a competitive dance team with a purpose. Besides earning awards at competitions, team members also provide community outreach; performing at local nursing homes and community events and fundraising for local charities. “Being a part of the Berlin business community for 30 years has been such a rewarding experience. I am so grateful to my customers and students for making this journey the adventure of a lifetime. We were so honored to be named Best of Berlin 2019, and I know that achievement would not have been possible without all of our fabulous clients,” DeConti said. “I am excited to announce that we have renovated our facility this season in order to enhance our patron experience and to continue to provide our dancers with the best available equipment to enrich their training. We are looking forward to the upcoming season and inviting new students to join the Dance Step family.”
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DeConti says, “The dance world is forever evolving and growing and it is imperative that we as teachers continue to learn so that we can pass that knowledge onto our students.”
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By the end of the night, Edge was rolling up more than a half dozen poster-sized sheets of paper filled with ideas.
Tony Valenti, co-principal of Newport Realty — the developer behind the project, said they want to work with residents and local businesses to find commercial tenants that fit the area.
“It shows the town is interested in learning what people want, whether its a rooftop bar or better and clearer bike lanes,” Smith said. Hearing what residents would like to see is important to the community foundation as well, since the insight can help guide the foundation’s grant awarding process when it’s considering funding economic development projects in town. Smith noted that it had recently provided a grant to help run the contest to name the downtown district, christening it Kensington Village.
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Kristen Yousef, of Yousef Tae Kwon Do, said she was excited to see how interested Much of the focus during the struct five mixed use build“What's The Buzz” attendees networking event focused on ings with 8,400 square feet of were in healthy living. One retail space, 10,800 of office the impact Steele Center at proposal she is interested in or medical area and 76 mar- pursuing for her own busiFarmington Ave. will have ket rate apartments on vaon the downtown region. cant town-owned land at the The development will conSee Buzz, A10
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Thousands likely drove past scene before it was reported By Michael Gagne Record-Journal staff
BERLIN — More than 10,000 motorists passing along Route 9 south during their daily morning commute likely drove past a grisly accident scene involving a pedestrian on the morning of Wednesday, Oct. 2, without even realizing it.
Route 9 over the next several hours, while troopers and other first responders were on scene. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner determined trauma as the cause of death. Four weeks after the incident authorities identified Joseph Lamontagne, 76, of Cheshire as the driver who struck Ahern. Lamontagne has not been charged and is cooperating with investigators.
The figure roughly represents the number of vehicles that would have traveled past Exit 23 between 5 and 10 a.m. on Oct. 2, using recent daily traffic flow figures The Record-Journal obreported by the state Depart- tained dispatch records ment of Transportation. showing the timeline of emergency response to the The largest volume of pasaccident under a public senger cars, between 6,000 records request. to 7,000 vehicles, typically passes through that stretch Janet Ainsworth, staff attorof Route 9 between 7 a.m. to ney for the state Department 9 a.m. during a mid-week of Emergency Services and morning, according to those Public Protection, which figures. oversees State Police, said Investigators believe pedestrian Marie Ahern, 54, of Middletown, was struck by a vehicle on Route 9 around 5:15 a.m., more than an hour before daylight that morning. State Police dispatch records show troopers were not called to the scene until 10:38 a.m. — more than five hours later. Authorities then closed down that section of
the investigation into the accident is still active.
As such portions of the released dispatch records were redacted, because they contained information State Police “would not typically release during an investigation,” Ainswoth wrote. The records show that first responders remained on scene for most of that Wednesday. Ahern’s next-of-
kin wouldn’t be notified around 4 p.m. the following day. Kevin Nursick, a DOT spokesman who provided the traffic flow figures, said his agency is not involved with any ongoing investigations into the incident. Nursick said it’s typical for the department to receive reports of objects, including wildlife remains, in roadways, and for DOT crews to respond accordingly.
But Nursick and other officials could only offer guesses for why it took so long for passersby to report a possible human body laying in the roadway.
“My presumption would be the public didn’t recognize what, in fact, this was,” Nursick said. “I would suspect, if A relative of Ahern’s depeople recognized this was a clined to comment. human being, the phones mgagne@record-journal.com would have been ringing off 203-317-2231 Twitter:@MikeGagneRJ the hook ... I believe people would have called if they understood what they saw.”
The state’s enduring income tax myth By Mark Pazniokas © The Connecticut Mirror
It was one of the talking points casually employed earlier this month by Patrick Sasser, a leader of the No Tolls CT movement: Why should anyone believe a suggestion by Gov. Ned Lamont that the tolls he was seeking could be temporary, when that was how the income tax was sold in 1991? Carol Platt Liebau, the president of the conservative Yankee Institute, made the same argument in a statement published on Nov. 7: “No sensible person can believe the claim that these tolls would be temporary, given Connecticut’s long history of ‘temporary’ taxes that have turned out to be permanent — including the state income tax.”
The income-tax-as-temporary complaint has taken root among Republicans in recent years and blossomed on Twitter and Facebook. It was repeated by two Republican gubernatorial candidates in 2018 — Bob Stefanowski and Timothy Herbst — and casually mentioned in an interview this year by the House Republican leader, Themis Klarides. There is only one problem. It is a myth. The public record is unambiguous. On Feb. 13, 1991, Gov. Lowell P. Weicker Jr. told a joint session of the General Assembly of his intention to make sweeping and permanent changes to Connecticut’s tax system — sharply cutting the sales, corporations and investment income taxes and imposing a tax on wages.
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Six months later, after three budget vetoes, the legislature acceded to Weicker’s wishes by adopting a tax package different from the original proposal, but still a top-to-bottom overhaul of the tax code. There was no sunset provision striking it from the books after five years, as Rep. Mike France, R-Ledyard, recently said he once believed. In fact, an element of the final debate in the House was that there would be no going back once the new revenue source was on the books. “It lets the genie out of the bottle,” said Rep. J. Peter Fusscas, a Republican from Marlborough. “Once it’s out, it ain’t never going back in.” As he prepared to sign the budget, Weicker spoke of it as the foundation for the future, not a stopgap: “When I sign this budget Connecticut will be closing the book on its past, and it’ll be facing toward the future.” Temporary? Hardly. So, how did the narrative change? “This is a really interesting question,” said Emily Thorson, a Syracuse University political scientist who has See Tax, A14
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Stellar XC season included a state title Both the boys and girls cross country teams at McGee Middle School wrapped up the season with perfect 9-0 records.
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At the State Middle School Championship on Nov. 2, the McGee boys claimed the championship in the large school division, besting Long River Middle School from Prospect by two points. McGee’s varsity runners were Alessandro D'Arena, Jack Baclaski, Ryan Brown, Elijah Burgos, Jamison Evans, Aidan DeJesus and Alex Fisher. The McGee girls finished sixth place out of 25 teams in the large school division. Their varsity runners were Natalia Kmita, Paige Kemish, Alina Asatourian, Sydney Bronk-Zdunowski, Erika Damboise, Elizabeth Fitzsimmons And Hayley Campanelli.
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written articles about misinformation in politics and is currently writing a book on the subject. Thorson said falsehoods about policies, as opposed to people, have their own dynamic. They can slip into public consciousness over time, especially when they
take root outside political campaigns, where candidates are challenged by opponents and fact-checked by journalists.
significant piece of the federal budget. (One poll found a belief it constitutes 25%, not the actual one percent.) Or that benefits under a federal welfare program, TANF, “With policy perceptions, it’s can be collected indefinitely. not about what a candidate (TANF, an acronym for temdid or didn’t do,” Thorson porary assistant for needy said. “Misconceptions about families, limits how long rea particular policy, these are cipients can get aid.) pretty common.” When a public policy no Thorson said examples inlonger is in the news, it is esclude the perception that pecially vulnerable to misinU.S. foreign aid consumes a formation. The proponents move on, memories fade, and details get simplified or twisted. Thorson said this can happen without malicious intent. “They are often the result of people trying to piece together information in a fragmented media environment,” she said. It’s been 28 years since Connecticut adopted a tax on wages, and the turnover in the General Assembly is nearly complete: 100% in the Senate (though three current senators were House members in 1991), and 97% in the House.
imposed in 1989 with the ex- tween 7% and 14%, were pectation it would disappear treated as regular income, taxed at 4.5%. in two years. It is still around. Income tax rates now range Republicans say the myth of from 3% to 6.99%. The sales a temporary income tax took tax is 6.35%, with an additional percentage point on root because it reflects something real: a mistrust in restaurant food and other government, particularly on prepared meals that was adopted in 2019. issues of taxes and finance. “The bottom line is people don’t trust government,” said Rep. Vincent J. Candelora, R-North Branford. “I think that’s what we need to recognize.” “People feel government has tricked them so many times. They are right to feel that way,” said Joe Markley, a former state senator who was the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor in 2018. “The most temporary thing about the income tax were the low rates.” Weicker’s original proposal was to impose a 6% income tax and cut the 8% sales tax to 4.25%.
The version adopted by the General Assembly on Aug. 21, 1991 imposed a 4.5% income tax and cut the sales tax to 6%. The 13.8% corpoConnecticut does have a his- rate tax was lowered to 10.5% over two years. Intory of taxes proposed as come from capital gains, temporary, but that never dividends and interest, quite go away. A surcharge which had been taxed beon the corporations tax was
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“It’s the age of Trump. It’s the age of ‘fake news.’ People make up narratives that are total fiction,” Godfrey said. “This crap gets out there all over the place, and no one bothers to do their own fact checking.” Senate President Pro Tem Martin M. Looney, D-New Haven, who voted for the income tax as a House member, said he is stunned every time someone tells him that the income tax was meant to be temporary.
In 1971, Connecticut adopted an income tax, but repealed it before it ever took effect, one potential source of the confusion today. But Looney is among those
more inclined to think that Republican John G. Rowland’s promise in 1994 to eliminate the income tax once he was elected governor muddied memories. “Maybe some people transformed that into a representation it was supposed to be temporary,” Looney said. Rowland never submitted a budget that would have eliminated the income tax during his nearly 10 years as governor.
“Tom Scott, who was there and quite frankly ought to know better, repeated it again and again and again,” Trueman said.
Scott said Trueman is mistaken. Scott said he never told anyone the tax was proposed as temporary, only Trueman said Scott, who that he heard a vague rumor was an adviser to the campaign, was among those who during the long tax fight in told Stefanowski the tax was See Tax, A17 meant to be temporary.
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