The Southington Citizen March 19, 2021

Volume 18, Number 12

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BOE considers renovations, rebuilding & redistricting

Brooke Group Real Estate owner David Brooke and real estate agents Amy Bartolucci, left, and Wynne Lord pose in a new space under construction for Brooke Group Real Estate in the former Clark Brothers Bolt Co. building on Canal Street, March 11.

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Education officials are considering elementary school plans that include renovations, closures, rebuilding and redistricting.

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A real estate firm with high hopes for downtown and the town in general is moving into the former Clark Brothers Bolt Co. building.

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“Our team is a bunch of real estate professionals... we basically partner with people who are doing that next ‘big thing.’ And that's why we chose Southington, because we see it’s a really happening place,” said Morgan Castrogiovanni, an office manag-

er with Brooke Group Real Estate.

The company plans to have the new office up and running in the building, which is also home to

Colliers Project Leaders presented options for improving Derynoski, Kelley and Flanders schools, the district’s three oldest elementary buildings. The consultant’s report, given to the Board of Education Thursday, March 11, is up for consideration by an adhoc board subcommittee.

No decisions on school changes are imminent.

“We’ve got a lot of work ahead of us,” said Terri Carmody, board chairwoman. “We’re talking years here I think.”

Colliers presented three scenarios to the board at last week’s meeting.

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Compounce celebrates anniversary, other venues opening soon State residents will soon be able to return to entertainment and sports venues as COVID restrictions ease.

Lake Compounce, 822 Lake Ave., Bristol, was able to open in July last year at 25 percent capacity before the state ordered the amusement park to close in September.

“It’s been a pretty long off season,” said Paige Schmitt, Lake Compounce’s content manager. “We’re so excited to get ready, get everything moving this year. I know ev-

eryone is going to be excited to get out and enjoy the nice summer weather we’ve got coming.”

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On April 2, outdoor amusement parks can open along with other outdoor venues, indoor stadiums and summer camps, according to the state’s website. Festivals can also begin making plans for the upcoming season.

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While still brainstorming on different ways to hold live shows, the theater will be open for indoor and outdoor private rentals as well as two, two-week theater intensives for all ages.

The Almira F. Stephan Memorial Playhouse, home to Meriden’s Castle Craig Players, shut its doors in March and although the changes would allow the theater to reopen, Melanie DelSole, president of the community theater group, is unsure if opening would make sense now.

“Our theater only (holds) about 60 people,” DelSole said. “It’s awesome that they’re starting to say that we can do something but we aren’t 100 percent sure we’ll be able to.”

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25 percent capacity last sea“Everyone also loves the wa- son, which amounted to ter park — which how can about 1,500 fans. However, you not on a hot summer the general manager said day,” Schmitt said. this year the stadium will be able to open up to 50 perThe park also features the cent capacity.

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In Wallingford, Square Foot Theater, 950 Yale Ave., has The New Britain Bees’ seabeen closed since the beginson will begin soon after a shortened 2020 season. Nor- ning of the pandemic while the indoor tavern has been mally the season starts late May but it was pushed back open since October. to early July last year. The Jared Andrew Brown, the team, part of the Futures theater’s co-founder and exCollegiate Baseball League, ecutive director, announced plays in New Britain Stadion Facebook Live on Thursum at Willow Brook Park. day that the theater would “Our schedule is not out just be opening on March 19. yet,” General Manager Bret “We are so excited to be DeRosa said. “This league open in any capacity,” usually starts at the end of Brown said. “Governor LamMay. So it’s going to start on ont said that we can open at time as opposed to last seahalf capacity and still keep a son.” safe distance.”

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Scenario 1: Renovate all three schools The town could renovate all three elementary schools, leaving the current districting scheme in place. However, this approach is complicated by state reimbursement rules.

The town could get education funds to rebuild or renovate schools, with the state giving more than half the money necessary for a renovation. But to receive the money, the school must

meet a space standard ratio of square footage to enrolled students.

Colliers consultants said with the current student population, Derynoski wouldn’t qualify for state reimbursement due to low ratios. Flanders also had a low ratio. Kelley was at the minimum for reimbursement.

If both Flanders and Kelley were able to qualify for state reimbursement, that would still leave Southington bearing the entire cost of renovating Derynoski. Colliers estimated that school project would cost up to $78 million. Adding the cost of Flanders and Kelley, reno-

vating all three schools would cost the town between $86 million and $107 million.

Scenario 2: Renovate Derynoski, build a new Kelley and close Flanders

der the plan.

While this plan only includes work on two schools, it’s still the most expensive of the options.

Like scenario 1, Derynoski’s renovation costs would be borne by the town without state reimbursement. That results in an even higher Derynoski is the largest of the three schools with about overall cost for the town even though Kelley would be 600 students. Flanders and closed. Colliers estimated Kelley have around 300 stuthat between renovating dents each.

Derynoski and building a Colliers suggested renovatnew Flanders, the town ing Derynoski and replacing would pay between $87 milKelley with a new school lion and $107.5 million unthat could accommodate 600 der this scenario. students. Flanders would be closed and demolished un-

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This plan would cost the town between $57 million and $70 million.

New buildings could be built at the Flanders and Kelley sites without disrupting the existing buildings. That would make it an easier and less costly transition than finding alternative locations for students while a school is renovated or torn down and rebuilt.

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ommendations about school buildings, including the future need for Kelley and Flanders schools. That company had suggested closing Flanders and redistricting to send students to surrounding schools.

Milone & MacBroom concluded that Flanders had the least flexible space of the elementary schools.

Zaya Oshana Jr., a school board member and member of the ad-hoc schools subcommittee, said those redistricting plans didn’t address how to update the three elementary schools. He said there are improvements that need to take place.

“They need to be brought up to snuff,” Oshana said.

“There are issues with each of the schools that need to be addressed in terms of bringing them to where they should be.”

Decisions about which option, if any, were chosen are a long way off. Oshana said the district wanted to get updated enrollment projec-

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Colleen Clark, board member and subcommittee chairwoman, said Thursday’s presentation was just an introduction to the question of how to improve the schools.

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A Meriden woman organized a protest outside a TD Bank location on Queen Street Monday after an incident she believes was racial profiling.

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The TD Bank corporate office released a statement Monday in response to the protest, saying the company took the incident seriously Her goal with the protest and that it was under review. was to find a solution and not to attack TD Bank or “At TD Bank, we proudly make the incident into a serve diverse communities racial battle. While most of and customers and do not the bank workers in Southdiscriminate in the services ington were white, that was we provide or the products also true of the location in we offer. We regret that Ms. Samuel did not have a posi- Bristol where she was able to withdraw money. tive experience, which is what we strive to provide.

“The pandemic is hurting so We hope to contact her to many people, I just want to understand and address her figure out how we can work concerns,” the statement together,” Samuel said. said.

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Samuel said bank officials did contact her but that she’s waiting to hear more details about why she wasn’t able to withdraw funds from her account.

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Gwendolyn Samuel, a Meriden activist, protests at TD Bank on Queen Street in Southington on March 15.

Samuel, who is Black, later withdrew money from her account at a Bristol TD Bank location. She believes her race played a role in the

On Monday, Samuel made a display with a mock ATM with “blacks only” written on it for the protest. About a dozen other people attended the protest. Samuel said she wanted to keep the protest small and wanted to raise awareness.

the specific reasons why the transaction could not be completed may not have been explained to Ms. Samuel at our Queen Street store in Southington,” bank officials wrote. “Due to privacy concerns, we cannot discuss the account activity of particular customers, although we can confirm that the customer's transaction was completed at another TD store in the vicinity.”

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In the final races, March 8, of the high school regular season, Faith Richert led the Lady Knights team taking first place in the Slalom. Southington’s Kylie Brino finished fifth among the 165 girls in the event. Emily Forcade finished 73rd in the large field.

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Whether indoors or outside, the CIAC is requiring masks to be worn at all times by coaches, players, officials, game workers, spectators and by athletes when they’re not in active competition.

Connecticut since the fall of 2019. The 2019-20 winter season was in the midst of the state tournaments when the CIAC halted activities on March 10 amid the emerging pandemic, and the entire 2020 spring season wound up being canceled.

Scholastic sports did return in the fall of 2020, but hardly in full. The CIAC canceled tackle football and the other sports played an abbreviated 12-game season that was delayed approximately three weeks to Oct. 1. The postseason was limited to conference events. There were no state tournaments.

against out-of-state opponents, per state order, were not allowed.

(i.e., 10 days), however, must wait the full 14 days prior to returning to athletics.”

This spring, schools can resume playing out-of-conference games, though the CIAC says geographic location should be a primary consideration in scheduling.

Also, with the state easing restrictions on sports starting March 19, multi-team events are now OK for the “non-direct contact sports” such as track and golf.

Some rules unveiled last Thursday are sport-specific.

Baseball and softball teams, for instance, will keep the game balls they are using on defense and the plate umpire may stand deeper than normal to call balls and strikes.

Some rules in effect for the fall and winter will continue, such as a 14-day quarantine n Pitchers and catchers can period for COVID-19 exposure or positive cases, social start working out on March The same template is being distancing, sanitizing of 20; followed this winter, the start equipment and no handn The full preseason starts of which was delayed to an shake lines. even greater extent when the March 27; The 14-day quarantine for state, facing a second surge n A full 20-game regular seain the coronavirus, suspend- sports remains in effect even though the Connecticut Deed athletic activities from son begins April 10; partment of Public Health Nov. 23 to Jan. 19. has shortened the quarann A full state postseason beIn both fall and winter, con- tine period to 10 days for gins June 1. kids to return to school after tests were largely limited to a positive test or COVID ex“pods” within conferences, Should the spring season divisions dictated by geograposure. come to pass as planned, it phy to limit exposure and will be the first complete “For clarification, it is DPH’s high school sports season in travel. This winter, multiposition that a return to athteam events and games letics should include the full 14-day quarantine period,” the CIAC stated in its spring plan. “This means that a stuProud to serve the community since 1974. dent-athlete may return to in-person instruction after a shorter quarantine period The season is, as expected, a full boat:

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The series would focus on developing leadership skills, sportsmanship, skills and an understanding of the NCAA recruiting process. Regional sites would host, with at least four teams per location, over five days.

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He was born February 8, 1945 in New Britain and was the son of the late Stephen and Catherine (Kotyk) Kerelejza.

Steve served in the U.S. Navy, where he was stationed on several submarines.

He was employed by ATT Wireless for many years until his retirement. He was an avid outdoorsman who loved to hunt, fish, play golf and ride his motorcycle. He was a member of the New Britain Elks Club, Bristol Fish & Game, I.P.I.C of Berlin and The Timberland Country Club.

In addition to his wife he leaves his children, Jacqueline Dingle and husband John, Stephen Kerelejza, Chad Boudreau and Ryan Boudreau; a sister Mary Ann Dolling and husband Ulf; nine grandchildren who he

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A Graveside service will be held on Saturday, March 27th at 10 a.m. at St. Thomas Cemetery. Burial with military honors will follow. The DellaVecchia Funeral Home, 211 N. Main St., Southington, has been entrusted with the arrangements.

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SOUTHINGTON- Judith A. (Fish) Korin, 85, of Southington, passed away after a brief illness on Saturday, March 13, 2021 at Southington Care Center. She had been the loving wife of the late Mark R. Korin for over 42 years. Judy was born in Southington on May 12, 1935 to the late J. Hamilton and Hazel Mae (Shepard) Fish and had been a lifelong Southington resident.

Alongside her husband Mark, she raised and trained many dogs for field trials, competing throughout the country, having many championships. She was an avid UCONN Women’s basketball fan and a proud UCONN CPTV supporter.

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SOUTHINGTON- Anna M. (Longo) Bednarczyk, 86, of Southington, passed away unexpectedly at her home on Wednesday, March 10, 2021. She was the loving wife of the late Richard Bednarczyk for 54 years. Born on January 31, 1935 in Southington to the late Louis and Rose (Mondello) Longo, she had been a lifelong Southington resident. Anna loved her family and was happiest being surrounded by her nieces and nephews, great- nieces and nephews and great-great nieces and nephews. She is survived by her brother, Peter W. Longo and his wife Dolores, nieces and nephews; Rita Longo, Peter L. Longo and his wife Wanda, Michael Longo and Trish Potter and her husband John and several great-nieces and great-nephews. In addition to her husband Richard, Anna was predeceased by her brother Louis Longo, sister, Josephine Voisine and her nephew, Michael Longo.

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For some, happiness is a day full of spa treatments or cocktails with friends. For others, it can simply mean turning social media notifications on silent for a few hours. When creating your self-care checklist don’t think of things that bring your friends and family joy.

Instead, ask yourself: “What makes ME happy?” I love mindless t.v., reading a great book, drinking wine while snacking on Italian bread and cheese. I try to do these things once or twice a week.

self is by creating a self care checklist. A self care checklist is a simple way to establish a routine of setting time aside for yourself on a weekly basis. It’s easy to create and guaranteed to nourish your mind, body, and soul.

Step 1: Set Realistic Goals for Your Self Care Checklist Setting unrealistic goals for self-care is a quick route to self-sabotage. Since I know I don’t have time to exercise every day of the week, I don’t consider exercise a Realistic goals for a daily daily task. Realistic goals for self-care checklist: making my daily self-care checklist the bed, following an am/pm include: making the bed, folskincare routine, and lowing an a.m./p.m. skincare spending time outdoors. routine, and spending time Caitlin Houston, special to The Citizen outdoors.

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Town settles lawsuit over affordable housing

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Columbus Avenue and Bristol Street.

Robert Hammersley, commission chairman, said changes to the number of allowed units as well as other zoning and parking amendments in the agreement, helped address the town’s The PZC approved an afford- concerns. able housing development downtown early last year but “This is the best settlement the town could get without reduced the number of expending an extraordinary apartments from 30 to 22.

Nine of the units are afford- amount of money and probably ending up where we are able as defined by state right now,” he said prior to statute, making the project more difficult for the town to Tuesday’s unanimous vote. deny.

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Planning officials settled a lawsuit Tuesday night, agreeing to allow local developer Carl Verderame to build 28 apartment units downtown.

Hunter Build, Verderame’s company, proposed apartments on just under two acres in the middle of a residential block bordered by Liberty Street, Eden Avenue,

ings last year, the commission heard from a host of neighbors and area property owners who opposed the development. Residents objected to the increased

housing density on the residential block, increased traffic and emergency vehicle access.

Hammersley said the commission originally reduced the number of units to prevent overflow parking from downtown streets.

As part of the agreement, Verderame agreed to build six more parking spaces, bringing the total parking for the project to 72 spaces.

The agreement also includes a modification to the site plan to better allow for emergency vehicle access.

Hammersley thanked the town attorney Jeremy Taylor for his work on the agreement.

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Garrison Kunst and the Maloney Spartans strode into the final week of the regular season at 10-0 in the wake of Friday night’s rivalry win over Platt. Kunst had a big game, scoring 21 points, his most in a single game since he torched the Panthers for 22 on opening night. The 6-foot-4 senior is averaging 12.7 points and just under eight rebounds a game. Cool fact: With a 4.72 GPA, he ranks No. 1 in Maloney’s Class of 2021.

After going 5-7 during the regular season, the Wilcox girls basketball team rolled into the Connecticut Technical Conference tournament led by one of its youngest members.

Freshman Aliah Biro not only led the Indians in scoring at 8.6 points a game, she was among the team’s leading rebounders. She hit for 12 points, her single-game high during the regular season, against Kaynor Tech and hit for 11 on three occasions.

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Lyman Hall freshman Jerick Lagamao hit the pool on Feb. 11 for his first varsity swim meet and won the 200-yard IM and 100-yard backstroke. It was the start of a rookie season that has been nothing short of remarkable.

In 10 dual meets, Lagamao won 18 of the 20 individual races coach Donna Neary put him in. Not only that, he registered at least one win in every event – all four freestyles, the IM and the three speciality strokes.

Soon enough, Natalie Reeves will leave Southington behind for Hawaii Pacific University in Honolulu. For now, she’s in gymnastics paradise, enjoying a dominant senior season in which she’s won the all-around in every meet in which she’s competed. Her highlights have included a 9.2 on beam and two 9.0’s on floor. Reeves is the favorite to win the allaround this Sunday at the Central Connecticut Conference championships.

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If you’re going for a milestone win, you gotta go big. Niklas Vasiljevs and the Cheshire hockey team did just that Monday, beating Branford 7-5 to chalk up the 550th victory in program history. Vasiljevs, just as he has since his sophomore year, led the Rams on offense.

The senior captain was involved in all but one goal Monday, enjoying a 2-goal, 4-assist afternoon. That put Vasiljevs at 5 goals and 10 assists on the season.

Platt’s Lady Panthers chalked up two wins inside of the 24 hours last weekend, with Ja’lexia West punching the clock with authority on both occasions. The senior forward scored six points and helped Platt control the interior in Friday night’s 30-22 win at Maloney, then turned around Saturday afternoon and registered a double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds in a 38-32 win over Rocky Hill.

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Health To navigate the mysteries of Medicare, Hartford HealthCare and Integrated Care Partners is offering a free virtual class, “Medicare 101 – Understanding Your Options,” led by Medicare educators. Upcoming dates: March 18, 22, 24, 25, 29 and 31. Times vary. Registration

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Optimum aging Strategies on maintaining an active and engaged brain is the focus of a free five-part series presented by Hartford HealthCare Center for Healthy Aging. The Healthy

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Movement disorders The Chase Family Movement Disorders Center and Hartford HealthCare Center for Healthy Aging are offering a caregiver support group for individuals who care for people with movement disorders and other neurodegenerative conditions. This free support group is offered the first and third Tues-

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“I think that he did a great job. I think that at the end of the day the town benefits from making this a better application,” he said.

Taylor said the commission would have to accept the deal and present it to the court to complete the settlement.

Verderame filed his lawsuit against the town less than a month after the commission’s decision last year.

Facebook group A Facebook page specifically for families and caregivers who have questions or comments pertaining to caregiving has been launched by Hartford HealthCare Center for Healthy Aging. People are welcome to join the “Hart-

State laws restrict a town’s ability to deny affordable housing applications if the town doesn’t meet the state’s benchmark of 10 percent affordable housing.

Less than 6 percent of Southington’s housing is considered affordable.

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Since the town doesn’t meet the goal, planners can only deny such applications based on health and safety.

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Reflecting on year of uncertainty

Hartford HealthCare, which operates MidState Medical Center in Meriden, had built its first drive-through testing site, put hospital visitation restrictions in place and was worried about its supply of personal protective equipment. But with the first case, medical staff “knew we were in it, and in it in a big way,” said Dr. James Cardon, chief clinical integration officer.

But Flaks had confidence in the size and scope of HHC’s resources and personnel.

The first case at Hartford Hospital was followed by more cases at St. Vincent’s Hospital in hard-hit Fairfield County. The virus had crept into Connecticut through New York and HHC found it needed to divert resources to St. Vincent’s quickly.

Staffing and equipment were shifted from other HHC locations, patients were moved to less impacted hospitals. The shifting continued as the virus spread across the state and into central Connecticut.

“It’s remarkable to think of this,” Flaks told reporters Thursday. “This was a year filled with drama, uncertainty, despair, fear and at the same time, triumph and hopefulness.”

Hartford HealthCare also operates the Hospital of Central Connecticut with a campus in Southington, along with providing other

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“It was an example of when being a health system mattered,” Flaks said. “We significantly fortified our position in that site. We ensured we were never overwhelmed at St. Vincent’s. We managed the COVID-19 crisis across our 300 or so critical care beds.”

HHC officials also needed to gamble on whether to use its limited PPE stockpile on staff and patients in the hopes the supply line would flow, or protect its resources for the frontline workers.

HHC outfitted its workers and patients and built upon its stockpile.

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