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Old Blue Barn owner to retire, close up shop Old Blue Barn patrons will have to find a new place to pick up unique Christmas presents, birthday gifts and souvenirs.
The store will remain open until its merchandise has been depleted. Spurred along by a 25 percent clearance discount, Krysiak estimates that will take around six to eight weeks.
Fran Krysiak, owner of the 270 North Washington St. business, announced that she’s retiring and the store will be closing. “It’s bittersweet, this is a lot of fun,” Krysiak said.
Krysiak opened the store in 1994, taking over the Bargain Barn when her brother retired and transforming the discounted goods retailer into a gift shop. See Shop, A7
Resident’s collection of antique Valentines on display The Plainville Senior Center is displaying a collection of more than 250 antique Valentines that Senior Center member Joyce Goldberg inherited from her mother, who was born in 1915 in the New Haven area. Dorothy Murray Goldberg grew up during the Depression and treasured many mementos, including Valentine cards she received over the years.
JoAnn Martin browses the wares at The Old Blue Barn in Plainville on Tuesday, Feb. 4. After 25 years in business, the gift shop will soon close. Devin Leith-Yessian, The Citizen
“The first Valentine she received as a child in 1916 is one of my favorites,” said Joyce Goldberg, who makes her home in Plainville.
“Some of these old Valentines have moveable parts and are made carefully and beautifully.” Also, Joyce recalls how her mother painstakingly saved all the Valentines that she and her twin brother Donald received in school. When Donald was very ill a few years ago and in the hospital, Joyce brought him his old Valentine cards from his childhood. Her brother inspected each card carefully, reading the names of the classmates who sent them. With tears in his eyes, he thanked his sister for bringing him greetings that trans-
ported him back to happier times. “I treasure my collection and love to put them on display in my house every year,” Goldberg said. “I hope my friends at the Plainville Senior Center enjoy them too.” The Valentines will be on display at the Senior Center, 200 East St., throughout the month of February. Visitors are welcome to view the special collection 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Thursday; and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday. -- Press Release
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In recognition of Black History Month, the Plainville Historical Society will once again present a program with a local African-American history connection. "Rena Robinson-Steiner: Dance the Dream," will be presented by Gail Johnson Williams on Saturday, Feb. 15 at 2 p.m.
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Former owner sentenced for stealing $3.3M from employees By Devin Leith-Yessian The Citizen
The former owner of Ferguson Electric and Ferguson Mechanical in Plainville has been sentenced to 20 months in prison for stealing more than $3.3 million from his employees. Lee Ferguson, 62, of Farmington, pleaded guilty to one count of money laundering on July 31, 2019 and was sentenced last week, according to a statement from Tom Carson, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office. He was also ordered to serve one year of supervised release after his prison term and to pay a $200,000 fine. Ferguson is required to report to prison on April 28. Chuck Coursey, a spokesman for Ferguson’s
companies, said Ferguson resigned and relinquished all his interests in the companies last spring. “He has taken full and complete responsibility and at no time did anyone else at his former companies participate in or was aware of his actions or motives. Full restitution had been made to affected employees prior to his sentencing,” he said. Authorities say Ferguson was responsible for deductions of between $1.60 and $3.15 per hour from employee benefit packages between 2013 and 2017. A total of $3,357,516 was stolen from more than 300 employees. The deductions were described as “third party administrator fees” despite being paid to TPA of Connecticut, which Ferguson estab-
lished and operated. The money was then channeled to DJS Associates, another company formed by Ferguson, which he claimed performed business-consulting services for him and his companies. “However, no such services were performed and Ferguson used the funds for personal expenses,” the Department of Justice statement says. In a memo to the court before his sentencing, Ferguson’s attorneys argued that his history of philanthropy in Plainville, cooperation with investigators and reputation warranted leniency. “The good deeds and positive contributions that have comprised Lee’s adult life over the past four decades, and through which his well-
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The Plainville Sports Hall of Fame committee is looking for nominees to consider for induction. Nominations can be submitted via plainvillesports.com, or mailed to Plainville Sports Hall of Fame, P.O. Box 593, Plainville, CT 06062.
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Library The Plainville Public Library is open Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. (Children’s department closes at 8 p.m.), and Fridays and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. To register for programs, visit plainvillect.com/library, or call 860-793-1446.
Programs Social worker: In partnership with Hartford Healthcare, the Plainville Public Library offers on-site office hours with a professional
clinical social worker Tuesdays from 1 to 5 p.m. Residents may access this free service on a walk-in basis or by calling the library for an appointment. Slime Saturdays: Join us to make some slime. Saturdays, Feb. 22 and March 21, 2 p.m. For grades 2 and up (teens are welcome). Registration is required for each class. Preschool storytime: Monday, Feb. 10, 10:30 a.m. For ages 3 to 5 with caregiver, storytime will explore
themes through books, songs, rhymes, educational activities and crafts. Books & Babies: Tuesday, Feb. 11, 10:30 a.m. For newborns to 18-month-olds with caregiver. The program includes a story, fingerplays, songs and playtime for socializing and learning. Let’s Move & Play: Wednesday, Feb. 12, 10:30 a.m. For ages 2 to 5 with caregiver. Swing and sway to music, then play in the auditorium space.
Toddler Time: Thursdays, Feb. 6 and Feb. 13, 10:30 a.m. For age 18 to 36 months with caregiver. Features stories, rhymes, and lots of movement and music. Toddler Art: Fridays, Feb. 7, Feb. 21, March 13, March 27 and April 24, 10:30 a.m. For age 2 and up with caregiver. Make some messy process art. Registration required. Family Dinner Theater: Thursday, Feb. 20, 6 p.m. Bring a blanket and some dinner and enjoy a movie in
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Schools Open house St. Paul Catholic High School will host an open house Tuesday, Feb. 11, 6:30 p.m. St. Paul students will lead families around campus and St. Paul faculty and families will be on hand to answer questions.
Pre-registration for the open house is suggested but walkins are welcome. To register, visit spchs.com/admissions. For more information, contact the Admissions Office: 860-584-0911; admissions@ spchs.com.
Project Graduation Clothing drives: The last Saturday of the month, 10 a.m. to noon, at the Plainville YMCA: Feb. 29. Dodgeball: A dodgeball tournament will be held ThursSee Schools, A7
Guest speaker’s message: Perseverance Chris Waddell, founder of the One Revolution Foundation, visited Plainville Community Schools to share his heroic life story with students. He was a guest speaker at Frank T. Wheeler Elementary School, Linden Street School, Louis Toffolon Elementary School and the Middle School of Plainville.
The Dalai Lama honored Waddell as an “Unsung Hero of Compassion,” Skiing Magazine put him on its list of the 25 Greatest Skiers in North America and People Magazine named him one of “The 50 Most Beautiful People.” Waddell began to ski race at age 6 and was competing for
Middlebury College when he lost a ski in the middle of a turn. The resulting fall left him paralyzed from the waist down. He began to monoski less than a year later and soon became the fastest in the world. In Plainville, Waddell shared his story and belief that “It’s not what happens to you. It’s what you do with what happens to you.”
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Creaking & Cracking: Common Musculoskeletal Changes with Aging: Friday, Feb. 28, 10 a.m. University of Hartford physical therapy doctoral students are the presenters. This is a free program. Registration is required.
Tax prep: Tuesdays through April 14, the senior center will host AARP Tax-Aide, a free program that provides income tax preparation assistance by certified counselors for low- to moderateincome taxpayers of all ages. Appointments are required.
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Krysiak said one of the most enjoyable parts of running the store was bringing in new wares, and rearranging items, with the aim of keeping The Old Blue Barn an interesting place to visit. “I always try to make it not like a store in here, but like a home,” she said. Walking into the gift shop, one is greeted by the aroma of candles and shelves of carefully-curated gifts, including jewelry, figurines, stuffed animals and picture frames.
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Some big boons for The Old Blue Barn over the years included the popularity of collectibles such as Beanie Babies, Boyds Bears and Webkinz. Storrs resident Alicia Sprague said the Boyds Bears craze first brought her to the store. Visiting The Old Blue Barn recently, Sprague was in the market for a few presents, though she admitted she often treats herself while shopping there. “The people love the gifts I get from here … it’s different from Walmart or Target, more personal,” she said.
After two decades of doing her holiday shopping at the barn, Linda Bruce said the staff became like family.
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“It was just the special touches that they did that you didn’t find in the other stores,” she said. Linda Bruce’s husband, Mike Bruce, commented that the chime that plays when the front door swings open reminds him of he and his wife’s first visit to The Old Blue Barn. “I’m going to miss that sound most of all,” he said.
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Security training Plainville Adult and Continuing Education along with Louis Bonito, owner of LJB Security Training and Consulting, will offer multiple Connecticut Security Officer License Training with Certification opportunities, beginning in February. Tuition is $125. To register, or for more information, call 860793-3209.
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Police accountability task force convenes By Chris Ehrmann Associated Press
HARTFORD — A task force aimed at examining police accountability and transparency held its inaugural meeting since being created last summer.
PHS senior earns his Eagle badge Thomas Solomon, a senior at Plainville High School, received his Eagle Scout badge on Saturday, Jan. 25 during a Court of Honor ceremony at Plainville United Methodist Church. Solomon’s Eagle Scout project involved building shelving units for the Queen Ann Nzinga Center in New Britain and re-organizing the center’s storage area.
The group, which was created as part of a law passed last June, met Thursday, Jan. 30 to discuss what topics and goals could be explored in future meetings on topics relating to police interactions with communities like people with mental, physical and intellectual disability and communities of color. The first meeting also comes after three people were shot and killed by police across the state since the beginning of year.
Queen Ann Nzinga Center director Dayna Snell said the improvements were needed to make QANC activities run more efficiently.
Daryl McGraw, founder of the criminal justice consulting organization Formerly Inc., co-chairs the 13-member panel that also includes members of law enforcement, legislative appointees and others.
Along with family, friends, scout leaders and members of Troop 76, attendees at the Court of Honor included Board of Education member Foster White, Town Council member Jessie Gnazzo, state Rep. Dr. William Petit Jr. and U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes.
“For me I don’t want to do low-hanging fruit or feelgood stuff, I want to make actual impacts for the state of Connecticut,” McGraw said, “(and) especially in black and brown communities.”
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Norwalk Police Chief Thomas Kulhawik, a member of the Police Chief’s Association, said he hopes the panel can open dialogue on more trust of police. The creation of the panel was part of a law written last year by state Sen. Gary Winfield, D-New Haven, that also requires police officers to turn over dashboard camera or bodyworn camera recordings within 96 hours.
It also requires law enforcement agencies to issue an annual report that looks at use-of-force incidents to the Criminal Justice Policy and Planning division within the Office of Policy and Management; and have the Police Officer Standards and Training Council review an annual report. Originally the task force was supposed to issue a preliminary report at the start of January that could be helpful to this legislative session, which began Wednesday, Feb. 5. A final report is due at the end of the year. Shafiq Fulcher Abdussabur, a retired New Haven police sergeant and author of “Black Man’s Guide to Law Enforcement in America,” said a potential challenge could be finding the issues the community feels are important and overlapping that with what the panel finds is important. “Trying to find that least common denominator but it being the greatest common denominator for the community is going to be a challenge,” he said. “Let’s find what the greatest common denominator for the community is and meet that threshold.” McGraw also feels having been a person with lived experiences helps bring reality to the conversation to show what it can really be like for people in communities. “I think that when I sit in a chair spot and I tell them I was tased five times by a police officer … I’m having the opportunity to use it as a teaching tool — which is what I do all across the county — I use lived experience as a tool so it makes it more real,” he said.
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American Eagle to donate income to local charities By Everett Bishop Record-Journal staff
EAST HARTFORD – American Eagle Credit Union, which has a branch in Plainville, is giving its members a chance to determine how to spread some money around. The program, titled Cash Back to the Community, allows members to vote for three qualified nonprofits
each quarter and American Eagle will give these organizations 1 percent of the credit union’s debit and credit card interchange income. So, the more often members use their cards, the more money is donated. “As Connecticut’s largest community-focused credit union, we are always concentrated on making the
places where we live and work better,” said Dean Marchessault, president and chief executive officer of American Eagle Financial Credit Union. “Cash Back to the Community expands American Eagle’s philanthropic efforts by inviting our members and public to play an active and engaged role in helping steer where the new funding will be used.”
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The credit union prides itself on its philanthropy. “Our branch managers and their teams are deployed into their communities to really engage with them and make sure that we’re giving back,” said Anne-Marie
Katzer, vice president of retail sales and service. “So we’re really excited to partner with communities and offer that.” ebishop@record-journal.com 203-317-2444 Twitter: @everett_bishop
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Robinson-Steiner was with the Hartford Ballet and danced in their Nutcracker production. She went on to perform with the Hamburg Ballet in Germany and the Dance Theater of Harlem. After marrying, she also spent time in Africa, where she taught dance. She now lives on the West Coast.
The program "Rena Robinson-Steiner: Dance the Dream" will take place at the Plainville Historic Center, 29 Pierce St. Doors open at 1:30. Historical society programs are offered free of charge. The historical society can be reached at 860-747-6577 or via email at plvhistorical@ gmail.com. -- Press Release
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Above: Plainville’s Javan Paradis and Maloney’s Kamron Moreno go after a loose ball during the first half at Maloney High School in Meriden last week. Maloney won 56-54 after the Blue Devils missed three chances to tie the game in the final minute. With the loss, Plainville fell to 3-9. Maloney improved to 8-4.
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PLAINVILLE, CONNECTICUT The Zoning Board of Appeals of Plainville, Connecticut will hold a Public Hearing(s) on Monday December 9, 2019 in the Plainville Municipal Center, One Central Square, Plainville Connecticut, Room 302 at 7:30 PM to hear and consider the following applicaFOR SALE $225,000 tion(s): Three bay service garage with office, SOUTH CANAL STREET 1/2 BA, 2 car lifts, on corner lot. Application #20-02-01 DB Properties LLC, COLONY REAL ESTATE - (203) 235-5797. 52 South Canal Street seeks a variance to Article 2 Business Zones, Section 2.03 DiAutos Wanted Help Wanted mensional Standards, Sub-section B Minimum Yard Requirements – Minimum Side INFORMATION Yard General Industrial Zone to permit the reduction of the required southerly side yard TECHNOLOGY setback from twenty (20) feet to thirteen (13) TECHNICIAN feet for a property identified as 52 South Canal Street The Town of WallingEAST STREET ford Public Schools is seeking a skilled Application #20-02-02 Shazias Dode 320 individual to provide East Street an appeal of a November 5, CASH PAID For any technical assistance 2019 Zoning Enforcement Officer’s Notice Toyota any condition, in the operation and of Violation related to presence and use of running or not, crashed distribution of audio closed storage trailers in a general commerokay. Will take other and video productions. cial zone and/or a variance to Article 2 Busimakes and models. High school diploma ness Zones, Section 2.04 Use regulations, (203) 600-4431. or GED with one (1) Sub-section I Storage Trailers, Paragraph year experience in 1 to permit the presence and use of box the operation of audio Motorcyles and ATVs or open trailer(s) as storage structure(s) in and video production a General Commercial Zone for a property equipment, including WILL PAY CASH - For old identified as 320 East Street motorcycles, mini bikes portable and studio & go carts. Gary, (860) cameras, audio and 558-5430. video control or recordConnecticut this 30th day of January 2020 ing devices, electronic Bryan Ouellette, Secretary character generator Plainville Zoning Board of Appeals Help Wanted systems and personR227114
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