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Volume 16, Number 41
Trunk or Treat returns
HIGH SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY
Neubauer Invitational honors late coach
North Haven Trunk or Treat will be held Saturday, Oct. 30, 4 to 5 p.m., at the North Haven High School parking lot. This event is open to North Haven residents only. Registration is required and is underway. Registration must be done in-person at the Recreation Office Monday through Thursday 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., and Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Record-Journal staff
WALLINGFORD — Tuesday’s 32nd Robert M. Neubauer Cross Country Invitational at Sheehan High School was the first since the passing earlier this year of Robert Neubauer, the coach for whom the event is named.
Cars will be allowed into the NHHS parking lot from 2:45 to 3:45 p.m. on Oct. 30.
The the longtime Sheehan coach wasn’t forgotten. Neubauer’s initials were painted into the first hill of the course and Sheehan runners wore ribbons in remembrance of the long-time coach who started this race as the Sheehan Invitational in 1988.
Things to know: Participants must drive in. No walk-ins permitted. Participants must bring candy (Approximately 300 children attended last year). No alcohol permitted on school grounds. All vehicles must remain parked for the entire event. Parking will be on a first-come, firstserved basis until the parking lot is filled.
Ten years later, the race was renamed in his honor and has been known as “The Neubauer” ever since. On Tuesday, on a course muddy from Monday’s rain, 10 boys teams and 12 girls teams got off the line.
In the event of inclement weather, call the Recreation Info-line at 203-234-2535 after 12 p.m. on Oct. 30. Rain will cancel. — Information taken from town.north-haven.ct.us
North Haven’s Payton Orosco is pictured at the 32nd Neubauer Invitational at Sheehan High School on Tuesday, Oct. 5. Photos by Aaron Flaum, Record-Journal
Absentee voting has begun Absentee ballots are available for voters who won’t be able to vote in person, whether the absence is due to the voter being out of town, ill or disabled. Like last year’s election,
Friday, October 8, 2021
COVID-19 is a valid reason for requesting an absentee ballot. Applications are available on the Secretary of the State’s website and from municipal clerks’ offices, and can be submitted in
person, through the mail or in an election materials dropbox. Completed absentee ballots received after election day See Ballots, A3
“This was a very successful day,” Sheehan coach Frank Mohr said. “Mother Nature cooperated after rain yesterday. The teams came out and had fun. Mr. Neubauer used to say to be prepared, have fun, work hard and See Cross country, A2
Senior Clerk Sandy Lazor readies absentee ballots for mailing at Wallingford Town Hall. Municipal clerks have started mailing absentee ballots for the upcoming local election. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal