Thursday, August 20, 2020
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Volume 19, Number 28
Students headed to college face new experience By Michael Gagne Record-Journal staff
restrictions.
Trevor Messina’s career as a University of Connecticut student started Monday; move in day. Messina, who just graduated from Southington High School, will not have a roommate, due to COVID-19
Nor will he start classes right away. He and other UConn freshmen will start their studies with a two-week quarantine period. Many classes will be online. Messina is majoring in music education. His French horn lessons —
at least for the first semester — will be conducted over video conference.
been to college. I’ve only heard it from stories. So I don’t have an expectation of what it’s going to be.
Like many other incoming college students, he has been told it’s not going to be the college experience he is expecting.
“I’m going to college. And whatever my experience is there, it is going to be my first experience so I’m not aware of what I’m missing out on,” he added.
He is quick to counter: “I’ve never
CIAC hits pauses on fall sports
Presence ‘bears’ close watching By Mike Roberts
With all the attention being paid to COVID-19, many things in our outdoor world are going unnoticed.
By Greg Lederer Record-Journal staff
The state’s black bear population is growing, with an estimated 800 now calling Connecticut home.
But there is another outdoor critter that has been popping up on the news every once in a while: the black bear. And, YES, we have some living right here in the Meriden area and surrounding communities.
necticut home. I have had reports of black bear sightings in the Meriden/Middlefield area, West Peak, the Chamberlain Highway and some in Cheshire.
Overall, the state’s black bear population is growing, with an estimated 800 now calling Con-
Should you be afraid to go in the woods? No, but if you do have a run-in with a black bear, re-
AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File
member they are not the cartoon characters Yogi Bear and Boo Boo. Black bears are powerful creatures and can cause great bodily harm and, in the worstcase scenario, they could take your life.
On Friday, the road toward bringing back high school fall sports took another turn. A day after receiving a letter from the Connecticut Department of Public Health, the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference Board of Control had a meeting and announced that they would be pausing all inperson fall sports activities through Aug. 24. Coaches are allowed to promote virtual contact and conditioning. “During next week, we will take additional time to review and understand all of the recommendations made by DPH,” said CIAC Executive Director Glenn Lungarini. “We
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You know about checking yourself for ticks. And recently there was a report of the first mosquito that tested positive for West Nile virus.
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