Volume 20, Number 17
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Sports Hall of Fame makes comeback
RETURNING TO NORMALCY
Thursday, April 29, 2021
The Plainville Sports Hall of Fame is pleased to announce its Class of 2021. After a necessary hiatus in 2020, the Hall of Fame committee has worked diligently to secure another outstanding class. Entering the Hall this year are: Todd Goodall (Class of 1993), Shawn Curtis (Class of 1996), Naoemi Villafane Raimondi (Class of 2001), Thomas “TJ “Ferguson (Class of 2001), Philip Rothkugel (Class of 2002), Jennifer Dabrowski Hover (Class of 2004), and two state championship basketball squads; the 1958-59 boys team and the 2000-01 girls team. Matthew Straub is the 2021 Distinguished Service award-winner. The induction ceremony and dinner will be held Saturday, Nov. 20 at Hawk’s Landing in Southington. Tickets may be purchased at Modern Barbershop (Angelo’s), Gnazzo’s and The Central Connecticut Dental Group (Dr. Rusty Camp). For additional ticket information, visit plainvillesports.com or find the Hall of Fame on Facebook. In the coming weeks, The Citizen will feature the Hall of Fame-worthy accomplishments of the Class of 2021.
Jennifer Dabrowski Hover
CFGNB awards $260K in grants
Jennifer Dabrowski graduated from Plainville High School in 2004. She scored 1,060 points despite playing with a torn ACL her entire senior year. A four-year varsity starter, Dabrowski guided the team to a Class M state championship as a freshman. Her dribbling skills dazzled the crowd and her perfect 6 for 6 shooting from the foul line during the waning minutes of the championship game sealed the victory.
Friends, from left, Riss Crann, Rachael Kosicki and Nikki Calabro share in a laugh at the bar inside Double Play Cafe, 320 Main St., Wallingford. Local restaurants are preparing to get back to some type of normalcy after it was announced that starting in May most business restrictions are expected to lift. See Page 13 for story. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
Dabrowski
A consummate point guard, Dabrowski was a four-time all-conference selection and the Lady Blue Devils won 60 games during her career. A true scholar-athlete, Dabrowski garnered All-Academic honors as well. Coach Lisa Mandeville said, “If I was starting my own All-PHS basketball team, I would start with Jennifer at the point … [T]he more you watched her play, the more you appreciated what she did for the team. Her basketball IQ was tremendous. She knew when to pass and when to shoot. She was just as good defensively too and fun to watch.” See Dabrowski, A7
The Community Foundation of Greater New Britain (CFGNB) has approved their first round of grants and awarded more than $260,000 to a wide variety of community programs serving Berlin, New Britain, Plainville and Southington.
Arts, Culture & Heritage
The foundation’s Board of Directors approved $177,900 in Community Response grant awards to local nonprofits. These are discretionary grants selected by the board to meet a variety of community needs. Grants were made to 11 programs and organizations serving the foundation’s four-town service area.
New Britain Museum of American Art, $50,000 to support the Education and Outreach program.
Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, $7,500 to support the Public Relations & Marketing Coordinator and Grants & Development Coordinator.
Queen Ann Nzinga Center for Cultural Education & Social Change, $10,000 to support the development of after-school programming.
Education Boys & Girls Club of New Britain, Inc., $10,000 to support Youth Development programs. Connecticut Students for a Dream, $10,000 to support the UndocuPwer program in New Britain. Consolidated School District of New Britain, $40,000 to support the SEE, XTREME, and CREATE programs. See Grants, A17