Volume 18, Number 31
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BIKERS AGAINST ANIMAL CRUELTY FUNDRAISER
Dog days of summer
Citizen report
With the sun beating down, North Haven-based Bikers Against Animal Cruelty’s annual fundraising rally took place Saturday, July 29 at Town Center Park in Hamden. The gathering included food trucks, vendors, bands, pet adoptions, and more. Despite the oppressive heat, “we got through it and together we raised funds that will help victims of animal cruelty, and that is the reason we are here,” the BAAC stated in a social media post.
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UP NEXT: JUKEBOX 45
North Haven's free concert series, Music
Under the Stars, takes place Tuesday nights, 7 p.m., on the town green. On Aug. 8, the Jukebox 45 Showband takes the stage for a set featuring oldies from the 50s and 60s. The remaining concert lineup: Tuesday, Aug. 15: Raise Your Hands (Bon Jovi tribute); Tuesday, Aug. 22: Avenue Groove (rhythm & blues/funk); Tuesday, Aug. 29: Worlds Apart (Journey tribute); Tuesday, Sept. 5: Primetime (party band). Parking is available at the Town Hall Annex and town pool lots. If weather is a concern, call the Recreation Center Info-Line, 203-672-0541. In rare cases, concerts will take place at North Haven Middle School.
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North Havenbased Bikers Against Animal Cruelty’s annual fundraising rally featured food trucks, vendors, bands, pet adoptions, and more. The event was held Saturday, July 29 at Town Center Park in Hamden.
BAAC, Facebook
Freda talks
HeatSmart North Haven
Citizen report
The Town of North Haven is taking part in a campaign to get residents to consider installing heat pump technology in their homes. The town has partnered with PACE –Peoples Action for Clean Energy – and the North Haven Clean Energy Task Force on this outreach effort: HeatSmart North Haven.
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M&T Bank grand reopening
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Recently, the Quinnipiac Chamber of Commerce hosted a grand reopening ribbon cutting at M&T Bank, 117 Washington Ave., North Haven.
M&T Bank acquired this North Haven branch last year through its merger with People’s United Bank. It is located less than one mile from a Stop & Shop branch that closed recently. Bank staff from the Stop & Shop branch will now provide service at the 117 Washington Ave. location.
As a full-service bank, the North Haven branch includes a drive-up ATM, inbranch teller services, and online and digital solutions to meet customers’ banking preferences.
“We are a bank for communities,” said David Conner, M&T’s regional manager, “delivering the capabilities of a big bank with the care and empathy of a locally focused institution.”
In conjunction with the branch re-opening, and as a demonstration of its commitment to the communities it serves, M&T Bank made a $3,000 donation to the Slate School in North Haven.
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Distinguished Service Award
The North Haven Sons & Daughters of Italy 2805 will honor Artie and Angel Natalino and Bill Mitchell with its Distinguished Service Award. The honorees will be recognized at a dinner to be held Thursday, Sept. 28, 5:30 p.m., at The Woodwinds in Branford. Tickets are $50 and include appetizers and dinner. Call Frank at 203-4104254.
Learn Italian
Do you remember your grandparents talking to you in Italian? Do you want to pass that tradition on to your children? Join “Mamma” Saturday mornings at La Bottega, 10 Church St. Teach your children the beauty of the Italian language and Italian culture. Visit labotteganhv.com for details.
Camera club
The North Haven Camera Club season runs from September to June, and new members are always welcome. The club has beginner,
intermediate and Master levels, allowing members to learn at their own pace. For more information, visit northhavencameraclub.com or email northhavencameraclub@ gmail.com.
Beautification Awards
The North Haven Garden Club invites the public to nominate properties to be considered for its annual Beautification Awards. The club looks for gardens, primarily in the front of a property, demonstrating: color coordination, organization, design and arrangement. Email dsch59@aol.com or camoo67@gmail.com.
Tip line
In response to growing statewide com plaints of a spike in so-called street takeover events, the FBI rolled out a tip line for resi dents to report instances of mass gatherings in parking lots and roadways. Residents looking to report a street takeover are encouraged to call 1-800-CALL-FBI and select the “Connecticut Street Takeovers from an operator. Or, visit the website fbi.gov/cttakeovertips.
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A grand reopening ribbon cutting was held at M&T Bank, 117 Washington Ave., North Haven, on June 27.
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Walk at Wharton Brook. Kick off your Tuesday with a walk around Wharton Brook, located off Route 5. Meet in the parking lot at the entrance at 9 a.m. Remember to bring water, and wear sneakers, as some terrain may be uneven. If you plan on walking with us, contact the office at 203-2395432 the Monday prior.
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Music Under the Stars. Tuesday, Aug. 8 on the town green. Gather your friends from the Senior Center, meet at the gazebo and enjoy the sounds of Jukebox 45, playing the best of the 50s & 60s. Bring a lawn chair. If you plan to attend, call the office at 203-239-5432 or stop in to let us know.
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Lamont pitches electric cars, new regulations boosting them
By Mark Pazniokas The Connecticut Mirror
On the sales floor of the A-1 Toyota dealership in New Haven last week, Katie Dykes was selling a vision of Connecticut’s car-buying future: A rapidly increasing number of electric vehicles, a network of fast chargers and incentives that Dykes jauntily called “cash on the hood.”
Dykes, the commissioner of energy and environmental protection, has a mixed record of closing deals with a General Assembly that readily acknowledges the reality of climate change and transportation-related pollution but often has dragged its heels on giving her powers enjoyed by peers in other states.
The occasion Wednesday, July 26 was a relatively esoteric public-policy milestone: The publication of proposed regulations ensuring Connecticut continues to meet evolving California standards for passengercar emissions, a commitment made 20 years ago during the administration of a Republican governor, John G. Rowland.
More recently, the Connecticut Clean Air Act passed in 2022 at the urging of Dykes and her Democratic boss, Gov. Ned Lamont, requires increasingly cleaner emissions for trucks through 2032. By 2035, auto manufacturers must offer only zeroemission electric vehicles in the state.
“We cannot meet our goals to do our part to reduce emissions and slow climate change if we do not reduce emissions for the transportation sector, and a big part of the solution is offering more electric vehicle and clean vehicle options for Connecticut drivers,” Dykes said.
With weather extremes ranging from drought to deluge, interspersed with periodic heat waves, the summer of 2023 is emerging as a potential catalyst for climate legislation.
The press conference featuring Dykes, Lamont, New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker, lawmakers and advocates came on a day when the front page of the New York Times featured a story warning that warming ocean waters were showing signs of reaching a tipping point towards disrupting crucial currents that shape the climate around the North Atlantic.
The messaging for climate-change bills has broadened in Connecticut from an emphasis on how state policies can eventually reduce green-
house gases to the more immediate impacts that cleaner air will have on urban children who suffer from some of the highest rates of asthma in the U.S.
New Haven was called one of the nation’s “asthma capitals.”
“The air that’s flowing into our state is already out of attainment with ozone standards. And our transportation sector is contributing, exacerbating those ozone and smog impacts because of vehicle exhaust,” Dykes said. “And we have many of our cities that are where we have communities living adjacent to major transportation corridors.”
Elicker noted that New Haven now has an Office of Climate and Sustainability run by Steven Winter, a former city alder who worked on Lamont’s unsuccessful 2010 campaign for governor while a student at Yale.
Sen. Tony Hwang, R-Fairfield, said, “Clean air is critical, and it’s a nonpartisan issue.”
While other measures have generated broader support, Hwang was the only Republican in the Senate to
vote in 2022 for passage of the Connecticut Clean Air Act. Every House Republican was opposed.
Passage of the law was one of the victories that made the 2022 session a high point for environmentalists, and Dykes. On climate change, the 2023 session that concluded in June was largely a bust.
The Lamont administration’s major bill died in committee. It would have given Dykes’s agency authority to designate greenhouse gas emission targets for specific sectors of the economy and levy penalties if they weren’t met. Opposition came from Republicans and the fossil fuel industry.
The 2035 all-electric deadline in the 2022 law is a mandate on automakers and will not ban the purchase or sale of used gas-powered vehicles in 2035. But in concert with federal policy and rules adopted or being adopted in another dozen states, the Connecticut regulations will reinforce the direction already set by makers of cars and trucks.
With the publication of the proposed regulations, Connecticut joins
Rhode Island, Maryland, New Jersey and New Mexico in announcing an intention to adopt the new standards. Massachusetts, New York and Vermont already have finalized adoption of the rules.
“Connecticut and our neighboring states are taking decisive action to meet our climate pollution reduction targets,” Lamont said. “Cars and trucks represent the largest air pollution sector in our state, and these regulations are moving in coordination with commitments made by vehicle manufacturers to go all in on electrification.”
As Dykes spoke, Lamont glanced towards one of Toyota’s oddly named offerings in its all-electric line, the bZ4x sports-utility vehicle. The first two letters stand for “beyond zero” emissions, and X marks it as a crossover.
The version on the floor was the more expensive of the two basic versions: one a front-wheel drive car with a single electric motor; the other, with a motor on each axle and allwheel drive. It carried a sticker price
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Katie Dykes, the commissioner of DEEP, pitching electric cars and new EV regs in a Toyota showroom. Mark Pazniokas, The Connecticut Mirror See
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The North Haven Garden Club continues to care for the library gardens, and they look amazing. Although the weeding seems to be unending, it gets done often. The sunflowers are growing, zinnias are popping up. The morning glory seem to have their own idea where they want to grow, so club member Lee Fermo has been training them to go up a pole. Impatiens look nice in between the stepping stones. Club member Cindy Adinolfi painted some nice size rocks (Bee Kind, meditation symbols, ocean with footprints in the sand) and placed them in three of the gardens. Club member Linda Lianos also tends to the library gardens.
The North Haven Heat U11 girls soccer team played up a division and placed first in the U12 South Central District League with a record of 4-1-1. Also, the Heat finished second in the Bridgewater Challenge Cup in Massachusetts, losing to a U12 premier team in the finals, 3-2 .The Heat wish to thank their sponsor, Haven Hot Chicken. The team is pictured, front row: Giada Cicarella, Carissa O'Connor, Linley Mello, Tessa Rothfuss, Maddy Cretella, Sophia Ortiz, Paige Dallai. Back row: Aubrey Unger, Reyna Wambolt, Luca Hall, Gia Mcguinn, Olivia Mattox, Caprina Gaetano, Ella Ferrie. The Heat were coached by Chris and Nick Gaetano.
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Locals sign on for Pan-Mass biking challenge
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North Haven residents Kathleen Mulligan, Chase Nelson and John Troiano will be among the more than 6,000 riders from around the globe who will pedal in the 44th Pan-Mass Challenge, Aug. 5 and 6 in Massachusetts. Riders and volunteers will travel from 43 states and eight countries to participate in
PMC Ride Weekend festivities. The bike-a-thon includes one- and two-day routes, from 25 to 211 miles, designed to cater to all levels of cycling and fundraising ability.
The cyclists come together with the common goal of raising $70 million for cancer research and patient care at Dana-Farber Cancer Insti-
tute. Most riders and volunteers participate in honor of a family member or friend fighting cancer, and 950 riders and volunteers are cancer survivors or current patients.
“The steadfast commitment of the PMC community year after year continues to inspire me,” said Billy Starr, founder and executive director of the PanMass Challenge. “With our sights set on a recordbreaking fundraising goal
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To make a financial contribution to a rider from your town or to register as a rider, visit pmc.org, or call 800-WE-CYCLE.
Connect with #PMC2023 on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.
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“Thank you so much for your generosity and support,” the BAAC added.
Bikers Against Animal Cruelty is a nonprofit which advocates against animal cruelty and neglect, promotes responsible pet ownership and helps provide the cost of emergency care for ownerless victims of animal cruelty and neglect. “Our efforts are concentrated on domestic ownerless pets who, through no fault of their own, became victims at the hands of awful humans,” the BAAC said. “Pets that have been beaten, stabbed, burned, starved, tortured, kicked, tossed out of cars, left to die, and so many more awful acts. Pets that have been betrayed by the one person they trusted with their life.”
HeatSmart
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"HeatSmart North Haven is designed to help residents better understand their home and the options available to them when it comes to heating and cooling," First Selectman Michael Freda states on the HeatSmart North Haven webpage. "This program is designed to provide residents with the necessary information to make informed choices about energy efficiencies in their homes."
When it comes to heat pumps, HeatSmart Connecticut said they "can be affordable alternatives to fossil fuel-based heating and hot water, while also providing cooling to improve home comfort."
To learn more about the HeatSmart North Haven program, visit heatsmartct.org/ northhaven.
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Sons & Daughters of Italy Lodge 2805 awarded its 2023 scholarships to Talia Annunziato and Robert Dolzani, who will be entering college in the fall. Annunziato plans to study nursing at UConn. Dolzani will further his education at Curry College. Pictured with Annunziato and Dolzani are scholarship committee members Len Ricciardelli, Sally Gill, Susan Velleca, SueAnn Mentone, Sharon Ricciardelli and Mark DeFranco.
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of $49,899 and had a range of more than 220 miles.
There are only 36,000 electric vehicles currently registered in Connecticut, but
Dykes said a shift to EVs is underway: Registrations are up 20% since January and 42% over a year ago.
With federal funds, the state Department of Transportation is currently mapping a network of fast chargers on its interstates, with construc-
tion expected in 2024. Once completed, the federal funds can be used for chargers on secondary roads.
This story originally appeared on the website of The Connecticut Mirror, ctmirror.org
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Locals in college
Bryant University, Smithfield, R.I., named Christian Amorotti and Bryan Parker to its dean’s list for the spring semester.
Champlain College, Burlington, Vt., named Savannah Ciak to its president's list for the spring semester.
Champlain College, Burlington, Vt., named Savannah Ciak to its dean's list for the spring semester.
Coastal Carolina University, Conway, S.C., named Christopher Hansen to its president’s list for the spring semester.
Coastal Carolina University, Conway, S.C., named Alyssa Cannavaciolo to its dean’s list for the spring semester.
College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Mass., named Patrick Grudberg and Eliza O'Connor to its dean’s list for the spring semester.
University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, named Rafealla D'Amico to its dean’s list for the spring semester.
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TOWN OF NORTH HAVEN INLAND WETLANDS COMMISSION NOTICE OF DECISION
Please take notice that the following decision was rendered by the North Haven Inland Wetlands Commission on Wednesday, July 26, 2023, at the Mildred A. Wakeley Community and Recreation Center, 7 Linsley Street, in Room #2 at 7:00 PM.
PUBLIC HEARING:
1. #I23-08 Approved the Application of The Slate School, Inc, Applicant & Owner, relative to 5100 Ridge Road, (Map 97, Lot 2), seeking a Site Plan Referral. Plan Entitled: Proposed Parking Plan, 5100 Ridge Road, North Haven, Connecticut. Prepared by: SLR International Corporation. Dated: June 5, 2023. Scale: 1”= 20’. R-40 Zoning District. Subject to conditions.
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Notice is hereby given that the North Haven Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a Public Hearing on Thursday, August 17, 2023 at 7:30 p.m., at the North Haven Memorial Library, 17 Elm Street, in the Community Room at which time and place opportunity will be given to those who wish to be heard relative to the following applications:
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1. #23-11 Application of Vincenzo Barecchia, Applicant, Commercial Investment Group, LLC, Owner, relative to 117 & 109 Washington Avenue, (Map 73, Lots 9 & 5), per Section 8.10.3.1, requesting a variance of the 500 feet requirement between a location for a liquor permit and a school, requesting zero feet. CA-20/IL-30 Zoning Districts.
2. #23-12 Application of Nicole Sonsini, Applicant & Owner, relative to 25 George Street, (Map 73, Lot 100), per Section 8.13.2.2.3, requesting a detached garage area variance of 168 square feet to permit a 768 square feet detached garage where 600 square feet is permitted, and per Section 8.13.2.1.3, requesting a combined accessory structure area variance of 280 square feet to permit a combined accessory structure area of 880 square feet where 600 square feet is permitted. R-12 Zoning District.
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