The Cheshire Citizen

JUVENILE CAR CRIMES

Local cops: New law is not enough

By Jessica Simms Record-Journal staff

As new provisions for combating car thefts and break-ins involving juveniles took effect this month in Connecticut, local police contin ued to report high numbers of au to crimes, often at the hands of juvenile offenders.

In Meriden, the number of cars stolen from Aug. 1 to Sept. 30 of this year was 71, nearly double the 37 vehicles reported stolen during the same period last year.

A string of juvenile arrests related to reports of stolen vehicles in Meriden this month seemed to il lustrate the challenge law en forcement faces when the alleged perpetrators are juveniles. On Oct. 3, six juveniles were ulti mately chargedand four stolen vehicles recovered as officers in vestigated incidents across the city.

Due to the charges not meeting the criteria for a serious juvenile offense, five of the suspects were issued a court date and released

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Poetry intersects with nature at Riverbound Farm reading

By Joy VanderLek The Cheshire Citizen

The Cheshire Street Quinnipiac Valley Audubon Society hosted an afternoon of poetry on Oct. 9, spot lighting outgoing Connecticut State Poet Laureate Margaret Gibson. The program was co-sponsored by the Connecticut Poetry Society and the Coalition for a Sustainable Cheshire.

The outdoor location was a perfect backdrop, said Patricia Mottola, president of the Connecticut Poetry Society. She addressed the audi ence of poets laureate, up-and-

coming poets, and poetry fans fill ing the seats at Riverbound Farm Sanctuary. Gibson, who served as state poet laureate from 2019 to 2022, wants people to read poetry out loud and outside, said Mottola, adding that’s especially important in these times of climate crisis, the long pandemic, and social unrest.

A prolific writer, Gibson is also pro fessor emerita at UConn. “She be lieves writing, talking and reaching out to others via poetry can help,” Mottola said of Gibson.

Nov. 19: Electronics, mattress recycling

Press Release

The Town of Cheshire is hosting a free electronics and mattress recycling event for residents Sat urday, Nov. 19 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Quinnipiac Park, 1325 Cheshire St.

Electronics recycling

Acceptable items to recycle in clude: computer/laptop/printer/ keyboard/mouse/monitor; TV/ VCR/DVD/remote; telephone/ cellphone; fax machine; game consoles/controllers; scanners; iPods/PDAs; stereo equipment; camera; tablet/eBook; small ap pliances; lightbulbs; batteries. Some items, such as computers and related equipment (printers etc.), TVs and stereo equipment may be brought to CCRT, 22 Burton Drive, any Saturday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Mattress recycling

Residents may drop off mat tresses and box springs at no charge.

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Connecticut Poetry Society President Patricia Mottola, left, introduces Connecticut State Poet Laureate Margaret Gibson to the audience at Quinnipiac River Audubon Society during a poetry reading at RiverboundFarmSanctuary,Oct.9. Joy VanderLek, the Cheshire Citizen

CHS turns back rival Amity

By Sean Krofssik Record-Journal staff

CHESHIRE The Cheshire girls volleyball team started the season looking to reign ing SCC Player of the Year Avery Mola to make all the plays.

As the season has gone on, the Rams have grown into their positions and they are getting contributions across the board.

That balanced attack was on display Monday night in a 31 SCC crossover win at home over Amity as the Rams completed a regularseason sweep of the Spar tans.

The long-time rivals could very well meet again in the SCC and/or state tourna ments in the coming weeks. For now, bragging rights be long firmly with Cheshire, which beat Amity for a ninth straight time by game scores of 25-17, 17-25, 25-14 and 25-20.

Cheshire improved to 14-2 on the season and Amity fell

to 13-2. Both of Amity’s de feats came at the hands of Cheshire. The Rams won 3-1 on Sept. 27 in Woodbridge.

“We have chemistry and we know each other so well,” said Mola, who collected 11 kills, six digs and two blocks on Monday. “We have high goals. We want to win the SCC championship and go as far as we can in states.”

Fellow senior Kathryn Ulicki also had 11 kills. She added

two digs and four blocks from her middle position.

“Every win against Amity is always the biggest win. They are a great team and to beat them is a great feeling,” Ulic ki said. “We have great chemistry. If we mess up we don’t get mad at each other. There’s no tension. It’s more of a mental game. We com municate easily and if we mess up we move on. ”

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Cheshire’s Taryn Ugrin, Alex Lucas, Avery Mola and Kathryn Ulicki celebrate after scoring against Amity during Game 1 at Cheshire High School on Monday, Oct. 17. Photos by Aaron Flaum, Record-Journal

Cheshire’s Lauren Samela connects with the ball after a serve from Amity on Monday.

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Book sale

Friends of the Cheshire Li brary Fall Book Sale will be held Nov. 9 to 13. The sale will feature more than 15,000 books of every genre.

Adult and children’s titles are available in both hard and soft cover editions and are priced from 50 cents to $2.

The book sale kicks off Wednesday, Nov. 9 with a special preview sale for Friends of the Cheshire Li brary members. Not a mem ber? Sign up at the book sale or apply for membership on line at cheshirelibrary.com.

Sale hours: Thursday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 13, patrons can fill a book bag for just $10 and a second bag for just $5. Cash, checks and credit cards ac cepted.

Energy assistance

The Cheshire Human Ser vices Department is taking applications for the Con necticut Energy Assistance program, which provides fi nancial support to income eligible households in pay ing for a portion of their heating cost during the win ter months. All heat sources are considered, including oil, propane, electricity, gas and wood. Contact Kristen Schechter at 203- 271-6690.

Voter registration

Registrars of Voters' offices will take part in a statewide voter registration session Tuesday, Nov. 1, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. This will be the final regular session for admis sion of electors who have turned 18, become a U.S. cit izen or moved to Connecti cut before Nov. 1.

Trunk or Treat

The Cheshire Lions Club’s popular “Trunk or Treat” Halloween event will take place Saturday, Oct. 29, 10

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a.m. to noon, at Bartlem Park. Put on your most ghoulishly enjoyable cos tume and come out for a morning of tricks and treats, and trunks, where children will wander from one deco rated car to the next collect ing goodies. Rain date is Sunday, Oct. 30.

Pumpkin Patch

The pumpkins are back at St. Peter's Episcopal Church. The “Community Pumpkin Patch” is open Monday to Friday, noon to 6 p.m., and

Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. All profits do nated to charity.

Boxes to Boots

Berlin non-profit Boxes to Boots creates care packages for military personnel serv ing abroad. Boxes to Boots is looking for everything from toiletries, to snacks, to books. Snack-wise, service members prefer items they can easily carry, like granola bars, small bags of cookies and crackers, and beef jerky. Volunteers will gather Satur

day, Nov. 5, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at McGee Middle School, 899 Norton Road, Berlin, to help get the care packages ready to ship. To learn more about Boxes to Boots, visit boxesto boots.org.

Cheshire orchestra

The Cheshire Symphony Or chestra is comprised of ap proximately 50 musicians drawn from many communi ties. New members are wel come. Visit cheshiresympho nyorchestra.org or find the group on Facebook.

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The Oct. 9 event was orga nized “for many reasons,” said Mottola. “I want to put Cheshire on the map as a town that cares, as a town that values the arts.”

Lauding the efforts and progress of Cheshire’s Ball & Socket Arts, Mottola also en couraged efforts of her group and the Coalition for a Sustainable Cheshire to place a poet laureate, a vol unteer position, within Cheshire. There are approxi mately 40 poets laureate in towns throughout the state, which include Wallingford, Glastonbury and Middle town, many of whom at tended the day’s event, along with the Connecti cut State Poet Laureate.

The Oct. 9 reading began with “Waking Up to the Earth: Connecticut Poets in a Time of Global Climate Crisis,” an anthology Gibson edited. It includes more than 60 poets from all corners of the state. Mottola echoed the acclaimed author’s words while introducing her, saying, “Poets are truthtellers, and we need to hear their voices now more than ever. ”

Gibson said she’d recently been writing and reading in land preserves. “When I be came the poet laureate, I knew I wanted to make po etry and the environment my theme,” she said. The au thors in the climate crisis collection write about na ture, both their love and concern for it. According to Gibson, there are poets that will make you weep and others that will make you laugh. She labels her own poems as quiet and medita tive.

Gibson read a handful of se lections, beginning with “Be cause the Earth,” from “The Glass Globe.” She called the selection a love poem for the earth. The poem doesn’t de ny the reality that the earth will end, but instead holds that people can “turn harm into healing.” In it, she speaks of mending the “net we’ve torn,” for the harm caused by man. The net is made of air and ocean, sun and soil, and more.

Those who read Sunday af ternoon included poets lau reate Pegi Dietz Shea, of Ver non; Sandy Carlson, of Woodbury; Tarn Granucci, of Wallingford; and poets Ed Dzitko and Jeanne LeV assseur.

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to their parents. A sixth sus pect was released to parental custody as stipulated by the terms of an outstanding war rant. “There certainly is a concern especially with the juveniles because there’s no way to hold these juveniles accountable,” Meriden Po lice Chief Roberto Rosado said recently. “Sometimes we’re seeing juveniles arrest ed multiple times on stolen motor vehicles and they continually get released from our custody to their parents.”

The National Insurance Crime Bureau reported that nationally car thefts in creased 16.5% in 2021 com pared to 2019 and close to 29% compared to 2017.

A new state juvenile justice law effective Oct. 1 gives po lice the ability to hold young people accused of crimes for an additional two hours for a maximum of eight hours

while police seek a deten tion order. The law also re quires quicker arraignments to put child offenders in front of a judge within five days of their arrest.

Another provision lets judges mandate the elec tronic monitoring of arrest ed children who are charged with subsequent offenses while awaiting resolution of an existing case.

The law also increases the penalties for certain serious juvenile crimes including murder, sexual offenses and gun-related crimes.

The law passed with biparti san support and was signed by Democratic Gov. Ned La mont in July.

“These updates to Connecti cut’s criminal justice statutes make juvenile arrest and delinquency proceed ings swifter with more infor mation for courts to review, provide more intensive re sponses to the small num ber of juveniles with serious and repeated charges, and

restructure motor vehicle theft laws to focus on people with prior offenses,” Lamont said in a statement.

But according to Rosado, be ing able to keep juveniles in police custody for an extra two hours does not help. “We are trying to get them out of our custody,” Rosado said. “The less time some one spends here, the less time we have to have super vision on the individual ju venile one on one.

“It ties up our resources, so holding someone here a couple extra hours longer there’s really no benefit,” Rosado said. “It just causes more manpower issues, shortages, you’re allocating resources to this juvenile while they are in our cus tody.”

Critics of the recent juvenile justice bill felt youth crime would be better addressed through additional re sources and funding for troubled children.

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Sgt. Stephen Jaques shows the holding cell at the Wallingford Police Department. A new law that addresses motor vehicle theft increases the time a youth can be held in the police department awaiting a judicial ruling on a detention order from six to eight hours.

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Wallingford police Sgt. Stephen Jaques said officers are further limited by a statewide pursuit policy that does not allow officers to pursue if the driver is a juve nile and their offense is not “a violent felony.” The pur suit model policy that was adopted in Connecticut on Dec. 6, 2019. “A pursuit shall be terminated if the police officer knows or is reason ably certain, that the fleeing motor vehicle is being oper ated by a juvenile and the

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suspected offense is not a vi olent felony,” the policy states.

“A lot of our suspects in these cases typically tend to be juveniles and obviously our ability to apprehend these juveniles is somewhat limited because of our poli cy, because of the statewide policy,” Jaques said. “They basically know we can’t chase when they flee in a motor vehicle.”

Meriden police spokesman Lt. Darrin McKay said some times Meriden police offi cers arrest the same juvenile multiple times for car thefts/ burglaries. “Oftentimes, un fortunately, with the laws set

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up the way they are, for the juvenile law, we’ve got a lot of repeat offenders,” McKay said.

Protect yourself McKay said it’s up to the community to protect them selves and their belongings. Officers have noticed certain makes and models being targeted more frequently than others, such as Hyundais and Hondas, McKay said. He also stressed the importance of keeping tabs on key fobs since some cars have been stolen right out of the owner’s garage.

Cheshire

Deputy Chief Frederick Jort ner of the Cheshire Police Department said there is no “100% foolproof method” to prevent car burglaries or thefts. However, he said peo ple should get into a nightly routine making sure their vehicle is locked and pro tected.

“Make sure your car doors are locked at night before you go to bed,” Jortner said. “Make sure your valuables are secure, your car is locked. That will reduce vic timization.”

The Cheshire PD recently rolled out a data dashboard on its website of crimes that have taken place in town. “You can actually look for anything that you want,” Jortner said.

So far in 2022, Cheshire had 21 motor vehicles stolen. Since Aug. 1, there have been six. In 2021, there was a total of 39 stolen motor ve hicles, with 34 of these vehi cles stolen by the end of September. “If you look, it has the date, the case num ber, the type of vehicle,” Jort ner said of the data dash board. “There’s a lot of ana lytics there.”

The dashboard also shows various types of crimes and their statistics, including theft from a motor vehicle. So far in 2022, there have been 35 car burglary cases and in 2021, there was a to tal of 41. In 2020, the total number of cases was 73.

“There’s really no pattern or rhyme or reason to how and when these crimes occur be cause otherwise if that was the case, we’d be able to do a more proactive targeting policing model. But because of the random nature of it, it makes it a lot more difficult,” Jortner said.

Southington

Southington police also have a data dashboard where offi cers log crimes, including where they took place and the day it happened. From Aug. 1 to Sept. 30, Southing ton had 16 motor vehicle thefts and 39 car burglaries, including “smash and grabs,” which Lt. Keith Egan said are in higher numbers than in past years.

“The issue there is that peo ple are locking their car, so they are doing the right thing, which is great, howev er, they are leaving a valu able item in plain view, typi cally, and then the thief is going by the car, sees the item and it’s a crime of op portunity,” Egan said.

Wallingford

In Wallingford, there were 29 reports of thefts from au tomobiles from Aug. 1 to Sept. 20. Twelve motor vehi cle thefts were reported. For the same time period last year, there were 27 thefts from vehicles reported, while the number of motor vehicle thefts was seven. In 2020, the estimated number of thefts from autos was 20, while the estimated number of stolen vehicles was 10.

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Others attending who are poet enthusiasts read pieces as well. For instance, David Vance read a selection writ ten by environmentalist, po et and novelist Wendell Berry called “The Peace of Wild Things.”

In a poem touching on habi tat loss, Dietz Shea read her poem, “Crazy Habitat for and to David K. Leff.” Dietz Shea explained the late David K. Leff was an advo cate for the environment, served as a state Depart ment of Energy and Envi ronmental Protection com missioner and read the cli mate crisis collection while it was in progress. Leff had “been in the trenches of en vironmentalism, fighting the good fight right to the end,” she said.

Bloomfield’s Tom Nicotera read his poem on encroach ment. In it he questions how wildlife recognizes humans and adapts to us from the

constant noise we make to the heavy cars that strike down road-crossers.

Nicotera followed with an animated reading of “Great Horns in the Backyard.”

In this poem, he expresses excitement as he hears owls while cleaning up dishes in his kitchen. He knows a great horned owl is “ weav ing a fabric of magic" in his backyard.

Cheshire senior libero Lau ren Samela was all over the floor with several diving digs. She had a career best 15 digs in the contest.

Cheshire coach Sue Bavone said she’s happy to see so many of her girls contribut ing. “We knew we were go ing to start the year riding Avery’s shoulder,” Bavone said. “The (goal) wasn’t to always be Avery. We needed other kids to step up and take the pressure off, and that’s what we’ve been working on.

“We are making a conscious effort working it to our mid dles and getting others in volved,” the veteran coach added. “It’s too easy when you get late in the tourna ment for other teams to key in on one player.”

Amity was spot-on with its offense in the early going of the second set to build an 11-7 advantage and force a timeout. Amity built the lead with a pair of kills from Ha ley Mario and Alexa Bonato.

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Out of the break, Cheshire went on a 5-1 run. Mola had a block and a kill. Amelia Perlini had an ace to knot the score, 12-12. Similar to what Cheshire did in the first game, Amity responded with a 6-0 run and went up 18-12. The spurt expanded to a 122 run and a 24-14 lead.

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The Rams put Game 2 be hind them right away in the third set. They jumped out to a 10-4 advantage and forced an Amity timeout. Ulicki had two kills and an ace, while Alexandra Lucas added a kill as the Rams got off to a hot start.

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Cheshire fought up three set-points before the Spar tans sealed it on a Cheshire swing that went long. Nyeela Miller added a pair of kills as Amity as the Spartans tied the match, 1-1.

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“I was not happy at all after Game 2,” Bavone said. “I thought we took our foot off the gas. We went away from what was working in Game 1. They were in system the entire game and they were teeing off on us. We were just defensive dummies out there in that game.

Nothing was stopping Cheshire in the third set as the Rams ended the set on a 14-8 run. Ulicki sealed it with a emphatic kill. Eva Catalanotto added an ace and Mola chipped in with a late kill. Amity also missed four serves in the game and Cheshire took advantage to lead 2-1 after three sets.

It was Amity that jumped out to a 10-6 lead in Game 4.

Sabrina McGovern, Vivian Cain, Lea Barber (7 kills) and Alexa Bonato (11 kills) got the Spartans rolling. The Spartans led 11-7 before Cheshire found its groove with a 4-0 run to tie the set, forcing an Amity timeout. The run expanded to 6-0.

Lucas (8 kills, 5 digs) was on a roll serving and her team responded. Ugrin had a pair of kills in the run, Lucas had an ace and Mola capped the run with a kill that put Cheshire up 13-11. Amity fought back to tie it 18-18 af ter three straight Cheshire hitting errors. Bavone called a timeout and Cheshire re sponded with three straight points to go up 21-18. Ulicki had the kill to put Cheshire up by three. Out of an Amity timeout, Ulicki added another kill and an Catalanotto dropped in an ace for a 23-18 lead.

Mario (8 kills) countered with a pair of kills for Amity, but a missed Spartan serve and a Ugrin kill sealed the fourth set, and the match, 25-20.

“We did a nice job serving and we kept them on their heels,” Bavone said.

Cheshire’s two losses this season were to Shelton and RHAM.

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Connecticut’s Newest College Now Accepting Applications

On October 1, Connecticut State Community College began accepting applications for the Fall 2023 semes ter. CT State, as it is more commonly known, is the result of the pending consolidation of Connecticut’s 12 community colleges. The merger will become official July 1, 2023.

Students can apply online and choose any CT State location. Classes will be held on campus, online or as hybrids for maximum flexibility when design ing a course schedule. Services for students will also be available both in person and virtually.

“We are excited to welcome the first CT State students, both those new to our campuses and the thousands returning in the fall. This new college – whose foundations are built on over 60 years of academic excellence and student success delivered by the best community college system in the nation – will help Connecticut’s resi dents achieve their educational goals, while meeting the state’s workforce needs,” said Middlesex Community College Interim CEO Kimberly A. Hogan.

Connecticut’s 12 community colleges serve approximately 60,000 students a year. As one institution, CT State will be the largest community college in New England and one of the largest in the nation, as well as the leading provider of higher education in Con necticut.

Students will have access to all the programs, services and support that

are available today but will benefit from access to classes on any campus without having to reapply or trans fer. Aligned statewide programs also means that prerequisites and courses required to earn certificates and asso ciate degrees are consistent.

Access to free community college through PACT will continue to be available to Connecticut high school graduates who have never attended college before. Accessing PACT and financial aid start with completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid at FAFSA.gov. (Students planning to start in Fall 2023 should use school code 007635.)

CT State will continue to offer a full array of non-credit programs and classes for personal and professional development at its many campuses. Additionally, students can enjoy lec tures, readings, concerts, intramurals and other student and community enrichment activities.

Each of the 12 CT State campuses have dedicated admissions, financial aid and advising staff that can help students navigate the enrollment pro cess. Assistance is available in person, online or on each location’s website. Click here for more information: CTState.edu.

La Universidad Más Nueva de Connecticut Ya Está Aceptando Aplicaciones

Este 1 de octubre, Connecticut State Community College comenzó a aceptar aplicaciones para el semestre de otoño de 2023. CT State, como es frecuentemente conocido, es el resul tado de la consolidación pendiente de las 12 universidades comunitarias de Connecticut. La unión será oficial el 1 de julio de 2023.

Los estudiantes pueden inscribirse en línea y escoger cualquier localidad de CT State. Las clases se llevarán a cabo en el mismo campus, en línea, o en modo híbrido para mayor flexibilidad cuando esté planificando su calen dario de cursos. Los servicios para los estudiantes también estarán dis ponibles en persona o virtualmente.

“Estamos emocionados de poder darle la bienvenida a los primeros estudiantes de CT State, los que son nuevos en nuestros campus, y los que están regresando este otoño. Esta nueva universidad - cuyos cimientos se construyeron sobre más de 60 años de excelencia académica y estudian til, por el mejor sistema de universi dades comunitarias en la nación - le ayudará a los residentes de Connecti cut a lograr sus metas educativas, y a la vez satisfaciendo las necesidades de la fuerza laboral,” dijo Kimberly A. Hogan, Directora Ejecutiva Interina de Middlesex Community College. Las 12 universidades comunitarias de Connecticut sirven a aproxima damente 60,000 estudiantes al año. Como una institución, CT State será la universidad comunitaria más grande en New England y una de las más grandes en la nación, así como el principal proveedor de educación superior en Connecticut.

Los estudiantes tendrán acceso a todos los programas, servicios y apoyos que ya están disponibles, pero se beneficiarán del acceso a las clases en cualquier campus sin tener que aplicar o transferirse. El alinear los programas a nivel estatal significa que los requisitos y los cursos necesarios para obtener las certificaciones y los títulos asociados serán consistentes. El acceso a la universidad comunitar ia gratuita por medio de PACT seguirá estando disponible a los graduados de las escuelas preparatorias de Connecticut que no han asistido a la universidad anteriormente. El primer paso para acceder a PACT y a la asis tencia financiera es completar la Free Application for Federal Student Aid en FAFSA.gov. (Los estudiantes con planes de comenzar en el otoño de 2023 deben usar el código 007635.)

CT State continuará ofreciendo una gama completa de programas que no otorgan créditos y clases (non-cred it programs and classes) para el desarrollo personal y profesional en sus múltiples campus. Además, los estudiantes pueden disfrutar de lec ciones, lecturas, conciertos, deportes intramuros, y otras actividades de enriquecimiento para los estudiantes y la comunidad.

Cada uno de los 12 campus de CT State tiene personal dedicado a la admisión, asistencia financiera y consejería, que le puede ayudar a los estudiantes a recorrer el proceso de inscripción. Hay asistencia disponible en persona, en línea o en el sitio web de cada localidad. Haga clic aquí para más información: CTState.edu.

Fun Halloween activities around the state

By Francesca Fontanez Special to the Record-Journal

Connecticut has many au tumn activities going on to celebrate the spooky season a season that in recent years seems to com mence early in October and culminates with Halloween, Oct. 31. Here are a few ongo ing events scary, not-soscary, and in between avail able for enjoyment all month long.

Haunting At The Ridge Powder Ridge

99 Powder Hill Rd, Middle field, CT 06455

New to the ridge this year, Graveyard Productions brings its signature haunting to the rolling hills of Middle field with this adventurous attraction. The spooky fun begins with a chair lift ride up the ridge mountain through the darkness of night look out for the creepers crawling be low. Once at the top, the on

ly way down is to trek through the treacherous trail -- you never know who or what you may encounter. If you want a taste of the ac tion but aren’t up for a trail, check out the Zombie Lounge. Beat the chill by huddling up beside the Pow der Ridge fire pits, and enjoy a lively ambiance with an unalive theme; gory sweets and treats are available for purchase. Visit this chilling new attraction if you dare.

Graveyard Shift Ghost Tours The Mark Twain House

351 Farmington Ave., Hart ford, CT 06105

Not only is The Mark Twain House and Museum current ly acclaimed as “The Great est House Museum in the Country,” it’s also known for being one of the most al legedly haunted historical sites in Connecticut. Serving as his home and writing place from 1874 to 1891, the

Victorian house of Mark Twain serves as a modern tourist hotspot especially those with an interest in paranormal activities. Fea tured in a variety of ghost hunting specials including SyFy’s Ghost Hunters, and Biography Channel’s My Ghost Story, the knowledge able tour guides will let you in on some of the darker happenings of the house. From unexplained curiosi ties, to tragic true tales of those who once lived in the halls, each tour unveils fasci nating and fearsome aspects of an iconic American fami ly. Throughout the month, Living History characters can be spotted around the campus to fill you in on inti mate details of The Clements Family’s life and times. Between the cos tumed characters, the tour guides, and the informative house and museum, you’re bound to leave with a new point of view, and maybe a couple of orbs in your pho tos.

Pumpkintown USA, Paul's & Sandy's Too 93 E High St, East Hampton, CT 06424

For a not-so-scary attraction that’s fun for the whole fam ily, check out Pumpkintown U.S.A. Visitors of all ages are welcome to explore the cre ative community of Pump kintown U.S.A., a village whose population is made up entirely of Pumpkinhead people (and their pets). Fea turing over 100 pumpkin creations arranged in cheeky, funny, and some times lifelike tableaus, a stroll around town is sure to make for some priceless photos. Besides the village, make sure you pop into the Harvest Store and Garden Center for the finest of fall: homemade apple cider doughnuts, pumpkins, au tumn decor essentials, mums, and more await.

Pumpkin Patch Trolley Rides

The Connecticut Trolley Mu seum, 58 N Rd #9606, East Windsor, CT 06088

The nation's oldest organiza tion dedicated to the preser vation of the trolley era is ex cited to share their latest and greatest autumn activity. The Pumpkin Patch Trolley Ride adventure is another “fun for the whole family” experience that intertwines education and recreation.

After your crew boards an authentically preserved and restored trolley car at the museum, enjoy a serene, picturesque ride to a pump kin patch. Here, all children are invited to pick out a free pumpkin.

After the ride back, stop into the pumpkin decorating sta tion, enjoy the outdoor har vest play area, or explore all that the museum has to of fer. If you find yourself fasci nated by your experience, consider returning as a vol unteer. This organization is a nonprofit, and survives on the generosity of both volun teers and patrons.

For some wholesome, festive fun, visit the Connecticut Trolley Museum.

The Mark Twain House in Hartford. Courtesy of Francesca Fontanez

The Halloween trend around town this season appears to be: Go Big for a Big Scare! The Citizen spotted a number of towering skeletons around town, the one pictured located on Cheshire Street, near Norton Street. This big werewolf was seen in the Redwood Laneneighborhood.

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Trinity Health to expand urgent care to better serve 691 corridor

By Jessica Simms Record-Journal staff

WALLINGFORD After de termining that Wallingford would be the best town to open up a new urgent care site, Trinity Health of New England is preparing to open a location at 790 N. Colony Road sometime next year.

Claudio Capone, vice presi dent of strategic planning and business development

for Trinity Health of New England, said Wallingford is close to one of Trinity Health’s hospitals, Saint Mary’s, in Waterbury.

Saint Mary’s also has satel lites and affiliates in Cheshire with its primary care facility at 1154 High land Ave. offering radiology, OB/GYN, gastroenterology, laboratory services, cardiol ogy and urology services.

“As we look at where our pa

tients are coming from, that Cheshire area, that 691 cor ridor to (Route) 15 and then people coming up into Hart ford, Wallingford was kind of like right at that crossroads,” Capone said. “It would be great for us to have some thing for those patients that we’re seeing from that part of the state to have access to urgent care services.”

Capone said the reason why Trinity Health is opening an urgent care facility and not

another type health care building is due to the grow ing need for urgent care ser vices.

“Folks can’t really wait to get into their primary care of fices,” Capone said. “There’s wait times throughout the state, not just at Trinity but at other organizations. Ur gent care is the quickest most accessible way for you to get emergent care.”

Services will include “from anything from sore throats, sniffles, potential COVID testing, we will do x-rays,” Capone said.

“It runs the gamut of any ur gent care services that you would expect,” Capone said.

This facility will be 3,000 square feet and is owned by Mark D’Addabbo, founder and chief executive officer of MACK V Development LLC, which is based in Hartford. D’Addabbo owns the prop erty through a holding com pany, with Trinity Health being the tenant.

Capone said he believes that urgent care will be fully open sometime next spring.

“If everything goes accord ing to plan,” Capone said. Depending on the need in the area, Capone said Trinity

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Health urgent care facilities have around four staff mem bers, including a physician, physician’s assistant or an advanced practice registered nurse, a front desk employee and medical assistants.

“It just depends on the activ ity and the volume in the area, ” Capone said.

Joe Mirra, chairman of the Wallingford Economic De velopment Commission, said the location of this fu ture urgent care facility is convenient.

“Easy access and very visible and I just think it’s going to be a good addition to the strip right there,” Mirra said.

Mirra said “the economy is a puzzle and every piece is important,” so while the ur gent care facility will not have a major impact on Wallingford’s economy, drawing people into the town to use its services can leave a lasting effect.

“It will bring people into the area and whether or not they want to stop and eat, use some of the other facili ties in town while they are here,” Mirra said, “it’s always a multiplier effect I think it’s a good mix for the area.”

The goal of this urgent care facility is convenience, Capone said. “Our target is to bring our mission to loca tions where people work, live and play,” Capone said.

“We want to make it as con venient as possible.”

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Griffin DePalma’s triumph at this year’s Mer iden cross country championship meet qual ified as a surprise. DePalma had never won a previous varsity race. In time, it could prove to be the first of many for the junior. DePalma covered the 3.1-mile course at Hubbard Park last Tuesday with a personal-best 18:18. He won by 30 seconds and, in the process, led the Spartans to a seventh straight Meriden team crown.

SAMIR DISHNICA CHESHIRE SOCCER

Samir Dishnica has been spinning magic off his feet since his freshman year. A key piece to Cheshire’s run to the 2021 Class LL state final as a junior, the forward/midfielder is ramping it up even more as a senior. He and the Rams are 10-2. They’ve won six straight. They scored 24 goals in three games last week and Dishnica scored seven. On the sea son, the captain has 18 goals and 9 assists.

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It’s been a challenging year of transition on the pitch for the young Panthers. They’ve got almost twice as many freshmen (11) on the roster as they do seniors (6). Those upper classmen, though, are program guys — such as Rolando Gomez, a four-year veteran. Last Friday, Gomez connected on his first goal of the season in a home game against North west Catholic

EVA DUDLEY PLATT VOLLEYBALL

Eva Dudley was already in the midst of a solid junior volleyball season. Then, over the past week, just like Cheshire’s Samir Dishnica in soccer, she simply went into overdrive. The outside hitter ripped off a career-high 22 kills in a 3-1 win over Berlin on Friday night. She followed it up with 20 kills in Monday’s 3-1 win over Bristol Eastern. For the season, Dud ley leads the 11-5 Panthers with 199 kills.

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It had been nearly two years since the Lyman Hall field hockey team had won a game. The long streak ended Wednesday when the Tro jans went to Middletown and beat Mercy, 3-1, in a SCC matchup. Senior goalkeeper Leah Herpok held up her end to make sure LH got the job done. While Emilie Weir, Kaylin Findley and Caroline Serra provided the scoring, Her pok stymied the Tigers with 15 saves.

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R-J EDITORIAL: Exploring options other than college

Going directly into the work force or a job training pro gram, instead of taking a four-year college track, is a trend seen in national stud ies and also reported in area high schools.

As discussed by educators in a Record-Journal report by Jessica Simms, there are many sound reasons for this trend. They include: the cost

and debt that comes with college, Covid lessening the experience of traditional campus life, and the prefer ence of getting experience and a paycheck and then re turning to school with a clearer idea of one’s inter ests. As Simms’ story noted, “according to a survey con ducted by Intelligent.com, nationally, ‘48% of non-en

rolled young adults joined the workforce instead of go ing to college,’ with 34% of 18-24 year-olds who aren’t enrolled in an institution saying they cannot afford it.

Around 29% of young adults ‘say it’s a waste of money.’”

Simms spoke with Michelle Catucci, counseling depart ment chair at Cheshire High School. Catucci’s statistics showed fewer Cheshire graduates going straight to a four-year college than in past years and Catucci of fered observations about these findings. Finances loom large, and students may say they need to work to earn more money to af ford college or “there might be a different path that can get me to employment more quickly than a traditional four-year college.”

Catucci also told Simms that another reason is some stu dents don’t know what field they want to study.

Simms also interviewed Bar bara Haeffner, assistant su

perintendent for teaching and innovation for Meriden schools. In Meriden, the dis trict typically sees about 25% to 30% of graduating seniors preferring work or vocation al training.

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This district lets students use “personal learning experi ences ” to explore their posthigh school careers. They design a credit earning

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The Cheshire Art League's 14th annual Art in the Garden show and sale, held at Cheshire Garden Center and Florist, 1317 South Main St., concluded Oct. 16. The show featured 31 CAL member artists' works in mixed media, watercolor, acrylics, oils and metalwork sculpture. Pictured: "Respite," acrylic with gel, by Linda Garcia. Joy VanderLek, The Cheshire Citizen

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course with their adviser as they sample different career options.

Aziz Nazari, 16, a senior at Maloney High School, is a good example of how work ing and trying out a career can be useful, according to Simms’ story. He passed his CNA certification and works at the Village at Kensington Place when not in school. His plan is to get into an ac celerated physician assistant program after graduation.

Wallingford schools also fit the trend. “More students are choosing to attend tech nical colleges or enter into apprenticeships in fields that have many positions with high rates of pay and longterm benefit,” says the dis trict’s annual report. The percentage of Lyman Hall and Sheehan graduates who pursued employment right after high school increased from 4% in 2019 to 14.5% in 2022.

Jennifer Discenza, Southing ton director of school coun seling for grades six through 12, told Simms the 2022-23 class is projected to have 6% go to a trade/vocational school. That’s about double the number from a few years ago.

Cheshire and Southington school officials also noted that more students are choosing community college with the intent of transfer

ring to a four-year college later. Here’s an incentive for that; through the Pledge to Advanct CT (PACT), tuition is provided to qualifying stu dents who go straight to community college.

“I think that we’ve been good about talking to stu dents more about that they need to be on their individu al path rather than the ex pected path,” Catucci told Simms.

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