North Haven Citizen Sept. 11, 2020

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Health & Racquet Club to resume operations The Town of North Haven is pleased to announce that the beloved premier sports facility in our community, North Haven Health and Racquet (NHHR), will resume operations on Sunday, Sept. 13, just in time for the start of the fall tennis season.

First Selectman Michael Freda worked in partnership with current owners of the NHHR facility, the Tagliatela family, to develop a solution that will keep the club’s facilities and services accessible to the residents of North Haven and all club members and clients.

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A new, capable management team with years of experience in tennis club operations called “Tennis for All” will assume the management of the club. Anna Mobarak, who currently manages Tennis Central in Woodbridge will lead that team, supported by tennis pros from Tennis Central and her husband Mushfiq Mobarak, Professor of Economics and Management at Yale.

This new management team will work closely with the Town of North Haven, including the North Haven school system, to make the club’s facilities more accessible to all North

Haven residents, designing new sports and health programs for our school children and for the elderly.

They will also introduce talent identification and youth development programs to nurture promising athletes in our community. All of this is made possible by the generosity of the Tagliatela family, and a unique public-private partnership with a mission to build healthier, inclusive communities in North Haven using sports.

The new management will communicate with NHHR members about specifics of the reopening plans, and

the procedures for booking courts.

They are currently devising a system for facility access that is consistent with the State of Connecticut’s guidelines for reopening business in a phased manner to minimize the risk of COVID-19 transmission.

Please visit nhhr.com/faq for more information about re-opening plans, and to be placed on an email list through which the club will communicate with interested parties. You can also connect to the club on Facebook to stay abreast of latest developments.

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By Bryant Carpenter Record-Journal staff

A new study examining 2018 data found 38 percent of Connecticut households lacked enough income to afford basic necessities before the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.

Another 367,175 households, or 27 percent, were considered “ALICE” houses, meaning they did not fall below the federal poverty line, and See Report, A2

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Plug pulled on tackle football

By Matthew Zabierek Record-Journal staff

The United Way of Connecticut’s biannual ALICE report, released last week, found that of the state’s 1.37 million households, 146,552, or 11 percent, earned below the federal poverty level in 2018.

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CHESHIRE — Traditional 11-on-11 tackle football games will not be played this fall in Connecticut. Girls volleyball games will, but with players wearing masks.

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The CIAC’s Board of Control voted Friday morning to pull the plug on a full-contact football after the state Department of Public Health, in a Thursday, Sept. 3 letter, reiterated its stance against higher risk sports such as football and indoor volleyball being played this fall.

A solution was found for volleyball, but not for 11-on-11 football.

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The biannual report pulls data from a variety of sources to determine whether households can afford the minimal costs for basic needs, including housing, child care, food, transportation, health care, technology, taxes and a contingency fund equal to 10 percent of annual spending.

Household essential budgets were adjusted for geography and a number of demographic factors, with average

care centers go out of businesses, it will make child care harder to find and more expensive, especially in less populated areas, the report states.

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“The ALICE population is always one paycheck away from falling behind,” Campos-Harlow said.

Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, childcare advocates around the state and country have sounded alarms that the industry could be headed for financial collapse without any government bailout. If child-

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budgets of $29,908 for a sinRising cost of living, gle adult, $31,752 for a single child care deserts senior, and $90,660 for a famResearchers and advocates From A1 ily of four. say the state’s high cost of therefore did not qualify for The United Way of Connecti- living, particularly the high public assistance, but did cut releases a new report ev- cost of housing and childnot earn enough income to ery two years and uses the care, are pushing more and afford basic necessities. findings to guide programs, more households into the initiatives and advocacy.

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Campos-Harlow noted housing and childcare alone Local numbers The 2018 data also showed makes up an estimated 42 that a growing number of Of the 169 towns and cities percent of the average budget households in Connecticut, in Connecticut, 148 have at for an ALICE household.

13 percent, are on the cusp of least one in five households becoming an “ALICE house- below the state’s basic cost “That is pretty significant,” hold.” The report does not of living, which the reports Campos-Harlow said about account for economic imrefers to as the ALICE that percentage. “It’s just pacts brought on by the pan- threshold. very hard when you’re doing demic.

Locally, 49 percent of house- all the right things, you’re working, you’re trying to pro“Despite working hard, many holds in Meriden are either vide for your family, but the ALICE workers are not able below the poverty line or cost of life is so high, so no to earn enough to keep pace considered ALICE housematter what you do, you’re with the high cost of living in holds. behind. It’s just heartbreakConnecticut and the COVIDPercentages from other sur- ing, and so many people are 19 pandemic has exposed in that situation.” rounding suburbs include: just how many families are walking a financial tightrope,” 36 percent in Wallingford, 26 In urban areas, housing percent in Southington, 22 said Richard Porth, CEO of costs are rising due to “popthe United Way of Connecti- percent in Cheshire, 26 perulation growth and increascent in Berlin, 37 percent in cut. ing demand for low-cost, urPlainville, 30 percent in ban rental units,” the report It’s “very reasonable” to asNorth Haven, 17 percent in states, adding “this trend will sume the number of ALICE Durham, and 24 percent in continue as affordable houshouseholds will increase as a Middlefield. ing becomes hard to find.” result of the pandemic, said Maria Campos-Harlow, exec- While the poverty level has remained relatively stable in The report notes that the utive director of the United number of families with Way of Meriden-Wallingford. local towns and around the children fell 9 percent in state, Harlow-Campos said Many ALICE workers have Connecticut from 2010 to the percentage of ALICE lower-paying jobs in indus2018, which could make it households is climbing. tries hit hard by the pandemharder for child care ic, child care, restaurants, providers to stay afloat. and hospitality.

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In Connecticut, 44 percent of families live in a child care desert, defined as having no child care providers at all, or so few options that there are three times as many children for each available licensed child care slot, the report states.

Growing racial disparities The latest ALICE report found a disproportionately high percentage of Black and Hispanic households live below the ALICE threshold. More than half of Black households, 57 percent, and Hispanic households, 63 percent, live below the ALICE threshold, higher than the statewide average of 38 percent. This racial disparity has existed since the recession of 2008 and has grown over the past decade, Porth said during a recent press conference.

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“Households across the state were affected by that recession, but it appears white households recovered faster and to a greater degree,” Porth said.

“Black and Latino households actually lost ground over the last ten years or so. That, in my opinion, is an alarming finding.”

Since 2010, the number of black households in Connecticut below the ALICE threshold has increased by 11 percent, while the number of white households struggling to make ends meet decreased by 10 percent, according to Porth.

“Something’s wrong there,” Porth said about the widening disparity, “and we want to call that out and ask for help across the whole government, business [sector], community leaders and others to figure out how we can do better.” mzabierek@record-journal.com 203-317-2279 Twitter: @MatthewZabierek

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“Without DPH support, the CIAC cannot move forward with a full contact season as it would place superintendents and boards of education in the impossible position of acting against the recommendation of a state agency,” the CIAC said in a statement issued Friday morning.

The CIAC will look for lower-risk alternatives for football, such as combines, which means teams can continue with conditioning and non-contact skill workouts, which have been under way since Aug. 29. The CIAC is hoping to come up with those options by Sept. 21.

That’s when the other fall sports are slated to move to full-team practices.

The DPH has recommended the 7-on-7, non-tackling version of football seen in summer passing leagues and being played this fall in Vermont. That option, though,

“We don’t think that 7-v-7 football is a replacement for 11-v-11 football,” CIAC Executive Director Glenn Lungarini said Friday, noting that the National Federation of High School Associations has taken the same position. “I am hopeful that we will come up with the coaches and the athletic directors and our football committee a number of ways to moderate risk activity that don’t present any more danger than a soccer or field hockey game would present.”

“While it’s extremely disappointing that we weren’t able to find a position that gives kids that full football experience ... we still have opportunities to keep our kids engaged,” Lungarini said.

“Structured physical activity

still has an extreme value.”

As for volleyball, the DPH was recommending the game be moved outdoors. The CIAC found that unworkable for safety and equity reasons.

The solution was keeping the game indoors with players wearing masks.

“The CIAC and its medical experts believe that the modification of wearing masks mitigates the risk expressed

by DPH and provides a safe indoor environment for the sport of volleyball,” the CIAC stated.

Friday’s announcement was the latest twist in a Connecticut sports rollercoaster ride that dates back to the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in March, but has gained in intensity over the past month.

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Football

Many felt something was missing when the annual Memorial Day parade did not occur due to the pandemic, and this feeling of loss spurred local couple Bob and Jennifer MassiniVanacore to do something special for the Fourth of July holiday.

But others joined in.

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Judy Knoob took an active role in aiding the Vanacores in organizing the walk. She contacted Jason Heintz and Ted Stockmon, who provided video and photography.

The CIAC allowed teams to start conditioning in cohorts of 10 on July 6 only to shut it down for 12 days in mid-August when the state Department of Public Health raised objections to the CIAC’s initial re-opening plan for the fall season that was unveiled on July 30.

“I was very upset on Memorial Day that our fallen soldiers were not properly honored,” Jennifer stated. “My husband Bob and I agreed that we would walk the parade route with flags, just the two of us.”

Stockmon also provided the group’s safe passage, as he escorted the parade in his 1986 Chevy Caprice Police Interceptor.

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Another key component to the story came on Aug. 14, when the CIAC rejected a vote from its football committee to push the football season to the spring. The football committee was almost unanimous — the vote was 9-1 — in its recommendation. The CIAC countered by saying the state’s low COVID numbers warranted playing football now and that there was no guarantee the numbers would be better in the spring.

Then, on Aug. 27, the CIAC updated its fall plan that featured three weeks of cohort practice, two weeks of fullteam practice and an Oct. 1 start date for games. The plan included a green light for 11-on-11 football. The problem was, the Department of Public Health was still advising against it, recommending football be

pushed to the spring or scaled back to 7-on-7 for the fall.

The CIAC, in response, asked the DPH on Aug. 28 if it would evaluate COVID data with the CIAC at the end of September or in early October to determine whether high–risk sports could proceed.

The DPH, in its Sept. 3 letter to the CIAC, stuck to its guns.

“As we have stated previously and consistently, there are characteristics that make certain sports unique with regard to their potential for the spread of COVID-19, and thereby present a higher risk for initiating or furthering community spread of any outbreaks even when data metrics support in-person learning,” wrote DPH Acting Commissioner Deidre Gifford.

“With regard to CIAC’s consideration of additional mitigation strategies for indoor girls’ volleyball and football that may lower their risks for person-to-person respiratory droplet spread, DPH has suggested that CIAC consider modifications to higher risk activities, and we continue to encourage such modifications. Absent such modifications, DPH is unlikely to support higher risk activities for the Fall term.”

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Last Friday, teams were completing the first of three weeks of conditioning and non-contact skill work practices that are limited to one hour and must be done in cohorts of no more than 10.

Longer, full-team practices will begin on Sept. 21 if the state’s COVID-19 case numbers, which by then should reflect the first two weeks of school, remain below certain thresholds.

An abbreviated regular season would be played in October, followed by a “tournament experience” in early November — again, if COVID-19 numbers remain good.

The DPH is charting the state’s daily numbers, as well as weekly numbers on schools, every Thursday, at data.ct.gov/stories/s/CTSchool-Reopening.

That data includes the numbers the state Departments of Education and Public Health are using to advise schools on remote versus distance learning. The early read out, according to the DPH, is not favorable.

The state has had a recent rise in cases and people under the age of 30 accounted for about half of it.

“Unfortunately, we are already seeing some of the metrics in our state trending upward,” Gifford wrote in the Sept. 3 letter to the CIAC. Friday’s decision by the CIAC brought a formal close to high school-level tackle football in Connecticut for 2020. The prep schools cancelled football last month.

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Community survey In an effort to assess the behavioral, economic, social and emotional impacts and the needs of the North Haven community as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak, the town’s long-term recovery committee has created a brief and anonymous survey that residents are welcome to complete. Sur-

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Camera club The North Haven Camera Club will host online presentations the first Tuesday of the month and competitions the third Tuesday of the month.

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Fall Festival canceled Due to COVID-19, the North Haven Garden Club’s first annual Fall Festival has been canceled. The club is a nonprofit organization which relies solely on fundraising efforts.

Poetry contest The North Haven Garden Club Youth Program is participating in The National Garden Clubs Annual Poetry Contest, which is open to North Haven students in kindergarten through ninth grade. The contest theme is “Adventures In The Garden.”

For more information, email nhgccindy@yahoo.com, or find The North Haven Garden Club on Facebook.

Beautification awards The North Haven Garden Club Civic Committee invites public participation in its annual Beautification Awards. The club will award private and/or business properties for their gardening and beautification efforts in town.

Do you know of a property which should be considered for the 2020 award? Email nhgccindy@yahoo.com, or find The North Haven Garden Club on Facebook.

Donations sought The North Haven food bank has a constant need for: mayo, ketchup, mustard, coffee, tea, tuna, soup, Chef Boyardee products, instant mashed potatoes, cookies, crackers, macaroni and cheese, protein bars, granola bars, trail mix, nuts, jerky, peanut butter crackers, graham crackers, dried fruit, Fruit Roll-Ups, fruit snacks, fruit cups, applesauce, pudding cups, peanut butter, jelly, Pop Tarts, cereal, oatmeal, pancake mix, syrup, juice boxes and canned fruit.

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Experts offer tips on remote learning

By Jessica Simms Special to the Record-Journal

Regardless if your child is going fully virtual or following a hybrid plan, most students will be learning remotely at some point during this academic year.

With remote learning still relatively new for most families, preparations are needed.

Kevin Hanlon, K-8 curriculum coordinator, and Marlene Silano, assistant superintendent, prepare Cheshire schools for remote learning at Cheshire Public Schools, March 17.

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“The biggest barrier to remote learning is having a good setup, that is, access to materials and technology ... as well as resources such as uninterrupted space and time for learning,” said Sandra Chafouleas, professor of educational psychology at UConn.

Enough technology and room for everyone in the family is also key.

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“With multiple children trying to share a single access device, the challenges become even greater for organizing and scheduling routines for work, play, eating,” said Michael Young, associate professor in educational psychology at UConn.

“Noise-canceling headphones that allow multiple

online users to use the same space without interfering can be a good start.”

Another challenge of remote learning is the loss of social development and connection between students.

“It has equally to do with students’ social welfare as well as academic development,” said Katherine Roe, assistant professor of education and educational psychology at Western Connecticut State University. “So many of our students need to go to school for childcare, they need to be in school for meals, so that’s a huge piece there.”

As a way to help maintain a child’s social connections, parents can help encourage virtual play with other students.

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9 percent of state households uncounted in Census With less than a month remaining for households to respond to the 2020 U.S. Census, Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz announced that Connecticut’s total enumeration rate – the self-response rate plus those enumerated in nonresponse follow-up – is 91.2 percent, and encouraged the remaining nine percent of households to complete the decennial questionnaire.

“Over the past year-and-ahalf, I have crisscrossed the state to encourage households to respond to the 2020 U.S. Census. Despite continued efforts to discourage communities of color – particularly our immigrant pop-

ulation – from responding to the Census, Connecticut is one of the best counted states in the country. With less than a month to respond to the decennial count and nine percent of Connecticut households still uncounted, we need to double down on efforts to make sure we achieve a complete count. This is about receiving critical federal funding for programs households rely on every day for basic needs: food, healthcare, childcare and so much more,” Bysiewicz said.

Connecticut’s self-response rate – 69.2 percent – exceeds the national response rate of 65 percent.

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Census takers began nonresponse follow up with households in hard-to-count Census tracts on July 23. In Connecticut, an additional 22 percent of households have been enumerated through nonresponse follow-up.

Of the states that make up the Northeast Region, Connecticut and Rhode Island – both 91.2 percent – have the highest total enumeration rate.

responses online, over the phone and by mail.

Beginning in early September, the U.S. Census Bureau began re-sending paper questionnaires by mail to households in low-responding areas that have yet to respond to the 2020 U.S. Census.

Responses from the 2020 U.S. Census helps to determine nearly $11 billion in federal funding allocations to Connecticut including Connecticut is the sixth best- Medicaid, Medicare, Supplecounted state in the country. mental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), communiIn August, the U.S. Census ty block grants, transportaBureau announced it would tion and highway projects, end all counting efforts for energy assistance for sethe 2020 U.S. Census on niors, and many other proSept. 30 – a month earlier grams that families across than the previous Oct. 31 the state rely on every day. deadline. This includes critical door-knocking, collecting The Census counts every

person living in the country – citizens, noncitizens and green-card holders.

Connecticut stands to lose approximately $2,900 for every person undercounted.

The 2020 Census is open for self-response online at 2020Census.gov, over the phone by calling the number provided in the mailed invitation, and by paper through the mail.

The U.S. Census Bureau is also providing the Internet Self-Response Instrument and Census Questionnaire Assistance in 12 non-English languages and language guides, language glossaries and language identification card in 59 non-English languages.

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Many experiencing complicated grief

By Jean M. Hadley

The world is grieving. The COVID-19 pandemic has created fears that many never before experienced. The loss of loved ones, ones own health issues, loss of job, financial, security and freedom. We grieve for many reasons and, with these can come stress, sadness and depression.

The healing process is one that requires proper intervention. Fear is the number one deterrent for moving

ahead. Once a person seeks help, they will soon realize there is hope.

Many people are experiencing complicated grief. Grief that is different from anything we have ever known.

Isolation, loss of independence and quality of life are all key factors in experiencing depression and a sense of hopelessness.

Today's bereavement programs are no longer “one fits all.” We are dealing with very complicated and unfamiliar issues. Due to the pandemic,

many who have lost loved ones confined to hospitals and other nursing facilities, were unable to say their “Goodbye.”

Adding to their loss and prolonging their grief, funeral arrangements cannot be conducted in the same manner prior to COVID-19. This only exacerbates the grieving process.

In normal times, one first feels shock followed by a period of grieving. COVID19 has changed this. Extended grief has taken on a new

meaning: ”Lingering grief.”

For many, without seeking support, lingering grief may lead to problems not previously experienced with the loss of a loved one.

COVID-19 has brought many changes to our lives now and for years to come. We are on a new journey on an unfamiliar road never before traveled. Support through family, friends and professional intervention is vital to moving ahead. Keep in mind that there is light at the end of the tunnel. We cannot

change what has happened but rather accept what it is and, with good judgment and support, work toward a happy and productive life for ones self and fellow human beings.

If you are experiencing any of the above, please seek support. There is help and hope through church, bereavement programs and private intervention.

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Cicarella nabs endorsement in 34th District State Senate race Paul Cicarella, who is running as a Republican in his bid for the 34th District State Senate

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A Democratic-controlled special committee of Connecticut legislative leaders voted Friday, Sept. 4 to extend Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont’s emergency powers until Feb. 9, following a pointed partisan debate where Republicans argued changes need to be made six months into the coronavirus pandemic.

On a party-line vote of 6-4, the panel defeated a Republican motion to block the extension of powers granted to Lamont under the public health emergency he issued in March.

Lamont’s powers were set to expire on Wednesday.

Democratic lawmakers linked Lamont’s ability to make quick decisions using

his authority under public health emergency and civil preparedness orders with the state’s current low rate of infection. It’s been roughly around 1% for weeks. They argued that putting an end to his powers would suddenly end something that’s been working well.

“We’re talking a lot about process this morning and yet you can’t argue with the results of the process we’ve had over the last six months,” said Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff, D-Norwalk.

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As we approach Election Day, investors are understandably wondering – and maybe even anxious – about how the U.S. presidential election will affect the stock market. Election years often come with increased market uncertainty. And this year, COVID-19 and a fragile economy have added new dimensions to what may be a landmark U.S. election cycle.

Regardless of who ends up winning in November, the election will likely play a factor in the markets. Here are a few things investors should consider :

ularly true in the final weeks leading up to the election and if the race is close. Investors should be Jolly prepared for circumstances where the “noise” generated by the campaign contributes to market fluctuations.

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The Department of Public Works is working closely with Veolia North America, which operates and maintains the town’s wastewater treatment plant, to educate people about the need to avoid flushing inappropriate items down their toilets.

Veolia workers have noticed a significant increase in backups and blockages in the town’s sanitary sewer system and collection network, which can pose a risk to the town’s wastewater management system and require costly repairs, both for homeowners and the town.

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Overwhelmed, shelter seeks assistance Prudence Crandall Center, the oldest domestic violence shelter in the state, has provided safe haven to thousands of victims of domestic violence nearly five decades. But nothing prepared the agency for impacts of the COVID19 crisis, and the staggering number of those seeking help over the summer months.

“The calls keep coming every week—from police, victims, family—all with the same urgent message: a victim and her children needing safety, needing immediate help,” Barbara Damon, executive director, explained.

The agency expected the possibility that abuse would rise during the early months of the pandemic, as victims were isolated at home with abusers, with tensions rising over finances, job losses, social isolation, home-schooling.

Given concerns of COVID-19 exposure and a lack of privacy at home, victims may have

found it too risky to seek help at that time. As the state re-opened in late May, that changed.

“Not only did the number of calls for help rise dramatically over the summer,” said Damon, “but we also saw an increase in the severity of abuse. As devastating a challenge as this crisis is for us right now, it’s our job to always be there for people in their time of need, to answer those calls for help.”

pandemic began. An alarming spike in August resulted in nearly $30,000 in hotel and meal costs in that month alone.

At the same time, the agency is tackling other COVID19 related costs for deepcleaning, PPE, air filtration improvements, extra staffing costs, remote work supplies, etc. – totaling many tens of

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The shelter is funded and staffed to serve 22 residents.

On one day in August, 37 adults and children were in shelter – meaning 168 percent capacity.

To handle the extra need when its shelter is full, the agency uses hotel rooms.

Over the summer, that’s been constant, often with five to eight hotel rooms in use. At one time, 18 adults and children were in hotels, essentially a “double” shelter, yet without funding for these extra costs.

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The impact on specific market sectors Although it’s speculative to try and predict the outcome of the election and all of the policy implications each party would impose, the result of the election is likely to influence key industries.

Among the sectors of the market that could be affected in different ways are healthcare, energy and technology depending on the results of the election.

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concretely resolved, but this request seems both reasonable and humane, given the From A12 fact that the end of the coronavirus pandemic does not ones,” the lawmakers yet seem close at hand. wrote in a letter to the Meanwhile, many nursing Democratic governor, as home residents are suffering reported by The Associfrom this long, enforced isoated Press. “The negalation, as are their families. tive impact of isolation on mental and physical In response, the administrahealth can be just as tion said it is taking any exdangerous as the panpansion of visitations “step demic itself and must by step,” citing “what we saw not be overlooked.” in the spring with respect to COVID infections in nursing In their letter to Lamhomes.” ont, the Republicans stressed the connection Indeed, nursing homes were between mental and hard hit in the early days of physical health: “Visits the pandemic. Would things with loved ones should be any better — meaning not have to wait until a safer — today? We cannot person’s health has fur- say that for sure, although it ther deteriorated. The should be noted that this value of family visits is state’s rates of infection and that they can help pre- death from the virus have vent such deterioration come down and are now from occurring in the among the most favorable in first place.” the nation.

Whether mental and physical health are treated as equally important is a question that society has not yet

The senators acknowledged the governor’s “well intentioned” recent order loosening the rules for outdoor nursing home visits some-

what; for example, lengthening them from 20 to 30 minutes. The order also clarified that such visits are not limited to one per week, which some nursing homes may have believed. But as the weather cools, outdoor visits with unwell patients will only become more problematic.

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Responsibilities include all non-attorney functions including analyzing medical records, drafting motions/pleadings, maintaining deadlines, preparing/answering discovery, gathering/ reviewing investigation, summarizing depositions, preparing detailed correspondence, reviewing/proofreading documents, e-filing, maintaining attorneys’ calendars and monitoring deadlines. Proficiency in all Microsoft applications a must. F/T position w/ benefits (free parking, health, life, & short/longterm disability insurance, 401(k), paid holidays, leave time, annual reviews and potential bonuses). Email resumes to resumes@ nuzzo-roberts.com

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860-276-4000.

SEWER LABORER

Delivery Routes Available

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AARON’S BUYING

GRASSY HILL AUCTIONS, - an Estate Sale, Liquidation, Attic & Basement Cleanout Company is Always Buying and providing services all over Connecticut. These are just a FEW of the things we are looking for: Antiques, Collectibles, Old/ Vintage Toys, Musical Instruments (Saxophones, Trumpets, Violins, Flutes, Clarinets, Trombone & SO MUCH MORE) Advertising Items, Wristwatches (Broken or Not), Pocket Watches, Tools (Machinist, Woodworking, & MORE) Doorstops, Clocks, Oil Paintings, Old Signs, Old Photographs, Old Postcards, Brewery Items, Hunting & Fishing, PEZ Dispensers, Costume Jewelry, Broken Jewelry, Gold & Silver Jewelry, Gold & Silver Coins, Military Items, Swords & Bayonets, Helmets & Patches, Medals & Uniforms, Pocket Knives, Lighters & Pipes, Fountain Pens, Mechanical Pencils, Fraternal Order Items, Religious Items, Industrial Items, Winchester Items, Sikorsky Items, Pratt & Whitney Items, Colt Items, Native American Items, Vintage Electronics, Slot Cars, Toy Trucks, Matchbox & Hotwheels, Barbie’s, Folk Art, Statues, Bronzes, Trains, Cameras, Mid Century Modern Furniture, Straight Razors, Shaving Items, Political Items, Comic Books, Sports Cards & Autographs…& THE LIST GOES ON! So please give us a call at your earliest convenience.

Grassy Hill Auctions 203-868-1816 - Grassy HillAuctions.com

Old Machinist Tools, Lathes, BenchTools, Hand Tools & more.

(203) 525-0608.

Newspaper Delivery

$400-$600 every 2 weeks+ Tips (Depending on area)

Routes available in the following towns: MERIDEN • WALLINGFORD • SOUTHINGTON CHESHIRE • MIDDLETOWN • DURHAM Make extra cash before you go to work making early morning newspaper deliveries using your own vehicle.

NO experience necessary.· Must be able to deliver early mornings, 7 days a week starting at 2:00a.m. MUST be dependable, able to read a map and a route list with specific delivery instructions. We will demonstrate the route to you. Routes average 1.5 to 3 hours daily. No collections required. Not Temp Work, Long Term Contracts.

Call Vinny @ 860-846-6399

Wanted To Buy

before 11 a.m. and start tomorrow

MATERIALS DISTRIBUTION Screened Topsoil $25/ per yd; Sand-$15 per yd; Millings-$10 per yd; Screened Millings $30 per yd; Clean Fill $8 per yd: $100 minimum delivery. No pickup truck service. Minimum 16 yd pickup at our yard. Call Jim @ 860-982-4819 for delivery

Miscellaneous For Sale

ALWAYS BUYING CASH PAID Vintage Electronics, Musical Instruments, Amps, Ham Equipment, HiFi, Radios, CB, Guitars, Audio Equipment, Antiques.

860-707-9350 Business Owner / Service Provider?

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In Our Business / Service Directory

203-238-1953

ANTIQUES - Always buying old; Toys, military, jewelry, art, watches, musical instruments, signs, arcade games, cameras, pre 1970 sports memorabilia, plus more. One item or entire estate contents. Call 860718-5132.

CRAFTSMAN - “Professional” 20V Lithium-Ion 1/2” capacity drill w/2 Federal Credit Union batteries and charger.

Plainville, CT $55.00. Call or text 1992 CLASS C MOTOR 860-877-5915.

- HOME, 48K orig.

Loan Officer miles, good cond., askSeeking a candidate who ing $10,000 o.b.o. Call Wood Fuel Heating Equipment (203) 213-9794. will process, underwrite both consumer and BUYING MACHINIST TREE LENGTH WINNEBAGO, mortgage loans. Previous CHEVY TOOLBOXES - Tools 1984 - Low miles, & tooling, contents of FIREWOOD experience required. needs work, $700 machine shops, home CALL FOR DETAILS o.b.o. (860) 628-5623 workshops and small Part-Time Tellers 203-238-2149 lathes. Call anytime Previous Teller experi860-985-5760 ence or cash handling Motorcyles and ATVs Wanted To Buy experience required.

UBI

Involves manual work in construction and general maintenance activities for The Town of Wallingford’s Sewer Division.

Visit our website for Operates vehicles, trucks more information and a variety of power www.ubifcu.com equipment. Must have Send resume to a minimum of six (6) hr@ubifcu.com months experience in performing related manuGO MOBILE al work at the laborer level and a High School Diploma or G.E.D. /Classifieds Must also possess and maintain a valid State of Automobiles Connecticut Motor Vehicle Operator’s License.

Wages: $19.14 - $22.69 2013 CHRYSLER 200 LTD - V6, AT, AC, heatHourly. Applications can ed seats, am/fm radio be downloaded from w/CD, 56K miles, asking $6,500 o.b.o. (203) the Town’s Department 213-4761. of Human Resources Webpage and mailed or fax to: Department of Autos Wanted Human Resources, 45 S. Main Street, Room 301, Wallingford CT 06492 Fax: (203) 294-2084 Phone: (203) 294-2080.

The closing date will be the date the 30th application or resume is received or September 22, 2020, whichever occurs first. EOE CASH PAID For any Toyota any condition, running or not, crashed okay. Will take other /Classified makes and models.

Local listings online!

(203) 600-4431.

Campers Trailers RVs

WILL PAY CASH - For old motorcycles, mini bikes A1 “I PAY TOP CASH For Your Grandma’s & go carts. Gary, (860) Costume Jewelry 558-5430.

Stash” Vintage, Antique, Napier, Costume Stores and Offices Jewelry Lots Wanted.

For Rent Julie 203-443-9602.

MERIDEN - 550 sf. reno. 1,2,3 Items or an Estate WANTED Individual 5 rm. office. Private KIT $$$ CASH $$$ firearms, collections & & BA. Prof. bldg. at 95 Todd Shamock estates including military East Main St. $671/mo.

Estate Sale Service & related items.Federally Call 203-440-9966.

Costume Jewelry, licensed firearms dealer.

Antiques, Dolls, Toys, Gunsmith, appraisals, Lost and Found Paintings,Meriden Items Richard Pleines, (860) 663-2214.

203-494-1695 LOST CAT Grey & white, male, short hair, since 8/27 eve. Vic. Deckert Dr., Plantsville.

Please check garages and sheds. Friendly and likes to explore.

Call 860.919.4595.

Lawn and Garden PREMIUM SCREENED TOPSOIL

$25/yard delivered, 3 yd, $100 min. delivery Call Jim 860-982-4819 Top Soil, Compost FOR SALE. Catering to small deliveries. Call Bob (203) 415-0723

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PUBLIC NOTICE OF ISSUANCE OF DEVELOPMENT PERMIT NO: 2020-4 for work within a Flood Area located at 107 Rimmon Road.

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A Classified ad is an easy way to sell your merchandise, and it’s easy on your wallet, too.

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