Volume 15, Number 9
Friday, February 28, 2020
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Chamber announces plan for small business retirement By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff
The possibility of saving on administrative costs for Lovley Development’s employee retirement plans has owner Mark Lovley interested in a program run by the Southington Chamber of Commerce. Federal legislation and a U.S. Department of Labor ruling last year allowed businesses to enter into association retirement plans unrelated by geography or industry.
Valentine the Clown (played by Diana Sheard) hands a balloon animal to Natalie Adams, 4, of Plantsville on Sunday. Natalie was attending the Healthy Family FunFest at the Aqua Turf Club. Mary Ellen Godin, Record-Journal
See Retirement, A3
Thousands flock to annual health fair By Mary Ellen Godin Record-Journal staff
As “Baby Shark” played in the background, children of all ages performed CPR compressions to see who could get their race car over the finish line.
On Tuesday, chamber President Barbara Coleman-Hekeler announced that the chamber would act as a multiple employer plan sponsor. Pooling small 401(k) retirement saving plans can help save owners time and money, potentially extending retirement
Stephen Quinlan, of Plantsville, performs CPR on a dummy Sunday as his mother Aubrey Quinlan and 2-year-old brother Liam Quinlan look on. The CPR practice was one of many activities for children and adults at the Health Family FunFest at the Aqua Turf Club.
game to challenge people to learn CPR.”
Kesslor is an education specialist at the Center for Education, Simulation and Innovation at Hartford Healthcare. Sunday, she was help“Baby Shark has the right rhythms,” ing children and adults learn CPR said Jeanne Kesslor of Hartford on four dummies, as the screen Healthcare. “It gets them to 120 showed whose car was moving beats a minute. It’s a car racing fastest.
The CPR activity was one of dozens available to thousands who turned out Sunday to the 11th annual Healthy Family Funfest at the Aqua Turf. The event showcased 200 vendors who offered instruction, demonstrations, and activities to promote family health. See Fair, A7
Town explores open space purchase By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff
Properties on Marion Avenue and School Street could become town land with the help of a state grant for the purchase of open space. The two properties, which total more than five acres, are nearly adjacent and would help create a wildlife corridor, according to town leaders. They are located at 1205 Marion Ave. and 136 School St. See Purchase, A2