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Volume 16, Number 28
Friday, July 9, 2021
Yaccarino: Budget ‘does a lot of good’ Dave Yaccarino, House Republican Senior Whip, applauded the passage of the biennium budget on a bipartisan basis through the House of Representatives and State Senate for the first time since 2017.
The North Haven Republican explained that the budget, while not perfect, stayed within the spending cap and did not include new tax increases. It also fully funded education for the biennium and increased municipal funding to North Haven.
“I am especially proud that this budget fully restores the Research and Development Tax Credit program and will phase out the Connecticut State Income Tax on IRA pensions. I’m also thrilled that it keeps the promise made to teachers regarding
See Budget, A3
Live music returns to Town Green
Hit the ice, tee off at new sports training facility
North Haven’s Music Under The Stars concert series was scheduled to kick off this week with a performance by Rich DiPalma. Presented by the North Haven Department of Community Services and Recreation, these free concerts are held Tuesdays at 7 p.m. on the Town Green. Parking is available at the Town Hall Annex and town pool lots.
By Faith Williams Record-Journal staff
WALLINGFORD — Two life-long friends have combined their passions in a new sport training facility.
The golf simulator room at Cutting Edge Training Center at 65 S. Turnpike Road, Unit C in Wallingford. The facility also features a synthetic ice rink. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
“We both love hockey and golf,” co-owner Greg Barbiero said. “We both love watching it and playing it and we played at a very high level." Fellow co-owner Mike Silengo played hockey through high school, earned all-state honors, and was goalie when North Haven High School won the 1980 state
their retirement benefits by honoring the 50 percent deduction on Connecticut income tax,” Yaccarino said in a press release.
championships. He was inducted into the North Haven High School Hall of Fame and served as head coach of the high school hockey team from 2014 to 2017. Barbiero and Silengo opened Cutting Edge Training Center on South Turnpike Road in May. The facility features a 1,400 square foot
synthetic ice rink and a golf simulator. Quinnipiac Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Ray Andrewson, who attended the ribbon cutting, said the business is great for training all year long.
The remaining schedule: July 13, Classics (50’s/60’s); July 20, Avenue Groove (rhythm & blues/ funk); July 27, Signature Band (Decades of Dance); Aug. 3, Coyote River Band (modern country/pop rock), Aug. 10, Primetime (Party Band); Aug. 17, Timmy Maia Experience (Motown/Today’s Music). There will be no food vendors or classic cars at the concerts this year.
See Cutting Edge, A2
Summer Soccer Registration! Week-long soccer camps for children age 4 to 14
Register Today at CheshireSoccerClub.org
See Music, A2
Last Call!