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Volume 15, Number 24
‘We think it’s safe; we think it’s logical’
TORNADO AFTERMATH
Most damage has been cleared
Fall sports will proceed but COVID-19 numbers will dictate how far the season advances
By Devin Leith-Yessian Record-Journal staff
NORTH HAVEN — Local streets have been reopened and power restored after a tornado touched down in town last week.
By Bryant Carpenter Record-Journal staff
CHESHIRE — Tackle football is a go. Ditto for indoor girls volleyball.
“The final streets in town are being opened, so it's been this long that we've had streets that were impassable,” North Haven Fire Chief Paul Januszewski said Sunday afternoon. The Thursday, Aug. 27 storm initially knocked out power to approximately 45 percent of households in North Haven, prompting First Selectman Michael Freda to declare a state of emergency. Gov. Ned Lamont, U.S. Sen. See Tornado aftermath, A2
Friday, September 4, 2020
Every fall sport, for that matter, got the green light in the new high school sports re-opening plan the CIAC unveiled late Wednesday night, Aug. 26 and further explained in a press conference the following morning.
Evan Pelaccia, a United Illuminating employee, works on anchoring a new utility pole along Homewood Avenue in North Haven on Sunday, Aug. 30. A tornado touched down in town on Aug. 27, knocking out power to nearly half the town and blocking numerous roads. Devin Leith-Yessian, Record-Journal
Bottom line? Scholastic football, soccer, volleyball, swimming, field hockey and cross country teams could start practicing in cohorts Saturday, Aug. 29 with an eye to starting full team practices on Sept. 21 and games on Oct. 1 — so long See CIAC, A5
Theaters begin to reopen as studios release blockbusters By Devin Leith-Yessian Record-Journal staff
Helped along by a few recent blockbuster releases, movie theaters are beginning to open their auditoriums and allow customers indoors.
been shuttered amid the Coronavirus pandemic, studios have held off on releasing blockbusters that are typically shown throughout the summer.
As a few of those movies have been released in recent weeks, namely “We’ve been so lonely, everyone that Unhinged and New Mutants, theworks in a movie theater company aters have felt confident that the de… we’re people people, we love mand is there for them to begin serving people,” said Bria Naylor, powering up their projectors. marketing manager for Picture Show Both AMC Theaters in Plainville and Entertainment, a theater in Berlin. Southington are open and have variWithout the possibility of a big box office weekend, as theaters have See Theaters, A4
Moviegoers head into Holiday Cinemas Stadium 14 in Wallingford Monday, Aug. 31. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal