Thursday, January 23, 2020
cheshirecitizen.com
Volume 6, Number 15
Land trust plans Pollinator Pathway project The Cheshire Land Trust will host a free public presentation on pollinators and native plants next month with the aim of getting residents on board with a project to help bees, butterflies and other pollinators to thrive.
yards can become part of the Pollinator Pathway project.
“Native plants and insects are the foundation of our natural world, yet we have reached a point where insect populations are plummeting. We hope to show that everyone can The organization invites all residents do something to help fight this trend, and the more who do, the better,” to come out and learn how their
said Karen Schnitzer, of the Cheshire Land Trust. On Feb. 18, Schnitzer, along with Joanna Giddings, will lead this community information session about the Pollinator Pathway and Cheshire Land Trust’s efforts to create one locally.
Bicycle trail plan includes local section By Mary Ellen Godin Record-Journal staff
By Joy VanderLek The Cheshire Citizen
As a winter weekend snowfall was winding up and set to move into town, Cheshire High School managed to successfully squeeze in a “Cocoa and Cram” study session on Cheshire High School freshmen, from left: Vicky Liu, Emily Dugay and Saturday, Jan. 18.
The study session is meant to give
Since its inception in 2017, in both See Project, A2
‘Cocoa and Cram’, a better way to study
Welcoming students as they signed into the school were Assistant Principal Kristin Pelz, CHS Visual Arts teacher Joe Costardo, Support Services Department Leader Deb Bottaro and Gina Warburton, support services transition coordinator.
The Pollinator Pathway is a popular, grassroots movement of pollinatorfriendly habitats and food sources for bees, butterflies, hummingbirds and other pollinating insects and wildlife along a series of continuous corridors.
Erika Waibel. The students were in Room 38 for an Earth science review during a Cocoa and Cram session, Jan. 18.
freshman solid footing when taking their first high school midterms. Cocoa and Cram classes are student-led by upperclassmen, explained Costardo. Approximately 80 freshmen took advantage of the extra help, he said. Cram sessions
covered history, geometry, personal finance, Earth science and Spanish, among others. Students were given an opportunity to rotate within the session offerings to get whatev-
State lawmakers are seeking funds to engineer and construct the Central Connecticut Loop, a 111-mile trail from the Arrigoni Bridge in Portland to the commuter rail stations in Hartford and Meriden. Much of the trail is finished in sections, except for 16 miles that needs to be constructed and connected. The largest portion is the five miles from Middlefield to Meriden. As part of the effort, Middletown is building a new route through Newfield Road along an abandoned trolley line. The new Central Connecticut Loop
See Studying, A8
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See Bike trail, A10