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Volume 16, Number 6
Freda selected to lead regional council
Cheshire’s Rylee Post looks to score after getting the rebound from North Haven’s Eveani Okwuosa during a Feb. 17, 2020 game at Cheshire High School.
North Haven First Selectman Michael Freda has been unanimously selected by his peers to serve as chairman of the South Central Regional Council of Governments. This marks Freda's secFreda ond term as chairman, having first held the position in 2015. The South Central Regional Council of Governments is dedicated to regional cooperation enabling cities and towns to work together to accomplish projects they cannot do as efficiently or cost effectively by themselves, creating a sense of pride in the region by aspiring to the highest quality of life and economic well being that can be achieved and greater accountability through voluntary cooperation in the region with productive results that benefit the entire region. Freda, who is in his sixth term as first selectman, first took office on Dec. 1, 2009. On Jan. 1, 2020, he assumed the position of board president of the non-partisan See Freda, A2
Friday, February 5, 2021
Aaron Flaum, Record-Journal
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH BUSINESS
Owner faces $100K in fines By Lauren Sellew Record-Journal staff
NORTH HAVEN — The owner of a behavioral health company faces over $100,000 in fines after officials said he made false claims about having a licensed provider for treatments. Neil Quatrano, owner of Behavioral Management, LLC, entered a civil agreement with state and federal agencies and will pay more than $100,000 in connection with the allegations.
Pandemic focus shifts for scholastic sports NFHS drops risk categories, puts emphasis on factors like community spread By Bryant Carpenter Record-Journal staff
CHESHIRE — The label of “high risk” is off the national high school sports table. So is “moderate risk.” So is “low.” The categories that have been used to gauge the risk of COVID-19 spread among high school sports — and shaped
decisions on which sports would play and not play — have been abandoned by the National Federation of State High School Associations. The NFHS, which oversees high school sports associations across the country, including the CIAC, announced Tuesday afternoon that its Sports Medicine Advisory Committee has revised the COVID19 guidance that has been in place since last May. It’s been replaced it with a new “Statement on Risk of COVID-19 During See NFHS, A9
Behavioral Management, 33 Bernhard Road, provides after school and school break programs for children with behavioral and mental health issues, according to a release from Tom Carson, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Connecticut. Quatrano has a bachelor’s degree in social work, but is not a licensed behavioral health provider in the state, the release said. Quatrano is alleged to have submitted fraudulent claims to Medicaid for participants in the company’s programs. Quatrano and the business falsely represented that a licensed provider gave See Fines, A2