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Volume 17, Number 7
Friday, February 18, 2022
A SWEET GESTURE
The North Haven Leo Club created Valentine’s Day care packages for the senior residents at The Landing of North Haven. Leo clubs are the youth wing of Lions Clubs International and encourage development of leadership qualities through community service. See page 8 for more on the local Leo’s Valentine’s Day project.
Cicarella, Yaccarino vote no to extending governor’s powers
Promising signs in COVID data Citizen report
COVID-19 cases in North Haven continue to move in the right direction.
Citizen report
The Democratic Party-controlled state legislature voted recently to extend some of Gov. Ned Lamont’s remaining pandemic-related executive orders, including a statewide mask mandate for schools and child care centers Lamont has said he wants lifted Feb. 28. Senate President Pro Tempore Martin Looney (D-New Haven) has said his personal preference would be to continue a statewide mask mandate. See Powers, A2
State Sen. Paul Cicarella represents the communities of Durham, East Haven, North Haven and Wallingford. Senator Paul Cicarella, Facebook
The state’s latest COVID report, which includes two weeks of data, showed 182 positive cases in town, a substantial drop from the previous report, in which the community recorded 267 cases. In January, local cases numbered 970 during one two-week span and 783 in another. See COVID-19, A2