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Local politicians discuss redistricting
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By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff
SOUTHINGTON — New General Assembly districts could mean Southington will have all Republican state legislators if incumbents are re-elected in November. Changes under state-approved redistricting mean that the House district currently represented by Republican William Petit of Plainville will include part of Southington beginning this fall. By contrast, the district currently represented by Democat Liz Linehan of Cheshire will no longer include part of Southington. Despite the rain, sleet and snow, 918 runners participated in the O'Shenanigans 5K, held Saturday, March 12 along the Farmington Canal Heritage Trail. The race began outside of Kinsmen Brewing on Canal Street in Southington. Daniel Passapera, Special to the Record-Journal
The reapportioning of House and Senate districts takes place every 10 years to align
Long-serving senior center director retires By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff
SOUTHINGTON — The retirement of the town’s long-serving senior center director will lead to changes at the Calendar House and the Recreation Department. Bob Verderame, hired by the town 35 years ago to lead the Calendar House senior center on Pleasant Street, retired Tuesday, March 8. While most of his time was spent in the original Calendar House building, he oversaw the design and transition to the new building. “He made that (old) building work for himself and staff and seniors and that was not a small feat,” said Town Manager Mark Sciota. “What he did for us and the seniors is going to live See Verderame, A2 Bob Verderame, senior center director, in a Oct. 3, 2016 file photo.
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Redistricting them with population. Several shifts affected Southington residents and will change who they can vote for in this year’s General Assembly elections. While current legislators continue to represent their old districts until November, they’ll be campaigning in new districts for the upcoming election.
Republican William Petit Petit saw his 22nd House District expand into Southington and Farmington under the changes. He currently represents Plainville and New Britain. The new district includes Plainville, a portion of Farmington and a portion of northern Southington encompassed by West Street, Lazy Lane, Loper Street and Flanders Road.
While a three-town district can be complicated to represent, Petit said he had no complaints. “I think it makes sense,” he said. “From size, we have more in common.” The portion of New Britain which is in Petit’s district tended to vote Democratic. The removal of that section likely makes the seat easier to hold as a Republican, he said. State leaders look to have each House district represent about 25,000 people.
Democrat Liz Linehan Linehan’s 103rd District currently includes a portion of Southington in addition to Cheshire and a section of Wallingford. But she’ll be running this fall in a revised district that doesn’t include Southington, but has more of Cheshire and part of Hamden.
Petit said Southington, Plainville and Farmington likely have more common interests than those towns and New Britain, a city.
In her past two elections, Linehan has lost votes to Republicans in the Southington portion of her district.
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on,” Sciota said. “He’s given his heart and soul to the town and more importantly to the seniors of the town for 35 years.” Verderame declined to comment for the article. Sciota appointed Dave Lapreay, Recreation Department director, as interim Calendar House director. Sciota’s budget plan for the upcoming fiscal year includes Lapreay as head of both the Recreation Department and the Calendar House.
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have had several meetings about the transition and Lapreay has also met with other Calendar House employees. “It’s a learning curve, I’ll have to get familiarized with the ins and outs of the daily functions,” Lapreay said.
The new Calendar House building opened in 2018. Lapreay said he’s also got The old building had been plans to talk with Calendar altered and expanded nuHouse staff about new promerous times since the grams for seniors. If the bud- 1970s when it opened. Votget plan is approved by town ers approved nearly $9.5 leaders, Lapreay said he’ll million for the demolition of move his office to the Calen- the old building and the dar House. construction of a new one. He started the interim role on Monday while Verderame was still working. The two
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“The 103rd now also includes parts of Hamden, and no longer includes any of Southington, bringing it much closer to the way the 103rd district was drawn prior to the 2010 redistricting,” she said.
“Hopefully it won’t be an allRepublican town,” he said. “We want to get some Democratic representation in there.”
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Linehan said she was glad to represent more of Cheshire, her hometown.
While redistricting would leave Southington without a Democratic state representative if all incumbents run again and are re-elected, D’Angelo hopes that new Democrats can take state office.
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Tony D’Angelo, Southington Democratic town chairman, said Linehan “fought very hard” for Southington and had the ear of state leadership.
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Linehan’s portion of Southington south of Prospect Street went to Republican state representatives Gale Mastrofrancesco of the 80th District and John Fusco of the 81st District.
Republican state Sen. Rob Sampson represents the 16th Senate District that includes Southington, Wolcott, Prospect, Cheshire and Waterbury. It remains unchanged for which Sampson said he was glad.
All-Southington 81st Fusco’s district is bordered roughly by Interstate 84, Hart Street and Pleasant Street. It’s entirely within Southington and with redistricting changes remains so. He gains most of what’s in the 103rd District in Southington and loses some streets in the central area of town to the 30th House District.
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Fusco said the redistricting process was something the General Assembly does in a bipartisan manner. He had a chance to give input on the new district and didn’t have any major objections. His district includes the central part of town. While Southington has grown a lot recently, much of that growth has been outside of Fusco’s district. The 81st “still incorporates a lot of the older family names,” he said.
Minor changes for 80th, 30th districts Mastrofrancesco and Donna Veach, a Berlin Republican representing the 30th District, said their districts weren’t greatly affected. Both still have districts that include two towns.
Veach said it wouldn’t affect how she campaigns but she was sad to lose some areas where constituents she knows live. “I know some of those people. I pounded on those doors the last time around,” she said. Veach found the redistricting process equitable.
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While Mastrofrancesco’s portion of Southington changed, she said it won’t change how she represents the town’s interests. “We really represent the whole town,” she said. “We make decisions based on the whole town.”
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Plainville Police Blotter Arrests reported by the Plainville Police: Jan. 7 Scott M. Ostiguy, 75 Diamond Ave., third-degree assault, disorderly conduct, 3:25 p.m. Andrew F. Stierer, 25, 43 Cope Farms Road, Farmington, disorderly conduct, interfering, fourthdegree larceny, assault on personnel safety, 5 a.m. Jan. 9 Cristhian Tasayco, 37, 149 Plain Drive, East, operating under the influence of drugs or alcohol, 4:58 a.m. Jan. 10 Carlos F. Negron, 31, 27 Silver St., Middletown, three counts sixth-degree larceny, violation of a protective order, interfering/resisting, 4:30 p.m.
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possession of controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, 10 p.m. Jan. 17 Jason M. Forcella, 19, 78 Welch St., disorderly conduct, third-degree assault, 11:54 a.m. Jan. 18 Joshua M. Jackson, 32, 146 Milford St., Ext., first-degree child porn, 3:20 p.m. Jan. 20 Mary A. Ripley, 38, 62 Wayne Drive, violation of a protective order, 11:58 p.m. Jan. 21 Ryan J. Oliver, 36, 485 Main St., Farmington, second-degree threatening, disorderly conduct, 10:30 p.m. Justin M. Rondeau, 41, 49 Colonial Court, disorderly con-
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S O U T H I N GTO N Ronald F. Tooley, 85, of Southington, passed away peacefully on Friday, December 17, 2021 at MidState Medical Center. He had been the loving husband of the late Beverly (Goss) Tooley for 60 years. Ronald is survived by his son Bryan Tooley and his wife Linda of Oregon and daughter Teri Burke of Virginia; 5 grandchildren: Sarah, Jacob, Ryan, Jennifer and Christopher and 6 greatgrandchildren. In addition to his wife Beverly, he was predeceased by his brother, Keith G. Tooley. In lieu of flowers, donations in Ron’s memory may be made to the Boy Scouts of America, Troop 17 c/o First Baptist Church, 581 Meriden Ave., Southington, CT 06489. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, March 26 at 1:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Southington. Burial will be private and at the convenience of the family. Plantsville Funeral Home has been entrusted with handling the arrangements.
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The city and DEEP will continue to analyze the data and decide if it will be permanently funded. A bill now in the General Assembly would allocate more than $5 million to the program. The city is also planning a social media survey to educate and gauge resident support. “There is a lot of momentum,” said Meriden City Manager Timothy Coon. The city’s engineering and public works departments brought the grant proposal to the city to apply. “Cost-effective solid waste collection is very important to our citizens,” Coon said. “We have staff members participating, so we will have firsthand knowledge of how it could work.”
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