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Town may get vaccine location

PLAINVILLE-SOUTHINGTON REGIONAL HEALTH DISTRICT Trey Maestri, owner of Trey’s Barbershop, cuts the hair of Mike Nathanson, of Southington, last Thursday at the 101 Center St. business. Town health board members hope a cut to annual licensing fees this year will help struggling restaurants, salons and barbershops. Photos by Dave Zajac, Record-Journal

Refajet Seferi, owner of Angela’s Pizza & Deli, takes a bacon, sausage and ham pizza out of the oven.

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Fees cut for restaurants, salons By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff

The Plainville-Southington Regional Health District licenses about 600 businesses, overseeing food safety Health board members hope a cut to and personal care hygiene. Shane annual licensing fees this year will Lockwood, district director, suggesthelp struggling restaurants, salons ed cutting the annual fees for those and barbershops.

businesses in half for this year. That will mean a total savings of $50,000 to $60,000 for area businesses and a similar hit to the district’s

A COVID-19 vaccination location may open in town in the coming weeks, but for now residents can get their shots in New Britain. Hartford HealthCare is administering vaccinations for those 75 and older in the Southington area at the Hospital of Central Connecticut in New Britain. The hospital group plans to offer vaccinations at the medical See Vaccine, A2

See Fees, A4

Proposed school budget calls for additional $3.3M By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff

Education officials unveiled a budget last week that includes $3.3 million in additional spending to cover contractual wage increases, new positions and projects.

The current budget approved by the Town Council last year includes more than $100 million for the school district. Superintendent of Schools Tim Connellan said his proposed budget meets the needs for “what we hope is

a mostly post-COVID school year,” although it did request additional funds to increase hours for technology assistants. The district has added computers for students and the demand for support has also increased, Connellan said.

The increase of $3.3 million for the 2021-22 school year, or 3.3 percent, is a way to balance the needs of the district with the limitations of town resources. While general education would inSee Budget, A5

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“Our phones are blowing up today,” he said Thursday, Jan. 14. “We receive a lot of calls and emails every day with people asking for it… Every health department and district is feeling that crush today.”

Will there be a dose for me? Vaccine distributions by the federal government are based on population, according to Lockwood, with Connecticut receiving about 1.3 percent of the country’s vaccine supplies produced by Pfizer and Moderna. State supplies are similarly dispersed for local towns and cities. There’s not yet enough vaccine for everyone in the eli-

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second dose? Lockwood said there’s some protection offered by a first dose of both Pfizer and Moderna’s vaccines, although a second dose grants the full benefit. “Certainly after that first dose your body is already reacting in appropriate ways,” he said. Those second doses take place about a month after the first for both company’s vaccines. Lockwood said with production increasing, health officials expect enough doses for a second round. Initially doses were held back to allow those getting the first vaccine to have a second dose, but now officials are counting on future production for a second shot in a month, according to Lockwood.

Local access Town leaders were pleased that Hartford HealthCare was planning to bring vaccinations to a Southington location. With the older population, it’s harder to get out of town and a trip sometimes requires relatives or caregivers to help. “For them to travel to Hartford or even New Britain, it can be very difficult,” said Victoria Triano, Town Council chairwoman. Executive VP & Publisher — Liz White Notarangelo News Editor — Nick Carroll Assistant News Editor — Olivia Lawrence News reporter — Jesse Buchanan Senior VP and Editor — Ralph Tomaselli Vice President of Advertising — Jim Mizener

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Residents shouldn’t call the local health department since the vaccines are administered through hospital groups in the state such as Hartford HealthCare, UConn Health and Yale New Haven Hospital. Shane Lockwood, Plainville-Southington Regional Health Department director, said he’s been directing people to the state’s website and the 211 phone number all week.

Tom Lombardi, council vice chairman, said he hasn’t received many questions from residents about the vaccine “which tells me that Hartford HealthCare and the other healthcare providers are really taking the lead on it. I think it’s good that people are going to medical professionals.”

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gible group of seniors, Lockwood said, but production is expected to continue and From A1 expand supply. That might mean those looking for a group offices at 462 Queen vaccination will have to wait. St. “in the next two weeks,” The state is receiving about according to Eric Arlia, phar50,000 doses a week, Lockmacy system director for wood said. Hartford HealthCare. “Just because they’re added How to schedule a to an eligible group doesn’t mean there’s going to be vaccine shot enough vaccines for them Residents 75 or older bethat day,” Lockwood said. came eligible for the vaccine “I’ve seen some estimations in the second phase of the that there’s upwards of rollout. Healthcare employ250,000 people (75 and up in ees, long term care facility the state.) It’s not going to residents and medical first be an immediate thing.” responders received the first doses of vaccines. What about a

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“While most (businesses’) savings are going to be in the neighborhood of $50 to $200, it might be a little bit of breathing room for one of these places,” Lockwood said. “It’s going to be a loss, obviously, to the health district but we’re going to make

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Trey’s was closed for three months at the beginning of the pandemic, which was difficult, according to Bronson. Now that they’re allowed to reopen per state rules, customers have been coming in steadily.

Charlotte Politis, the board’s acting chairwoman, said members wholeheartedly agreed with Lockwood’s suggestion despite the cost to the district. “It’s been unbelievably hard for restaurants,” she said. “More than anything, it’s just a sign that we support them.” The vote only reduces fees for this year but Politis said they’d wait and see what next year looked like. The reduced fees are about 10 percent of the health district’s budget. “’We’ll just have to work hard to make it up some time,” Politis said, adding that the loss wouldn’t be made up by increasing fees later.

“It seemed to pick right back up now that we’re open,” Bronson said. The regional health district board voted in December to approve the fee reduction.

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crease more than 2 percent under the plan, special education, an “absolutely essential but expensive” service, according to Connellan, would rise by 4.6 percent.

Board of Education members will discuss the budget proposal in detail in upcoming workshop sessions.

On Thursday, school board vice chairman Joe Baczewski said there has been an influx The $250,000 increase in spe- of young families to Southcial education includes three ington, which could upset the teachers, social workers and a district’s enrollment projecpsychologist that would elim- tions. inate the need to contract the “We may have unforeseen service outside the district. costs with that,” he said. More and more students have District officials track enrollspecial needs, Connellan said, a trend that predates the ment constantly, Connellan said, and revise their projecpandemic but has also intions based on what they creased since the crisis befind. gan. The Town Council has ulti“More so than ever now, the mate authority over how need is to support students with mental health needs,” he much money the school district receives, although it said. can’t determine how the eduIn general education, Concation board spends the nellan proposed additional funds. The council will vote hours for nurses to allow two on an education budget full-time positions in each along with other town spendmiddle school. He also wants ing later this year. to bring back the position of a jbuchanan@record-journal.com substitute nurse, which was 203-317-2230 cut two years ago. Twitter: @JBuchananRJ

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The post has 130 comments, including supporters and critics of Sampson. It’s unclear if the comment was directed at Sampson, Winfield, criminals or someone else. A Facebook request for comment left with the commenter Sampson said there’s also was not returned Tuesday, not likely to be a charge for Jan. 12. the recent Facebook commenter either since the comScott Driscoll, Capitol Police ment was vague. spokesman, said police had been notified of the comDems tie comment ment but didn’t provide any to D.C. violence further details. “The situation was reported On Tuesday, Jan. 12, state and is being looked into,” he Senate President Martin Looney, D-New Haven, and said. Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff, D-Norwalk, released a Sampson working statement saying that violent with Capitol police words led to violent actions. Sampson said he was noti"Senator Sampson said that fied about the comment the recently enacted police Monday, Jan.11, and issued a statement condemning vi-

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time,” Winfield told the Mirror. “I’ve had death threats, I’ve been run off the road, I’ve been physically conWinfield told The Mirror that fronted, I’ve had a stalker.” during the course of his work on controversial topics Winfield said he had been Homicides rose in cities offered a security detail. He including ending the death across the country, not just penalty, protecting members is still mulling over whether in Connecticut, where Winfield’s police accountability of LGBTQ communities and to accept. He is trying to bill was signed into law over several police accountability walk the line between being the summer. measures, he has been no desensitized to threats of vistranger to threats of vioolence and understanding Dan Barrett, Connecticut lence. His work has focused that the world is changing. ACLU legal director, said one heavily on issues of race, eqof his organization’s memuity and criminal justice, all “I know sometimes we can bers saw the comment. He difficult issues that inspire a poo-poo these things, but said it should have been met lot of passion in residents. I’m trying not to do that,” he said. “I’m also trying not to “by an immediate response “People expect you to be overreact.” by elected officials.” more deferential than I am. “It seemed to be the same And to be Black on top of it, Sampson said attempts to tie the comment to him and sort of casual promise of vio- you don’t see that all the lence that we’ve seen over other recent violence were gent manslaughter and aggravated assault rose by nearly 15% and 5%, respectively, The Connecticut Mirror reported.

the last few years, especially over the last week or so,” Barrett said.

baseless and that he responded as soon as he was made aware of the comment. “This is all about the fact that the Democrats and the ACLU are angry because I’m pointing out their failures on the subject of law and order,” he said.

Sampson, GOP respond On Monday, Jan. 11, he addressed the comment in a post on his Facebook page and wrote he was “happy” to repudiate the “hateful and threatening comment.” See Comment, A10

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Police are working to provide guidance and training to watch efforts that now cover every street in town.

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“There are those who want to continue to divide our nation. I am not one of them. I want us to return to being one country under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all,” he wrote.

Many of these roles are similar, but there are important differences regarding who has control of what and under what circumstances. For example, power of attorney allows someone to act on your behalf. But if that power of attorney is durable, it remains in effect even if you become incapacitated and are unable to make decisions for yourself. You will probably want to look into how capacity is determined and what level of capacity is required for various legal activities where you live or own property. You may be the subject of conservatorship proceedings or other protective arrangements — who should represent you? You will want a plan to allocate responsibility to someone you trust.

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“We have a lot of energy in Southington to reduce this car crime,” said Michael Leone, a resident who first called for forming the

Kevin Kelly, R-Stratford, responded to Looney and Duff ’s release on Tuesday, Jan. 12, saying their language towards Sampson was incendiary. "The Connecticut Senate Republican caucus condemns violence in all its forms and will not tolerate threats or hateful social media comments. That is why our cau-

The police department chose Officer Christopher LaPorte as liaison to the neighborhood groups. He’ll be providing training and advice. LaPorte was optimistic that vigilant residents can deter the car crimes that have been on the rise this year. See Police, A11

cus brought those comments to the attention of the state Capitol Police,” Kelly wrote. This story includes a report by The Connecticut Mirror originally published at www.ctmirror.org. jbuchanan@record-journal.com 203-317-2230 Twitter: @JBuchananRJ

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Southington Police Blotter fifth-degree larceny, interfering with an officer, two counts probation violation, second-degree failure to appear, first-degree failure to appear, 12 p.m. Alexis Sanchez, 36, 284 Austin Road, Waterbury, fifth-degree larceny, conspiracy to commit fifth-degree larceny, three counts probation violation, violation of a protective order 12 p.m. Sarah Marini, 24, 31 Martha

SOUTHINGTON — Arrests reported by the Southington Police: Dec. 14 Kyle McFarlin, 60, 326 Bellevue St., Hartford, fourth-degree larceny, conspiracy to commit fourth-degree larceny, illegal use of a credit card, 4 p.m. Dec. 15 Gabriella Correa, 22, 46 Gladden St., New Britain, two counts manslaughter with a motor vehicle, reckless driving, operating

under the influence of drugs or alcohol, 4:50 p.m. Dec. 16 Samantha Shelton, 44, 1 Eastview Road, second-degree failure to appear, 7:30 a.m. Jared Cardillo, 45, 233 Alder St., Waterbury, third-degree burglary, 8:45 a.m. Matthew Carlson, 21, 989 Old Turnpike Road, second-degree breach of peace, third-degree stalking, first-degree harassment, 11:30 a.m.

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Bradley Mountain goats take a field trip to Lyman Orchards By Nadya Korytnikova Record-Journal staff

MIDDLEFIELD - Lyman Orchards recently partnered with the Bradley Mountain Farm to bring an unusual activity this winter: a goat stroll.

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Obituaries Marie “Jeanne” Dumond SOUTHINGTON- Marie “Jeanne” (Cormier) Dumond, 91, of Southington, passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 17, 2021 at Southington Care Center. She had been the loving wife of the late Nelson J. Dumond for 63 years. Jeanne was born in Grand Isle, Maine, on June 25, 1929, one of 13 children, to the late Louis and Leona (Chasse) Cormier and had been a longtime Southington resident. She lived a long full life. Jeanne enjoyed cooking for her family, playing cards and dancing. Her home was a gathering place full of love and she was happiest when it was filled with her family and friends. She is survived by her daughters, Diane Dumond of Southington and Marcy Hoffman and Ken Pendleton of Plantsville, her cherished grandchildren, Paul Bouchard and wife Kimberly and Jordan Hoffman and his fiancé Maddie Burne and Andrew Hoffman, and six greatgrandchildren, Tessa Schneider, Colin Passarelli and Peyton, Harrison, Vivienne and Beau Bouchard. She is also survived by two brothers, Leon Cormier and his wife Fern and Roger Cormier, both of Southington, two sisters, Aurore Saucier of East Hartford and Rachel Aldieri and her husband Mike of Southington and several nieces,

nephews and many dear friends. In addition to her husband Nelson, she was predeceased by her beloved granddaughter, Tara Schneider, five brothers, Lionel, Fernand, Carl, Aurele and Francis and two sisters, Annette and Fernande. In lieu of flowers, donations in Jeanne’s memory may be made to the Sunshine Fund at the Southington Care Center, 45 Meriden Ave, Southington, CT 06489. A Mass of Christian Burial was held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at St. Aloysius Church, 254 Burritt St., Plantsville. Burial followed in St. Thomas Cemetery, Southington. Face coverings and social distancing are required at all times. Plantsville Funeral Home has been entrusted with handling the arrangements. For online condolences, please visit www. plantsvillefuneralhome. com.

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“You can’t be in the bad mood when you walk the goats, they’re so cute,” said Allard. “Also, petting animals has been shown to decrease stress levels and improve your mood.” Aside from the walks, the Farm offers a list of relaxing goat-related activities at its location in Southington Goat Cuddle Therapy, Goat Snuggles, Goat Yoga, Go-at Painting, and many more. “Some people don’t want to go for a walk,” said Wood. “They can certainly come to our farm and have a half-anhour snuggle session with a goat.” Although the goat stroll is suitable for participants of all ages, many brought their kids. The goats are used to the attention as they start socializing with people from the day they’re born.

“It’s nice to have an outdoor activity, where children can interact and feed the animals especially when the weather is nice,” said one of the participants, Katrina Buckley, Waterbury. With many familiar activities being cancelled due to the pandemic, another participant, Holli Ryan, Wolcott, said she was excited to discover such an unusual event. “I’ve never been exposed to farm life, and the goat stroll really caught my attention, it is something so unique and different,” said Ryan. The tickets for the next upcoming goat stroll on Jan. 23 are sold out. However, Lyman Orchards might hold this event again in the future. Check out the Bradley Mountain Farm website for updates and details. nKorytnikova@recordjournal.com 203-317-2444 Twitter: @n_korytnikova

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days, through Feb. 4, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. A certified dementia specialist with Hartford HealthCare Center for Healthy Aging will lead the series. Topics will include: Session 1: Overview of Dementia; Session 2: Basics of Good Communication and Understanding Behaviors; Session 3: Safety in the Environment and How to Structure a Day with Activities; Session 4: Taking Care of the Caregiver and Care Options; and Session 5: Overview of Community Resources that May Be Helpful. Participants are encouraged to attend all sessions. Registration is required; call 1855-442-4373 or go online to www.Hartford HealthCare.org/VirtualClasses. After registration, participants will receive an email with easy instructions on joining the webinar.

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Queen Ann events The Queen Ann Nzinga Center, Inc., which provides arts enrichment activities for children age 5 to 17, is accepting new participants. The center promotes positive youth development among children of all races and abilities throughout Connecticut, but primarily to children in the greater Plainville, Berlin, Bristol and New Britain area. For more information, visit QANC.org.

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the best tool against proliferating crimes such as these, because the police can’t be everywhere at once.

We endorse the neighborhood watch movement and also the Southington Police Department’s decision to work with residents to combat this crime wave. Residents of other towns may choose to follow suit, but this is no call for people to put themselves at risk.

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‘Game on’ for most By Bryant Carpenter Record-Journal staff

CHESHIRE — A Connecticut high school winter sports season is officially a go. While games will start a week later than expected and there will be no state tournaments and some teams won’t compete at all, last week a modified winter season was approved by the CIAC Board of Control for basketball, ice hockey, gymnastics and boys swimming.

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That was Officer Christopher LaPorte, who was recently named as the Southington Police Department’s liaison to the neighborhood

“You don't know what kind of person that is in your driveway. You don't know if they have weapons,” LaPorte said. "We don't want LaPorte’s words of caution you going outside conshould be noted: Safety first, fronting people.” after all. But there’s no getting around the fact that such crimes have been proliferating for months in many towns. Southington police are providing guidance and training to the watch efforts. watch groups that have been formed in response to the rash of thefts and burglaries in recent months.

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“We don't want people getting hurt or taking matters into their own hands."

The board determined that practices could start Tuesday, Jan. 19. That’s the start date the CIAC had been eyeing since suspending the winter season in midSee CIAC, A21

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Games can start as early as Heading in, the winter Feb. 8. That’s a one-week deplan calls for a 12-game reglay on the projected start of ular season for basketball, Feb. 1. hockey, gymnastics and boys swimming. As recommendThe postseason, slated for ed by the Connecticut DeMarch 15-28, will be staged by individual conferences. It partment of Public Health, replaces the traditional state athletes in basketball, hockey and gymnastics will comtournaments the CIAC had pete wearing masks. hoped to run March 8-21. There is a casualty in the new dateline for winter, and that’s football. The alternative season that had been set up when the CIAC canceled football in the fall, expected to run Feb. 22 through midApril, has been eliminated. With the winter season now extending through March 28 and the spring season slated to start March 29, CIAC Excecutive Director Glenn Lungarini said the window for the alternative season grew too small.

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There was better news for indoor track. While the CIAC is abiding by the state’s recommendation that the large multi-teams meets that are the staple of indoor track not be held at this time, teams can practice. The CIAC will revisit the possibility of smaller indoor and outdoor meets in March. Ultimately, the decision on if and when to play winter sports resides with individual school districts. The

The CIAC regards high school sports as an adjunct to education. Starting winter practices on Jan. 19 coin-

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Wrestling, already postponed for winter, was holding out hope for the alternative season. Instead, at this point, like football, it will miss out on the 2020-2021 school year entirely. Like the other high-risk winter sports of competitive dance and competitive cheerleading, wrestling can hold conditioning and noncontact skill practices in cohorts of no more than four.

“The support of the Sports Medicine Committee shows confidence that we can get it done,” the executive director continued. “And the flexibility that we provide allows districts to move forward at a pace that is appropriate for them and meets the needs of the individual districts.”

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Another factor: Sports deemed high risk for the spread of COVID-19 have been postponed through March. That high-risk group includes football as well as wrestling.

The CIAC is confident it will be able to pull off a modified season in the winter just as it did in the fall.

can get it done, we wouldn’t be moving forward with it,” Lungarini said. “Not only are we confident that we can get it done, but the guidance from DPH shows confidence that we can get it done.

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CIAC’s winter plan remains “fluid” based on COVID-19 data. The season could be shut down at any time if the state’s health situation worsens.

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