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Volume 20, Number 35
Thursday, September 2, 2021
Superintendent LePage: Despite obstacles, a smooth year is expected modified or terminated, this order Before local students headed back to school this week, the Board of Education shall remain in effect through Sept. 30. held a special meeting to discuss reopenLePage stated that he receives letters and ing plans. emails from parents, who Along with members of basically hold him responthe BOE, also in attensible for the mask mandate. dance for the Aug. 19 The superintendent exZoom meeting were Suplained that as an appointperintendent of Schools ed official of the school sysSteven LePage, Assistant tem, he is obligated to folSuperintendent of low state laws and has no Schools David Levenduspower to change them. ki, Plainville school princiHowever, LePage said he pals, and other school sysunderstands the multiple tem employees. The folperspectives on this issue lowing is taken from the meeting minand, for the most part, discourse has been utes available on the municipal website. civil, appropriate and polite. LePage stated that the Governor’s Executive Order 13A as well as orders from the Commissioner of Public Health require that everyone must wear a mask regardless of vaccination status while in school buildings. And that unless
LePage told the BOE that he and David Levenduski created a blue and white table which was sent to all families, staff and board members, as a quick reference guide, and updated the school See Schools, A5
LABOR DAY COMMENTARY
Monday is no ordinary holiday Celebrated on the first Monday of September, Labor Day has been a federal holiday in the United States since Congress made it so in 1894 during the second administration of President Grover Cleveland. So what is the day for?
phrase we're apt to toss off without thinking about it. Indeed, although it is Labor Day, it is an occasion upon which we generally do not work, unless we happen to be in emergency services or public safety. (Or work at a newspaper!)
Labor Day seems a noncontroversial occasion to observe the dignity of labor and the contribution of the working men and women of the country, a
Labor? Most of us work, don't we? On Labor Day, Americans celebrate and honor hard work!
Labor Day was a creation of the union movement and far from universally accepted. Indeed, there was a lot of strife in this country as workers in the countless factories, varied industries and all sorts of occupations struggled to make personal workplaces safer. Owners of many of those factories and the presidents and stockholders of corporations were not happy at all to watch
It's not as simple as that. See Labor Day, A3
In this photo from 2019, Ernie Romegialli, creator of The Haunted Graveyard, stands at the entrance to the catacombs during a tour of the annual haunt at Lake Compounce. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
Lake Compounce has new family-friendly Halloween attraction By Faith Williams Record-Journal staff
Boulder Dash, Rev-O-Lution, Ghost Hunt and more.
SOUTHINGTON — Organizers of the well-known Haunted Graveyard attraction at Lake Compounce will take the haunt to new park this year, while Compounce introduces a more familyfriendly Halloween event.
“We have a lot of families and young kids. I think Haunted Graveyard was great and drew in a different crowd,” Public Relations Manager Lynsey Winters said. “But it didn’t play into our normal seasonal crowd we get, so we wanted to create an event that was more for everyone.”
“Lake Compounce Happy Hauntings gives kids of any age a unique place to show off their costumes, enjoy their favorite attractions and participate in Halloween activities,” General Manager Larry Gorneault Jr. said in a press release. “While offering parents an entertaining environment to enjoy delicious fall treats.” Happy Hauntings allows park-goers to dress up, trickor-treat throughout the park and ride attractions like
Happy Hauntings will debut Oct. 2 and run every weekend until Halloween. According to a press release, it will feature fall-themed food and cocktails, live entertainment and Halloween inspired decorations. The park will be open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and will accept 2020 and 2021 season passes and buddy passes for the event. See Halloween, A6