Friday, June 28, 2019
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Volume 12, Number 14
Chick-fil-A rallies behind former employee
OFFICIALS TOUR SITE
By Bailey Wright The Citizen
Chick-fil-A in North Haven will donate a portion of its in-store proceeds from Monday, July 1 to a former employee.
Richard Dyce, director of operations, talks with Gov. Ned Lamont during a tour of Amazon's newest Robotics Fulfillment Center in North Haven. Photos by Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
Amazon fulfillment center set to open later this summer By Bailey Wright The Citizen
Local and state officials got a behind-the-scenes look Thursday, June 20 at Amazon’s new robotic fulfillment center, which is expected to open later this summer. “This is how we continue to modernize and grow our
economy, by welcoming these changes and making sure we can make it happen for Amazon and a lot of others,” Gov. Ned Lamont said. The 855,000-square-foot facility was built on the former site of Pratt & Whitney off Route 5. Once it is fully operational,
the center will be able to ship a million items per day during peak periods. “In this particular building, we’re capable of storing tens of millions of units ... and we want to be able to manage that as effectively as possible See Amazon, A7
The business, located at 560 Universal Drive N., will donate 50 percent of the proceeds from inrestaurant sales between 5 to 8 p.m. that day to Mikaela (Kayla) Carbaugh. Carbaugh, 20, graduated from Lancaster Bible College this May and left soon after on a senior trip to retrace Apostle Paul’s mission trip. While taking photos in Turkey she slipped on rocks, which resulted in a broken back. She was paralyzed from the waist down. Carbaugh worked for Chick-fil-A North Haven last summer and her younger sister, Megan, 19, has been an employee for about two years,
North Haven Chick-fil-A will donate a portion of its sales on Monday, July 1 to former employee and recent college graduate, Kayla Carbaugh (left), who was paralyzed from the waist down in May. | Photos courtesy Chick-fil-A
working during school breaks. Owner Sarah Gaudiano and Business Manager Nakia Scott said they’ve gotten to know the Carbaugh family well, since their parents also come into the store often and their father is pastor of Pond Hill Baptist Church. See Chick-fil-A, A8
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