The North Haven Citizen April 2, 2021

Volume 16, Number 14

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H.S. HOCKEY

Sacco’s shutout lifts North Haven

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WEST HAVEN — Heading into the SCC/SWC Division II final on Saturday, Cheshire ice hockey head coach Anthony Giusto was Indians 3 looking to execute a defensive game plan Rams 0 against North Haven.

The Rams held their rival scoreless early at West Haven’s Bennett Rink, but the Indians used a single sequence to pave the way to victory.

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Volunteers sought for townwide cleanup In recognition of Earth Day, the North Haven Conservation Commission, joined by Clean Up North Haven, the North Haven Trail Association, the North Haven Garden Club and other local organizations will take part in a town-wide cleanup.

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North Haven senior Aaron Racino and junior Jake Hines contributed to all three goals.

Cheshire entered the title game on a five-game win streak, but was unable to score against North Haven senior goalkeeper Andrew Sacco.

Sacco, who won the 2019 Division III state title with the

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The Indians had a golden opportunity when the puck drifted past Chaudhry, but freshman defenseman Ryan Fraser made a diving deflection in front of the goal mouth with 10:45 remaining in the first.

The game remained scoreless until North Haven broke through with 3:04 left in the second period. After a turnover, Hines passed the puck to Racino, who netted the opening goal.

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Just 36 seconds into the third period, Cheshire gained its first power play on a tripping penalty, but North Haven held the Rams scoreless during the sequence.

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The intensity picked up in the final minutes. With 3:48 remaining, a fight broke out on the ice and both teams had two players put in the box for roughing.

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The Indians found the back the back of the net one more time, as Hines scored on a pass from Racino with 8:59 left.

Cheshire tried to make a final push, but fell short against the Indians for the second time this winter. Like Sacco, Then, with 39 seconds remaining in the second period, Chaudhry finished with 20 the Rams received the game’s saves in the title game.

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“We felt that we were playing well through the second, but they made a push to get the lead at the end of the period.

You need to give them credit,” said Giusto.

At the outset, Cheshire and North Haven both had scoring chances, but Sacco and Cheshire junior goalkeeper Amaan Chaudhry kept the game scoreless in the first period.

first penalty for slashing. With the power-play advantage, the Indians extended their lead to 2-0 on a goal by junior Justin Pniewski with 6.5 seconds left in the period. Hines and Racino picked up assists.

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Third-seeded North Haven (8-2) broke through to score twice in the final four minutes of the second period and added another goal in the third to pick up a 3-0 victory over fifth-seeded Cheshire (56).

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Evelyn Robles-Rivas came to central Connecticut from Puerto Rico in 1991 to stay with family living in the area.

“I was planning to probably be here for a couple of years.

I stayed. And I love my job,” said Robles-Rivas, while admitting it was challenging at times juggling the responsi-

bilities of work, raising a family and continuing her education.

When Robles-Rivas arrived in Meriden she had just graduated from college with a bachelor’s degree. She began teaching, and eventually rose through the ranks to become Evelyn Robles-Rivas, supervisor of Language and Community Partnerships at Meriden Public Schools. a school principal.

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members who participated in conversations the RecordJournal hosted over several months of planning for its new Latino Communities Reporting Lab. Robles-Rivas attributes her own success to the support of her family and community.

“That was key to be a successful Latina educator here in Connecticut,” she said, adding she would like to see more Latino residents, like her, have greater access to information.

The mission of the Latino Communities Reporting Lab is to amplify the voices of our local Latino communities — historically underserved and underrepresented in local news coverage.

Latino families account for much of that growth, as evidenced by enrollment in local schools. According to the district’s latest official count on Oct. 1, more than 58% of the overall student body in Meriden public schools identified as Latino, or 4,727 students out of a total of 8,118, more than twice the state average.

The population of Latino students has grown in other communities as well. In neighboring Wallingford, more than 19% of the 5,451 public school students identify as Latino. Neighboring towns, including Southington and Cheshire, have also seen growth in their Latino populations, although to a lesser degree.

of survey responses over several months.

They included conversations with Latino leaders like recently confirmed U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, a former Meriden schools administrator, who spoke with the project team while serving as state commissioner of education. Cardona stressed opportunities to amplify the voices of Latino youth and to engage with families.

Maria Campos-Harlow, executive director of the United Way of Meriden and Wallingford and another conversation participant, encouraged the initiative to highlight the

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They bring with them a variety of stories, including past professional lives, experiences and cultural traditions, Rodriguez said.

“Many people who have relocated to the United States come with a whole story of professions, or reasons why they moved. And it’s very interesting to learn and so inspiring,” she said.

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Similar trends have occurred statewide. While the overall student population in Connecticut has declined for Plans include building a new more than a decade, the numbers of Latino students team of five bilingual journalists — three reporters, one enrolled in the state’s public photographer/videographer schools continue to rise. According to enrollment data and one editor — through reported by the State Departphilanthropic funding. The ment of Education, in the first dedicated position for current school year, 142,552, the lab was added in Februor close to 28%, of the ary with the hiring of re513,079 pre-kindergarten to porter Jareliz Diaz, followed grade 12 students enrolled in by plans to add a second Connecticut public schools dedicated reporter with identify as Hispanic or Latifunding raised over the next no. By comparison, in the two months.

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highlighting Latino voices, makes him feel like he has a voice too.

represented voices in the community. Identity is very complex,” he said.

Like Rodriguez, Orlando Valentin was raised in central Connecticut. Valentin grew up in Meriden. He now teaches fourth grade at Casimir Pulaski Elementary School.

“That is a good feeling. It makes me want to buy in more,” Valentin said, adding he would be particularly interested in coverage that more deeply explores education, as well as highlights local Latino-led businesses and non-profit organizations serving the community.

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USNewsDeserts.com is a database maintained by the Rodriguez noted there is University of North CaroliThe Record-Journal’s push to na’s Hussman School of Jourgreat cultural diversity even expand its news team to cov- nalism & Media. The website within Latinos whose famier an underserved communi- tracks the decline of newspalies have similar national ority came with a simultaneous pers throughout the country, gins. For example, in Merieffort to seek funding den, there’s a significant noting there are now entire through a previously unexpopulation whose familial counties where local newsplored source: philanthropy. papers are no longer a presroots are in Puebla, Mexico, a Valentin said the Latino Community Reporting Lab’s city located southeast of ence.

Traditional for-profit news concept, which includes Mexico City. She hopes to Valentin suggested including organizations like the The media landscape in Record-Journal have long re- Connecticut has also dwineven more diverse voices than just the Latino commu- lied on subscriptions and ad- dled. While the number of vertising for funding. Those nity. daily print newspapers covfunding sources have decommunities across MARCH MADNESS SPECIALS! “I would love it to be diverse clined, as have the newspa- ering the Nutmeg State has not devoices: Black, Hispanic, any BUD / BUD LIGHT DRAFTS... pers they previously susclined over the past decade individuals who are undertained, in terms of the num$2.75 Bottles • $3 Pints and a half, the number of weekly newspapers has de$15 Buckets • $11 Pitchers clined by more than half. $22.50 - 12 WINGS AND PITCHER Overall circulation declined (during all NCAA Mens tournament games) as well. In 2004, total circulaWith over 20 TVs we have every game you Basement Waterproofing Services secivthe reS gnifoorpretaW tnemesaB tion among daily and weekly could imagine. Plus we have Over 36 Years combined experience. cneirepxe denibmoc sraeY 63 revO best cheeseburger the.eState! newspapers was 2.5 million.

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The Record-Journal itself has not been immune to declining circulation and revenue loss from reduced advertising, nor has it been spared from having to reduce newsroom positions.

While advertising and print circulation has declined, new opportunities to bolster audience engagement through digital means have emerged.

The Record-Journal has the largest audience in its history with its print and digital audiences combined.

Nancy Lane is the long-time chief executive officer of the Local Media Association, a Michigan-based non-profit organization that according to its website works with more than 2,800 local media brands, from newspapers, to television and radio stations, online news sites and others.

Lane said the use of philanthropy as a news media funding source is not new. Public broadcasting and non-profit media outlets have long relied on such funding.

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was one of 16 local news organizations to participate in its Center for Journalism Funding lab.

The center, according to LMA, is supported by the Google News Initiative. It “aims to strengthen the understanding and capabilities of local news organizations regarding fundraising programs and working with philanthropic organizations to support journalism projects.”

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That lab has two goals: raising at least $2.25 million to support all 16 initiatives and publishing an extensive industry playbook on philanthropy-funded journalism for other newsrooms to follow.

Joaquín Alvarado, the executive director of The Seattle Times’ Project Accelerate, serves on the faculty for the Center for Journalism Funding lab. Project Accelerate was an effort launched eight years ago, with an Education Lab focused on expanding coverage of that topic. The newspaper now funds 19 journalists through philanthropy.

“The shift to philanthropy for for-profit media really started to emerge in the last few years, and it was led by The Seattle Times, and their very effective strategy,” Lane said, describing that familyowned newspaper as an early adopter of the philanthropic model.

“I think we all learned a lot from them,” Lane said. It’s not a strategy that works for all companies, she added.

The model has also been successful in Fresno, Dallas, Miami and Boston.

“I think that it works for companies that are very committed to journalism, that have an appropriate size newsroom for the size of their organization, and at which journalism is at the heart of what they do,” Lane said, noting there are local media companies where that is not the case.

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“There are newsrooms that have been stripped down to levels that are hard to justify.

And in those cases they are not going to have the same success as the news organizations that invest heavily in journalism,” Lane said.

“Watchdog journalism, with investigative reporting being front and center, that will get the attention of the funding community. So I think family-owned and independently owned newspapers and digital sites are in a great position to secure philanthropic funding for journalism projects.”

Lane’s advice as news organizations like the RecordJournal explore philanthropic funding models is to start by listening to local community members.

“I think listening to the community is first and foremost: understanding the needs that aren’t being covered, problems that exist that need the solutions, and then talking to the funding community,” Lane said.

Editorial independence “It’s important to find out what part of journalism different funders would be willing to invest in,” Lane said.

She added, the terms between donors and news organizations have to be clear.

“There are no strings attached,” she said. “... The contract or (memorandum of understanding) you sign with the funder makes it clear they have no control over the editorial part of it, no influence, no right to direct how this coverage is made. You just have to be crystal clear in the contract.”

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Lane said for the most part funders are topic-focused, using the example of K-12 education, which she noted is a topic that has seen significantly reduced coverage over the past decade.

“Knowing there are a lot of problems in K-12 education, (funders) are looking for coverage and solutions… They want to bring awareness to the problem. And they want solutions proposed and they trust journalists can do this,” Lane said.

Dan Kennedy, a journalism professor at Northeastern University in Boston, is familiar with traditional newsrooms’ efforts to bolster shrinking news coverage and

newsrooms with philanthropic funding.

Kennedy echoed Lane’s point about news organizations needing to be clear with donors that funding does not dictate coverage and news organizations maintain editorial independence.

Kennedy also urged transparency for the sake of readers.

“Just be straightforward and transparent,” Kennedy said.

“Be straightforward with the funders, letting them know you have to understand, you’re not going to dictate coverage…. And on the transparency end, you tell your audience who your funders are. And how you are going

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“We’ve got good evidence these things are sustainable.”

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“This is something that’s so important for civic life, to make sure the Hispanic community is included,” Manship said. He stressed the importance of having access to information: “There are so many decisions that are made that impact people’s lives.”

Connect and engage Record-Journal publisher Liz White Notarangelo explained the seeds for the Latino Communities Reporting Lab were planted around two years ago. In 2019, the company launched a team whose focus was on listening. It led to launching Voices – Community Powered Journalism.

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The Meriden-Wallingford Community Foundation is the Latino Communities ReIt’s too soon to say whether porting Lab's non-profit fiscal the Record-Journal’s current sponsor. That sponsorship initiative will yield a Spanish enables a for-profit news orlanguage offshoot. The paganization, like the Record“All of that work led us to per’s leadership has indicated Journal, to accept foundation thinking about how we can it could be a possibility. funding and tax-deductible do more outreach to the local “I think we need to recognize donations. Campos Harlow is community,” White said.

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Scholarships TriCircle, Inc. (TCI) has announced

that applications are being accepted for two memorial scholarship opportunities, each valued at $2,500.

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cut Higher Education Trust, Shawn T. Wooden, has reThe North Haven Garden launched the state’s 529 colClub will host its annual May lege savings plan under new Market Fundraiser Saturday, program manager, Fidelity May 8, 9 a.m. to noon, on Investments. Existing CHET the Town Green (rain or Direct Plan account owners shine.) The plant sale will should visit Fidelity.com/ feature extraordinary peren- CHETactivate to activate nials, all hand-dug from their accounts. New enmembers' gardens; along hancements to the CHET with a selection of plants plan include no minimum that attract bees, butterflies amount to open a CHET Diand birds. The market will rect 529 account, no annual have annuals, tomatoes and account fees, and free planherbs, as well. Also, a variety ning and guidance for famiof outside vendors will be on lies. hand. Potential vendors should email nhgccindy@ya- in their college savings journey. For more information, hoo.com. visit AboutChet.com.

Flower/plant sale The Easter Bunny will be on hand at Northford Congregational Church’s Easter weekend flower/plant sale fundraiser. The flower/plant sale schedule: April 2 and 3, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and April 4, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. (rain or shine). The church is located at 4 Old Post Road at the corner of Routes 22 and 17 in North Branford.

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Red Cross The American Red Cross urges individuals who have fully recovered and received a verified COVID-19 diagnosis to sign up to give convalescent plasma now by completing the donor eligibility form at redcrossblood.org/plasma4covid.

Blood donation appointments can be made for the coming days and weeks by downloading the free Blood Donor App, visiting redcrossblood.org, calling 1800-733-2767 or enabling the Blood Donor Skill on any Alexa Echo device.

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As of March 28, the total of laboratory-confirmed and probable COVID-19 cases reported among Connecticut residents was 308,439, including 285,171 laboratory-confirmed and 23,268 probable cases. Four hundred ninety-eight patients were hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19. And there had been 7,883 COVID-19-associated deaths in the

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And federal researchers reported good news Monday, according to media reports. The coronavirus vaccines made by Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech are proving highly effective at preventing symptomatic and asymptomatic infections under real-world

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Keep that Quinnipiac River spirit alive and clean In earlier years, Dossin Beach was a swimming attraction with a beautiful sandy beach. Time has taken its toll on Dossin Beach over the years, though it is now home to the Quinnipiac River Watershed Association.

Dossin Beach was closed in the 40s when the polio epidemic was running rampant and never again was to be a public swimming area, although we did fish it. Eventually, trees and shrubs took over the beach area and are still there today.

Added to that is a delta just below Red Bridge that was formed by silt that ran into the river from various building projects, and it now even has a growth of shrubs and small trees on it.

Over the years there was some talk about dredging Hanover Pond, but in the long run that’s all it was: just talk.

For a while, the river held its own and was the place to go for some trout fishing. As kids, we were forever on the river, either fishing or swimming, and sometimes doing

both.

I caught my first trout off of Red Bridge, located just above Dossin Beach. Red Bridge has since been replaced with a newer concrete bridge, but thanks to the Meriden Lions Club, the abandoned Red Bridge has been saved and refurbished, and is also a historical site.

Every time I go by Red Bridge, I think of the old days when we used to fish, swim and even dive off the bridge in order to impress all the lovely girls in South Meriden. Don’t try that now.

There is way too much silt buildup.

As we grew out of our teens, many of us got married and started families of our own, but we still turned to Hanover Pond and the Quinnipiac River as a source of recreation.

board around the pond.

By the late Roberts ’50s, the water seemed to be tainted and started to lose favor as a recreation spot. Soon it was forgotten and eventually turned into nothing but a carrier for polluted water from buildings along the river.

It looked like nobody gave a damn what happed to the river.

The state even stopped stocking the Quinnipiac River with trout because tests showed the water too polluted for the fish to survive.

Various forms of aquatic life in the river even disappeared.

Back then, the Quinnipiac Gorge Trail was nothing more than an abandoned On Sundays, the young fami- railroad bed turning into a dirt trail that saw some vehilies would gather on the cles driven up and abanshore of Hanover Pond in doned along the river, their the spot now called Habershon Field. We would swim, oil and fluids running into and Gene Waller had an out- the Quinnipiac, adding to the pollution. board motorboat that he would use to tow us on surfSlowly, but surely, the Quinnipiac River was left to die a slow lingering death.

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It would be hard to count the number of folks who use the Quinnipiac Gorge Trail for recreational exercise and just to see the beautiful Quinnipiac River as it flows so peacefully along the trail.

But it wasn’t always that way. Back in the 1940s and into the ’50s, the Quinnipiac River was also used as a swimming source during the summer months and, before that, Hanover Pond was even home to an amusement park and a boat livery.

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The members were from various towns along the river, including Southington, Cheshire, Meriden, Wallingford, North Haven and, I believe, New Haven.

Slowly, but surely, they became a force to be reckoned with. They were assisted by a conservationist named Erin O’Hare, who now serves as the Environmental & Natural Resource Planner for the Town of Wallingford.

Erin O’Hare had walked and mapped the entire length of the Quinnipiac, noting sources of pollution as well as dumping areas along the river.

For some businesses along the river, the QRWA became a thorn in their side, but eventually most of them recognized the need for change and the river started to show signs of life again.

Every year they have a couple of cleanups, but this year they are going to try something different. In lieu of the Spring River Cleanup, this year they are holding a month-long event throughout April in which volunteers can clean in and around the Quinnipiac River and Hanover Pond at their own pace and on whatever date and whatever time works for each individual or group.

There will not be a QRWA guide on site throughout April. Volunteers are asked to work independently The QRWA will provide trash

bags to all volunteers and will dispose of the trash collected.

Sorry to say, the early opening of the Connecticut 2021 trout season has lacked the The QRWA would like for anyone interested in partici- excitement of traditional opening days, but there are pating to email or text phosome fishermen getting in tos of themselves and other volunteers cleaning the wa- time. Meriden angler Marty Loos tells me that Black terways so they can be Pond has been productive shared in an email at the for many shore fishermen, conclusion of the event. and I have seen some bass If this sounds like something boats on Silver Lake. you or your group would be interested in, email the QR- Kyle Cooney fished the Coginchaug River in MiddleWA at qrwainfo@att.net for field and came away with details. This is an excellent opportunity for those who enjoy walking the trails on the Quinnipiac River and Hanover Pond. Clean water SUDOKU is everyone’s responsibility.

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The Quinnipiac River did come back, although there are still times that it becomes a “Troubled Water.”

Thanks to the generosity and hard work of the Meriden Lions Club and the Cuno Foundation, a building that was once a dog pound was cleaned and refurbished and now serves as the QRWA headquarters. It sits right on the shoreline of Hanover Pond where the

some nice trout. He said he saw only one other fisherman while he was there.

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Quinnipiac River flows into the pond.

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2. #I20-06 Approved the Application of The Slate School, Inc., Applicant & Owner, relative to 5100 Ridge Road, (Map 97, Lot 2), seeking a Permit to Conduct Regulated Activity and a Site Plan Referral. Entitled: Slate Upper School, 5100 Ridge Road, North Haven, Connecticut. Prepared by: Milone & MacBroom. Dated: October 27, 2020.

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