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Volume 12, Number 51
Thursday, December 23, 2021
Board of Ed. leadership remains the same Citizen staff
year term as vice chair.
The Cheshire Board of Education unanimously voted to reinstate Chair Tony Perugini and Vice Chair Adam Grippo in those leadership positions at its Dec. 9 meeting.
The board also unanimously approved the appointment of member Anne Harrigan to the position of secretary.
Perugini is beginning his 12th term. He was recently appointed to serve on the board of directors of the Connecticut Association for Boards of Education. This will be Grippo’s second four-
Previously, Kathryn Hallen, who chose not to seek reelection in 2021, had served in that role. Perugini welcomed the newest school board member, Samantha Rosenberg, an educator, who will be serving her first term.
The following committee assignments also were approved at the Dec. 9 meeting: Faith Ham will chair the Curriculum Committee again; Grippo will chair the Finance and Policy committees; Tim White will chair the Legislative, Transportation, and Personnel committees; Harrigan will chair the Liaison and School Modernization committees; and Andrew Martelli will chair the Planning and Public Information committees.
LIGHTS & SIGHTS
Perugini
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Church goes green, encourages ‘environmental justice’ By Joy VanderLek The Cheshire Citizen
The First Congregational Church of Cheshire was recently recognized as a Level I Green church by the Southern New England UCC. The goal was accomplished by a group of church members in less than a year.
INSIDE See more photos inside on Page A3.
Take a night time drive around Cheshire and see the many houses and yards covered in dazzling light displays and holiday scenes. Many of these decorated sites are entered in Cheshire Parks and Recreation’s annual Nights of Lights & Sights contest. A link to a map noting the location of households entered in the contest can be found on Cheshire’s municipal website. Joy VanderLek, The Cheshire Citizen
The First Congregational Church of Cheshire team undertook a variety of actions to attain Level I. Along with regularly scheduled environmental and sustainability communications to the church body, the group established a pollinator garden, began a composting program, and partnered with the Coalition for a Sustainable Cheshire to hold litter clean-ups, First Church Eco-Justice Co-Chair Anne McNulty explained. In an effort to increase native plantings, which are beneficial to See Church, A2