Friday, April 24, 2020
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Volume 17, Number 17
Virus claims retired business owner, Boy Scout leader By Mary Ellen Godin Record-Journal staff
Harry J. Goralski and his wife Annette Goralski ran World of Video in town in the days when families would go out and pick their weekend entertainment. When the video store closed,
Goralski kept busy leading Boy Scout Troop 32, which he did for over 40 years. Goralski, 79, died Sunday from complications of COVID-19 at UCONN Medical Center in Farmington, his son Brian Goralski said.
“He touched a lot of people’s lives,” Brian Goralski said. “My brothers John and Michael and I are extremely proud of him.” Harry Goralski was in a rehabilitation center in Farmington when he contracted the coronavirus. The family observed social distancing and visited him
through the windows and by telephone. When Goralski’s condition worsened, he was transferred to UCONN Medical Center where the family continued to maintain telephone contact until his death. See Goralski, A2 Goralski
Residents make face shields, other supplies
Plans for a new library building are shelved By Michael Gagne Record-Journal staff
By Michael Gagne Record-Journal staff
Plans for a new Southington Public Library building will be shelved for now.
Nikolas Thomson is just a few weeks into his latest project: making 3-D printed face shields and other protective equipment for health care workers and first responders. Thomson and his friends, fellow Southington residents Evan D'Agostino and Drew Steindl, have set up shop in the building previously occupied by Hop Knot on Meriden-Waterbury Turnpike in Plantsville. They’ve utilized the bar counters and tabletops to set up a makeshift manufacturing plant that includes about a dozen 3-D printers and space to assemble the shields.
Nikolas Thomson bonds a shield to a 3-D printed frame while making face shields for health care workers and first responders. Thomson and his friends, fellow Southington residents Evan D'Agostino and Drew Steindl, have set up shop in the building previously occupied by Hop Knot craft beer and gourmet pretzel bar on Meriden-Waterbury Turnpike in Plantsville. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
The 24-year-old town native said he came up with the idea to 3-D print face shields after learning hospitals
and other health care facilities faced See Supplies, A11
This Sunday, April 26th, Crazy Greek will be giving back to our community! From 11AM - 2PM or for as long as supplies last Come visit us to receive free soup! Avgolemono (Chicken soup with rice, lemon & eggs) One Per Person • Curbside Pickup
crazy-greek.com • 860.426.3778 1143 Meriden Waterbury Rd., Plantsville, CT
The Town Council, during a meeting held remotely last week voted unanimously to postpone referring the proposed $13.9 million project to the Planning & Zoning Commission and Board of Finance.
The council, when it reconvenes on April 27, is expected to hold a vote that would effectively postpone any decision on the project until 2021. See Library, A11
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