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The Plainville High School Social Justice Club is collecting new, unused items for the Prudence Crandall Center (toiletries, kitchen supplies, cleaning products, bed sheets, towels, blankets). Monetary donations can be dropped off at PHS during school hours. Or, Venmo donations to @phs-blue-devils (“PCC Donat i o n ” in the notes). Donations will be accepted through Monday, Feb. 28. For more information, contact Emily Wasley at wasleye@ plainvilleschools.org or Gabby Strain at straing@plainvilleschools.org.
Cemetery clean-up
Spring clean-up at West Cemetery in Plainville will begin in March and continue through April. Christmas decorations around monuments and on flush markers will be removed. If you wish to retrieve items, do so by Tuesday, March 15.
History program
In recognition of Black History Month, the Plainville Historical Society will present “Plainville is Our Town: African-Americans You Should Kn ow ” Saturday, Feb. 19, 2 p.m., at the Plainville Historic Center, 29 Pierce St. Presenter Gail Williams will highlight individuals who helped shape local history. To attend, email plvhistorical@gmail.com with a phone number and the names of the people in your party.
Scholarship s
The Main Street Community Foundat i o n is accepting scholarship applications for the 2022-2023 academic year. A total of $275,000 in scholarships will be awarded. A list of the scholarships available, their eligibility criteria and links to applications are available at mainstreetfoundation.org. The application deadline is Friday, March 11.
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Victoria Triano, council chairwoman and a Republican, said Ricciardone brought the issue to her atte nt i o n . She said a solution hasn’t been decided upon but would by Monday when the council next meets. “We ’re still working on it,” she said Thursday. “I was really happy that we found that out. We need to make sure that’s a balanced committe e.”
Democratic calls for repres entation
When the committee was formed, Democrat councilors wanted to have a member of their caucus on the committee along with Mo re l l i .
Jack Perry, a Democratic councilor, said he’d be willing to serve on the library building committee. He was on the library planning committee and has overseen building projects as part of his business. “I would love to be on that building committee,” Perr y said. “I think of everybody on the council, between being on the planning committee and my background, this is my expertise.” Perry said the project was too important to the community not to have all possible input. He said it was disheartening that Republicans had rejected calls to put a Democratic councilor in the g rou p. “This is a big purchase for our town,” Perry said. “I don’t think this is a committee where politics should be playe d.” Val DePaolo, a Democratic council member, said she’ s served on the library board and was part of the library advocacy group. Any of the three council Democrats would be happy to serve on the building committee but DePaolo said Republicans had little interest in involving Democrats. “The Democrats are being totally shut out. I think somewhere down the road that ’s going to catch up,” D ePaolo said.
Triano said the addition of another politician to the committee wouldn’t help it function better. She leaned towards adding someone from the trades and wasn’t inclined to add Perry. “I don’t think it’s on the t ab l e,” she said. “We want to keep it trades-related, with people with hands-on exper ience.” Triano said she didn’t want to return to the previous system for committees where they were filled with political appointees without relevant experience. “It ’s not political and we want to keep it that way , ” she said.
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Tax assistance
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Tax season
The filing deadline to submit 2021 tax returns or an extension to file and pay tax owed is Monday, April 18. Taxpayers requesting an extension will have until Monday, Oct. 17 to file. To speed up refunds, the IRS urges taxpayers to file electronically with direct deposit information. For the latest IRS forms and instructions, visit IRS.gov.
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Red Cross
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