Thursday, February 20, 2020
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Volume 16, Number 3
Community foundation adds board members
BIKE PROJECT ROLLS ON
The Community Foundation of Greater New Britain elected two new board members to join the foundation’s team of volunteers. Elected to serve new multi-year board terms were Jerrell Hargraves and Pastor Thomas Mills. Established in 1941, the Community Foundation of Greater New Britain is “Where Good Begins” in Berlin, New Britain, Plainville and Southington.
Plainville High School students in Mark Chase’s Transportation Technology classes recently completed another batch of bicycles for the Plainville Community Food Pantry to distribute. Broken down and unclaimed bikes are provided to the high school classes by the Plainville Police Department and by residents. The bikes are then inspected, repaired and refurbished by students.
BOE approves $39.2M request The operational budget, which constitutes a 2.61 percent increase in spendThe Board of Education ing, now goes to the Town has approved a nearly $1 Council, which can modify million increase in school the budget to increase or funding, declining to modi- decrease funding. The final fy the $39.2 million budget budget will go before voters requested by Superintenon April 28. dent Steven LePage.
The BOE voted 6-2 in favor of the superintendent’s budget. Republican Nicole Palmieri joined council Democrats in supporting the proposal. See BOE, A7
Hargraves
Mills The new board members were officially welcomed at the Feb. 12 board meeting.
At the final board meeting of 2019, held in December, retiring members Mark Bernacki, Cori Humes and Mills is an Adult Probation Ken Malinowski were Officer for the State of Conthanked for their service. Alnecticut and is the Senior so of note, Hospital for SpePastor at Grace Christian cial Care President and CEO Methodist Episcopal Church Lynn Ricci completed her in New Britain. He serves on service as board chair. the Board of Directors for Zagorsky, of Zagorsky, the Boys & Girls Club of New Zagorsky, & Galske, will Britain and has volunteered serve a two-year term as for CCARC and the Hospital chair, and Art Schaller, presiof Central Connecticut. dent of Schaller Auto World, will serve as vice chair. “The foundation is pleased to have Jerrell Hargraves and -- Press Release Pastor Mills join our Board,”
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Hargraves serves as the Human Rights and Opportunities Officer for the City of New Britain. He has lived in the city for 30 years and serves on the Board of Directors for New Britain Public Library. In his free time, Hargraves is a youth basketball coach.
said Paul Zagorsky, community foundation board chair. “We look forward to working with them as our organization continues to be visible, relevant and impactful in the communities we serve.”