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Volume 15, Number 6
Wallingford Democrat runs for Fasano’s seat again By Lauren Takores Record-Journal staff
A Democratic candidate has thrown her hat into the ring for the state Senate seat to be vacated by Len Fasano. Fasano, the North Haven Republican who leads his party’s Senate caucus, announced in April that he would not be seeking a tenth term representing the 34th District of East Haven, North Haven, Durham and Wallingford.
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Keen filed her paperwork establishing her intent to run in January. In 2018, McKeen unsucMcKeen cessfully challenged Fasano in her first run for legislative office, winning 41.5 percent of the vote. Fasano had not been challenged for the seat since 2012.
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Area nursing homes continue to be impacted by COVID-19 pandemic By Michael Gagne Record-Journal staff
According to a new list compiled by the state, 3,423 COVID-19 cases have been identified in nursing homes across Connecticut, with 568 deaths. Another 200 deaths have been deemed COVIDpossible. In Meriden, Apple Rehab Coccomo had 16 cases and two confirmed deaths. Another three recent deaths in the facility were deemed
probable, according to state reports. At another facility, the Curtis Home, eight cases were reported, including one death. Silver Springs Care Center had reported five cases, with no deaths linked to the disease. At Regency House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Wallingford, 19 cases of COVID-19 had been identified. The deaths of two residents have been linked to COVID-19.
At Quinnipiac Valley Center, 23 cases were identified, with two deaths linked to the disease. The nursing home is one of several in the state designated as a COVID recovery facility. Officials reported seven cases at Skyview Rehab and Nursing, and no deaths to date. Summit at Plantsville in Southington reported 16 cases to date. Four deaths at the facility have been linked See Nursing homes, A2
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Max Massameno, 6, reads “Spot” with Aili McKeen, both of Wallingford, on April 4, 2018, during Books and Bunnies in the children’s section of the Wallingford Public Library.