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Volume 13, Number 19

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NATURE WALK

Exploring the hidden world of vernal pools

By Joy VanderLek The Citizen

An all-ages group — college students to senior citizens — met for a vernal pool walk at Ten Mile Lowlands at Dundee Drive on April 30.

Herpetologist Dennis Quinn, co-author of “Conservation of Amphibians and Reptiles in Connecticut,” led the group of 14 on this sunny, final day of Herpetologist and author Dennis Quinn shows off a spotted turtle to Sarah Horbury.

Photos by Joy VanderLek April. “Things should be popping,” Quinn said to Ten Mile Lowlands is an of turtle that can live withthose gathered. “This is environmentally-valuable in its range,” said Quinn, a the first warm day we’ve Central Connecticut State had since a few weeks ago, location. “This is one of the few sites in ConnectiUniversity lecturer. so we should have some cut that has every species good luck.”

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The Cheshire High School boys volleyball team rolled past visiting Daniel Hand in straight games last Friday (25-13, 25-20, 25-21) to improve to 11-2 on the season and 5-0 in the Southern Connecticut Conference. It was the Rams’ 25th straight SCC victory. Pictured: Cheshire’s Gianluca Giardina spikes the ball past Hand’s Matthew Marra during Game 1 on May 6.

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By Joy VanderLek The Citizen

For children who have lost a parent, the journey back to normalcy can be a difficult one.

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“Children do grieve, but they grieve differently than adults,” said Allison Gamber, executive director of the Cove Center.

St. in February and Gamber hopes to offer programming at the Cheshire location as soon as this fall.

There are seven Cove sites throughout the state.

“I want everyone to know that we are here to support The organization was started families,” Gamber said. “Our programs are free. It’s not in Guilford almost 30 years ago. “At that time the mantra therapy. It’s a support service. So, it’s very different in was children are resilient, that respect.” they’ll bounce back, they’ll be fine,” said Gamber, “when The Cove Center employs in reality, that’s not the truth art-based therapies to help at all.” grieving youngsters unpack their emotions. Art “helps The Cove Center moved them to begin to process from Meriden to its new those feelings, those emohome at 1113 A South Main

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“The premise of the program is to teach children how to process their grief, giving them tools and skills, so their grief doesn’t turn into negative behaviors as they get older.”

Children attend The Cove Center with a caregiver. “It’s a family-generated program,” said Gamber, pointing out it’s “not a drop-off.”

For more information about The Cove Center for Grieving Children, visit CoveCT.org.

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College Honors Adelphi University, Garden City, N.Y.,named Brianna Pearson to its dean’s list for the fall semester.

Anna Maria College, Paxton, Mass., named the Elijah Allston to its dean’s list for the fall semester.

Assumption University, Worcester, Mass., named Megan Horvath, Kyle Justice and Katelyn Pickman to its dean’s list for the fall semester.

Belmont University, Nashville, Tenn., named Abby Roth to its dean’s list for the fall semester.

Bryant University, Smithfield, R.I., named Dylan Clark, Samantha Grenon, Emily Williams, Jillian Ulicki, Alyssa Carey and Jullian Stevens to its dean’s list for the fall semester.

Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pa., named Jack Fiala to its dean’ list for the fall semester.

Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, named the following students to its dean’s list for the fall semester: twenty Alexandra Aguiar, William Caron, Charles Caron, Nadia Caso, Hayden Curello, Shane Curtis, Isabele DeSouza, Hayley Fiedler, Michael Papa, Cecelia Puckhaber, Kayla Rubanza, Drew Spalding, Cecelia Sutphin, Samuel Vetto.

Clark University, Worcester, Mass., named Thomas Mueller and Mary Halasimski to its dean’s list for the fall semester.

Coastal Carolina University,

Conway, S.C., named Isabelle Pellegrino and Reese Purdy to its dean’s list for the fall semester.

Coastal Carolina University, Conway, S.C., named Markena Dlugos and Grace Keaveney to its president’s list for the fall semester.

College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Mass., named Julianna Mariani to its dean’s list for the fall semester.

College of Saint Mary, Omaha, Neb., awarded a doctor of education to Kerri Ann Rall at its commencement in December.

Connecticut College, New London, named Emily Schwab and Chloe Stults, to its dean’s list for the fall semester.

Curry College, Milton, Mass., named Madison Denne to its

dean’s list for the fall semester.

Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, named the following students to its dean’s list for the fall semester: Nicole Pepe, Nathan Barbieri, Elena Arciero, Nathaniel Buntin, Madison Diglio, Emma Ford, Elizabeth Harris, Katherine Harris, Paul LaMadeleine, Hunter Olson, Kate Warzycha.

Elms College, Chicopee, Mass., named Klara Schommer to its dean’s list for the fall semester.

Emmanuel College, Boston, Mass., named Maria-Isabel Coler to its dean’s list for the fall semester.

Endicott College, Beverly, Mass., named the following students to its dean’s list for the fall

semester: James Edwards, Samantha Hines, Meaghan Hogan, Michael Kozlowski, Jessica Mollin, Caitlin Paier, Karly Pedbereznak, Nursing, Benjamin Schena, Kirsten Slade.

Fairfield University, Fairfield, named the following students to its dean’s list for the fall semester: Christine Anthony, Meghan Bouwman, Noah Duncan, Jack Hickey, Caroline Kent, Kayla LaPointe, Anne Mackey, Caroline Mayer, Amelia Pellegrino, Ariana Perlini, Emma Stratton, Gabriella Tejeda.

Florida Tech, Melbourne, Fla., named Tyler Volpert to its dean’s list for the fall semester.

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Ga., named Sophie Murphy to its dean’s list for the

fall semester.

Goodwin College, East Hartford, named Brianna Justice, Kelsey McSherry and Alban Meta to its president’s list for the fall semester.

Goodwin College, East Hartford, named the following students to its dean’s list for the fall semester: Lynette Griffin, Brianna Justice, Kelsey McSherry, Alban Meta, Nicolas Potenza, Carrie Scarpa, Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y., named Jennifer Gidicsin and Xiangyu Yan to its dean’s list for the fall semester.

Hofstra University, Hempstead, N.Y., named Aliya Cantanzarita and Emma Hartshorn to its dean’s list for the fall semester.

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Honors From A3 Ithaca College, Ithaca, N.Y., named Grace Azaula and Caroline Dutchushyn to its dean’s list for the fall semester.

Ithaca College, Ithaca, N.Y., awarded Joseph Berardi a bachelor’s degree in cinema and photography.

James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va., named Jason Como and Kimberly Morico to its dean’s list for the fall semester.

Lasell University, Newton, Mass., named Ryan Sokolik and Sarah Votto to its dean’s list for the fall semester.

Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa., named John Davis to its dean’s list for the fall semester.

Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, named Sienna Breton to its dean’s list for the fall semester.

Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, awarded Taylor Vaill a bachelor’s degree in psychology.

Providence College, Providence, R.I., named Matthew Cardinali to its dean’s list for the fall semester.

Purchase College, Purchase N.Y., named Alice Selipanov, Nicholas Motmans and Benjamin Motmans to its dean’s list for the fall semester.

Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, N.Y., named Chris Shepard, Anoop Rajeevan and Bianca DeDominicis to its dean’s list for the fall semester.

Roger Williams University, Bristol, R.I., named the following

students to its dean’s list for the fall semester: Violet Aitken, Carson Andes, Haley Bingman, Allison Bradley, Carina Declement, Jarred Miller, Olivia Santoro.

Quinnipiac University, Hamden, named the following students to its dean’s list for the fall semester: Srinidhi Arunachalam, Christopher Baker, Kayla Bedford, Colleen Brumleve, Ellen Byers, Kelsey Calabrese, Thomas Cherneskie, Maeve Cox, Maja Cuprys, Megan Curello, John Deko, Ruth Del Vecchio, Molly Demeo, Joshua Fisher-Parsley, Garrett Goldberg, Antonio Gomez, Brandon Hartshorn, Morgan Hernandez, Ashika Jain, Manavi Jain, Brendan Kelly, Alyssa Kosiorowski, Yasha Laskin, Aida Latifi, Calista

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Simmons University, Boston, Mass., named Elizabeth Addesso to its dean’s list for the fall semester.

Siena College, Loudonville, N.Y., named Ellie Murphy to its dean’s list for the fall semester.

Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, named the following students to its dean’s list for the fall semester: Ashleigh Bass, Justin Biafore, Christian Clark, Connor Daniels, Gianluca Del Mastro, Isabelle Dennehy, Katherine Flight, Madeleine Fusco, Giuliana Gaudio, Aidan Holroyd, Shaoshi Huang, Aaron Kaszas, Hannah Krutz, Sophie Kurtz, Liang Lin, Maria Mauriello, Dacie Mccloud, Sawyer McEwen, Jonathan Mey-

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Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, N.H., named Feize Turkmen to its dean’s list for the fall semester.

Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, N.H., named Ellen Albanese, Sarah Cappellina, Jennifer Kelly, and Gina Troiano to its president’s list for the fall semester.

Springfield College, Springfield, Mass., named the following students to its dean’s list for the fall semester: Jenna Smith, Kaylie Behuniak, Kyle Kemp, Sara Taylor, Lorenzo Pepe, Rylee Post.

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University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Ala., named Margaret Ardesia to its president’s list for the fall semester.

University of Delaware, Newark, Del., named the following students to its dean’s list for the fall semester: Elizabeth Flight, Dylan Hick, Riley Pettit, Elli Haskes.

University of Hartford, West Hartford, named the following students to its dean’s list for the fall semester: Kellen Bassett, Christopher Brunetti, Megan Daly, Natalie DeMatteo, Taylor Gromko, Ida Hoxha, William Krzanowski, Joshua Neff, Erin Daly, Jonathan Hill, Courtney Kli-

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University of Maine, at Farmington, Maine, named Gabby D’Agostino to its dean’s list for the fall semester.

University of Maine, Orono, Maine, named Mia Corradi, Emma Glover, Colleen Verneau and Shane Werner to its dean’s list for the fall semester.

University of New England, Biddeford and Portland, Maine, named Antonio Giano and Tehreem Pasha to its dean’s list for the fall semester.

University of New Hampshire, Durham, N.H., named the following students to its dean’s list for the fall semester: Conrad Reynolds, Grace McCall, Charles Davis, Sarah Lombardi, George Zhang, Emily Nash, Meghan McDonough, Garrison Gazvoda, Nicholas Quint, Madeline Meyers.

University of Rhode Island, Kingston, R.I., named the following students to its dean’s list for the fall semester: Ryan Cyr, Hannah Dale, Michelle Frenkel, Katie Gallagher, Colby Hayes, Brady McQuade, Patrick Murphy, Charlie Pettit, Rachel Rinaldi, Gracie Schmidt, Kailey Sweigard, and Julia Wieloch.

University of St. Joseph, West Hartford, awarded Everol Ennis a post graduate certificate in psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner.

University of St. Joseph, W. Hartford, named Natalie Amato and Patrick O’Connor to its dean’s list for the fall semester.

University of Tampa, Tampa, Fla., named Jessica Zanca to its dean’s list for the fall semester.

University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, named Laura Herscovici to its dean’s list for the

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University of Vermont, Burlington, Vt., named Melissa Chadwick and Sarah Greenberg to its dean’s list for the fall semester.

University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis., named Isabella DelRosso and Vishesh Kumar to its dean’s list for the fall semester.

Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, named the following students to its dean’s list for the fall semester: Paige Gumpert, Angelica Ioime, Jared Jannetty, Tyler Levesque, Rosie Marquez.

Western New England University, Springfield, Mass., named Alexis Hemstock, Paul Villecco and Jason Shumilla to its president’s list for the fall semester.

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Western New England University, Springfield, Mass.,named Gracie Hemstock, Christian Nyberg and Gracie Hemstock to its dean’s list for the fall semester.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Mass., named Sophia Cheng to its dean’s list for the fall semester.

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In Brief Plant sale The Suburban Garden Club’s annual plant sale will take place Saturday, June 4, 7 a.m. to noon, on the Congregational Church green. More than 100 varieties of member-grown perennials will be available. Also, a tag sale will be held offering garden- and floral-related items. Proceeds enable the club to make a positive contribution to the town through numerous chariactivities.

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In Brief Comedy night

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Cheshire Rotary Club will host a comedy night fundraiser Friday, May 13 at the Cheshire Youth Center, 559 S. Main St.

The Cheshire Memorial Day Parade is planned for Sunday, May 29, 1:30 p.m. There is no rain date.

Rick Roberts, Chris Monty and Vincent McElhone will perform. This is a 21-andover event; BYOB-and-food.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Tickets are $30 ($35 at the door). Call Mary, 203-6710146, or Joanna, 203-2712967.

Lawn debris The Town of Cheshire provides a container at 1304 Waterbury Road (adjacent to the Town Garage) for disposal of residential grass clippings and leaves. There is no charge. Disposal by commercial operations is not permitted.

The container is accessible Mondays, 7:30 to 8:30 a.m., through Oct. 31 (excluding holidays).

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Keep an eye on Southington baseball. The Blue Knights are No. 4 in Class LL at 12-2 and riding an 8-game win streak. They’ve got a number of young standouts, including sophomore Frank Boutot, who blasted two home runs in Saturday’s 8-1 victory over Notre Dame-West Haven and two doubles in Monday’s 19-1 rout of New Britain. In eight games since being called up to varsity, the left-hander is hitting .476 with 11 RBI.

Wilcox Tech pitcher Chloe Enger got on the Athlete of the Week radar when she struck out 19 batters in a 5-3 victory over Wolcott Tech, with the final strikeout coming with the bases loaded with two outs in the 7th inning. Two days later, Enger earned her wings with 20 strikeouts against Kaynor Tech. She capped a 3-0 week by fanning 14 against Wright Tech.

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Cheshire boys lacrosse is another area team with legitimate state title aspirations. Following Monday’s 18-7 win over Guilford, the 10-2 Rams rank No. 2 in Class M. A driving force on the attack?Junior Charles Kurtz.

Cheshire’s leading scorer a year ago, Kurtz is right back at it in ’22. With four goals Monday, Kurtz pushed his team-leading total to 47 on the season. He had a 10-point night vs.

Southington and 11 vs. NDWH.

A tip of the cap to Maloney pitcher Isabelle Smith and the Spartans, who were 10-4 and on a 5-game roll heading into Tuesday. After going 3-for-6 in Wethersfield on Monday, Smith was hitting .444 on the winning streak and had raised her batting average to .532 and pitching record to 8-3. She held the team lead in hits (25) and doubles (10) and was second in RBI (19). In Friday’s 10-1 win at Platt, Smith struck out nine.

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One of the hottest teams in the first week of May was Maloney volleyball. The Spartans reeled off four straight wins, including a pair of 5-setters. Dev Patel, a 6-foot-2 senior, had a big hand in all that. He notched double-doubles in three of the four wins, capped by a 14-kill, 14-dig performance Friday night at Wolcott Tech. Patel also had six aces in that match. He leads the Spartans with 127 digs and is second with 109 kills.

There was no lack of hitting in last week’s Sheehan-Lyman Hall rivalry clash at Pragemann Park. The biggest bop was delivered

by Dannielle Geary. Sheehan’s senior first baseman blasted a grand slam over the center field fence and it was the centerpiece of Sheehan’s six-run sixth inning. It was also the game-winner, as Lyman Hall rallied to within two runs in the top of the 7th before the Titans closed out an 11-9 win.

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Dimming the lights An editorial from the Cheshire Herald: Cheshire’s Lights of Hope was born out of a simple desire — to bring neighbors together.

What started as a street-wide event turned into a town-wide affair after a home invasion in 2007 left a mother and her two daughters murdered and the community reeling. Healing was necessary. Togetherness was essential. And anyone who was in Cheshire at that time knows that Lights of Hope played a pivotal role in helping residents move past that terrible day.

More than 120 Catholic elementary school students and 36 student-built robots competed in a VEX robotics competition on April 30 hosted by the Archdiocese of Hartford’s Center for Catholic Education and Formation in Cheshire. The winning schools were St. Mary’s School of Simsbury and St. Bridget School of Cheshire. VEX robotics competitions prepares students to become future innovators, with 95 percent of participants reporting an increased interest in STEM subject areas and pursuing STEM-related careers. Submitted photos

Since then, LOH has taken its place as one of the events most anticipated throughout town.

Arriving right in the middle of the holiday season, it reminds everyone of the need to give while also providing a wonderful night of luminary beauty to feast one’s eyes upon.

There’s something particularly magical about the way everything from the Cheshire Academy campus to much of Route 10 looks lit up when the sun goes down.

If this is indeed the last year for Cheshire’s Lights of Hope, as founders Don and Jenifer Walsh have announced within the last few days, then it will certainly be missed. There will be a hole left in the calendar each year that is currently occupied by the event. But instead of just lamenting the end, we hope the Walshes’ dream to make this year the biggest year ever is realized.

If the lights are being lowered, we hope the event that precedes this end moment is the best in Lights of Hope’s 17-year history.

There’s a lot that can happen between now and November, and while Walsh did not appear hopeful that someone would step forward to commit to keeping the event going even after he and Jenifer step aside, perhaps new volunteers will emerge with a plan to continue the legacy.

Or perhaps, as Walsh intimated in his recent interview with The Herald, something else will be formed to step in for Lights of Hope, raising money for the same causes and organizations that have been helped by LOH over the years.

Regardless, the Walshes deserve a loud and heartfelt “thank you” from the community. It is no small feat to keep such an event going year after year, and Don and Jenifer Walsh have committed their time and effort to the making Lights of Hope what it is today. There have been, over the years, thousands of volunteers who have aided the cause, but Don and Jenifer have been the engine keeping the See Lights of Hope, A11

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They leave the community better than they found it.

It’s understandable that, after Lights of Hope has helped to so many years, the two have fill the shelves at the decided to step away. As Cheshire Food Pantry, proWalsh explained to The Her- vided needed resources for ald, LOH had become a 12the Town’s Youth and Family months-a-year endeavor, and Services, offered scholarfor a couple with other major ships to deserving students, commitments in their lives, and more. But perhaps this decision, no matter how nothing will be as meaning-

ful as what that first townwide event meant to Cheshire in the aftermath of the Petit family murders.

For a community on edge, looking for a way to move beyond the unthinkable, the event provided literal and figurative light. It was a rallying point for the community, where the ugliness of such senseless violence could be

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“That doesn’t happen very often, so that’s pretty neat,” Quinn added. “It’s great to have here in Cheshire.”

And with that, the group, equipped with buckets, small containers, nets, and waders, bounded off into the parcel. Quinn encouraged the party to explore, as he walked to a vernal pool to catch sight of egg masses or wood frogs, all the while, gently turning over decaying logs to find salamanders.

Vernal pools are ephemeral water bodies that do not contain fish, and are used by certain species to reproduce.

As the group moved farther into the woods, CCSU student intern Tianna Togninalli discovered a red-backed salamander. This salamander is special, according to Quinn, as its life cycle is spent on land, not in vernal pools. Red-backed salamander do not have a larval stage. They hatch from an egg and the female stays with them until they emerge.

ronment and when they alter the forest environment they change not only soil chemistry, but they change the overall soil temperature and humidity in the soil. If your forest is degraded you are not going to see a high number or density of the red-backed salamander. So, they are an incredibly good indicator of the high forest quality.”

“It’s significant because that specialized development requires highly-unfragmented, forested habitat. Once you start to get fragmentation, you start to get invasive species — worm species, plant species,” said Quinn.

“These alter the forest envi-

Salamander egg masses were abundant along the walk, as were wood frog tadpoles. And a friendly black water snake was passed around for photo ops.

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Painted turtles were lazing about on logs in the pools and Quinn literally leaped into a pool to pick up a spotted turtle; identified as a 30year-old specimen and only as big as Quinn’s palm.

A spotted salamander and red-backed salamander.

A big, plump spotted salamander was found under a log. As larvae, they are mainly predators, said Quinn.

They feed on larvae of mosquitoes and dragonflies, even the larvae of other salamanders. “They play a really important ecological role in the spring in controlling mosquito populations,” said Quinn. “Without salamanders and without salaman-

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Decline in the population of woodland salamander species are linked to invasives plants, especially Japanese barberry, and garlic mustard. These invasives form monocultures that physically alter the chemistry of the soil.

“As we alter the ecosystem, we alter the ability of nature

to control itself,” said Quinn.

“We do that through lawns, manicured gardens, and non-native shrubs and plants.”

And there should never be roads built between uplands forest and vernal pools, said Quinn. “The best conservation is not in the field,” he said. ”If you really want to help amphibians, the best conservation happens at inland-wetlands meetings, planning and zoning meetings and at the state level, changing laws.”

The April 30 walk was hosted by Cheshire Creation Care and organized by Steve Trumbo with United Methodist Church.

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Small Jobs Welcome.

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Open 8:30–5 Monday Call - 203-886-9791.

Classifieds

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If they’re dirty! For gutter cleaning, Call Kevin (203) 440-3279 Fully ins.

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GUTTERS PLUS 25+yrs. Exp. Call today for Free estimate.

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Landscaping

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Masonry

Is Spring Cleaning on THE OUTSIDE FREE Estimates #569127 Call Kevin 203-440-3279

POWERWASHING

CustomColonial Painting.com Since ‘99 Lic’d 0630904 & Ins’d Senior Discount Warranty. Financing 860-306-0270

Masonry

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Power Washing

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JT’S LANDSCAPING LLC - Spring CleanUps, we specialize in weeding all types of beds, mulching, top soil work, pruning, hedges & trees, & all your landscape needs. Residential & commercial. Lic. #616311. Call today, 203-213-6528.

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Moving and Storage

Roofing

Paving

ROADS DRIVEWAYS PARKING LOTS SUB DIVISIONS

$2.95 PER SQ FOOT

3”

ASPHALT

FREE ESTIMATES

203-558-8019 SEALCOATING $0.25 PER SQUARE FOOT

Plumbing GEORGE J MACK & SONS - Servicing the Meriden area since 1922. Toilet, faucet, sink & drain repairs.

Water heater replacements. 15% Sr citizen disc. 203-238-2820.

thru Friday. Call Us.

Painting Int. & Ext. Gutters Cleaned Free Ests. Ins. Refs.

Rodrigo, (203) 565-7745.

250582V3

Attics and Basements Cleaned

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Insurance claim.storm damage.roofing.siding. gutter.chimney flashing.

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Painting Wallpapering

OVER 28 YEARS EXP Stonewalls, patios, sidewalks, chimneys, pool areas, fireplaces, fire pit steps, all types of masonry work. Free est. (860) 274-4893.

Power Washing Roof Repair or Replacement, Chimney Repair, Skylight Replacement.

Free est. CT #0651199 (860) 877-3006

#1 PAINTER’S EDGE MOBILE WASH Chemicals safe for house & plants. House wash, roof cleaning, decks. 25 yrs. exp. Sr Disc. #0656136 Yalesville Construction Ins. 860.538.5520 #1 PAINTER’S EDGE Specializing in all phases Ext. & Int. Painting. of residential & A-1 QUALITY Sheetrock.Popcorn Recommercial roofing.

POWERWASHING pair. Wallpaper Remv’l.

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Call Dennis est. Sr. disc. #0656136.

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Thursday, May 12, 2022

The Cheshire Citizen | cheshirecitizen.com

The most innovative orthopedics.

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To make an appointment, call: 877-925-3637