The Cheshire Citizen Oct. 21, 2021

Volume 12, Number 42

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Roads, Bartlem Park upgrades on Nov. 2 ballot Voters will see two referendum questions on the ballot Nov. 2. One addresses road improvements and the other is in regards to a major upgrade to Chapman/Bartlem Park South.

Question 1: Shall Town of Cheshire appropriate $1,700,000 for the road improvement program and authorize the issue of $1,700,000 bonds and notes to finance the appropriation?

This appropriation is for the Town’s ongoing road improvement program, including but not limited to road treatments such as restoration, milling and paving, chip seal, microseal, crack seal and other surface treatments, as well as the implementation of a concrete curb replacement program, and associated project costs.

Question 2: Shall Town of Cheshire appropriate $7,900,000 for the devel-

opment of the Chapman/Bartlem Park South and authorize the issue of $7,900,000 bonds and notes to finance the appropriation?

This appropriation will begin Phase 1 of the Master Plan for improvements to Chapman/Bartlem Park South. The community-based project includes a passive Town Green space, Great Lawn with outdoor entertainment venue, multi-purpose synthetic athletic field with field

lighting, additional new restroom pavilion, network of walking paths, stormwater management and increase of existing parking up to 165 parking stalls. The appropriation may be spent on design, permitting, construction, inspection, legal fees, and other expenses.

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Hundreds of mattresses dropped off at recycling event

By Joy VanderLek The Cheshire Citizen

Saturday’s mattress recycling event brought out scores of vehicles, mattresses strapped to the roofs, queued up out to Route 10 waiting for entrance to the drop off site.

Town officials sent out an automated call Friday night, changing the location from behind town hall to the Leonard Harmon Youth Center next to the high school.

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A Park City Green staffer waves in a vehicle for a mattress drop off during a recycling event at Leonard Harmon Youth Center on Saturday. Hundreds of mattresses were collected.

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Post University Provost Elizabeth Johnson, Ph.D., of Cheshire, has been recognized by the 18th Annual Ste- Johnson vie Awards for Women in Business as a “Female Executive of the Year.” She received a Bronze Stevie® Award.

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By 10 a.m. on Saturday, Cheshire residents had dropped off more than 400 mattresses, according to Daniel McGowan, Northeast Program Coordinator

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Johnson was recognized for leading academic affairs in spearheading 30 programs while guiding 60 faculty members, 800 associate faculty members, and 15,000 students through the pandemic. After successfully transitioning all faculty and students to remote learning, she helmed weekly meetings with all department heads to oversee the modification of coursework, ensuring they were optimized for online learning.

Judges praised Johnson for stretching beyond her role as an academic officer to ensure student life, campus fa-

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Within the U.S., more MRC estimates 50,000 mattresses are discarded each day.

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cilities and programs could transition smoothly to a remote setting. “A great result in such challenging times for the education sector,” wrote one reviewer. Others levied praise for her compassion, candor and genuine concern for students.

Johnson joined Post University in 2006 as an Assistant Professor of Environmental Science. After being named Provost in 2016, she has dedicated her career to optimizing the University’s programs and installing quality assurance processes for class curriculum.

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nents – 75 percent according to MRC – can be recycled. The council states the materials can be “recycled into new consumer and inThe council works to disdustrial products, diverting courage dumping and provaluable resources from the mote recycling. Its mattress waste stream. Foam, steel, program dubbed “Bye Bye wood, cotton and other Mattress,” has recycled more fibers from old mattresses than 775,000 mattresses in can be turned into appliConnecticut since 2015. The ances, carpet padding, MRC’s website notes the mulch and more.”In addition amount of mattresses recyto the more than 130 towns cled “equates to over 13,000 in Connecticut, MRC also oftons of material diverted fers services to and partners from the state’s waste stream with hotels, colleges and in just five years.” junk haulers.

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recycling program, was Cheshire’s Matthew Ehmka.

He pulled up to the site, his vehicle towing a small trailer filled with mattresses. Ehmka had been waiting for this opportunity as his old mattresses had been languishing in his garage. Helping Ehmka and others unload their mattresses were members of Bridgeport’s Park City Green.

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All Cheshire government committee and subcommittee meetings will need to be video or audio recorded in the future, according to the newly-passed recording policy unanimously approved by the Town Council at its meeting on Oct. 12.

The recording policy is intended to make town meeting proceedings more transparent and accessible to the public. In the case of smaller committee or subcommittee meetings, with possibly offsite meetings where it may be hard to record, there is a provision that allows for a written record instead.

The yellow category indicates between five and nine positive cases of the virus per 100,000 people.

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Esposito reported that, to date, Cheshire has had 2,656 cases with 56 deaths.

She noted that the majority of COVID-19 vaccines administered at the health district’ vaccine clinics were Moderna and that the plan is to offer booster shots once the FDA gives approval for the Moderna booster.

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Town Manager Sean Kimball is researching the equipment and technology needed to implement the new policy. Officals said the cost will be relatively small.

Where the content will be uploaded and stored is still being worked out, but any interface will be integrated with the town’s website.

COVID-19 cases down At the Oct. 12 Town Council meeting, Chesprocott Health Director Maura Esposito gave an update on the town’s COVID-19 status.

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She said infection rates had slowed down and that the town had been in the “yellow category” during the prior two weeks.

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Experts: Rainy summer may extend fall foliage display

By Jessica Simms Special to the Record-Journal

With October more than halfway over, the leaves are just beginning to change from green to shades of red, yellow and orange.

The peak of this year’s fall foliage should be toward the beginning of next month.

The peak used to be closer to Columbus Day, but Gary Lessor, senior meteorologist at the Weather Center at Western Connecticut State University, said generally the effects of climate change have delayed it in recent years. Other weather factors also impact foliage.

“Last year we had the drought so that made it a little earlier...” Lessor said. This year “we had a very wet

summer and a relatively mild summer-fall, so the leaves haven’t been in too much of a rush.”

“We have ample rain in the summer and then we have a couple of upper 30 degree, lower 40 degree nights end of September, early October,” Martin said. “That just sets everything in motion.”

Lessor expects the foliage will change relatively quickly in the next few weeks.

But with the seasonably warm overnight temperatures in September and October this year, the fall foliage peak comes later.

State Forester Christopher Martin said cooler nights in the forecast will help.

“Next week, we’re getting some overnight lows in the low 40s and that’s really going to cause the colors to pop so we’re getting set up for some very nice views in Connecticut,” Martin said.

This autumn 2020 photo of a sugar maple at Cheshire Park illustrates that leaves may turn color at varying times.

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year,” Martin said. “Climate Martin said “there are three main ingredients to the color change hasn’t changed the number of daylight hours recipe.” yet, thankfully. The two oth“One is the number of dayer variables which we do see light hours, which is really influencing foliage each year our only constant year to is the precipitation amounts and distribution during the

summer and then overnight temperatures at the end of September and early October.”

When the variables line up, the foliage changes earlier.

“I think the coldest it got was maybe some 50s,” Martin said. “... We really didn’t see any early crisp fall mornings just yet, but I think we’re on the verge.”

The good news is the peak foliage should last longer this year.

“I think everybody will be happy with a longer display, longer colors instead of like last year, we had the drought, so they just turned color and fell,” Lessor said.

“It was just dreary for an extended period of time, so this will kind of keep the display going for a little bit longer.”

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GOP lawmakers lead lawsuits against COVID rules

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HARTFORD — Since the coronavirus pandemic hit, a pair of politically conservative lawyers has become the go-to team for groups seeking to sue Connecticut over the school mask mandate, restrictions on bars and restaurants, and other aspects of the governor’s emergency executive orders.

The two men, Doug Dubitsky and Craig Fishbein — who represents Wallingford and Cheshire — are also Republican members of the

state General Assembly.

That arrangement has brought criticism from some Democrats, but ethics officials who have reviewed it say it doesn’t violate state laws. As long as being a legislator is part-time, they say, officials are entitled to have other jobs to pay their bills.

Fishbein could not be reached for comment.

Dubitsky’s private and public roles appeared to overlap last month when a woman testifying before the legislature’s Conservative Caucus accused him of chastising her because she and fellow parents didn’t “come up “It’s just an odd one to sue the with $100,000” to hire his state you represent, that law firm to challenge a vacyou’re duly elected to reprecination mandate for Unisent,” said House Speaker versity of Connecticut stuMatt Ritter, a Democrat from dents.

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The Associated Press that he and Fishbein are doing nothing wrong and are taking on cases that other lawyers would avoid because of fears about political repercussions.

“There are tons of attorneys out there, but people are scared. Attorneys are scared.

Everybody’s scared to say anything more, to say the wrong thing or to poke their head up lest they be chopped off,” he said. “And there aren’t all that many of us out there who are willing to stand up for what’s right.”

who are also private attorneys getting paid by clients to sue the state. A spokesperson for the National Conference of State Legislatures said it can be difficult to track how many legislatures, if any, might consider that to be a conflict of interest.

After a review requested by an attorney for the House Republican caucus, the Connecticut Office of State Ethics issued an informal opinion in July 2020. It found that it is permissible for a legislator, in their capacity as a private attorney, The two men, who’ve argued to sue the state, challenging from the House floor about the constitutionality of some some of the same issues of the governor’s executive they’re suing over, have had orders. some mostly procedural and technical victories in the Peter Lewandowski, execuroughly half dozen lawsuits tive director of the Connectithey filed against the state cut Office of State Ethics, and some municipalities. said the lawsuits do not represent ethical violations for But ultimately they haven’t overruled the authority of part-time legislators under the state’s Code of Ethics so Gov. Ned Lamont, a Demolong as they don’t misuse crat, to issue executive ortheir elected position, such ders during a public health as promising later on to emergency. change laws for a client.

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day to become a full-time body, Lewandowski said, “That obviously changes things.”

Dubitsky lives in Chaplin and represents mostly rural communities in eastern Connecticut. He has spent much of his legal career working agricultural cases,

noting his “bread and butter” legal work has been representing horse farms. Fishbein lives in Wallingford and lists family law, personal injury, probate and land use matters as the areas of his practice on his website.

Lately, Dubitsky and Fishbein have sued the governor and police departments on behalf of the gun-rights group Connecticut Citizens Defense League, questioning

the constitutionality of pandemic-related delays in fingerprinting needed for gun purchases. They’ve also challenged Lamont’s orders on behalf of landlords, restaurant and bar owners, and a woman who was fined for violating the state’s nowdefunct pandemic travel ban. Additionally, they represented the Connecticut Freedom Alliance, which unsuccessfully challenged the governor’s school mask

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clients including some “frantic about how their lives are being destroyed by the governor’s orders,” especially Dubitsky said these potential his recent one requiring clients aren’t seeking out state employees and other him and Fishbein because of workers to get vaccinated or their legislative positions, regularly tested. noting they’re in the minority party and neither has a While Dubitsky would not discuss how much they’ve leadership role. “We’re about as low as you can get,” been paid, he said he and he said.

Fishbein have “greatly discounted” their rates for Fishbein, who referred ques- some clients and provided tions about the lawsuits to free legal help for others.

Dubitsky, is the top Republican House member of the “Obviously we do this for a living so we need to get Judiciary Committee. paid,” he acknowledged.

Dubitsky said he receives calls daily from potential

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Chesprocott Health District will host Pfizer booster clinics at The Holy Theotokos & St. Athanasius Church, 1750 Huckins Road, from noon to 4 p.m., Oct. 27, Nov. 3, Nov. 17, Dec. 1 and Dec. 15. To book an appointment, call 203-272-2761 or visit chesprocott.org.

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Every November, Cheshire’s First Congregational Church holds a Service of Hope and Remembrance for those who have passed away during the year. This year, the church will especially remember those lost to COVID-19. The public is invited, and all are welcome; the service will be at 10 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 7 at the church, 111 Church Drive, on the Green in Cheshire.

First Congregational Church is offering an opportunity for all those in Cheshire to attend and hear the names of those they have lost, from COVID or otherwise, read aloud during the service. All are asked to email the church office, office@ firstcheshire.org with names of those they wish to be acknowledged. Names may also be dropped off before Nov. 7 at a receptacle on Church Drive near the office entrance.

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Senior Center The Cheshire Senior Center, 240 Maple Ave., offers the following activities.

Movie – Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds,” Thursday, Oct. 28 at 1:30 p.m. To register, call 203-272-8286 or email lgravel@cheshirect.org.

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Plants can be so demanding

By Joy VanderLek The Cheshire Citizen

I was enjoying summer so much, I thought I’d go kicking and screaming as the season turned into fall. But as it turned out, we’ve had a really beautiful stretch of Indian summer. It’s been a blessing really, and I’ve been loving it.

One big reason for my hesitation to retrieve the fall jackets from their seasonal storage, order up a pumpkin spice latte at Main Street Caffe and “fall into fall” is because (gulp), I still have plants to get in the ground.

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I am seriously impressed by those who can and do make their own plants. I love gardening, but I’m a horrible plant parent. Last year, I tried to grow milkweed plants by seed. I followed the directions: put a few seeds in a milk jug. It would then overwinter outside in the yard. I quickly came to realize, however, I needed to take the cap off the jug or the seed would dry up from lack of rain.

Again, I also have plants that sit around the yard until something motivates me to plant it – like a hubby’s “helpful” reminder. “Hey, is there a reason you’ve had this opened bag of mulch sitting on the side of the driveway for the past year?” Or like the time I was gardening and came upon a hand rake.

That sad tool looked as if it had been there for a few years. Yes, I can be bad when it comes to plant related items as well.

So what do my friends with green thumbs do with all those plant babies they’ve made? Why, show your friend Joy and then offer her a few to take home, where those plants may or may not get a patch of the garden to call their own.

Luckily, it seems as if the warm weather days will stretch out for a while. You know, experts say fall is the best time for planting. I think I’ll see if I can’t muster up some motivation to go plant some of those neglected plants right now.

Contact me at jvanderlek@ record-journal.com.

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State colleges and universities welcome back parents, alumni

By Jessica Simms Special to the Record-Journal

everybody together as one Bobcat family,” Natale said.

After not being able to host in-person alumni and parent weekends last year due to the pandemic, area colleges and universities are welcoming guests back to campus for events this year.

Natale said in order to make sure this event is safe, many activities will take place outdoors.

Quinnipiac University, with campuses in North Haven and Hamden, is hosting its first ever Bobcat Weekend Oct. 29 to 31.

In past years, the alumni weekend was held separately from the parents/family weekend.

“It’s two groups that there’s a lot of connection between ... but they don’t always get to interact or see each other so we thought it would be kind of a neat way to bring

Caitlin Trinh, senior director of alumni engagement at the University of Hartford, said they got creative with the schedule and programs for this year’s weekend to be able to safely accommodate as many people as they could.

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Stephanie Reitz, spokesperson for the University of Connecticut, said the university held its family weekend Oct. 8 to 10.

Families were able to attend sporting events, open houses and other events. When indoors, everyone was required to wear a mask.

The University of Hartford’s Hawktober Weekend started Friday and runs through Sunday, allowing both alumni and families of current students to visit campus.

“We are doing a huge variety of events from virtual to inperson on-campus ... which

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“Our big culmination of the weekend is our big jazz brunch which is happening on Saturday afternoon at Rosedale Farms,” Berube said. “There’s pretty much something for everyone.

There’s athletics with a lot of games happening on campus, some art programming, some sit-down and learn more about the university programming.”

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“It’s a combination of both our alumni and parents and families weekend into one weekend,” said Karla Natale, associate vice president for community partnerships.

“We’re doing a variety of different programming appealing to both alums and families, from fun things like a Halloween picnic outside to a talk from faculty members about how to help your student if they are struggling.”

“People will be spaced out on our quad, we have smaller event capacities for certain events and for anything indoors, we require a mask,” Natale said. “If we have bad weather and something outdoors needs to be moved indoors, we have arranged larger areas where people will be able to space out more.”

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Ah, fall in Connecticut. While we love the easy, breezy days of summer, the arrival of autumn still gives us a little flutter. From the beautiful fall foliage that blankets our state to sipping apple cider in a pumpkin patch, these few autumn months can be some of New England’s most charming. As we get ready to welcome the official autumn equinox, we recommend this short to-do list to prep your Connecticut home for fall—and remember, the more you do now, the less you’ll have to do when winter rolls around!

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If you can pull the paper out without resistance, it’s time to replace it. And don’t forget to apply caulk to further seal up any cracks!

Furnace filters are like your home’s silent heroes: You don’t realize how much they do until they need replacing. Dust, dander, pet hair—all of these can clog your furnace filters and make it more difficult for your furnace to run efficiently, thereby making your utility bills higher.

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Keep your roof safe and avoid the nightmare of water leaks by keeping your gutters clear of debris. After such a stormy summer, it’s important to give your gutters some attention to make sure they’re clear of leaves, twigs, berries and other things that can block them and prevent them from diverting water from your roof.

Once you inspect your gutters for signs of rust and clean them of debris, protect them for the season and year ahead (hello, falling leaves!) by installing mesh gutter guards.

They’ll allow the water to get through and go where it needs to without letting in more debris you’ll have to face down next year.

The number one reason to repair drafty windows and doors? Money.

Air leaks allow cold air to sneak into your home, leaving you reaching for the thermostat to turn up the heat to offset the drafts. Weatherstripping can save you up to 20% on your heating bills, so be sure to make this While the weather is still gorgeous enough to relax outdoors, enjoy a top priority on your to-do list. savoring every moment! But as temps dip and skies grey, be sure to store If you applied weatherstripping a your outdoor furniture in the garage, year or two ago, congrats on being basement, or anywhere else that will on top of things! Just be sure to keep it safe from winter’s elements. inspect it to make sure it’s still Doing so can extend the life of your in top shape, as it can deteriorate outdoor furniture—especially if it’s over time. Try this to test your made of wood or fabric—and ensure weatherstripping: Close your

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you can enjoy it for many summers to come.

If you have disposable filters, you can vacuum them once before replacing them completely. If you’re got reusable foam filters, you can vacuum them once a month or clean them with a soft brush to keep them working as they should. Electrostatic or metal filters can be removed and washed with water before putting them back in place.

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dominantly programs for parents and families who, of course, are looking forward to seeing their students and the college community in action, we have campus visitor requirements.”

Southern Connecticut State University’s Homecoming runs through Monday, with some events completely virtual and some being held inperson. Events like bingo and a paint night were held online and others like a

drive-in movie were held outside in-person.

“The alums got to pick one movie and the students got to pick another so we have two screens going at the same time so that we can engage different members of our community in something that is interesting to them,” said Greg Bernard, SCSU alumni relations director.

Bernard said tailgating was eliminated for safety reasons, but there will be a community tent and “Owl Town” — an initiative he started.

“Which is essentially different tents for a variety of different affinity groups, athletic groups, clubs, organizations, Greek life,” Bernard said. “This year, because of COVID, we wanted to do a

soft launch and do a pilot launch of just focusing on the athletic teams … Essentially Owl Town is nine or 10, 20 by 20 tents specified for each athletic group. So if you’re an alum and you haven’t been back to campus in awhile and you played on the volleyball team, it’s awesome if you walk up to the field and you see a big tent with the volleyball alumni banner.”

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While this season hasn’t gone as planned for the Wilcox-Kaynor Tech co-op, coach Trevor Jones has a definite play-maker on both sides of the ball in junior Brandon Alvarado.

Saturday night’s game against Cheney Tech is a good representation of what Alvarado brings to the table as slot receiver and free safety: 27-yard touchdown catch, 54-yard kickoff return, six tackles, a forced fumble and an interception.

We didn’t nominate Emily Curtis for Athlete of the Week because she comes from Wililam Shakespeare’s hometown. But it didn’t hurt.

The senior from Stratford-upon-Avon earned her keep by scoring seven goals in a fourgame stretch. Curtis had a hat trick against Shelton, two goals against North Haven, one against Hamden and the lone strike in a 1-0 victory over Hand. All the world was indeed her stage.

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Prior to last Tuesday, Jack Curry had never won a cross country race. He’d come up through the Maloney ranks behind Dom Oliveri and Reynaldo Torres, past Meriden city champions. This year, it was Curry’s turn.

Blazing an 18:16 across Hubbard Park, Curry captured the 2021 city crown by 33 seconds ahead of teammate Tristyn Barnes. He and Barnes led the Maloney boys to their sixth straight team title.

Match in, match out, Isabella DeMatteo, Eva Dudley and Emily Hart put up big numbers for the Platt volleyball team. DeMatteo, as the libero, is the Dig Master. She’s got a team-high 176 on the season and, get this, she’s only a freshman. DeMatteo put up 18 in Friday’s sweep of Plainville and had 20 in a loss to Glastonbury the night before. The 25 DeMatteo recorded versus Maloney is her season-high so far.

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Jacob Shook lost out on an Athlete of the Week nomination when we went with the all-girls edition two weeks ago. We knew, though, that we’d be returning to the Sheehan running back. And here we are. Shook continued his stellar senior season by rushing for two TDs and the deciding two-point conversion in Friday’s 15-13 overtime win vs. Amity.

It was all part of Shook’s second 200-yard game of the season.

Stats from Southington volleyball are consistent. On offense, no one player piles up the kills. They’re usually distributed evenly among 4-5 players. That means junior Haley Weiner is doing her job well in her first year as starting setter. Consider last week: Weiner dealt 69 assists as SHS won the VolleyHall Classic at AIC on Sunday, had 46 in Tuesday’s 3-2 win vs. South Windsor and 33 in Friday’s sweep of Farmington.

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Find great local eats - MenusCT.com Adelphia Café 476 Washington Avenue North Haven, CT 06473 203-535-0149 Family owned/operated. Former proprietors of the Neptune Diner in Wallingford. Extensive menu for all tastes. Breakfasts, luncheons and special dinners. All baking on premises.

Colony Diner

611 N Colony Road Wallingford, CT 06492 (203) 269-9507 colonydiner.com Wallingford’s place to go for oldfashioned breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Proudly serving up delicious and hearty meals daily. Voted Best Diner 4 years running by Record Journal. Open seven days. Breakfast served all day.

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Serving breakfast, lunch, & dinner.

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Our Success comes from dedication to quality,freshness & variety! Breakfast cooked to order. Open 7 days for breakfast lunch & dinner.

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ART SHOW FINALE

The Cheshire Art League's 12th Annual Art in the Garden Show & Sale Exhibit at Cheshire Nursery, Garden Center and Florist wrapped up on Sunday, Oct. 17. Shown are two paintings from the exhibit: Carol Constantino, Blackies Hot Dogs limited print, from her "Around Town, The Art of Joy" series; and Robin Le's "Reflections" in oil on canvas.

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Presented by Julie Sopchack, exercise physiologist, Hartford HealthCare GoodLife Fitness on Wednesday, Nov. 17 from 11 a.m. to noon. Sponsored by Hartford HealthCare GoodLife Fitness.

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

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Thursday, October 21, 2021

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