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Thursday, November 26, 2020
Train depot completes restoration of signal
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By Devin Leith-Yessian Record-Journal staff
For the first time in over 50 years, a red light shines out from the train order signal above the Milldale Train Depot, now encouraging runners along the Farmington Canal Heritage Trail to stop and take a look rather than directing trains to halt. “It makes it look like the railroad is operational again,” said Assistant Stationmaster Robert Belletzki. A Nov. 11 Plainville Police Department Facebook page post states: “A big thank you to The First Responder Fan Club (at the Middle School of Plainville), SRO Shane Dufresne and teacher Christina Corvello. With their help Operation: No One Gets Cold, collected 25 scarves, 75 pairs of gloves, 4 pairs of winter socks, 65 hats, 11 hat/gloves sets and 11 jackets to be distributed to those in our community. Such an awesome job guys.”
Forever Honored – Forever Mourned Holcomb, 28, was killed on Hollyberry Lane while responding to a burglary. He was shot once in the arm and four times in the chest. He died at New
Britain General Hospital. Gerald Castonguay, was convicted and sentenced to life in prison for Holcomb’s murder. He was granted parole in 2015 which was quickly revoked after the community expressed disappointment in the decision. See Holcomb, A16 Holcomb
The lamp is on a timer to be lit between 4 and 8 p.m. during the winter months and Belletzki hopes its positioning alongside the Farmington Canal Heritage Trail will allow
Photo by Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
it to act as a beacon to inspire further interest in the trail’s history as a railroad and shipping canal. While work was ongoing on a recent Monday, scores of people enjoying a walk on the trail stopped to ask about the signal, which was often mistaken for a flag pole before the restoration began taking shape. “We already had people stopping ... saying, ‘It’s lit up!’” Belletzki said. The setup is the same that controlled the flow of trains from 1917 — when the signal See Signal, A12
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Nov. 21 marked the anniversary of the death of Plainville Police Officer Robert Holcomb, who died in the line of duty in 1977.
Aside from some fine-tuning, this month volunteers completed the restoration of the station’s train order signal, a mast topped by a light and system of blades which instruct trains on if they can pass by the station or if they must stop. The mechanical parts, including the blade system, were completed in July, leaving just the installation of the electric lamp, which sits behind green and red filters that allow it to act like a traffic light.
The train order signal on the Milldale Train Depot along the Farmington Canal Heritage Trail in Southington is pictured.
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In Brief Transfer station The transfer station will close for the winter Saturday, Dec. 5 at 3 p.m. Questions? Call Public Works at 860-793-0221, ext. 7176. The department is open Monday through Wednesday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Thursday, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.; and Friday, 8 a.m. to noon.
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HARTFORD — Gov. Ned Lamont announced last Thursday that he is prohibiting all youth and recreational sports from being played in Connecticut until at least Jan. 19 due to the increasing rise in COVID-19 cases. The move comes two days after the CIAC announced it was delaying the start of the
2020-21 high school winter season, also until Jan. 19 at the earliest. The CIAC also cited rising numbers in COVID-19 cases and schools falling back to distance learning in making its decision. Lamont’s decree went into effect on Monday, Nov. 23. It does not apply to pro or college sports.
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Earlier this month, Lamont had prohibited high-risk sports, such as wrestling and 11-on-11 tackle football, from being played for the rest of the year. He allowed moderate-risk youth sports — basketball and ice hockey among them — to be played so long as athletes wore masks, though hockey teams were barred from playing opponents from out of state, a move Lamont made in conjunction with governors in the region. Thursday’s announcement shuts down everything this
side of pro and college sports for eight weeks, and it’s being done, Lamont said, in an effort to keep schools open as long as possible.
be strict,” Lamont said. “I salute the (CIAC) saying we’re going to postpone all high school winter sports, not starting to Jan. 19. I know how tough that is to families, I know what you’re looking forward to, but we’ve just seen too many infections in and around those winter sports.”
Lamont noted that 17 school closings in the state and the quarantining of 235 teachers had been contact traced to coronavirus outbreaks among sports teams. The governor reported that 29 to- Overall, Connecticut’s number of total COVID-19 cases tal outbreaks had been eclipsed 100,000. There have linked to sports teams. been 4,805 deaths linked to “How can we try and limit the virus. the spread due to sports teams? Here, we’re going to
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Planning begins on uncertain Apple Harvest Festival By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff
SOUTHINGTON — Planning for next year’s Apple Harvest Festival will begin next month despite uncertainty about the event. This year’s festival was canceled since pandemic restrictions prevented the crowds that visit Southington’s downtown for the event. Planners are hopeful that by next fall, major gatherings will be allowed. On Monday, Nov. 9 the Town Council approved contracts with Melissa Cocuzza to be festival sponsorship coordinator and with Dave Lapreay, Parks and Recreation director, to be festival lead coordinator. They’d both been in those positions at the start of this year and had forgone their contractual payments from the town when the festival was canceled. The pandemic reduced interest in festival sponsorships last year. Cocuzza wasn’t sure if there’d be a change of strategy this year in trying to draw interest but that planning was beginning when it normally does. “We’re not tracking much differently time wise,” she said. “At our next meeting we’re going to talk about the coming year.”
In previous years the festival has featured bands such as Bowling for Soup and Spin Doctors. The festival committee is waiting until next year to announce the band. Palmieri said he’s “cautiously optimistic” about the 2021 festival. “We’re certainly hopeful that things will get back to normal,” he said. “Right now, there’s still so many unknowns.”
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SOUTHINGTON —The former People’s United Bank at 158 N. Main St. was recently sold to a Plainville security company for $1 million.
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Tree maintenance tips When a Christmas tree is cut, more than half its weight is water. With proper care, you can maintain the quality of your tree. Make a fresh cut to remove about a 1/2-inch thick disk of wood from the base of the trunk before putting the tree in the stand. Make the cut perpendicular to the stem axis. Don’t cut the trunk at an angle, or into a v-shape, which makes it far more difficult to hold the tree in the stand and also reduces the amount of water available to the tree. Once home, place the tree in water as soon as possible. Most species can go six to eight hours after cutting the trunk and still take up water. Don’t bruise the cut surface or get it dirty. If needed, trees can be temporarily stored for several days in a cool location. Place the freshly cut trunk in a bucket that is kept full of water. To display the trees indoors, use a stand with an adequate water holding capacity for the tree. As a general rule, stands should provide one quart of water per inch of stem diameter. Devices are available that help maintain a constant water level in the stand. — National Christmas Tree Association
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Remember to choose a tree that fits where it is to be displayed. For example if the tree is displayed in front of a large window, then all four sides should look as good as possible. If the tree is dis-
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friendly wave or stop and ask where we were going and then told us to be careful.
For me and many of my outdoor buddies, Thanksgiving Day has always been reserved for a hunt of some kind. During the years of my youth, from when I was 12 years old, it was upland game such as squirrels, rabbits and pheasants that garnered out attention. This was back in the late 1940s and it was not uncommon to see a 12-year-old kid walking through the Village of South Meriden with a shotgun or .22 rifle tucked under his arm as he went hunting on one of the many farms in the Village.
Helping out on local farms such as Raven’s, Godek’s, and Philippe earned us the privilege to hunt on their lands. Unfortunately, the farms have disappeared under the guise of development, both commercial and domestic.
alone. Many times it would be with the fathers of some of the kids who hunted, and there were many of them back then. Just imagine a faOf course, back then, there ther taking the time to hunt were no computers, iPhones, with a group of kids and video games and other elec- showing them the right way tronic gizmos to take up our to hunt and use a firearm. time. We turned to the great outdoors in the form of hunting, trapping and fishing and even just plain shooting firearms to occupy our time.
Sort of boggles the mind, doesn’t it? They were men like my father Mike; the Hanlon boys’ father Lou or their Uncle Phil Fisher; Art Arnold Sr. See Roberts, A15
I can see some parents shuddering, even now, at the Raven’s Lane, now a private thought of a legal firearm in road that leads to a couple of the hands of a teenager, but residences and the Meriden back then it was a way of Rod & Gun Club, was a mec- life. ca for our hunting forays as teenagers. Squirrels were our The kids did not always hunt
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Just about every male teenager in the Village had access to a firearm and, would you believe, there was never a killing of another human being or a drive-by shooting?
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With the COVID-19 pandemic surging again and in some cases moving students to full-time remote learning, students of all ages are feeling a variety of emotions as they cope with how the virus has impacted education. “When I talk to parents and they’re of course calling very emotionally charged — their child is not coping well and they’re distraught about what’s going on and what’s being taken away from their
child’s normal routine,” said Joanne Etter, co-owner of Apple Valley Behavioral Health in Southington. Each student grapples differently with the impact of the virus on their schooling. Etter said that parents and caregivers need to take into account “where they are at in their developmental stage and maturation level.” “Caregivers, parents, need to, of course, validate their feelings without judgment or correction,” Etter said. “... How you talk to a six-year-
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that they can connect with people and we can do that both within the context of therapy, but we also try to offer lots of different kinds of tips,” D’Andrea said. “... We’ve offered YouTube videos and webinars, and we are using social media pages. We’re really trying to stretch ourselves in terms of Jennifer D’Andrea, director how we can connect with of counseling and psychostudents and offer them suplogical services at Wesleyan port as they figure out how University, said the college is to navigate this really diffioffering tips and services. cult time.” “We try to find and support students in finding safe ways See Services, A19 of anxiety,” said Ariela Reder, director of counseling services at Quinnipiac University. “They had their school interrupted in the beginning of the pandemic, not knowing if they will be returning to campus or not and having to transition to having to take their classes online.”
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and sons Charlie, Artie and Howie and their bird champion bird dogs; George Metzger and sons Rudy and Eddie and their beagle, Spot. Even kids whose fathers didn’t hunt were invited to hunt with us with the blessing of their parents. Another hunting buddy of mine back then was Jack Sears. We would hunt Raven’s and surrounding farms from sunup to sunset. We never got a lot of small game, but what we did harvest would be honored on our dinner tables as food to be enjoyed. One of my fondest memories of hunting with Jack Sears was a frosty morning on the corner of Raven’s Farm in a small apple orchard that had been left to grow wild. I had a springer spaniel named “Chip” and Jack had a beagle named “Toughie,” and it didn’t matter to the dogs or us what type of game they found.
light headed in my direction. ing Day hunting memories. I It was the hunter that parked promise you, they are priceless. next to me on the highway.
One of my most memorable black powder deer hunts took place on a spot owned by the power company at Bulls Bridge off the Housatonic River. I had scouted the area a couple of times and, on opening morning, I arrived only to see another vehicle parked next to me.
About 15 minutes after the season opened, I heard the gent fire his muzzleloader and it did not make me too happy.
I greeted the other hunter and then headed up the mountain to my pre-chosen spot before it got light. I was no sooner settled down on my spot when I saw a flash-
Sure enough, he came right up to me and said he had a treestand already placed in a tree above us. He offered to move it. I told him it would be easier for me just to move down a bit, so I did,
About a half-hour later, I heard a commotion in the leaves behind me and saw a buck chasing a doe. They stopped right behind me. I could not get a shot at the buck, but the doe made for some mighty fine venison meals. So why not get out this Thanksgiving morning and take a youngster with you and build some Thanksgiv-
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We were in the orchard when one of the dogs flushed a cock pheasant. Jack dropped it with a single shot. Just then another cock pheasant took wing and I was able to put it in my game bag.
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For two teenagers, it made a beautiful fall morning even more splendid. It did not get any better than that. We took time out to enjoy the moment and I can still remember picking one of those wild apples and savoring flavor made even better by the frosty morning. I guess that’s what hunting does. It makes for pleasant memories that last a lifetime. As we got older I eventually got caught up in the passion of deer hunting, with hunting wild turkey coming in a close second.
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Obituaries Frederick A. Johnson PLAINVILLE - It is with sadness that the family of Fred Johnson report his passing on Veteran’s Day, 2020. He was born and raised in Walpole, Massachusetts, to the late Jean MacKenna Johnson and Arthur Johnson. Fred distinguished himself both in sports and music at Walpole High. He went on to Boston University, and became a Music Teacher. Among the many jobs he held to pay for his education, he worked as a tenor and rehearsal accompanist for various live radio music programs. It was there that he met his wife, Jane DiTiberio. In June of 1951, he graduated from BU, got married and got his draft notice. At the end of Basic Training, he was sent to for crash courses in German and French, and was deployed in West Berlin as part of the Berlin Airlift. Upon his return, the couple moved to New Hampshire, where daughter Jacqueline (now Rivero) was born. Two years later, he was recruited to New Britain, Connecticut. He taught first at Central Junior High, and later at Slade Middle School, where he spent the bulk of his career. The couple settled in Plainville, Connecticut, welcoming daughter Martha (now
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including the Jerry Dargis Chorale, and the Plainville Choral Society. His wife passed away in 1985. He retired to Guilford a few years later to be near his grandchildren. An avid walker, he walked to the beach and the Green almost daily, enjoying all the Green activities, especially Shakespeare in the Park. He sang in four choruses in the Shoreline area, including the Opera Chorus. He was featured doing a Scottish jig during a production of Lucrezia de Lammermoor. He also travelled extensively. He visited California annually for Jacki’s shows, and the pair also did a tour of Great Britain. He also travelled through the U.S., Europe and Russia. He is survived by sister Elizabeth Johnson of Boston, Massachusetts; daughter Jacqueline Rivero and husband Martin Rivero of Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts; Martha Dieli and husband David Dieli of Madison, Connecticut; grandson Ian Dieli of Portland Maine, and granddaughter Elizabeth Dieli Teixiera and husband Chris Teixiera of Portugal. Friends are invited to a graveside service with Military Honors on Friday, 27 November at 10:00 a.m. at the Connecticut State Veterans Cemetery, 317 Bow Land, Middletown, Connecticut.
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TOWN OF PLAINVILLE LEGAL NOTICE REVENUE COLLECTOR’S NOTICE Notice is hereby given to the taxpayers of the Town of Plainville. The 2021 Sewer Usage Bills are due November 1, 2020. The bills will be sent with two payment stubs. First installment is due November 1, 2020, and second installment will be due May 1, 2021. NO BILLS ARE MAILED FOR THE MAY INSTALLMENT. If the first installment of the Sewer Usage Bill is not paid on or before Tuesday, December 1, 2020. The sewer usage tax becomes delinquent and is subject to interest of 1 ½ % per month (18% annually) and will be added from due date. The minimum interest charge is $2.00 per installment. Sec. 12-146. Payments will be received in the Revenue Collector’s office, Town Hall, 1 Central Square Plainville, CT 06062 each business day as follows: Monday through Wednesday 8:00 am to 4:00 pm Thursday 8:00 am to 7:00 pm Friday 8:00 am to 12:00 pm Ana M. LeGassey C.C.M.C. Plainville Revenue Collector Dated at Plainville, Connecticut this 13th day of October 2020. R-A October 22, 2020, November 5 & 26, 2020 R235193
MAINTAINER II Operates motorized equipment in the performance of road and grounds maintenance work. Requires 2 years’ experience in construction work involving the operation and care of trucks and other mechanical equipment OR 2 years training in one of the skilled trades and 1 year of experience in construction operations, OR an equivalent combination of experience and training. Must possess and maintain a valid CDL Class B to operate equipment. (Provide a copy of your CDL license with your application) wages: $22.42 - $26.27 Hourly. Applications can be printed from the Department of Human Resources’ Webpage. Once completed please mail or fax your application or resume to: Department of Human Resources, 45 S. Main Street, Room 301, Wallingford, CT 06492; Fax: (203)-2942084; Phone: (203)-2942080. The closing date will be the date the 30th application or resume is received or December 2, 2020, whichever occurs first. EOE
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CHESHIRE - Small office, utilities included. Call (860) 296-2000.
Furniture 3 PIECE GLASS TABLE - 1 Coffee 48”x 24”. 2 End 24”x 24”, excellent condition, $100.00. (203) 376-0577.
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MATERIALS DISTRIBUTION Screened Topsoil $25/ per yd; Sand-$15 per yd; Millings-$10 per yd; Screened Millings $30 per yd; Clean Fill $8 per yd: $100 minimum delivery. No pickup truck service. Minimum 16 yd pickup at our yard. Call Jim @ 860-982-4819 for delivery
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CASH PAID For any Toyota any condition, running or not, crashed okay. Will take other makes and models. (203) 600-4431.
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PISTOL PERMIT - Certification, for groups of 4 or less, masks req’d, 1 session only, $140. (203) 415-1144.
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Wanted To Buy 1,2,3 Items or an Estate $$$ CASH $$$ Todd Shamock Estate Sale Service Costume Jewelry, Antiques, Dolls, Toys, Paintings,Meriden Items 203-494-1695
ATTENTION DOG OWNERS! Obedience Classes Starting Nov. 9 MONDAY Evenings at Cheshire Park & Rec. 6 wk class-$90 $100 Non-Residents Beginners - 6:15pm Novices - 7:15pm Pre-Reg online or call Chesh. Park & Rec at 203.272.2743 9-4 AFTER 5pm Call INSTRUCTOR Bruce 203-715-1489
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Thursday, November 26, 2020
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Electrical Services
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25 yrs exp. Best prices, Senior Disc. CALL TODAY! #0656136 Ins. 860.538.5520
HAVE DUMP TRUCK. Reg. Ins. Free on-site est. Attics, basements, garages, appliances & more. Any questions?
Landscaping
GUTTERS CLEANED Most homes $80. Call Roger, 203-518-1910.
IF YOU Mention This Ad FALL Yard Clean-Ups Brush, branches, leaves, storm damage **JUNK REMOVAL** Appl’s, Furniture, Junk, Debris, etc WE CAN REMOVE ANYTHING Entire house to 1 item removed! FREE ESTIMATES Sr. Citizen Discount LIC & INS. 203-535-9817 or 860-575-8218
JT’S LANDSCAPING LLC - FALL CLEANUPS, we specialize in weeding all types of beds, mulching, top soil work, pruning, hedges & trees, gutter cleaning & all your landscape needs. Residential & commercial. Lic. #616311. Call today, 203 213-6528.
RT RELOCATION Your moving and storage specialists. Call for a free estimate. 833-668-3978.
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Plumbing
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Thursday, November 26, 2020
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