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Town native to lead Oshana elementary

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Rogala grew up in Southington and started her education career in town as A Meriden assistant prin- a student teacher at cipal and Southington res- Plantsville. She then beident will begin the new came a teacher at Kelley school year leading OsSchool and a teacher leadhana Elementary School. er at the middle schools before leaving for an adThe Board of Education ministrative position in appointed Josephine RoMeriden. gala as principal of Oshana School, formerly She said her teacher leadPlantsville School, last er position had prepared week. her for helping lead a school. “I knew the timing “I’m so honored to be here and I’m so grateful to was right and I felt prepared,” Rogala said. be coming back to the town I love to continue to She was an assistant prinserve the students of cipal at Nathan Hale and Southington public most recently at Thomas schools,” she said after her Hooker schools in Meriunanimous appointment den. Aug. 15. By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff

Lincoln College of New England in Southington, Aug. 21, 2018. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal

‘We’re in closing now’ By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff

The former Lincoln College of New England campus could have a buyer following an auction. “We’re working through an offer on the property right now,” said Fontana Fitzwilson, sales executive vice president with auction house Williams & Williams “We’re in closing now.”

Hartford to transition students to programs to finish their studies. Students who hadn’t already moved to East Hartford finished their final semester at Lincoln in the spring.

place, the uses moving forward, it limits some of the opportunity on a quick sale as an option,” he said. With the auction “you don’t get a lot of time to do your due diligence.”

Town records show Briarwood Real Estate owns the property. State records show the company with a Florida address. The college was formerly Briarwood College.

Perillo, who followed the bid online during Friday’s auction, said the top bidder was from New York.

Town Planner Rob Philips said it’s possible that a new Lou Perillo, the town’s ecoowner could tear the campus Fitzwilson said she couldn’t nomic development director, down and build single-family reveal how much the winsaid he got calls prior to the homes. Other allowed uses ning bid was or the name of auction about how the land would be a corporate training the top bidder. There were a could be used. It’s zoned center or private school, dozen in-person bidders at residential. which would require a spethe auction Friday and a few cial permit from the Planning more online, Fitzwilson said. “It’s phenomenally beautiand Zoning Commission. ful. It’d make a great corpoThe auction for the 32-acre rate training center,” Perillo Philips said the creation of a campus started at $5 million. said. “We’d like to see it rebusiness zone would be unmain a taxable use rather likely, since there are no Lincoln announced it was than a not-for-profit.” nearby business districts. An closing at the end of 2018, industrial use might be posciting enrollment and finan- The property also had its sible if the commission excial difficulties. The for-profit challenges. panded nearby commercial college group partnered with zones to include the campus “Given the lack of sewers, Goodwin College in East property. the structures already in

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Group continues push for school sports By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff

A group created two years ago to raise money for middle schools sports is looking for volunteers and board members to continue its work. Southington Middle School Athletics Association was created after the school board cut $120,000 in funding for Kennedy and DePaolo middle school sports two years ago. Through the creation of an activity fee and the association’s fundraising, the school district was able to continue sports at

the middle school level. Casie Messina, one of two association vice presidents, said the group has several fundraisers in place and was confident that it would again raise the roughly $40,000 needed to continue sports. Those fundraisers include an Apple Harvest festival race team, a dinner, Hoop It Up night in December and more. Messina said volunteers with the group have departed as their children moved to the high school. “If we can’t get the volunteers we need, we can’t See Sports, A7

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An American Idol star is scheduled to perform at the Cadillac Ranch Restaurant this weekend to support Everybody Sings, a Bristol nonprofit. Sixteen year-old Ethan Payne will take the local stage on Sunday. He’s playing at a few venues across the state. Joseph Archambeault, executive director of Everybody Sings, said he was impressed with Payne’s story and thought it illustrated the group’s message that singing and music is good for you. Payne has cystic fibrosis. “He’s so grateful for life,” Archambeault said. “He just carries it on and he does it. He’s got great spirit.”

“(Payne) could just be miserable, but he keeps his head up and makes the best out of his life,” he said. Payne was eliminated from American Idol earlier this year. Everybody Sings has held assemblies at schools across the country and in Europe. Archambeault said he gets entire schools singing and understanding the benefits of music. “It does different things and people don’t realize it,” he said. “Singing for anxiety, singing for different health issues like cystic fibrosis.” Archambeault knows the Nicholson family who own Cadillac Ranch and said Payne’s country music was a good fit with the restaurant’s theme.

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Town planners to gather more information Town planners want to visit the site of a truck wash station proposed on a vacant South Main Street property near Apple Valley Bowl. Nutmeg Companies was looking for approval to build the wash station during Tuesday’s Planning and Zoning Commission meeting. Robert Godiksen, new development director of Nutmeg Companies, said the company recently built a similar facility in Norwich. Automated and self-service truck washing stations will be offered in the proposed 30-foot-high, 200-foot-long building. “We’d be looking to do town trucks, school buses … tractor-trailers and maybe oil trucks and those types of things,” Godiksen said.

Three area residents opposed the truck wash facility and had concerns about the noise and smell of diesel engines along with the added truck traffic.

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“It’s going to be a mess,” said Ron Albrycht, a Canal Street resident. He said there are already problems with trucks in the area. “You can smell the diesel in the winter time and this is going to be worse.”

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Albrycht was also worried about a flood bringing washing water into the adjacent Quinnipiac River. “If some of that water does get washed into the river … that river goes right out into New Haven and the ocean,” he said. Stephen Giudice, a planner representing Nutmeg, said they’ve designed the site plan to prevent water running from the facility into

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New Plantsville tattoo studio to open this week By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff

helped him through years of addiction to painkillers, meth and heroin.

Owners of a tattoo studio in downtown Plantsville plan to open this week and will offer the talent of an artist who’s worked in Las Vegas and specializes in photorealistic portraits.

“It was my Zen, I didn’t worry about anything,” he said of tattooing. Mogensen said he’s been drug-free since 2014. He began getting sober after misfortune in Las Vegas.

Kriserik Mogensen and Bill Edgerly have been renovating a storefront at 9 West Main St. for Studio Think Tattoo Gallery. On Monday, renovations were mostly complete and Mogensen said they’d be ready to open on Wednesday or Thursday.

“I lost my car, house and shop in three weeks,” he said. “It was almost like the universe was playing tough love with me.”

Mogensen also spent time in prison where he got a number of his tattoos. With the Mogensen has been a tattoo Southington shop, he’s hopartist for decades and has ing to mentor youth headed owned studios in Las Vegas down the same road and and Texas. It’s been a profes- help redirect them toward sion for him but has also something productive.

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His other tattoos include “Texas made, Vegas Paid” written across his neck, referencing his birthplace. There’s also a portrait of his mother, Mary Ann Mogensen, on his right arm. “I’ve always got a good woman under my arm,” Mogensen said. He prides himself on tattoos that accurately capture people, animals and other images. In a portfolio, Mogensen has pictures of tattoos he’s done next to a picture the customer wanted him to reproduce. “A lot of people will do portraits but they won’t put the picture next to it,” he said. “I don’t have a problem with that.” Last year Mogensen was slated to open in a combina-

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Kriserik Mogensen, co-owner of Studio Think, a new tattoo business at 9 W. Main St. in Plantsville. Photos by Dave Zajac, Record-Journal

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“I look at life as being a lot more precious, man. We are the energy we create,” he said. “I want to keep everything positive.”

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Southington Coffee House opens on N. Main St. By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff

Iced coffee and cold brew have also been favorites.

“People have been missing it,” he said.

Southington Coffee House opened Thursday, Aug. 15, to such excitement that the owners had to call in extra employees as well as an electrician to install a second crepe maker.

Mike Ungaro of Southington stopped in for a dark roast and was impressed. He’d been a customer of Caffe Del Mondo and was glad there was a coffee shop downtown.

The coffee house in the former Caffe Del Mondo space had lines out the door from when it opened at 6 a.m., according to manager Lilly Fellows.

Ungaro wasn’t surprised at the crowds at Southington Coffee Shop. Caffe Del Mondo closed earlier this year.

The shop also offers bagels, pastries, muffins, fruit and other snacks. While much of the layout is the same as when it was Caffe Del Mondo, the shop added outdoor seating on a patio to the north of the building.

“I’ve sold over five gallons of crepe batter,” she said. “The response has been overwhelming.”

Manager Lilly Fellows holds an order of lemon blueberry crepes at the Southington Coffee House, 51 N. Main St.

Denis and Sandra Guay opened the shop at 51 N. Main St. for a premier on Wednesday night, Aug. 14. On Thursday, the couple were frequently on errands to buy more produce and other supplies as customers packed tables, couches and stools of the coffee house.

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“We blew our daily projections for today by 10 in the morning,” Denis Guay said. “That’s a good problem to have, I suppose. We’re excit-

“The crepes are a much bigger hit than I anticipated,” he said. “We called the electrician, ‘We need you here today.’ ”

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Brian Goralski, school board chairman, is also a Meriden public schools employee and had high praise for Rogala. More than 50 people applied for the position and the field was narrowed to four applicants who were interviewed by the education board. “We had four very qualified candidates. She was the unanimous decision of the board,” Goralski said. “We’re really happy to have her come back to Southington. Other board members were also pleased to appoint Rogala, including board vice chairwoman Terri Carmody who had the new principal as a student in high school.

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just have a handful of people doing this. It’s too much money to raise for three, four, five people to do,” she said. “A lot of people think it’s just going to happen. We’re trying to let people know it’s not going to happen unless we have the people we need.”

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This year, the Board of Education allocated $15,000 to help fund middle school sports. That leaves $40,000 for the group to raise. Both Queen and Messina said the contribution was a help.

Queen said the board’s budget situation is uncertain every year with special educaIt costs about $300 per student for sports, according to tion costs swinging wildly. Some years, such as the one Messina. The activity fee covers $150. About 400 chil- past, the school district ends with a surplus. Sometimes it dren participate. ends in a deficit, Queen During Thursday’s school said. Surpluses are used to board meeting, board mem- cover one-time costs or fix ber Patricia Queen said the building issues rather than group was looking for volun- add to the operating budget. teers and asked parents to While accounts for the past step up, if able. Queen said fiscal year aren’t closed yet, she’s been impressed with how the athletic association school officials said they could have a surplus of has been able to establish about $600,000. Last week, fundraisers to support the Board of Finance agreed sports. to put the money into a sav“It is amazing what they ings account for the school have accomplished,” she district. said. “They’ve done so

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He thought it was strange that many area tattoo studios have blacked-out windows. Mogensen said he wanted people to be able to see the whole place with privacy screens available on request.

town while the town and state are putting money into streetscape upgrades. “You’re seeing a lot of activity in Plantsville,” Perillo said. “It has real nice energy, now we have the benefit of the (Farmington Canal Heritage) trail.”

Streetscape improvements will take place next year. The town’s Water Department is “You can look all the way working on replacing water through it and see how clean mains this summer along it is,” he said. with other work in the West Main Street area. The Plantsville location was a former framing shop. Eco- The studio hours will be 2 nomic development coordi- p.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday to nator Lou Perillo said busiSaturday. nesses such as Dean’s Stove jbuchanan@record-journal.com and Spa are improving por203-317-2230 Twitter: @JBuchananRJ tions of Plantsville’s down-

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we won’t have any impact to public water supplies,” he said. The Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Commission approved the truck facility’s plan. Opponents said the exit off Interstate 84 could leave truck drivers traveling through smaller town roads to get back on the highway. The commission discussed posting signs to better direct trucks to the best roads to reach the highway. The commission took no action on the plan Tuesday night. Emily Fortier, a Burritt Street resident, said trucks traveling in the area already make noise braking. “Speed and noise is really a concern I have,” she said. Godiksen said the building is insulated and designed to contain noise.

Giudice said there is already a bus stop and school bus depot nearby that generate truck traffic. The property is directly south of a state commuter lot. Lou Perillo, the town’s economic development coordinator, said there’s no site in town for a truck washing facility that isn’t within 500 feet of a house. He spoke in favor of the proposal on Tuesday.

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Footage showed the woman had been in the area.

When a woman was reported missing in Wallingford over the summer, police canvassed the area looking for leads. Officers found a nearby resident who had an outdoor video system.

The video helped police track the woman, who was later found safe, Lt. Cheryl Bradley said. This was just one recent instance of residential video systems being used to help police in their everyday work.

“It’s invaluable,” Bradley said of the video systems, such as the self-install doorbell camera Ring. “The quality of the newer systems are great. You can get a crystal clear picture, even at night.” Police often use residential cameras to investigate crimes like car break-ins. Even if they can’t immediately identify the suspect, Bradley said, the video allows police to get a physical description and images that can be used to help investigations. Bradley said residents are glad to share the videos from their systems with officers, and oftentimes, if they hear of an incident in their area, they will call the department to offer their video. Dawn Thomas is seen on the doorbell surveillance camera installed next to the front door of her residence in Wallingford.

“So many neighbors have it and we share information,” Thomas said. “... I would absolutely share (the video) with the Police Department.” Southington Lt. Stephen Elliott said he’s noticed an increase in video surveillance in recent years. In the past, some businesses had video systems, but now almost every business does and many more homes are installing them, Elliott said. Officers canvass areas after a crime is reported and one of the things they come across now are residents with video systems. Elliott said officers will give residents advice if they ask

for ways to keep their homes safe, such as keeping shrubs trimmed from windows, keeping a light on, and, if it is financially feasible and they are comfortable with it, getting a video system. Meriden police recently posted a request on social media for home security footage of several streets related to a homicide investigation. Police posted a list of streets and said they were looking for video recordings from a specific date and time surrounding the incident on Sunday, Aug. 11. Last month, officers obtained video from a neighSee Cameras, A12

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Wallingford resident Dawn Thomas, who lives on North Whittlesey Avenue, got the Ring doorbell camera because of all the car break-ins on her street.

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Southington Songbird Sanctuary, Southington Land Trust’s Properties Manager Insect apocalypse. Bee Val Guarino, Southington colony collapse. Monarch Land Trust’s Katy Hanlon, butterflies decimated. Migra- Pam Roach, Southern Contory birds and flyways in de- necticut Regional Council of cline. Governments and Cheshire Land Trust, Karen Schnitzer, These headlines are posiCheshire Land Trust and tively frightening. It’s like Hamden Land Conservation one of those scary, end-ofTrust President Gail the-world movies. Only it’s Cameron. not. We see and hear about these concerns just about Those who attended were every day. interested in doing something about the declines in So, somebody do something pollinators. It was Washer’s already! intention to load up these community group leaders Well, someone is doing with all the information they something. Her name is needed, so they could begin Louise Washer and she is to advocate for pollinators. making noise. Washer is president of the Norwalk Washer’s group is doing River Watershed Association their part to populate a good and she is getting people’s stretch of the East Coast attention, moving them to Greenway with gardens, take positive steps to change places of refuge, if you will, those headlines from terrify- with native plants and flowing to terrific. ers for pollinators— be they birds, butterflies, bees, She’s not doing this alone moths or insects. though. Instead, she’s welcoming anyone who is inter- Modeled after a similar ested to join her in adding movement in Oslo and Seatmiles and gardens to the tle, the Pollinator Pathway Pollinator Pathway. So far 45 “has taken off,” said Washer. towns are involved and there Since beginning in 2017, volseems to be no end to volunteers from land trusts, unteers. “It’s really a grassgarden clubs, conservation roots movement,” said commissions and others Washer. have joined the mission to build the pathway. It’s someI recently joined a group of thing people see as positive, conservation alliances and it’s really a “grassroots concerned individuals who movement,” she said. gathered to hear Washer talk about the Pollinator Pathway The goal is to protect polliat a recent Southington nators, forests, fields and Land Trust program held at Southington Community Cultural Arts. Letters

Miceli was very inspired by the turnout and the speaker. As the chair of the town’s Open Space Committee, one endeavor was to create the first pollinator garden on open space property, she said. Novick Orchard on Flanders Road was the chosen site; work and planting got underway in the fall of 2018, and the garden is finally completed, said Miceli. “Val Guarino was instrumental in bringing it to fruition,” she said. “It’s a perfect location. It brings awareness to the community about the need and for these pollinator gardens and you can do in your own front or back yard, she said. If you live along the Pollinator Pathway, join the movement. The goal is to create a corridor of contiguous properties including open space and adjacent private ones. The Pollinator Pathway brochure says it all: If you plant it, they will come! For more information contact Shari Guarino at Southington Land Trust or visit pollinator-pathway.org/

It’s become a familiar situation. Municipalities, seeking to satisfy the interests of taxpayers, try to keep costs low and pass on the need to go on a fiscal diet to school boards, which in turn find little alternative but to cut programs. Residents who find that a toounattractive solution then take it upon themselves to save a popular program, and sometimes this works. It has been working in Southington when it comes to middle school athletics, but whether it can continue to work is never certain. Every year brings a challenge.

This year, about $40,000 is needed to continue sports at the middle schools, where about 400 children participate. Fundraisers include an Apple Harvest festival race team, a dinner, and Hoop It Up Night. Because children grow up, and move from middle school to high school, there’s a continuing need for new volunteers, and a need for people to not take it for granted that sports at the middle school level is going to continue. “We’re trying to let people know it’s not going to happen unless we have the people we need,” said Casie Messina, an association vice president.

Two years ago a group formed to raise money for middle school sports after the school board cut $120,000 in funding for Kennedy and Depaolo school sports. An activity fee, plus money raised by the Southington Middle School Athletics Associa-

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bor after a tractor-trailer struck the house next door at 484 Preston Ave. Video showed the tractor-trailer Police database passing the neighbor’s home In Berlin, the Police Departin the moments before the ment keeps a database of crash. residential cameras called John Yuza Jr., president of Community Assistance in Monitor Controls in Walling- Response to Stolen cars/ ford, said every person has a property, or CARS, which different reason for using was launched in 2017 folthe equipment, even interior lowing a rash of car breakcameras. ins. Residents can voluntari“There are a number of peo- ly provide the location of a camera and a contact perple who have caretakers,” son who can access the Yuza said of elderly family video. No information is members or children being cared for inside the home by shared outside of the department. outside help. Yuza said the pricing has be- Police Chief John Klett said the department is still using come more attractive for the database, but he was unmany people, and some of sure of the participation levthe systems they offer can record for up to a month at a el. The sergeant in charge of

the program was not available for comment. Residents often post their footage to social media after an incident is captured in the hopes of community members identifying the culprit. Bradley said police can review footage from social media, but they prefer to get it from the resident, noting that in some cases the video can provide the only lead in a case. Wallingford resident Rob Sprafke said he purchased a home video system on sale last year and has been happy with it since. “It’s just another thing you don’t have to be worried about,” Sprafke said, “especially with the rash of breakins we had this spring.” lsellew@record-journal.com 203-317-2225 Twitter: @LaurenSellewRJ

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Friday, August 23, 2019

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Friday, August 23, 2019

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BEST DINER!

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Friday, August 23, 2019

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Friday, August 23, 2019

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Friday, August 23, 2019

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Friday, August 23, 2019

Team Powerhouse

“Your Home, Our Commitment”

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Friday, August 23, 2019

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Friday, August 23, 2019

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#1 BEST MARTIAL ARTS INSTRUCTION!

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Proudly serving all ages and abilities. At Valentin Karate, we’re working hard to help people all across our community challenge themselves and face life with more confidence than ever before. Our martial arts training is built on the skills of Tang Soo Do, a traditional Korean Karate form. We share this art with you one step at a time, helping you focus your mind and build your body to be stronger than you ever thought possible. In our system, you don’t have to be a pro to find success. You don’t need any experience at all. We work with people of all backgrounds and skill levels and we help everyone feel supported on the path to long-lasting success.

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Friday, August 23, 2019

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We are thrilled to be nominated for • Best Day Spa • Best Hair Salon • Best Skin Care Treatment Center

FOR

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2018

Visit us today to find out why we’ve been recognized as the best! Meriden-Wallingford Orthodontics Dr. Kathryn Reluga, DMD

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Friday, August 23, 2019

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Balloon festival The Plainville Fire Company will host its annual Hot Air Balloon Festival at Norton Park, Friday, Aug. 23, 6 to 10 p.m.; Saturday, Aug. 24, 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.; and Sunday, Aug. 25, 6 a.m. to TBD. The festival features a craft show, car show and balloon

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Recreation Park Pool, 25 Maxwell Noble Drive, Plantsville is open through Sunday, Sept. 8. Monday through Friday from 12 to 8 p.m.; and Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Starting the week of Aug. 26, the pool will be open Monday through Friday from 12 to 7 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 3:30 to 7 p.m. Labor Day weekend Aug. 31

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Youth field hockey The Southington Recreation Department will offer a youth field hockey program for Southington resident girls entering grades 3-9. The program will take place on the upper lacrosse field at Panthorn Park, 485 Burritt St., Plantsville. Complete details and online registration are available at southington.org/FieldHockey.

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Target seeks approval for drive-up service By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff

The service was rolled out in Southington in June. West Street is among 1,550 locaFinding the pick-up area at tions nationwide with pickthe West Street Target for up according to Jill Lewis, a merchandise ordered online Target spokeswoman. The could be easier with planned goal is to provide quick serimprovements at the store. vice for customers on the go. The retail chain is looking Four spaces are designatfor Planning and Zoning ed for drive up at the West Commission approval to in- Street location and marked stall lights and other signiwith small signs. According fiers for its drive-up shopto an employee, a system noping service where custifies workers of an order and tomers can get items they’ve then when the customer has ordered online. The merarrived. Employees then have chandise is then delivered to two mintues to bring the ortheir car by employees. der out to the waiting car.

Assistant Town Planner Dave Lavallee said the store proposed 12-foot solar-powered beacons for the pick-up area. The store needs commission approval for the changes. “It calls out where the parking will be” for the pick-up area, Lavallee said of the beacons. “If they’re going to be taking parking spaces for this, we need to know that.”

Municipal Center, 200 N. Main St. The drive-up service has already arrived or is coming to other area Target locations. In Meriden, the Target on the Chamberlain Highway started offering the pick-up service two months ago. When customers drive into

the pick-up zone, the Target phone app alerts store employees that the order is ready to be brought to the waiting car. In North Haven, a representative for the Universal Drive Target said the store should have the service by the end of the year.

Target’s application is scheduled for the commission meeting on Aug. 20 at 7 p.m. in the John Weichsel

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5 things to know if you are visiting Lake Compounce Phobia — that does an inversion at 150 feet in the air — to balloon rides for the young kids and caterpillar trains,” Thomas said.

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All summer long, the park also puts on various live performances, including “Daniel Tiger’s Grr-ific Day” and “Flippin’at the Parkside.” There are also numerous snack and meal stops for guests.

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Earlier this month park officials announced a new ride set to open next Memorial Day. Thomas said the Venus Vortex will be the park’s The park also has a water park with about seven slides, largest investment yet, and stand nearly seven stories the Bayou Bay with manmade waves, a lazy river, and tall. public swimming in the lake. “It’s good for the whole famThere is also a train that ily, but it’s definitely (going runs around the perimeter to be) our most thrilling ride of the lake. in the water park,” Thomas

Lake Compounce is one of the oldest amusement parks in North America, but you may not know everything about what makes the 170year-old park special. “I think it’s a great place to bring kids but it’s also a lot of fun for adults too, and I think that makes us unique,” said Amy Thomas, director of marketing for the park. Thomas walked through some of the things happening at the park over the next year, and key points in its recent and distant past.

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Visitors enjoy the rides at Lake Compounce, 185 Enterprise Drive in Bristol. Photo by Bailey Wright, Record-Journal

Roller coasters Lake Compounce’s oldest roller coaster in operation is the Wildcat, which was built in 1927 by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company. The wooden coaster replaced the Green Dragon, the park's first electric-powered roller coaster, which opened to the public in 1914.

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Fall, winter seasons The summer season ends on Aug. 25 for daily operations, but the park will still open on weekends through Sept.15. This year Lake Compounce will host the 20th annual Haunted Graveyard, starting Sept. 27 and going through Nov. 2. It’s also offering a Behind the Screams exclusive look at the graveyard on Oct. 5, which will include unlimited walk-throughs, free food, a free Sky Coaster ride, and access to seminars and demonstrations related to the Haunted Graveyard.

John Compound Lake Compounce was once “owned” by John Compound, a Mattatuck/Tunxis Native American

Chieftain. In 1684, he and several tribal members conveyed the “Compound’s Lake” deed to a group of white settlers who had migrated from Massachusetts. Almost two-hundred years later, in 1846, several circumstances led property owner Gad Norton to set up a

“picnic park” with a path around the lake, public swimming and a gazebo for band concerts, according to Lake Compounce’s history page. Over the years, Norton added more activities, like summer barbecues, a hand-powered swing, and the state’s first ten-pin bowling alley.

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member Patricia Queen lauded the ability of the athletic association to set up fundraisers to support sports, and noted that the association is looking for volunteers.

If parents and others want sports to continue at the middle school level, they are going to have to step up. That’s the simple requirement. Southington has been proving itself in this regard, and there’s no reason to think it won’t continue. That is, as long as it’s not taken for granted.

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