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Volume 19, Number 5
PLAINVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
Friday, February 11, 2022
SOUTHINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
New chief reports for duty
Town gets $1M grant for new building
By Nicole Zappone Special to The Citizen
By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff
PLAINVILLE — The town's new chief of police, Christopher Vanghele, was sworn-in Monday, Jan. 31 at the Plainville Police Department. He was joined by town leaders and police personnel from both Plainville and Newtown, who came to wish him well on his new venture.
Plainville Chief of Police Christopher Vanghele, front and center, was sworn-in Monday, Jan. 31 at the Plainville Police Department.
The past 28 years, Vanghele was a member of the Newtown Police Department. On Jan. 31, his wife, Kimberly, pinned a new badge on her husband.
cluding their size and ability to persevere through tragedy. “It’s like coming home a second time,” he said.
Vanghele sees many similarities between the Newtown and Plainville police department's, in-
Vanghele grew up in Fairfield, and from a young age was intrigued by law enforcement. This
SOUTHINGTON — The town has secured a $1 million state library grant to help offset the local cost of a new library on Main Street.
Photos by Nicole Zappone
was likely due to his mother, who worked as a probation officer in Bridgeport. Meanwhile, Vanghele's father, a teacher, sparked his love of language.
Town officials are working to pick a construction manager and an architect for the project. It’s not slated to begin until at least a year from now. Last year, voters approved spending $17 million for a new library. Prior to the vote, library officials made the case that the existing building was too small, wasn’t handicapped accessible and had aging mechanical systems.
See Police, A2
See Library, A3
Home projects, vehicles drive growth of Southington grand list By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff
SOUTHINGTON — The growth in car values and continued home improvements helped increase the town’s list of taxable property by 3.38 percent.
That will mean $4.4 million in new tax revenue at the current tax rate for the upcoming fiscal year. The town’s tax list, called the grand list, totals the value of real estate, vehicles and personal property owned in Southington. That total helps town leaders set the tax rate.
Town Manager Mark Sciota said Southington is a place where people and businesses want to establish themselves. “An increase in the grand list during these very difficult times does not happen by accident,” Sciota said. “It takes a lot of teamwork over many years.”
Growth all around The grand list includes three categories – real estate, personal property and motor vehicles. Real estate, the largest of the categories, grew the least at 0.9 percent. See Grand list, A4
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