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Home Depot: Building bonds one event at a time

By David Matos Record-Journal staff

Sounds of hammering and laughter echoed while chil dren and their families put together do-it-yourself wood kits at the Spanish Commu nity of Wallingford (SCOW), in partnership with The Home Depot.

In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, the mega store hosted a woodworking activity at the non-profit or ganization on Saturday. Like most SCOW events, the ac

tivity was completely free for children up to 12 years old.

According to Jonathan Wilder, operations manager for the North Haven location of The Home Depot, every month the company cele brates a topic involving di versity, equity and inclusion (DEI). “We were looking to see how we can tie what we talk about in our stores with DEI through the communi ty,” Wilder said.

The store also has a commu

GAYLORD HOSPITAL

Serving health care needs for 120 years

By Jessica Simms Record-Journal staff

WALLINGFORD The 120-year history of Gaylord Hospital is rooted in pa tient-centered care span ning two pandemics.

Girl Scout project helps new students feel welcome

By Nicole Zappone The Citizen

As a Girl Scout, local student Abby Esterheld was tasked with doing something to give back to her community. Working with her friends and fellow Girl Scouts Harper Se manchik, Vera Se

manchik and Kylie Morgan, across three towns, the young sters came up with the con cept of starting welcome com mittees at their schools.

“We all found that the prob lem with new kids not feeling welcome enough is spread

“When you think about the patient it has really helped us make decisions about how to cure them,” said Tara Knapp, vice president of external affairs for Gay lord Specialty Healthcare. “I think that really did help us with both the tuberculo sis and the COVID pan demics because we always looked at the impact and how it helps the patient.”

Over the years, Gaylord has expanded to include more technology and more out

Peggy O’Connor helps her son, Nico O’Connor, and daughter, Isabel O’Connor, build their wood sets at The Home Depot and SCOW event on Saturday, Oct. 8.

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Patient Mary Cassidy, of Norwich, is assisted by Bill Neidel, supervisor inpatient therapy, and Dr. Astou Seye, chief hospitalist, on July 26 during a strength training walk at Gaylord Specialty Healthcare in Wallingford.

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patient opportunities. Gay lord has locations in Cheshire, Cromwell, North Haven and Madison.

Gaylord Sanatorium was founded in 1902 at the height of the tuberculosis pandemic. A group of doc tors met to create the New Haven County Anti Tuber culosis Association. The group purchased an un

used family farm in Wall ingford from Dr. Charles Gaylord.

In 1904, the sanatorium opened to its first six pa tients. Eugene O’Neill, the first American playwright to win a Nobel Prize for lit erature, would be treated for tuberculosis at Gaylord in 1912.

Local Girl Scout Abby Esterheld, center, is pictured with her sister Maddy Esterheld and Clintonville Elementary School Principal Lauretta Dowling.

Photo provided by Maggie Esterheld

Italian club collecting winter gear

Press Release

The Community Outreach Committee of The North Haven Sons and Daughters of Italy, Lodge 2805, will be collecting new winter outer wear items to be donated to the children supported by ‘ r Kids Family Center in Ham den.

The community has been very generous during our previous collections and we hope to continue the success for this great organization, which provides specialized,

high-quality services to chil dren in out-of-home care and their families; promot ing permanency, safety and stability for children through services to their biological, foster and adoptive families.

We will be collecting mit tens, gloves, hats and scarves of any size at the St. Elizabeth of the Trinity Parish Holiday Bazaar to be held at St. Frances Cabrini Church Friday, Nov. 11 from 5 to 8 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 12 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Another option is to drop off items by Wednesday, Nov. 9 at the following local busi nesses: Arnold’s Jewelers, 117 Washington Ave., North Haven; Hamden Florist, 2340 Whitney Ave., Hamden; and Nick’s Char-Pit, 22 Middle town Ave., North Haven.

Feel free to call one of our members with questions: Georgianna, 203-988-8006; Denise, 203-710-7397; Don na, 203-887-7308; or Judy, 203-909-5031. For more in formation, visit northhaven lodge2805.club.

New way to help the less fortunate

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Cleaning out your closets? Now you can bring your used clothing donations to Hope Christian Church, 211 Montowese Ave.

Hope Christian Church is partnering with St. Pauly Textile Inc. to provide a wood-frame clothing dropoff shed for community use. This shed is designed to give community members a uniquely clean, convenient, and well-cared-for option

for donating their used clothing.

Accepted items: clothing, shoes, belts, purses, blan kets, sheets, curtains, pillow cases and stuffed animals.

St. Pauly Textile Inc. partners with a network of businesses and various organizations to distribute donated items both in the U.S. and world wide, where they are ulti mately re-worn by people who need them. Hope Chris tian Church receives funding

for donated clothing and will use the donations to support missions locally and world wide.

With more than 1,300 dropoff sheds in place, St. Pauly Textile Inc. collects over 200,000 pounds of clothing every day and estimates that the clothing ends up in 44 countries each year.

In 2018, the company was able to help keep some 20 million articles of clothing out of landfills.

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Members of the Community Outreach Committee of The North Haven Sons and Daughters of Italy, Lodge 2805.

Costume parade

The North Haven Garden Club will host its first annual costume parade Saturday, Oct. 29, 2 p.m., on the North Haven Green.

Candy will be handed out. All are welcome to partici pate. There is no fee to par ticipate. For more informa tion, email nhgcscare crows@gmail.com.

Scarecrow contest

The Third annual Scarecrow Contest, a collaboration be tween the North Haven Gar den Club, North Haven Parks & Recreation Depart ment and North Haven Memorial Library Children’s Department, will take place Oct. 22 to Nov. 5 on the North Haven Green. Join in the fun and show off your creative talent by making a scarecrow or two. The con test is open to everyone. Registration forms are avail able at the Parks & Recre ation Department and at the library, or by contacting the Garden Club at nhgccindy@ yahoo.com. Sponsors are welcome.

Garden trivia

Join the Daytime Gardeners of North Haven for a game of garden trivia Tuesday, Oct. 25, 11 a.m. to noon, at the North Haven Communi ty Center. Learn some new garden information while having fun. Guest donation, $5. Seating is limited, so reg ister early. Call 203-2391557.

Exam help

The North Haven Memorial Library has acquired a trial to Mometrix eLibrary. This new resource offers digital access to study materials for more than 1,500 standard ized exams and study mate rials, including comprehen sive study guides, interactive flashcards and practice tests. The trial period ends Mon day, Oct. 31. For more infor mation, visit northhavenli brary.net.

New England Fair

The Women’s Fellowship of the North Haven Congrega tional Church, 28 Church St., will host their annual New England Fair Saturday, Nov. 5, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more information, call the Church Office at 203 2395691.

Shred Day

The North Haven Lions will conduct its fourth annual Shred Day with Affordable Solutions Shredding Services Saturday, Oct. 15, 9 a.m. to

noon, at North Haven High School. The cost is $10 per box.

Just drive in and follow the signs. For additional infor mation, email north havenctlions@gmail.com.

Crisis network

In Connecticut, mental health emergencies and sui cides can be addressed by calling 988 or 211. Either the person in crisis or someone on their behalf can call. The crisis text line 741-741 can also be contacted for help.

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) offers a chat, for those who are un comfortable talking on the phone. They can chat at 988lifeline.org or text NAMI to 741-741 to be connected to a free, trained crisis coun selor on the crisis text line.

The website nami.org also offers resources in Spanish.

Energy assistance

The Office of Community Services welcomes North Haven residents to call to schedule their appointment

to apply for 2022-2023 Con necticut Energy Assistance Program. Phone appoint ments will be conducted Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to noon.

For further details, call Com munity Services at 203-2392566 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m, Monday through Fri day.

‘Smartphone Photography for Flowers and Gardens’

Press Release

North Haven Camera Club welcomes Jan Doyle Tues day, Oct. 25 at 7 p.m. for the Zoom presentation, “Smart phone Photography for Flowers and Gardens.’ The public is welcome. Jan re cently received raves for this presentation at the North Haven Garden Club.

A smart phone cam era is a game-chang er for people who do not want to wor ry about Fstops and shutter speeds. But your smartphone can do

more than just point-andshoot. Bring your photogra phy from “ho-hum” to “ wow ” by learning to im prove your image quality, enhancing your image easily, and by understanding what makes a photo terrific.

Doyle is a member of the North Haven Camera Club and the New Haven Camera

Club, where she recently re ceived the honor of Master Member for her numerous leadership roles and service to the New Haven club.

Also, Doyle has her own na tionally-viewed and awarded cable show (Wyse Talk / Classroom Connections) and is well-known for her past service on the board of

the Connecticut Association of Photographers, and pre sentations to local and na tional clubs.

To view Jan's presentation, “Smartphone Photography for Flowers and Gardens,” send an email to north havencameraclub@ gmail.com. We will gladly send you a Zoom link.

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Trunk or Treat

North Haven’s popular Trunk or Treat event returns to the parking lot of North Haven High School Saturday, Oct. 29. Cars can park be tween 2:45 and 3:45 p.m., and costumed youngsters will go trunk or treating from 4 to 5 p.m. Participants must bring candy to distribute. The event is open to North Haven residents only.

Pre-registration is re quired, in person, at the Recreation Department. Walk-ins are not allowed. For more information, call 203-239-5321 ext. 530.

Voter registration

Registrars of Voters' offices in Connecticut will take part in a statewide voter registration session Tuesday, Nov. 1 from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. This will be the final regular session for admission of electors who have turned 18, become a U.S. citizen or moved to Con

necticut before Nov. 1. Con tact your local Registrars' of Voters office for details.

Boxes to Boots

Berlin non-profit Boxes to Boots creates care packages for military personnel serv ing abroad. Boxes to Boots is looking for everything from toiletries, to snacks, to books. Snack-wise, service members prefer items they can easily carry, like granola bars, small bags of cookies and crackers, and beef jerky. Visit boxestoboots.org.

Club taking birdseed wreath orders

Press Release

On Saturday, Nov. 12, mem bers of the North Haven Garden Club will participate in the United Faith Methodist Fall Fair selling our homemade birdseed wreaths, baskets and orna ments. We always have a wonderful time meeting our new, and past, customers.

Our birdseed wreaths make a wonderful gift for that someone who loves birds or for that hard-to-buy-for per son in your life.

There are three sizes avail able: large ($15) measures 10 inches in diameter and comes in a mesh bag with a festive, decorative bow for easy hanging; small

($5) comes with decorative hanger and makes a great present for teachers and let ter-carriers, or as a hostess gift; ornament size birdseed wreaths come with a hanger and are $3 to $5.

Baskets are also available in three sizes: deluxe ($35), medium ($25) and small ($15) details provided up

North Haven Lions Club

Upcoming events

Saturday, Oct. 15: The North Haven Lions and Af fordable Solutions Shred ding Services will conduct their annual Shred Day, 9 a.m. to noon, at North Haven High School. No ap pointment necessary. Net proceeds from the event will benefit the Lions’ Scholar ship Fund and charitable and community activities. Saturday, Nov. 12: Second

Saturday food collection drive, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at North Haven Congregational Church, 28 Church St.

Friday, Nov. 18: The Lions Club is sponsoring a Military Whist card game at North Haven Congregational Church, 28 Church St. Net proceeds from the event will benefit the Lions’ Scholar ship Fund and charitable and community activities. To reserve a seat or a table of four, email north

havenctlions@gmail.com.

Saturday, Dec. 10: Second Saturday food collection drive, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at North Haven Congregational Church, 28 Church St.

For more information about the North Haven Lions Club, contact Membership Chair Joan Bennett at lionjoanben nett@gmail.com or Service Activities Chair Alan Sturtz at northhavenctlions@ gmail.com.

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Order deadline is Dec. 16. To place an order, contact Cindy Golia at nhgccindy@ yahoo.com or 203-314-5807, or message the North Haven Garden Club via its Face book page.

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Stefanowski acknowledges work in Saudi Arabia

By Susan Haigh Associated Press

HARTFORD For months, Bob Stefanowski, the Repub lican candidate for governor in Connecticut, declined to reveal the clients of his lu crative business consulting firm, saying he had a duty to customers to keep certain things confidential.

Democrats wielded the lack of transparency like a cud gel, saying Stefanowski must be hiding something.

Now, at least one aspect of his work has been revealed. Stefanowski has acknowl edged for the first time that he has done consulting work related to a proposed futur istic city in Saudi Arabia, backed by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

Stefanowski confirmed to Hearst Connecticut Media, in a story published Wednesday, that he has been involved with the NOEM project since 2019.

His acknowledgement came after being presented with documents showing he met with top executives of the planned green energy city, including an email sent in 2018 that referred to a meet ing he had in London with someone involved with the Saudi state-run investment fund.

Stefanowski told Hearst he did not work directly with the Saudi government or the investment fund. “Just be cause you meet with a coun try doesn’t mean you agree with all their policies and procedures,” he said. “This is a green energy project that could help the world. That’s what it was limited to.”

He said he continues to con sult on the project but has “scaled down” his involve ment during his campaign for governor.

A message was left seeking comment with his cam paign, which was expected to issue a statement later Wednesday.

Saudi Arabia has a compli cated relationship with the U.S. Human rights advocates have condemned the Per sian Gulf nation for oppress ing dissent and the 2018 killing of U.S.-based journal ist Jamal Khashoggi.

President Joe Biden on Tues day there would be “ conse quences ” for Saudi Arabia for backing recent oil pro duction moves that were seen as likely to help Russia in its war with Ukraine.

Yet the kingdom has also been a military and diplo matic partner and is seen as a counterbalance to Iran’s influence in the region to Iran.

Connecticut Democrats, in cluding Gov. Ned Lamont’s campaign, have criticized Stefanowski for not revealing his consulting clients.

“There’s no telling whose in terests he truly represents,” Lamont’s campaign said in one written statement.

Stefanowski, 60, is an ac countant and financial ana lyst who has written two books on mergers and ac quisitions. He once worked as the CEO of a payday loan

company and has also worked for General Electric and investment bank UBS, among other entities.

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Stefanowski has said previ ously that he would release what he could “ethically and legally” provide to the public about his consulting clients.

“In a consulting firm, there’s always confidential informa tion,” he told reporters earli er this year.

Three years of tax docu ments released in Septem ber show Stefanowski and his wife Amy earned a total

of $36.8 million and have three limited liability com panies, including one called Lolo Consulting.

His campaign said in a state ment that Lolo Consulting provides services including “merger & acquisition and due diligence support, cor porate strategy and other general consulting services.”

Also, Lolo has advised on “acquisitions and joint ven tures in the financial ser vices, health care and energy sectors,” according to the statement.

Jurors hear replay of some testimony in Alex Jones’ trial Associated Press

WATERBURY Jurors revis ited testimony from the hus band of a Sandy Hook Ele mentary School shooting victim as a third full day of deliberations began Wednesday in conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Con necticut defamation trial.

At the jury’s request, court began with a replay of a roughly hourlong audio recording of William Sher lach’s trial testimony. His wife, school psychologist Mary Sherlach, was among the 26 people killed in the 2012 shooting.

Her husband is among the lawsuit’s 15 plaintiffs, who include victims’ relatives and an FBI agent. All testi fied about being harassed by people who say the shooting was staged in a plot for more gun control.

Jones and his company were found liable for damages last year. The six-person jury is tasked with determining how much the Infowars

show host should pay to the plaintiffs victims’ families and the FBI agent for calling the massacre a hoax.

William Sherlach, who goes by Bill, testified that he wor ried for his and his family’s safety because of the shoot ing deniers’ vitriol.

Sherlach testified that he saw online posts falsely positing that the shooting was a hoax; that his wife never existed; that she didn’t have the credentials to be a school psychologist; that his family was actually named Goldberg and lived in Flori da; and that he was part of a financial cabal and some how involved with the school shooter’s father.

Sherlach didn’t testify about receiving any harassing mes sages directly, though he al so said that he didn’t have social media accounts or use email. Nor did he mention anything that Jones said specifically.

The jury has been instructed to arrive at two compensato

ry damages amounts per plaintiff: one sum for defamation damages and another for emotional dis tress damages. Jurors also

will decide whether Jones should pay punitive dam ages; the judge would decide the amounts later.

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ages amount has to be at least $1, but there is no cap. The plaintiffs’ lawyers have suggested total damages

Gaylord

“The City of New Haven had experienced what equals an average of one death per day for five years from tubercu losis, so we were at a crisis not just in the City of New Haven and the county of New Haven but really global ly. It was very much a pan demic,” Knapp said.

Knapp said at that time, the cure for patients with tuber culosis was fresh air, good food and exercise.

“Because we were on a farm, we actually were self-suffi cient,” Knapp said. “We were a working farm that had dairy and chickens and corn and we were able to provide a lot of the healthy foods that our patients would con sume In the beginning, our cottages that were erect ed on campus had porches and our patients actually slept outside on the porches in the fresh air, even in the winter.”

With Wallingford and Meri den being known for the sil ver industry, Gay lord opened a silver shop that ran from 1923 to 1960 to give patients the opportunity to work and make some money while they were recu perating. “If a man is a pa tient at Gaylord and he’s not working, his family doesn’t have any income and he can’t send money home to them, but when he learned the craft and he could fash ion jewelry or some spoons and serving pieces,” Knapp said, “we allowed our pa tients to make money.”

Up until the discovery and use of the antibiotic strepto mycin to successfully treat tuberculosis in the 1940s, Gaylord doctors were fight ing the disease and along the way, Knapp said realized they had the capacity to help people with other illnesses.

“Leading up to that, we real ly started to notice as we were getting better care for people with tuberculosis that there were other types of chronic disease or ail ments and illnesses that we were well suited to address,”

Knapp said. “... As we start ed to see fewer and fewer tu berculosis patients, we start ed to see more and more people who were suffering from other chronic dis eases. ”

In 1948, Gaylord Sanatorium became Gaylord Hospital to address healthcare issues for people with chronic illnesses.

“We realized that (Gaylord) had the expertise, the infras tructure, the campus, the knowledge, the know-how to transition itself to this new world of rehabilitation to take people, just as we have always done, who have long chronic diseases and work toward a better outcome, better quality of life, better health and do the same thing with this emerging field called rehabilitation,” Knapp said.

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therapy and then returned to their homes and their lives and their businesses,” Knapp said.

Wallingford Mayor William Dickinson Jr. said Gaylord has had a positive impact in his community. “Over that time, people who have used their services obviously have come to know Wallingford in a very positive light,” Dickinson said. “That’s where they re ceived their great care and were able to enjoy their lives far more than if they hadn't been here for the care that Gaylord provides.”

More recently, Gaylord has partnered with the Universi ty of Connecticut to launch the first and only residency program in physical medicine and rehabilitation. The first four residents be gan the program in July at UConn and Hartford Health Care. For the next three years, they will rotate through Gaylord, where “they will learn about physi cal medicine and rehabilita tion, which is also called physiatry,” Knapp said. “ ... We are working on educat ing tomorrow’s doctors to day.”

be innovative and to be that place where perhaps others can come to Gaylord and work with us and do beta testing of equipment or new approaches to care.”

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Rep. Mary Mushinsky now has a personal tie to Gaylord after her father received treatment there after falling while doing home mainte nance. Mushinsky also helped raise funds for Gay lord to help the staff mem bers upgrade the health care records system.

“Wallingford and the state are very lucky to have a world-renowned specialty care hospital like Gaylord lo cated here,” Mushinksy said.

“They are skilled at rehabili tation of patients with trau matic injuries, strokes and spinal cord damage. I have seen the remarkable restora tion of function in brain damaged people.”

Gaylord Specialty Healthcare has grown to have regional and national experts in spinal cord injuries, trau matic brain injuries (TBIs), significant strokes, pul monary diseases and more. “We continue to be the experts in other medical ly complex cases, post surgi cal complications,” Knapp said.

And years after fighting the tuberculosis pandemic, Gay lord doctors worked through the COVID-19 pandemic. “All these patients who were suffering from pulmonary disease and put on ventila tors, the sickest of those pa tients came to us from all the partner acute care hospitals around the state and even outside of the state to come to Gaylord to be weaned off of the ventilator, to be strengthened through medi cal management and physical and occupational and speech

In June, Gaylord also launched a certified nursing assistant (CNA) academy, “where we are teaching the next generation of certified nursing assistants,” Knapp said. “We’ve done a June class and an August class and we are full for the De cember class. This was im portant to Gaylord because as a hospital, we are called LTAC, which stands for longterm acute care hospital and the CNA programs don’t al ways address the more com plex patients that we see.”

Gaylord is also working on getting into research through the Milne Institute, which includes in-depth training “in the ‘heart of listening,’ a visionary approach to cran iosacral work,” according to its website

“We like to talk about re search that’s not bench re search, but bedside re search,” Knapp said. “We’re really looking at ways that we can impact the experi ence for the patients, have better outcomes and how to

Gaylord was a partner in the Wallingford 350+2 Jubilee celebration’s business and agriculture day and worked with the Quinnipiac Cham ber of Commerce to put on a series of events that day, said Ray Andrewsen, execu tive director of the chamber.

Andrewsen said the setting of Gaylord is an aspect that makes it special.

“It’s surrounded by nature, you’re surrounded by a nat ural component that makes it really lovely,” Andrewsen said. “If you are going to re hab, it’s nice to be in a place like that.”

Gaylord’s president and chief executive officer Sonja LaBarbera said she is look ing forward to Gaylord mak ing more progress in the healthcare industry.

“I am incredibly proud to be part of an institution that has continuously evolved to deliver the best care possi ble,” LaBarbera said. “We look forward to another 120 years of seeking discoveries and solutions, improving pa tients’ lives and as always thinking possible for those we serve. ”

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Tuberculosis patients slept outside since fresh air was one oftheearlycures. Photos provided by Gaylord Specialty Healthcare.

Gaylord opened up a silver shop to provide tuberculosis patients an opportunity to work and make money. It was open from 1923 to 1960.

Photo contributed by Gaylord Specialty Healthcare.

Report: City of New Haven cools on building city-owned broadband

NEW HAVEN New Haven is scrapping the idea of building a city-owned highspeed internet network and now plans instead to en courage expansion of exist ing, largely private broad band services, the New Haven Independent report ed Saturday.

Mayor Justin Elicker and Economic Development Of ficer Dean Mack told the newspaper in an interview that the decision stemmed from multiple factors, in cluding current providers’ own growth plans and new federal money for improving broadband access.

“We want to make sure we’re not spending local tax dol lars on something the feder

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could be in the hundreds of millions of dollars.

The plaintiffs include an FBI agent who responded to the shooting and relatives of eight victims who died. Twenty children and six ed ucators were killed.

Jones has bashed the trial as a “kangaroo court,” described it as an affront to free speech rights, and called the judge a “tyrant.” His lawyer told the jury that any damages awarded should be minimal.

al government will already be covering,” he said, and of ficials also now realize “that there’s market interest in do ing what we were thinking of doing ourselves.”

The $1 trillion infrastructure deal that President Joe Biden signed last November in cludes money to expand af fordable high-speed internet access. Biden is a Democrat, as is Elicker.

New Haven hired a consult ing firm in January to ex plore options for improving internet access, including the possibility of creating a public network. Mack said the city paid the consultants about $40,000, and their work “really helped us out.”

The city now plans to tap federal subsidies, woo new broadband providers and encourage current ones to carry out their expansion plans.

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throughout the three of our towns,” Esterheld said. “We decided that this was the problem we would focus on.”

The friends’ Girl Scout Bronze Award project started last January, and the schools they had in mind were Clin tonville Elementary School in North Haven, HaddamKillingworth Intermediate School in Higganum and Or chard Hills Elementary School in Milford.

“At the end of the school year, Abby met with me to propose her idea of a wel come committee,” Clin tonville principal Lauretta Dowling said. “She ex plained that she noticed how students would join Clin tonville throughout the school year and felt that it must be hard for new stu dents because the school year had already begun.”

Dowling said Esterheld, then a fifth-grader, laid out her plan to have current students

act as ambassadors to help new students get to know the school and make new friends.

“When Abby explained her idea, I was sold,” Dowling said. “Abby had a solution that helped new students make new friends and helped current students practice communication skills. It was a win-win.”

At Clintonville, art teacher Kaitlyn Lenti and music teacher Julie Luppino are ad visors to the welcome com mittee.

“They are planning what this new welcome committee will look like in each grade level,” Dowling said. “We are all excited to provide oppor tunities for new and current students to get to know one another.”

Part of getting the Girl Scout Bronze Award entails work ing together in a group to solve a problem. Esterheld said she and her friends have bi-weekly meetings over Zoom to ensure they meet all their requirements for the award.

The girls created a packet with a list of questions for new students to answer so that their peers can get to know them. Esterheld also compiled a collection of items, including LEGOs, bin go cards and chips, and ac tivity sheets, which can help students break the ice.

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“We thought it’d be a cool chance to bring that out into the Hispanic community and really get to know the community around here,” Wilder said. “But also have a chance for our associates to be involved in something that’s important to the His panic heritage.”

The Home Depot hosts a kids’ woodworking work shop in its stores every first Saturday of the month. This year marks the 25th anniver sary of the initiative.

“I think it’s awesome just for us to partner (with SCOW)

because just for the kids to do something positive and not negative and just to have a different mindset on every thing,” said Jacqueline An del, a Home Depot volun teer. “That’s what we provide for the community, to uplift and not be negative or any thing like that. That’s mostly what it’s about, (providing) a positive setting for the kids.”

Andel explained that this event provides a haven for the children of the Walling ford community to practice their endurance by putting together a substantial prod uct made of wood that they can take home and use.

“Well, if they want to be a builder, this is the start,” Andel said. “This is an opportu nity to see what it’s about, even if it’s just like a little toy or something like that, it’sa start in their brain to do something more with their life and when they get older.”

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Parents and their children were greeted by the smiling faces of the volunteers and a table decorated with orange

aprons for the children to wear during the activity.

The children had three wood kits to choose from a race car, a mini pottery bench and a fire boat, in recognition of October being Fire Safety Month.

Former executive director of SCOW Maria Harlow brought her daughter, Fiona Harlow, to the workshop, not only because of her pre vious involvement with

SCOW but because she thought it was special that The Home Depot was shar ing the activity with the community during Hispanic Heritage Month. Maria Har low is the currect executive director of the MeridenWallingford United Way.

“It is wonderful to bring op portunities to connect the community with different ac tivities that are available in the town,” she said. “This

one, in particular, I love be cause it’s hands-on so the children enjoy it very much. I also love to see how busi nesses that our communities support and our communi ties buy things from offer this activity for the children. I think it is very exciting.”

Rocio Piña, alongside her husband, brought her two daughters, Helene and Emi lie Piña because she wanted to do something as a family, learn with the community and do an activity that can help their children in the fu ture.

“It just helps with meeting with other kids and learning other things besides your daily routines,” Rocio Piña said. “This activity also helps them communicate better with others.”

Peggy O’Connor stopped by with her daughter, Isabel O’ Connor and son Nico O’Connor on their way to a robotics class in the SCOW building, because a friendly volunteer asked if they want ed to join, and having expe rienced the in-store kid’s workshop at Home Depot before the pandemic, they couldn’t say no.

“My kids love it and I’m His panic so why not,” Peggy O’Connor said. “They love the hands-on, getting to hammer, getting to build. They love it and they feel like they’re making some thing.”

U.S. POSTAL SERVICE

STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT AND CIRCULATION PS Form 3526-R (Requester

HAVEN CITIZEN

Only)

MAILING ADDRESS OF KNOWN OFFICE OF PUBLICATION, 11 Crown Street, Meriden, CT 06450-0915 (County of New Haven) Contact Person, David Pare, Telephone 203-317-2407.

Crown Street, Meriden, CT 06450-0915

GENERAL BUSINESS OFFICE OF PUBLISHER,

Notices

LEGAL NOTICE

TOWN OF NORTH HAVEN INLAND WETLANDS COMMISSION

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

STATE OF CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER PROTECTION NORTH HAVEN LIQUOR PERMIT

Notice of Application

White Notarangelo, 500 S. Broad Street, Meriden, CT 06450,

FULL NAMES AND COMPLETE MAILING ADDRESSES OF PUBLISHER, EDITOR AND MANAGING EDITOR: PUBLISHER: Eliot C. White, 11 Crown St., Meriden, CT 06450. EDITOR: Eliot C. White, 11 Crown St., Meriden, CT 06450. MANAGING EDITOR: Olivia Lawrence, 11 Crown St., Meriden, CT 06450.

Nick Carroll, 500 S. Broad Street, Meriden, CT 06450.

10. OWNER: The Record-Journal Publishing Co., 11 Crown Street, Meriden, CT 06450. Stockholders owning or holding one percent or more: Eliot C. White, 15 Canoe Birch Court, Berlin, CT 06037, Leslie H. White, 250 East Main Street #8, Meriden, CT 06450, Susan W. White, 15 Canoe Birch Court, Berlin, CT 06037, Elizabeth B. White, 70 Milici Circle, Meriden, CT 06450, Melinda Parisi, 40 Runge Drive, Meriden, CT 06451, Harkil & Co., Webster Trust, 123 Bank Street, Waterbury, CT 06702, A/C of First Baptist Church, A/C of MidState Medical Center, Alison W. Muschinsky, 106 Olympus Parkway, Middletown, CT 06457, Bodin Muschinsky, 120 Robin Circle, Tolland, CT 06084, Evon Muschinsky, P.O. Box 476, Vernon, CT 06066, Sarah White Rogers, 1776 Cedar Lane, Vero Beach, FL 32963, Allan White, 29672 Zuma Bay Way, Malibu, CA 90265, Allan H. Church, 20 Buck Hill Lane, Pond Ridge, NY10576, YMCA, Inc., 110 W. Main St., Meriden, CT 06450, Michael F. Killian, 56 Hamlin Brook Path, Southington,

06450, Michael F. Killian, 56 Hamlin Brook Pass, Southington, CT06489

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TO RESIDENTS AND TAXPAYERS OF THE TOWN OF NORTH HAVEN AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES:

Notice is hereby given that the Inland Wet lands Commission will hold a Public Hear ing on Wednesday, October 26, 2022 at the Mildred A. Wakeley Recreation and Com munity Center, 7 Linsley Street, in Room 2 at 7:00 PM., to consider the following ap plication. A copy of this notice is filed in the Town Clerk’s Office.

1. #I22-08 Application of Frank P. Muzio Jr., Applicant & Owner, relative to 1934 Hartford Turnpike, (Map 94, Lot 6), seeking a Permit to Conduct Regulated Activity and a Resub division Referral. Plan Entitled: Proposed Resubdivision, 1934 Hartford Turnpike, North Haven, Connecticut. Prepared by: John Paul Garcia & Assoc. Dated: 8/9/22. Scale: 1”=30’. R-20 & R-40 Zoning Districts. Frank H. Bumsted, Chairman R256022

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TOWN OF NORTH HAVEN NOTICE OF SPECIAL TOWN MEETING

Notice is hereby given of a Special Town Meeting of the Town of North Haven to be held on Monday, October 24, 2022 at 7:00 P.M. in the auditorium of the North Haven High School, 221 Elm Street, North Haven, CT 06473 for the following purpose:

1. To consider and act upon a resolution by the Board of Selectmen recommending to the Town Meeting the naming of the press box at Vanacore Field, the “Rob Pethick, Sr. Press Box.”

Dated at North Haven, Connecticut, this 6th day of October, 2022.

Board of Selectmen: Michael J. Freda, Wil liam J. Pieper, Sally J. Buemi R256031

LEGAL NOTICE

TOWN OF NORTH HAVEN ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Notice is hereby given that the North Haven Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a Public Hearing on Thursday, October 20, 2022 at 7:30 p.m., at the Mildred A. Wakeley Com munity and Recreation Center, 7 Linsley Street, in Room #2 at which time and place opportunity will be given to those who wish to be heard relative to the following appli cation:

PUBLIC HEARING:

This is to give notice that I, SHIRLEY A ARRIETA 70 GROVE ST APT A ANSONIA, CT 06401-1778

Have filed an application placarded 10/03/2022 with the Department of Consumer Protection for a RESTAURANT LIQUOR PERMIT for the sale of alcoholic liquor on the premises at 1995 WHITNEY AVE NORTH HAVEN, CT 06473-4472

The business will be owned by: PUTICO CORPORATION

Entertainment will consist of: No Live Entertainment

Objections must be filed by 11/14/2022

SHIRLEY A ARRIETA R255602

of

Signature and Title of

Owner. ELIOT C. WHITE,

and

Manager

9/28/14.

1. #22-09 Continuation of the Special Per mit Application of Legends Auto Boutique, LLC, Applicant, AMMB Associates Limited Partnership, Owner, relative to 150 Univer sal Drive, (Map 6, Lot 3), per Section 8.11.1, seeking a Certificate of Location for a Motor Vehicle Dealer’s License. IL-30 Zoning Dis trict.

Joseph P. Villano, Secretary R255776

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ELECTRIC

Distribution Engineer

The Town of Wallingford Electric Division is seeking a highly technical individual to work in the design and development of overhead and underground power distribution lines. The utility serves 24,700 customers in a 50+ square mile distribution area with a peak demand of 130 MW. The position requires a B.S. degree in electrical engineering plus 2 years of responsible experience in utility engineering, or an equivalent combination of education and experience substituting on a year-for year basis. Salary: $82,968$106,151 annually plus an excellent fringe benefit package.

Apply to: Department of Human Resources , Town of Wallingford, 45 South Main Street, Wallingford, CT 06492. Forms will be mailed upon request from the Department of Human Resources or may be downloaded from the Department of Human Resources Web Page Phone #: (203) 2942080, Fax #: (203) 294-2084. Closing date will be November 8, 2022. EOE.

SEWER TREATMENT

MAINTAINER

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The Wallingford Sewer Division is seeking a qualified individual to perform a variety of skilled repairs and construction of sanitary sewers. Requires, three years employment in a field related to heavy sewer construction of which two years shall have involved a special skill in equipment or manual operation or one year of training in a skilled trade substituted for one year of experience to two years plus one year of construction experience or an equivalent combination of experience and training. Hourly $ 26.16 - $ 31.18. Appli cations forms may be obtained at the Department of Human Resources, Town of Wallingford, 45 South Main Street, Wallingford, CT 06492. Forms will be mailed upon request from the Department of Human Resources or may be downloaded from the Department of Human Resources Web Page.

The closing date will be the date 25th application or resume is received or October 25, 2022 whichever occurs first. EOE

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Cheshire Library seeks candidates for two (2), fifteen (15) hour Library Clerk (L-1) positions in our Materials Management Department. HS diploma, GED or equivalent is required. Starting minimum rate $15.50/hour with a 15 hour work week that includes evenings & weekends. For further information on how to apply including full job description, visit the Town’s web site at www.cheshirect. org or applicants can pick up a copy from the Human Resources Office, Room #217, Cheshire Town Hall, 84 South Main Street, Cheshire. Interested candidates should submit a cover letter, resume and/or Town application by the close of business on 10-14-22 to Louis A. Zullo, Director, Human Resources, Town Hall or via email at lzullo@ cheshirect.org.

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