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Volume 13, Number 22
Thursday, June 2, 2022
Memorial Day marked with 54th annual parade
TWO FAST
By Nicole Zappone Record-Journal staff
The weekend started with thunderstorms, but the sun came out Sunday for the town’s 54th annual Memorial Day parade. Residents from the town and surrounding areas came out to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of the nation. The Cheshire Police Department and the local VFW and American Legion posts led the parade, stopping for a ceremony and invocation at Veterans Memorial Plaza. See Parade, A11
Cheshire High School junior Colin Brown was a double-winner at the SCC Track and Field Championships held May 24 in New Haven. Brown bested the 100-meter dash field in 11.12 and was tops in the 200 with a time of 22.64. In the girls’ competition, Cheshire received a first-place finish from its 4x800-meter team of Leah Farrell, Meghan Georgescu, Alexa Ciccone and Mia Vientos (9:44.82). Sheehan claimed the 2022 CCC girls title, while Hillhouse earned the boys crown.
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The Cheshire Police Department leads the 54th annual Cheshire Memorial Day parade on Sunday. See additional photos on page 10. Nicole Zappone, Record-Journal
‘Community Gardener’ gets her shot By Joy VanderLek The Citizen
Local photographer and gardener Jennifer Reynolds is the featured artist during the month of June at the Cheshire Public Library. The exhibit, “Community Gardener Perspectives,” is a vi-
sual diary of local native flowers and the pollinators which benefit from them.
hand and get inspired.”
“I am passionate about propagating and planting native plants for pollinators,” said Reynolds. “My hope is to encourage the community to visit the garden, lend a
The library display focuses on the life of the garden on Railroad Avenue, where Reynolds was a principal volunteer. During visits there, the photographer captured pollinators at work, See Reynolds, A2
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