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Volume 12, Number 39
Thursday, September 30, 2021
Wedding industry looks to rebound
Hearing set for proposed blight ordinance
By Faith Williams Record-Journal staff
A public hearing on the town's proposed new blight ordinance will take place Tuesday, Oct. 12, 7 p.m., at Town Hall.
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While local business owners in the wedding industry have dealt with highs and lows since the start of the pandemic, optimism remains strong as they look ahead.
The Town Council voted unanimously to to set a date for the public hearing at its Sept. 14 meeting,
Cakes Ana Parzych owns Ana Parzych Cakes based in Cheshire. The shop specializes in high-end custom designed wedding cakes. “Wedding cakes comprise about 90 percent of our sales, so we basically had no income for majority of 2020 until early 2021,” Parzych said. “Meanwhile, we still had overheard costs — rent, utilities, insurance — and incurred product loss.”
Ana Parzych, owner of Ana Parzych Cakes, poses next to one of her creations at a wedding in Newport, at Fort Adams, during the summer.
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Fall-themed drinks featured at area coffee shops By Jessica Simms Special to the Record-Journal
As summer ends, area coffee shops release their fallthemed drinks. “We put up our fall menu the last week of August,” said Alyssa Trisone, manager of Cheshire Coffee. “We have everything pumpkin to start with.” Along with pumpkin spiced drinks, Trisone said there are some more creative drinks.
“The autumn harvest latte, that’s a mix of caramel and hazelnut, topped with cinnamon sugar,” Trisone said. “We also have our French toast latte, which is a combination flavor of the cinnamon, the maple and the vanilla. S’mores latte is very See Drinks, A2
Gio Piris makes a French Toast latte, a fall favorite at Cheshire Coffee. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
According the ordinance, the regulations will “apply uniformly to the maintenance of all residential, nonresidential, and undeveloped premises now in existence or hereafter constructed, maintained, or modified but shall exclude Agricultural Lands and land dedicated as public or semipublic open space or preserved in its natural state through conservation easements or areas designated as inland wetlands and watercourses.” The ordinance will also create two positions — a blight enforcement officer and a blight public hearing officer. They will be responsible for executing and enforcing the new regulations. These positions will be filled by existing town employees. The new ordinance will replace the current “Unsafe Premises” ordinance enacted in 2018, which didn’t directly address specific blight issues and was focused primarily on health and safety See Blight, A2
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Cheshire Coffee’s French toast latte is made with vanilla, cinnamon bun and maple spice syrup, espresso, milk, ice, cinnamon bliss sauce, maple syrup drizzle, cinnamon sugar powder and optional whipped cream.
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popular. That’s of course the toasted marshmallow, chocolate sauce and a little bit of the cinnamon and ginger bread to make the graham crust flavor.” Trisone said all of these flavors can be made as coffees, lattes and iced coffees.
Owner Nick DeGrazia said the busy season at Cheshire Coffee starts at the end of August when everyone heads back to school. “We’re really busy from that point on right until January,” DeGrazia said. “The magic day is St. Paddy’s day. Right around March 17, that’s when you’re off to the races again. It’s crazy busy until June and then people start going away.”
“Such as The Pumpkin King, Headless Horseman and Poison Apple,” Perazella said. Along with the themed drinks, Perkatory is hosting different pop-up shops on weekends in all of their locations.
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“We also have a fourth location in Branford opening in late October,” Perazella said. “We have exclusive, limited edition Halloween merch coming soon as well as a new canned snap-chilled coffee we call Rays in Hell.” Vinny Infante, owner of the Lions Den Coffee Shop in Southington, said for the fall season, the shop released its pumpkin spice latte, pumpkin cold brew and pumpkin iced and hot coffee. “We have also introduced a fall twist on a classic short coffee drink, the Cinnamon Cortado,” Infante said. “A Cortado is a short drink made of one part espresso and one part milk (roughly four total ounces) and we infuse it with cinnamon. We love to expose people to different coffee experience, while still keeping with the classics.”
who supports the ordinance, has stressed that the proposed regulations are meant to target the most egregious blight issues and are not to be used to complain about neighbors' property maintenance.
Every Tuesday during fall, the Southington Coffee House releases a brand new seasonal menu. “That seasonal menu will feature different items that are traditionally harvest themed, both for coffee and crepes,” said Owner Denis Guay. “Obviously both things are huge at the Coffee House so like we have a butternut squash crepe, we have, of course, a Thanksgiving crepe, which will be coming out in November, we have pumpkin pie. A whole host of seasonal crepes that will come out every Tuesday.”
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In October, Guay said they will be launching their Harry Potter themes as well. “We usually do two weeks of Harry Potter themed drinks like butterbeer latte and things like that,” Guay said. “That will be released on Tuesdays.”
Councilor David Veleber, chair of the Ordinance Committee, said the committee has already received suggestions from the public in regards to the proposed ordinance.
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At Perkatory Coffee Roasters, which has a location in Southington, co-owner Johanna Perazella said the menu offers many fallthemed drinks.
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“They are all sugar syrups so the flavor variety is pretty versatile in terms of what style drink we are able to put them in,” Trisone said. “Everything can be done hot or iced. We also now are offering oat milk in addition to soy and almond.”
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News Briefs Teacher of the Year named A Highland School fourthgrade teacher has been named Teacher of the Year for the Cheshire School District. Lindsay Grant has been a teacher at Highland for the last eight years. She received her degree from the University of Connecticut in 2013 and immediately applied for and was hired for a job in Cheshire. Grant grew up in a family of teachers and knew from an early age that she wanted to enter the profession.
was asked to keep it a secret until the official announcement at Convocation in August, an annual event held to welcome administrators and staff back to school a week or so before students arrive. Grant credits the school and her fellow teachers for helping her grow into the educator she is today. The Teacher of the Year said she has learned how important personal relationships with students can be to cultivating genuine learning and also the value of keeping connected to parents.
Meeting planned on pot sales The Town Council will collaborate with the Planning and Zoning Commission on the regulation and sale of cannabis and cannabis products in town, officials announced recently. The council and PZC have not yet announced a date for their meeting. At the Sept. 14 council meeting, Town Attorney Jeffrey Donofrio went over details of the new law legalizing cannabis and how surround-
ing towns have responded to it. Some municipalities have adopted a moratorium to allow them time to continue to study the legislation to wait and see what regulations are promulgated by the Department of Consumer Protection. Some towns, such as Wallingford, enacted one or more of the prohibitions that are allowed within the legislation. Other towns have chosen to conduct a comprehensive review of the legislation and meet with human services, emergency services and additional town agencies regarding how to
address the legislation, without having to enact a moratorium or take any affirmative action. Marijuana dispensaries will not be allowed in Wallingford following a unanimous vote by the Planning and Zoning Commission last week. Earlier this month, Southington officials also voted to prohibit recreational marijuana sales. Meriden has adopted a moratorium while it awaits more information from the state. — Record-Journal staff
As is the custom, Grant was told of her Teacher of the Year award at the end of the 2020/2021 school year, but
Cheshire Public Library The Cheshire Public Library, 104 Main St., offers the following programs. For more information, call 203-2722245. Introduction to Medicare – Saturday, Oct. 2, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. via Zoom. Learn about the enrollment processes and periods, timelines, deadlines, penalties, benefits and costs relating to Medicare coverage and plans, and more.
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She travels throughout the state and often to New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The weddings that are being held are much smaller, she said.
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Parzych said because the cakes are intricate and time consuming, she only takes about 35 to 40 orders per year. In 2020, 26 orders were postponed and five were canceled. Other obstacles the business has encountered included staffing and vehicle rentals for cake transportation. Because the price of ingredients and supplies have increased around 30 percent, Parzych’s cake prices increased. “We already have a record number of bookings for next year,” she said. “I’m also looking to devote more time to developing a wedding cakes online master class and to teach in person during my slower months.”
Venue Aqua Turf in Southington reopened in May 2021. Manager Jeremy Otano said since then the venue has inquiries every day for weddings and
“I used to do the bride and maybe 10 or 15 bridesmaids,” she said. “Now I may just be doing the bride or possibly one or two bridesmaids.”
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has been hosting weddings every weekend. Knowing the number of weddings will increase in 2022, Otano said he is looking forward to great changes for the business. “I’m hoping to get back to where we were years ago,” he said. “I hope we can get to a place where we are holding 12 weddings in one weekend.”
Makeup and hair services Lauren Simpson, a Meridenbased wedding makeup artist and hairstylist, owns LA Page Makeup. In 2020 over half of her scheduled weddings were canceled or postponed. “I’m twice as busy this year from all the rescheduled weddings that were pushed to this year,” Simpson said.
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Photography Meriden makeup artist and photographer Amelia Mirabello said she is booked through November.
Mirabello is happy business has picked up, but is also focused on protecting the health of her clients, and by extension, her own. She has taken courses on maintaining a healthy work space. “It’s been a scary time for me because my profession is touching people’s face,” she said. “My main focus is protecting myself and my clients. Safety must come first.”
Formal wear Kristin Gudaitis, owner of Dynamite Designs in Wallingford, said she has taken a step back from selling bridesmaids dresses after noticing a shift in trends. “Some websites have made it much easier to have dresses readily available,” Gudaitis said.
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In Brief Blood drive A Red Cross blood drive will be held Friday, Oct 15, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Cornerstone Church, 1146 Waterbury Road.
berfest Wednesday, Oct. 20, 5 p.m., at Cheshire Craft Brewing, 125 Commerce Court. The cost is $55 per person. Register online at cheshirechamber.org by Wednesday, Oct. 13.
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Cheshire Police Blotter Arrests reported by Cheshire Police: Sept. 10 Jason Sziabowski, 43, 155 Redstone Hill Road, Bristol, operating under the influence of drugs or alcohol, 9 p.m. Sept. 11 Daniel F. Meyer, 33, 340 High St., New Britain, possession of controlled substance – second offense, third-degree burglary, possession of burglar tools, sixth-degree larceny, interfering with officers, conspiracy, 8:09 a.m. Sept. 13 Steven A. Estabrook, 36, 34 Jeffrey Lane, Meriden, violation of a protective order, 4:10 p.m. Steven A. Estabrook, 36, 34 Jeffrey Lane, Meriden, disorderly conduct, 6:47 p.m.
Sept. 14 Jake J. Giuliano, 37, 1 Ortense Drive, Wallingford, reckless driving, second-degree breach of peace, 4:34 p.m. Sept. 15 Joseph J. Morgillo, 33, 435 Main St., Apt. 2, second-degree breach of peace, second-degree threatening, 2:45 p.m. Sept. 19 Seth A. Hooks-Simmonds, 30, 295 Lasalle St., New Britain, second-degree breach of peace, public indecency, 1:30 a.m. Sept. 20 Santiago Leyria, 34, 45 Mountain View Terrace, disorderly conduct, interfering with an emergency call, 7:38 a.m.
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Hartford HealthCare Senior Services is accepting applications for a grant-funded Shoe drive six-week program for those seeking a career as a certiThe William Raveis Cheshire fied nursing assistant. The office is conducting a shoe grant funds tuition, books, drive through Sept. 30 to scrubs, testing and the Conraise funds for the Damon necticut Certified Nurses Runyon Cancer Research Aide Exam. Sessions begin Foundation. The goal is to on Oct. 25 and Nov. 29. collect 2,500 pairs of shoes, Classroom education and which will translate to monlabs take place in Southingey through Funds2Orgs. ton and clinical training Consider donating gently takes place in Newington worn, used and new shoes at and Southington. Space for the William Raveis Cheshire the Certified Nursing Assisoffice, 465 S. Main St. tant Program is limited. For more information and to receive an application packet, Bulky waste call 860-406-9050 or email pickup help CNAtraining@hhchealth.org. Any persons who wish to collect bulky waste items Banned from the curb during Cheshire’s bulky waste pick- Books Week up are asked to register with Banned Books Week is Sept. the town at the Public Works 26 to Oct. 2. Launched in Office, 84 South Main St. 1982, the purpose of Banned Books Week is to draw attenCollector registration forms are available in Room 213 or tion to the harms of censorship, and originated due to a by calling 203-271-6650. sudden surge in challenges From A6
to books in schools, libraries and bookstores. Highlighting the value of free and open access to information, this year’s theme, designated by the American Library Association, is “Books Unite Us. Censorship Divides Us.”
CTPrepares The CTPrepares mobile app provides information and alerts to citizens of Connecticut in emergency situations, and incorporates text messaging, email, and social networking. Also, the app allows residents to communicate with family members during an emergency. The CTPrepares app can be downloaded on both Apple and Android smartphones.
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Crisis network The Adult Crisis Telephone Intervention and Options Network is available to people in distress 24/7, 365 days a year. For adults (18-plus), call 1-800-HOPE-135 (1-800467-3135) or 2-1-1. For those under age 18, call 2-1-1.
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Paddle race The Silver Lake John Messinger Memorial Race is scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 10, at Silver Lake Boat Launch, 282 Norton Lane, Berlin. The race starts at 11 a.m. Paddlers can choose between 1 or 2 laps (5 miles). Registration is $20 online (paddleguru.com) or $25 at the gate. The price includes lunch and prizes. The race is a fundraiser for Kuhn Employment, which serves adults with mental challenges.
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Foster parenting There continues to be a pressing need for foster families in Connecticut. To learn more contact Michelle Martins at 860-707-5068 or Allison Casinghino at 860-6375586, or email fostercareprograms@wheelerclinic.org.
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Garden club activities underway From the Suburban Garden Club of Cheshire: The club hosted its first meeting of the year recently. Members met on the lawn of the Hitchcock Phillips House where they conducted an auction of houseplants to help raise money for club activities. Club member Joanna Giddings spoke about invasive plants common to the area, how to identify them and control measures. This summer the club participated in Cheshire's Summer of Sunflowers by planting the flower in town gardens it maintains. This year, in-person meetings will depend on the state of the pandemic. The Suburban Garden Club welcomes new members. Visit cheshiregardeners.org.
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Creative cooks whip up legendary meals By Joy VanderLek The Cheshire Citizen
There he was, the hubby, in the kitchen and standing before the stove. I could hardly believe what I was seeing. No, I wasn’t shocked that he was cooking. My shock came from what in heaven’s name was he cooking? “I am making a steak sandwich for lunch,” he said. I watched in horror as he put strips of bacon into the hot skillet, the grease splattering all over. When the bacon was cooked to his idea of done (that would be still waving hello and raw in my opinion), he took out the slices and placed them onto a plate. Since this concoction was a steak sandwich, he then added slabs of beef in portions Fred Flintstone would appreciate.
told him. (Bad pun. Sorry.) My helpful reminder didn’t seem to make an impression on him, but that dish surely qualified as the worst thing he had ever cooked. As I learned from my “Cheshire Women’s Forum” friends, some hubbies are great cooks. Peggy Mitchell Gay said “everything my husband makes is awesome.” Another commented that she and her husband graduated from culinary school in Rhode Island. However, a few posters thought my hubby was not the only one predisposed to bad cooking. Here’s a few choice selections some agreed to share. Kristin Sudol Milano’s story is short and sweet. “While my husband and I were dating, he wanted to make baked ziti; we had the pasta, had the meat sauce— then he added a container of sour cream.”
Then there was Linda Gracy Sparks. Here’s her story: “Ok, this takes the cake. It was about 20 years ago, and my two kids were young. Maybe 6 and 4? I was at my mom’s house, so my husband was home with the kids and made them dinner. I asked him, how the kids did eating, and he said the corn he cooked just came out too hard for them to eat. I asked, ‘Why?’ He said he wasn’t sure, but it was the corn that was hanging out on the lamppost. That’s right – the kids wanted corn, so he got the Indian corn that was outside. We still laugh about it 20 years later.”
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CHS cross country teams head for the homestretch By Frank LoGiudice Special to The Citizen
vitational in Farmington on Sept. 25 and came in third behind first-place Avon and Glastonbury.
The Cheshire High School boys cross country team competed against Xavier, Guilford and North Haven on Sept. 15 at Mercy High School in Middletown. While Xavier bested the field, Cheshire had a strong showing.
Cheshire’s top finishers in that three-mile race were Tyler Caron (4th, 17:04) and Robert DiNatale (7th, 17:26). Rounding out the CHS slate were Colin Grevelding (16th, 17:58), Daniel D'Souza (20th, 18:07) and Luca BorzBaba (35th, 18:51).
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The guy with the celebratory name delivered a celebratory game last Thursday at Fitzgerald Field. Yahya Kardad, senior midfielder and captain of the Lyman Hall boys soccer team, notched a hat trick to lead coach Arnie Jandreau’s Trojans to their first victory of the season, 7-1 over East Haven. This is the second turn in the Athlete of the Week spotlight for the native Moroccan, who joined LH last year as a junior.
Naturally, we weren’t surprised. Savannah Bernabucci is, after all, the reigning Record-Journal Girls Volleyball Player of the Year. But 24 kills? That’s throwing down. Bernabucci racked up those 24 kills in Maloney’s 3-2 win Friday over Platt. The senior also had 15 digs. It was her second double-double of the season. Against Plainville, Bernabucci bagged 20 kills and 10 digs. She’s had 16 kills on three other occasions.
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Yahya Kardad wasn’t the only area soccer player with a hat trick Thursday. In Ramland, Marcello Pannone found the back of the net three times for his third career hat trick in Cheshire’s 6-1 win over North Haven. With those three goals, the senior matched his jersey number with six on the season, and the Rams were only five games into the campaign. Cheshire stood at 3-1-1 going into Tuesday’s showdown with Guilford.
She’s the middle child and she’s in the middle of everything for the Lady Titans. Katelyn Casorla, one of three Casorla sisters on the Sheehan soccer team, scored two goals and assisted on two others as the Titans went 2-0-1 last week to boost their record to 3-2-1. The junior midfielder scored in the 2-0 win over East Haven, set up Talia Crispino in the 1-0 win over Shelton and had a goal and an assist in a 2-2 tie with Foran.
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Antwone Santiago was on most everyone’s “Players to Watch” list heading into the 2021 football season. If he wasn’t, he is now. Platt’s 6-foot-3, 210-pound senior safety/wide receiver scored three touchdowns in Platt’s 4314 win Friday in Enfield and scored them in all manner of ways: 60-yard punt return, 20-yard reception, 7-yard run. A college prospect, Santiago has so far gotten offers from URI, Bryant and CCSU.
After taking off her junior year amid the pandemic, Tatiana Robles is back in action for Wilcox and the Indians are certainly the better for it. A varsity athlete in volleyball and basketball dating back to her freshman year, Robles recorded eight kills, seven service points and three blocks in the Tribe’s 3-1 V-ball victory Friday versus Norwich Tech. Earlier in the season, she planted six aces against both Whitney and Goodwin Tech.
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At the Cheshire Fall Festival, Feldman Orthodontics staff pose for a photo. From left: Dr. Preeti Chandhoke, Dr. Jonny Feldman, Dr. Barry Feldman, Dr. David Feldman, Dr. Kelly Morrison and Yetta Augur, president of the Cheshire Chamber of Commerce.
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In 1971, Dr. Barry Feldman opened Feldman Orthodontics in Cheshire. This year the business celebrates its 50-year anniversary. With over five decades in business, Dr. Jonny Feldman, Dr. David Feldman, Dr. Kelly Morrison and Dr. Preeti Chandhoke see patients in three office locations: Cheshire, Wallingford and North Haven. On Sept. 11, at the Cheshire Fall Festival, Feldman Orthodontics celebrated with the community.
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Midstate Chamber celebrates 125 years The Midstate Chamber of Commerce is celebrating a major milestone highlighted by the organization’s 125th Anniversary Dinner and Awards event held Sept. 18 at the Aqua Turf. A history that spans three centuries is an accomplishment for any organization, but is perhaps especially impressive for one that must meet a broad range of interests across a large geographic area.
Over 300 people were at the 125th anniversary festivities. The awards given out reflected the chamber’s commitment to the attributes that keep communities strong. These included leadership and innovation awards and even an Excellence in Education award, which this year went to Meriden native and U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona.
The chamber has not only supported business success, it also has led by example as a The Midstate Chamber serves model of how to attain and businesses in Meriden, Wallsustain success. ingford, Southington, Berlin, Cheshire and throughout Previously published in the central Connecticut. The Record-Journal. chamber is known, of course, for helping new businesses launch with a ribbon-cutting and some fanfare. But its mission reaches far beyond those events to a wide range of support and initiatives that include opportunities for networking, promotion, leadership and education, according to the organization’s statement of purpose.
While the chamber is a mainstay of the business community, it’s also a significant presence in other communities, partnering with area chambers, towns, schools and other organizations on a wide variety of ventures. One notable initiative is the chamber’s Hispanic Outreach Leaders in Action. Among its activities, HOLA is helping celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with a Taste of Salsa in downtown Meriden tonight, an event that also raises money for scholarships for Latino students. This is just one example of the chamber’s impact. Now multiply that with similar activities, large and small, across the years and through decades that add up to an extraordinary presence over the course of 125 years.
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GEORGE J MACK & SONS - Servicing the Skylights. Flashing. Meriden area since Financing Available. 1922. Toilet, faucet, sink & drain repairs. #0649808 203.510.3830. lmconstructionct.com Water heater replacements. 15% Sr citizen disc. 203-238-2820.
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GUTTERS PLUS 25+yrs. Exp. Call today for Free estimate. 203-440-3535 Ct. Reg. #578887
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A&R CLEANOUT SERVICE - Partial or total cleanouts of homes, garages, basements, businesses. We Clean homes top to Electrical Services bottom and do demolition work also. Free estimates. No job to TEC ELECTRICAL Service LLC All Phases small or large. 203-281-6387 or of Electrical Work. 24 203-623-0166.
If they’re dirty! For gutter cleaning, Call Kevin (203) 440-3279 Fully ins. CT# 569127
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ALEX MASONRY - 30 yrs. exp. Patios, Ret. Walls, Steps, Brick, Stone, Chimneys. #580443. 203-232-0257 or 203596-0652
Demolition Svs Sheds, pools, decks, garages, debris removal. Quick, courteous svc. All calls returned. Ins. #566326. Cell, 860-558-5430
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ROBERT’S LAWN MAINTENANCE - Weekly and by-weekly lawn mowing, free estimates. 860-808-8368.
Call Monday thru Friday 8:30AM - 5PM
Thursday, September 30, 2021
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