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Volume 13, Number 11

Thursday, March 17, 2022

A new look

FAREWELL TO WINTER

Redistricting will bring major changes to local state House districts By Mary Ellen Godin Record-Journal staff

In 2020, Cheshire Democrat Jim Jinks lost a nail-biter race against Wallingford Republican Craig Fishbein for the 90th House district. After initial reports called Jinks the winner, a tabulation error led to a recount revealing Fishbein had actually won by seven votes. There won’t be a rematch.

A late snowfall welcomes the new day as seen at Hickory Hill Orchards on March 10. A mix of snow, freezing rain and sleet throughout the region produced between one to three inches of snow overnight. Joy VanderLek, The Cheshire Citizen

Secret art project a true team effort By Joy VanderLek The Cheshire Citizen

Artist Tony Falcone is the master of “going big.” In his painting career, which spans 40 years, he has gone larger-than-life for a multitude of clients.

works include the New Haven landscape on the exterior of the Tyco building and many interior large-scale paintings, including the scenes created for Southport Brewery and a mural of the New Haven Green at Albertus Magnus University.

Falcone’s mural on the exterior of Sports Haven in Falcone’s latest “go big” New Haven is one of his venture is underway best-known local crethrough Artsplace in a proations. The piece measures 100-by-60 feet. His other

See Art project, A21

The state’s bipartisan Reapportionment Commission approved changes this past fall that eliminated Cheshire from the 90th district and See Redistricting, A12

Artist Tony Falcone is shown with Artsplace students in his latest class, “Paint Large.” The topic of the artistic works by the participants will remain a secret until a future reveal. Pictured with Falcone, back to front, are Marian Gansley, Patrice Luoma and Barbara LaButis. Joy VanderLek, The Cheshire Citizen

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I was on Oak Avenue, on a Tuesday night, close to 9 p.m., in the pouring rain. I was soaked to the bone as soon as I got out of the car, and the temperature was 55degrees. These conditions made it highly likely that I might experience the annual event of the frog and salamander migration.

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This area used to be a hotspot. Nelson said migrations used to take place around the corner on Ward Lane, too, but that was long ago, before a new development went in. Vernal pools can also be found at Ten Mile Lowlands. There are a lot of pools there, not all are vernal.

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In the years since Nelson first told me about this area, I’ve gone out to look, sometimes taking a companion along. But this night I went solo, carrying my camping lantern, wearing a raincoat and an orange vest with reflective stripes and my hiking boots — advertised as Vernal pools are a temporary “waterproof ” (they’re not). body of water with no fish, as the fish would eat the frog I made my way along Oak Avenue, carefully walking and salamander eggs. They both sides of the street, also are critical habitat for squinting as the rain pelted certain plants and amphibmy face. I found nothing you ians. could call a migration. The first I heard about As you might guess at this Cheshire’s vernal pools was point, part of the reason to from local naturalist Eric Nelson. He told me that one get to migration sites is to see the creatures safely rainy night, years ago, drivacross lanes of traffic. ing east on Oak Avenue, he Throughout New England got to the point across from and New York State, there Birchwood Condominiums and saw something jumping are full-on efforts from townsfolk to assist migrating across the street. “It was a wood frog or a peeper,” Nel- salamanders and wood frogs son said. “That’s when I first as they attempt to “cross the street.” That’s because mornoticed it was a major mitality rates have been so gration route.” gruesome. He continued: “There’s a The concern has spurred acpine or spruce forest on the tion in many locales, includwest side across from swamps in front of condos. I ing West Brattleboro, Verbelieve that is their hiberna- mont; and in New Hampshire, where The Salamantion site. Part of that forest der Crossing Brigades have has been cleared recently. rescued about 60,000 amAnyway, I found spring phibians since they started peepers, wood frogs and an the “Big Night” project in occasional green frog.” 2007. This magical time of year, referred to as the “Big Night,” occurs in late winter or very early spring. It’s when wood frogs, salamanders, and others, come out of hibernation and make the trek from forest to vernal pool, where they breed.

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Opportunities on tap for women A recent collaboration supporting women interested in brewing beer and a revitalized program helping girls build confidence through physical activity are excel-

Correction In the March 10 edition of The Cheshire Citizen, a page 1 story, “Pink Boots help women learn to brew,” the name of the brewery was incorrect. The brewery is “Cheshire Craft Brewing.” The name of the new beer the brewery recently released also was incorrect in that story, the beer is called Witches Brew.

lent examples of how opportunity and success are linked. These innovative activities kicked off in Cheshire recently, well timed for Women’s History Month.

the brewery put together a team for Pink Boots Collaboration Brew Day, an initiative giving women an opportunity to try their hand at beer making.

Cheshire Craft Brewing hosted a special project in alliance with the Pink Boots Society, an international advocacy group supporting women who want to learn the art of brewing beer. As reported by Record-Journal contributor Joy VanderLek,

Pink Boots, a nonprofit, launched Collaboration Brew Day to raise funds for scholarships and programming for women interested in the alcoholic beverage industry, especially those entering the craft beer industry. Collaboration Brew Day

also celebrates women in the industry. The local brew team included Jenn Frederick, taproom coordinator at the brewery, along with two female brewers-in-training, Sue Labulis and Lisa Bellmore. The women were assisted by brewer Scott DeMeo, one of the principals at Cheshire Craft Brewing. The team concocted a new product based on Freder-

ick’s choice of brew and that beer, Witches Brew, hit the brewery menu on March 8. Also launched this month in Cheshire is “Girls on the Run” a program empowering girls through physical activity and skill building aimed at boosting confidence — and helping them see how they can make positive changes in the world. The program was cut back See Opportunities, A4

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I hiked there with the Cheshire Environment Commission years ago and they pointed out egg masses. I’ve been back numerous times during the amphibian migration period and have heard wood frogs, peepers, green frogs, and others. I have seen some eggs. but not one salamander. I’ve looked under logs for them, too. The blue spotted salamander and the Jefferson salamander are both on state listings for endangered and threatened species.

The dusky salamander, according to CTDEEP, is an indicator species of healthy stream. Dusky salamanders show up later in the season, in April or May. If you spot one, do not handle, only admire from afar. Contact me at jvanderlek@ record-journal.com.

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Help your neighbors fix items rather than discard them, adding to landfills.

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More than 200,000 girls in Canada and the U.S. have participated in the program. In Connecticut, GOTR is based in Hartford with teams located throughout Hartford and New Haven counties.

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Talk explores life of enigmatic artist Kahlo

Jane Oneail, founder of Culturally Curious, a public art education and appreciation programming company, was the featured speaker. Frida Kahlo might be one of the more enigmatic artists in the modern-day art world,

Kahlo was born in Mexico in 1907. Her mother was of Indian-Spanish descent and fanatically religious. Kahlo had a strong bond with her father, a German-Jewish photographer who fought against Hitler and who struggled with epilepsy. Kahlo contracted polio at age 6, causing her left leg to be malformed, a condition that led to bullying at school

and likely factored in her emotional and artistic development. A trolley car accident at age 18 left Kahlo with a broken spine, collarbone, dislocated ribs, fractured bones and crushed bones in her foot, and she was impaled by an iron handrail that pierced her uterus. She survived but was in debilitating pain most of her life. She also needed to wear hard plaster corsets as a result of her spine injuries. Her indigenous Tehuana

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Of the 200 paintings she completed in her lifetime, about a quarter are self-portraits.

In one of her early paintings, an important statement piece from 1936, Kahlo painted a family tree containing her parents and both sets of grandparents. It was done at a time when Hitler had outlawed interracial marriage, said Oneail. “Here she is celebrating the fact that she is the product of an interracial marriage and using the family tree to prove that.”

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Surrealist leader André Breton called Kahlo’s work, “A ribbon wrapped around a bomb,” said Oneail.

Before Kahlo’s death at age 47 in 1952, her physical pain was so great that she only painted, when able, from a reclining position in bed. Her last work, “Viva la Vida”

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Kahlo was proud of her Mexican heritage and interested in social justice. Oneail said Kahlo’s signature unibrow and mustache pushed against societal expectations. “Anything that was expected of a young woman, she would push back,” said Oneail. “She wanted to determine for herself throughout her life, what was beautiful, and in the process, she became a style icon.”

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What does it mean to ‘eat a rainbow’? Fruits and vegetables come in a range of colors — red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple — and their richhues aren’t just nature’s way of adding color in our lives; they serve a nutritional purpose. Therefore, it’s important to “eat a rainbow” — meaning you eat fruits and vegetables from each color and get a variety of important vitamins and nutrients that can prevent disease.

A rainbow of choices Red fruits and vegetables help to protect against heart

attacks and some cancers. Lycopene is the main source of their red color and some of the most popular red foods are tomatoes, apples, grapes, cherries, and strawberries. If you’re feeling adventurous, pomegranates and blood oranges taste great and are chock full of nutrients.

pers, cantaloupe, pumpkin, and papaya. These have carotenoids, which protect skin, increase eye health, and build immunity.

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You won’t feel blue if you stock up on blue and purple foods! Blueberries, eggplant, cabbage, and blackberries help you feel your best with memory-boosting, anti-aging, and anti-inflammatory properties.

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added Republican-friendly Middlefield. “I assume they wanted to get as far away from me as possible,”Jinks said Friday, March 11, about the 90th district shifting east. “I guess I’ll take that as a compliment.” The new maps, approved in November by the state’s Reapportionment Commission, will go into effect with this November’s state election. While state Senate lines will see relatively few changes, House districts shifted considerably. Cheshire Democratic Town Chairwoman Courtney Cullinan had harsher criticism for the 90th district shift, calling it “blatantly political” and “egregious,” in an interview with The Connecticut Mirror.

bein said. “Until their passing, my maternal grandparents lived there for many years, and my family runs a factory in town. I used to work there during summers from college. Through them, I have been a part of Middlefield for decades.” But while the changes in the 90th may benefit Republicans, other redistricting changes arguably benefit Democrats. Middlefield is currently in the 82nd district, held by Democratic state Rep. Michael Quinn of Meriden. By putting Middlefield into the 90th beginning this fall, the new maps pushed the 82nd district westward, making it a Meriden-only district, likely helping Quinn and the Democrats. Meriden tends to vote for Democrats, and the 82nd district candidate doesn’t have to face an out-of-town challenger or court out-of-town voters.

Fishbein said he was pleased to learn he would be representing Middlefield, citing personal connections to the area.

“Any time a district is comprised of only one community it makes it slightly easier to run for both incumbents and challengers,” Quinn said “The possibility of represent- in an email. “In the 2020 ing Middlefield is especially race, I was better known in heartwarming for me,” Fish- Meriden because that is where I am from and my op-

ponent was better known in Middlefield and Rockfall because that is where he is from.” Rockfall is a village within Middlefield. In the 2022 race, all candidates in the 82nd will be from the same city, so name recognition becomes slightly less of a factor in theory, Quinn said.

Prison population The 10-year reapportionment is based on the 2020 census, which saw population gains in some areas and losses in others. It also reflected a federal law stipulating that prisoners were to be counted in the census as residents of their last known address, not as residents in the towns that house the prison. Counting inmates as residents of the towns where they are incarcerated inflates population data for those municipalities, while decreasing the population of other municipalities and having a negative impact on their legislative and municipal voting districts, according to a statement from Gov. Ned Lamont’s office in May 2021 when he signed legislation allowing the change. Cheshire is home to the Cheshire Correctional Institution, among other Department of Correction facilities.

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Removing the prison population decreased the population of Cheshire’s 103rd district, represented by Democrat Liz Linehan, by about 1,300 residents. As of the 2020 Census, Connecticut state representa-

A large portion of Cheshire residents will be in new state house districts.

tives represented an average of 23,880 residents. Reapportionment shifted the lines of the 103rd to the south. The district will now include more of Cheshire and part of Hamden, in addition to part of Wallingford. It loses a portion of Southington. “The districts are drawn to have a certain number of constituents. So having the prison out of that calculation, the numbers were made up elsewhere,” Linehan said. “I’m very happy that I received more of Cheshire, and a part of Hamden, but I cannot say whether or not the laws applying to prison gerrymandering had any effect on that. Had this been passed and gone into effect in a non-redistricting year, that answer would have been different.” Linehan said moving the 90th out of Cheshire was interesting, but she wasn’t surprised. “Cheshire did not lose overall representation, as a portion of town now includes part of the 83rd. The number of representatives stays the same,” she said.

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“They might have wanted to protect (Fishbein) from Cheshire,” Mushinsky said about the change. “I do think it helped him to not have Cheshire.” Cheshire’s northeastern portion will now be part of the 83rd district, which also include parts of Meriden and Berlin. It is currently represented by Democat Catherine Abercrombie, who has announced she is not running for re-election in November. Fishbein’s 90th district also picked up part of Wallingford formerly represented by Republican Rep. Vincent Candelora in the 86th district. “I knew my district was going to get affected when the legislature agreed to take the prisons out of the districts,” Fishbein said. “A portion of Liz Linehan’s district (the 103rd), I knew those individuals would come out of her district and probably affect mine.” Fishbein’s Democratic opponent Rebecca Hyland, of Wallingford, said, despite appearing to be a gift to Republicans, the change in the 90th district presents an opportunity to reach new voters.

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“A large portion of Middlefield is unaffiliated,” Hyland said. “Middlefield is a smaller town. There are fewer people to reach out to, but we can make some inroads. People are getting tired of the nastiness and want to know how we’re going to solve some of these problems.”

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Mushinsky’s all-Wallingford 85th lost population and shifted northwest to pick up more densely populated areas of town. In exchange, the district lost some constituents on the eastern side of I-91.

Bipartisan The state’s redistricting process involves a bipartisan commission. Other states have had redistricting settled by the courts and some allow the governing party in the legislature to draw the maps. “That is my least favorite,” Mushinsky said. “Ours is equally represented. The other party has veto power, while still trying to fit the character of the district.” Linehan was pleased to pick up more of Cheshire, she said, including the second and fourth Town Council districts. Linehan said the inclusion of Hamden and shift out of Southington brings the 103rd ”much closer to the way the 103rd district was drawn prior to the 2010 redistricting.” Republican state Rep. Lezlye Zupkus represents the 89th district, which covers western Cheshire and Prospect and Bethany. Candelora, who serves as House minority leader, was a member of the Reapportionment Commission. “We’re trying to keep all the important principles intact, as you know, respecting the integrity of towns and the demographic makeup of the communities, as well as where the incumbents are located,” Candelora told The Connecticut Mirror. mgodin@record-journal.com 203-317-2255 Twitter: @Cconnbiz

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Connecticut Public Access, PATV15, reopened its Cheshire facility to the public on March 7 on an appointment-only basis. The reopening comes after a two-year hiatus due to COVID. The PATV15 studio is one of the largest in the state. David A. Smith and Al Signore, public access coordinators, train individuals and groups from Cheshire, Meriden, and Southington to produce their own TV shows. PATV15 supplies training and equipment free of charge. Program topics are diverse and can range from talk shows to live

Sweet Claude’s relocates After nearly 30 years at 828 Main St., Sweet Claude’s Ice Cream is moving to a new locale. Next month, the shop will begin its move to a new space in Building 2, Ball & Socket Arts, West Main Street. The shop, owned by Cheshire native Kelly-Anne Pearce, opened for the sea-

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Town Employee of the Year named The 2022 Connie Wallace Employee of the Year in Cheshire is Michelle Piccerillo. The announcement came during the March 8 Town Council meeting, where Piccerillo, director of youth and human services, was presented with the award. Council members took time to thank Piccerillo for being a vital part of bringing a sense of normalcy to Cheshire during the pandemic. She has worked for

the town for over 20 years. Council Vice-Chairman Tim Slocum presented Picerillo a certificate of appreciation and said the proclamation was one of the longest he has ever awarded due to Piccerillo’s lengthy list of contributions to the community.

Historian’s work recognized The Cheshire Town Council recognized the town’s former town historian, Jeanne Chesanow, on Feb. 8, for her work in restoring the historic district in Cheshire and her overall commitment to preserving Cheshire’s history. Chesanow was appointed as Town Historian in 2012, during which time she produced a number of written works chronicling various aspects of the community’s history. During the acknowledgment, council Vice-Chair Tim Slocum brought up a number of those publica-

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‘Chicago’ staged at CHS Cheshire High School’s drama club will perform the musical “Chicago” starting March 24. The musical is known for choreographer Bob Fosse’s stylish dance routines. “Chicago” tells the tale of Roxie Hart, an aspiring young actress who is arrested for murdering her lover in a fit of passion. The show follows the trial, imprisonment, and eventual acquittal of Hart. Along the way, Hart meets a washed-up See Briefs, A21

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The Strawberry Festival, part of community life for over 80 years, will feature craft vendors, live music, food vendors and strawberry shortcake. The festival serves as a fundraiser for the First Congregational Church, which only runs one other fundraising event.

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Other new skills acquired in the class included the study of glazing, as a technique and a material. “It’s not something I normally have done,” said Gansley, adding that the skill was not hard, but the technique did need to be learned.

After a two-year hiatus, the First Congregational Church of Cheshire’s Strawberry Festival is coming back. The annual event, canceled in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID19 concerns, will be held on the church green on June 11.

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WORK 43 Candee Road • Prospect, CT 203-387-2267 • Email: Info@Holidayhilldaycamp.com Or Visit Us Online: HolidayHillDayCamp.com

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There’s an abundance of fun to be had at Holiday Hill Day Camp as our campers play, master new skills, overcome challenges, and build confidence. At the same time they develop special friendships and come away with memories that last a lifetime. Transportation is included, our Bus stops all over CT!

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