Volume 18, Number 16
Town gets sued over watershed, reservoir valuation By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff
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Friday, April 16, 2021
HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
Fans let in the stands, with limits Record-Journal staff
Shuttle Meadow Reservoir is seen from above Long Bottom Road in Southington on April 6. Photos by Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
New Britain’s water department is suing Southington over the valuation of property the city owns in town, including Wassel and Shuttle Meadow reservoirs.
The 2021 spring season marks a full return to competition for Connecticut’s high school athletes. For the first time since the winter of 2019-20, there is a complete regular season and one that is starting on time. For the first time since the fall of 2019, there will be a complete state postseason.
New Britain’s Board of Water Commissioners is contesting a much higher valuation of more than 1,200 acres of water department land.
That said, when the 2021 spring season kicks off Saturday, it is by no means a return to “normal.”
Southington held a revaluation of taxable properties in town in 2019, which generally increased property
While wearing masks during out-
See Lawsuit, A4 A bicyclist pedals past Shuttle Meadow Reservoir.
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Increased tax break for firefighters considered By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff
Town officials are considering more attractive tax abatements for residents who volunteer as firefighters. If approved by the Town Council,
volunteers could get up to $2,000 off their property taxes starting with the bills sent out in July of 2022 and January of 2023. The Board of Fire Commissioners approved the increase. The Town Council discussed it Monday night
and plans to hold a public hearing on the boost later this month.
ers on the rolls and to attract new ones.
Southington has a fire department with both career and volunteer firefighters. The town, like combination departments across the country, has struggled to keep volunteer firefight-
Chris Poulos, a Town Council member, said town and department leaders are trying to find ways to mainSee Tax break, A2
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