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Volume 18, Number 17
Friday, April 23, 2021
SOUTHINGTON FIRE DEPARTMENT
Promotions, hire bring SFD to full strength By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff
The Southington Fire Department has a full slate of officers following a flurry of career and volunteer promotions. The Board of Fire Commissioners
promoted James Paul from assistant fire chief to the department’s leader last month. That kicked off a cascade of vacancies that the commission filled with promotions and a new hire this week. Here’s how they break down:
Eric Heath, assistant chief and fire marshal The department’s new assistant fire chief held the role of interim chief after the retirement of former chief Harold “Buddy” Clark in 2017. Heath, a battalion chief, will start his
Heath has been with the department for more than two decades. See SFD, A2
Breweries rework drink menus due to liquor license law changes
Organizers of Pride Week plan events around town By Devin Leith-Yessian Record-Journal staff
By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff
The committee behind the town’s first organized Pride Week is finalizing a schedule of events to be hosted virtually and at local businesses, churches and civic organizations. “There is a need for it and a recognition that as a community this is going to be a wonderful event for people to come together,” said Mitchell Oliva, a member of Southington Pride Inc., the organization planning the events for the last week of May and the first week of June.
new role in a month. The position is both assistant fire chief and fire marshal.
Visitors to area breweries and cider companies might see different drink options, the result of changing liquor license laws. New England Cider Company in Wallingford reopened to the public last month. In addition to the cider they’ve manufactured since 2012, the company is able to sell other Connecticut-made alcohol such as wine and beer. A photograph submitted to the Southington Community Cultural Arts as part of a LGBTQIA exhibit which will open on June 1. Residents are encouraged to submit artwork which fits into the theme of Southington’s first townwide Pride Week.
See Pride Week, A4
Image courtesy of the Southington Community Cultural Arts
Owner Miguel Galarraga said it’s a change allowed by his new license. He’s partnered with Wallingford-based Paradise Hills Vineyard and Gouveia Vineyards to give his cusSee Breweries, A12
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