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Locals rush to book clinic appointments
IMPRESSIVE WORK
An upcoming COVID-19 vaccination clinic for Plainville residents age 45 and over filled up fast. Registration for the Friday, April 2 clinic opened Wednesday, March 24, and soon after, the following message was posted to the town's Facebook page: "The vaccine clinic is full. Thank you for helping keep Plainville safe and healthy." One hundred first doses of the Moderna vaccine are expected to be administered at the April 2 clinic, which will be held at the Plainville firehouse on West Main Street.
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Town’s budget presentation lauded In order to receive the budget award, the town had to satisfy nationally-recognized
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Centers for Disease Control officials have predicted a possible fourth wave of COVID-19 infections nationwide. But Gov. Ned LaConnecticut's most remont said Connecticut cent COVID-19 report, should be in good shape, issued March 25, showed 53 positive cases given the high numbers of people who have been vacin Plainville over a twoweek span, which works cinated in the upper age out to an average of 21.5 groups. daily cases per 100,000 And federal researchers repeople. ported good news Monday, according to media reports. In the state’s previous The coronavirus vaccines report, the community had 36 COVID-19 cases. made by Moderna and Pfiz-
Middle School of Plainville students have produced some striking artwork as of late, like this piece by Zachary Saucier. See more MSP artists’ hard work on Page 10.
Government Finance Officers Association announced recently that the Town of Plainville received its Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for its FY2020 budget.
The Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is held by pharmacist Madeline Acquilano at Hartford Hospital in this March 3 photo.
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Grant will support Dial-A-Ride
“We are honored and grateful to be chosen to receive funding from the Archbishop’s Annual Appeal,” said Senior Center Director Shawn Cohen, pointing out that residents
For more information about the Plainville Senior Center, call 860-747-5728 or visit plainville.com/senior-center. — Press Release
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School Notes Locals in college Hofstra University, Hempstead, N.Y., awarded Christiana MeIninkaitis with a bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management (magna cum laude).
pare students for the transition to kindergarten at age 5.
Lehigh University, Bethleham, Pa., named John Siani to its dean’s list for the fall semester.
Registration information can be found atplainvilleschools.org, under the Student Registration icon. Registration will be accepted through the Central Registration Office on a firstcome, first-served basis. For more information, call 860793-6301, option 3.
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Plainville Community Schools is excited to offer a pilot school year of preschool programming at no cost to families as a result of COVID-19 grant relief funding for school districts. Children who will be 4 years of age by Dec. 31, 2021 are eligible. This NAEYC accredited preschool program is designed to pre-
Plainville Adult and Continuing Education offers free evening programming. Most programs are offered mornings as well, with cost-free child care provided by the Plainville Family Resource Network. To learn more, call 860-7933209 or visit plainvilleschools.org.
Scholarship TriCircle, Inc. (TCI) is accepting applications for two scholarships, each valued at $2,500. Applications are open to Connecticut residents who demonstrate a commitment to further their studies. TCI recognizes that the epidemic of substance use disorder exists here in our state and, tragically, thousands of wonderful people have died due to the disease of addiction. This scholarship opportunity was created in memory of Michael F. Gagnon II. Applications are available at tricircleinc.com/scholarship, or at the TCI office, 6 Way Road, Middlefield. Applications must be postmarked no later than Saturday, May 29. For more information, email christine@ tricircleinc.com.
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“Funding for Dial-A-Ride is provided by the Town of Plainville, donations from organizations, individuals and families, as well as fundraising. During COVID times, we are also using our Dial-A-Ride buses to deliver meals and Food Share packages, plus rides to vaccine appointments.”
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The grant will help the Plainville Senior Center continue its mission of providing transportation services to members of the community who are 60-plus years of age.
“For over 40 years, Dial-A-Ride has been helping individuals who cannot drive or do not own a car to live an independent life. It gives a sense of mobility and self-assuredness which would otherwise be lacking,” said Cohen.
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The Plainville Senior Center was awarded a $2,500 grant from the Archdiocese of Hartford through the Archbishop’s Annual Appeal Vicariate Outreach Program.
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In Brief
Transfer Station The Transfer Station on Granger Lane will open for the season Saturday, April 10. The Transfer Station will be open Saturdays 8 a.m. to
Revaluation As mandated by Connecticut State Statute, Plainville will be conducting a revaluation of all real estate in town. This revaluation will be effective for the Grand List of October 1, 2021. Tax bills for the new revaluation will be mailed out in June 2022 and will be due July 1, 2022. A question-and-answer fact sheet is available at the Office of Assessment and Revenue Collection and on the town's website, plainvillect.com.
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The Plainville Veterans Memorial Wall is located on the main floor of the Plainville Municipal Center adjacent to the Town Clerk’s Office. Visitors may view the wall during normal business hours
The Plainville Senior Center and CW Resources are in need of volunteer drivers to deliver meals to homebound older adults in Plainville. Meals are delivered between 10 a.m. and noon Monday through Friday. For details, call Ronda at 860-747-5728.
If you are interested in adding a veteran’s name to the wall, applications are located at the Municipal Center, Senior Center, American Legion Post 33 and VFW Post 534.
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Since November 2013, Grace United Methodist Church in Southington has hosted blood drives twice a year in honor of Plainville residents Daniela and Matteo Ciriello. Their next drive will be held Saturday, April 3, 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., in the Glass Room at the Aqua Turf Club in Plantsville. To make an appointment call 1-800-7332767 or go to redcrossblood.org (use Sponsor Code: Daniela.)
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more than 80 community members who participated in conversations the RecordJournal hosted over several months of planning for its new Latino Communities Reporting Lab.
tion for the lab was added in February with the hiring of reporter Jareliz Diaz, followed by plans to add a second dedicated reporter with funding raised over the next two months.
“I was planning to probably be here for a couple of years. I stayed. And I love my job,” said Robles-Rivas, while admitting it was challenging at times juggling the responsibilities of work, raising a family and continuing her education.
Robles-Rivas attributes her own success to the support of her family and community. “That was key to be a successful Latina educator here in Connecticut,” she said, adding she would like to see more Latino residents, like her, have greater access to information.
When Robles-Rivas arrived in Meriden she had just graduated from college with a bachelor’s degree. She began teaching, and eventually rose through the ranks to become a school principal.
The mission of the Latino Communities Reporting Lab is to amplify the voices of our local Latino communities — historically underserved and underrepresented in local news coverage.
She now holds a doctorate in education and supervises Language and Community Partnerships for the Meriden Public Schools.
Since February, Diaz has worked with other RecordJournal reporters and editors covering topics important to the local Latino community. One of her first Record-Journal bylines was about Meriden officials’ plans to increase vaccination outreach targeting local Black and Latino residents. Health officials acknowledged the rates of vaccination for people of color have lagged behind those of the white, non-Hispanic population and promised to strengthen outreach efforts.
Plans include building a new team of five bilingual journalists — three reporters, one photographer/videographer and one editor — through philanthropic funding. The first dedicated posi-
Evelyn Robles-Rivas came to central Connecticut from Puerto Rico in 1991 to stay with family living in the area.
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one-third of the city’s population, compared to about 8% in 1980. Latino families account for much of that growth, as evidenced by enrollment in local schools. According to the district’s latest official count on Oct. 1, more than 58% of the overall student body in Meriden public schools identified as Latino, or 4,727 students out of a total of 8,118, more than twice the state average. The population of Latino students has grown in other communities as well. In neighboring Wallingford, more than 19% of the 5,451 public school students identify as Latino. Neighboring towns, including Southington and Cheshire, have also seen growth in their Latino populations, although to a lesser degree. Similar trends have occurred statewide. While the overall student population in Connecticut has declined for more than a decade, the numbers of Latino students enrolled in the state’s public schools continue to rise. According to enrollment data reported by the State Department of Education, in the current school year, 142,552, or close to 28%, of the 513,079 pre-kindergarten to grade 12 students enrolled in Connecticut public schools identify as Hispanic or Latino. By comparison, in the 2007-2008 school year, 96,127 of the state’s thenstudent population of 574,848 students identified as Hispanic or Latino, a 16.7% share. In its development of the
They included conversations with Latino leaders like recently confirmed U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, a former Meriden schools administrator, who spoke with the project team while serving as state commissioner of education. Cardona stressed opportunities to amplify the voices of Latino youth and to engage with families. Maria Campos-Harlow, executive director of the United Way of Meriden and Wallingford and another conversation participant, encouraged the initiative to highlight the success of local Latinos. Diversity, identity When Adriana Rodriguez’s family moved to Wallingford from Michoacán, a Mexican state just southwest of Mexico City, more than three decades ago, one of the first agencies they received support from was the Spanish Community of Wallingford, better known as SCOW. See Reporting, A13
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Fast forward to 2021: Rodriguez is now that agency’s executive director. And SCOW continues to serve the diverse local Latino community.
Traditional for-profit news organizations like the Record-Journal have long relied on subscriptions and advertising for funding. Those funding sources have declined, as have the newspapers they previously sustained, in terms of the numbers of newspapers and their sizes.
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“That is a good feeling. It makes me want to buy in more,” Valentin said, adding he would be particularly interested in coverage that They bring with them a vari- more deeply explores educaety of stories, including past tion, as well as highlights lograndchildren, Shaina professional lives, experical Latino-led businesses Fabrizio and Christina ences and cultural tradiand non-profit organizations and Chelsea Connelly; tions, Rodriguez said. serving the community. her great-granddaughter, Elianna; and many nieces “Many people who have re- Valentin suggested including and nephews. She also located to the United States even more diverse voices leaves her brothers, Gino come with a whole story of than just the Latino commuand Angelo Cianchetti; professions, or reasons why nity. “I would love it to be her extended family and they moved. And it’s very diverse voices: Black, Hismany friends. She was interesting to learn and so panic, any individuals who predeceased by her inspiring,” she said. are underrepresented voices brother Armando and her Rodriguez noted there is in the community. Identity sister Antoinette Bianchi. great cultural diversity even is very complex,” he said. Funeral services in within Latinos whose famiPhilanthropic model celebration of Yolanda’s lies have similar national life will be on Monday at origins. For example, in The Record-Journal’s push 10 a.m. from Plainville Meriden, there’s a signifito expand its news team to Funeral Home, 81 Broad cant population whose facover an underserved comSt, Plainville, followed by milial roots are in Puebla, munity came with a simultaa Mass of Christian Burial Mexico, a city located south- neous effort to seek funding at 11 a.m. at Our Lady of east of Mexico City. She through a previously unexMercy Church. Committal hopes to see stories highwill follow at St. Joseph lighting that diversity more Cemetery Plainville. widely shared. Family and friends may Like Rodriguez, Orlando gather on Sunday, from Valentin was raised in cen6-8 p.m. at the funeral tral Connecticut. Valentin home. Guests are asked grew up in Meriden. He to wear face coverings now teaches fourth grade at and practice social Casimir Pulaski Elementary distancing. For online School. expressions of sympathy, please visit www. Valentin said the Latino PlainvilleFuneralHome. Community Reporting Lab’s concept, which includes com
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Routes available in the following towns: MIDDLETOWN, CROMWELL, OLD SAYBROOK, MERIDEN, PLAINVILLE, NEW BRITAIN, WATERBURY Must be 18 or older. Must have valid drivers license, reliable vehicle and be available early mornings. Make extra cash before you go to work making early morning newspaper deliveries using your own vehicle. NO experience necessary. Must able to deliver early mornings, 7 days a week. MUST be dependable, and be able to read a route list with specific delivery instructions. We will demonstrate the route to you. Routes average 1.5 to 3 hours daily. No collections required. Not Temp Work. Retirees, Stay at Home Mom’s, and Veterans are also welcome to apply. Make extra cash to pay rent, mortgage, bills, save money, or a great vacation.
Text or call Peter at 860-846-0216 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and start as soon as tomorrow morning.
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Local, dynamic, fastpaced financial services office seeks Part-time office professional, to work in Berlin, CT. Qualifications for the Wallingford Board of job include great people Education-Food Service skills, a strong customDivision is seeking a er-service orientation, qualified individual to and organizational coordinate activities of abilities. Good telethe other foodservice phone skills, computer employees within the knowledge and verbal facility. Position requires and writing skills are also a High School Diploma necessary. Attention to or G.E.D. In addition, detail a must. must have experience in We offer not only comfood service and a sanpetitive compensation, itation certification from but also career enrichan approved Department ment and an opportunity of Education source. to work with a company School food service that serves the local experience preferred. community. Supervisory experience To find out more about also preferred. Wages this position, email $16.78 (hourly) plus an resume to excellent fringe benefit applyggroup@gmail.com package. Applications 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 the 50th application or resume is FACEBOOK.COM/ received or April 7, 2021 RECORDJOURNAL whichever occurs first. NEWSPAPER EOE
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Yalesville Construction Specializing in all phases of residential & #1 PAINTER’S EDGE commercial roofing. 15% off Houses.Decks. Senior citizen discount Sheetrock.Popcorn Insured Free est. 203-265-5200 Repair. Wallpaper reHIC#0631937 moval. 25 yrs exp. Free est. Sr. disc. #0656136. Ins. 860.538.5520
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